Cvent Event Diagramming vs SmartDraw

Likelihood to Recommend

This tool is bested used in planning out more intense set-up for events, or where you want to share with Vendors and Hotel Contacts where you would like certain items set-up in the room. I had previously used Meeting Matrix, and I appreciate the Collaboration access I can grant to vendors and contacts so they can help design the set-up based on them being the experts and knowing the space better

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Project Manager in Marketing

Farming Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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I believe SmartDraw is a great tool for small- to mid-sized organizations for simplifying the production and management of org charts. We've also had the PMO experiment with the use of some of their flow charts as well.If an organization has an HCM with the capability of producing (good!) org charts, that is likely the best option... but many that I have used in my 30-year HR career don't. So there is definitely a need for SmartDraw in the market!

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Brad Holliday, PHR, SHRM-CP, CBM, MBA

Chief People Officer

Caravan HealthHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Pros

User-friendly. It's easy for us to train other team members/staff/volunteers to use the front-end system for registration and event check-in.
Social Tables is great for creating custom room layouts and diagrams.
Social tables is customizable. We're able to capture specific information for attendees, and can "tag" them when additional info is needed.

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Lisa Kelley, CMP

Events & Marketing Manager

San Diego Regional Chamber of CommerceCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

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Provides examples to work off of--these are helpful when you don't know exactly where to start.
Provides a number of stylistic options without making things too complex, so you can be creative without getting overwhelmed.
Provides a wide variety of templates, meets a wide variety of needs.

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Kimberly Higgins

Paralegal Assistant

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.Law Practice, 51-200 employees

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Cons

A development that would be useful would be the ability to reorder the diagrams to a custom order in one event so that when exported as one document, they are in an order that can be customized to flow well for the meeting planner.

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Monique Frankfort

Destination Sales Executive

The WestinHospitality, 10,001+ employees

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A month-to-month plan would be ideal for users that don't have a need to create many projects
The sidebar navigation can be a little confusing with all of the tools listed.
Offering customizable plans with only the feature you need would simplify navigation

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Genie Huff-Forkner

Co-Owner, Executive Director of Marketing & Public Relations

New Media Vegas, LLCMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Cvent Event Diagramming Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$595 per user/per month

SmartDraw Editions & Modules

Edition

Single-User	9.95¹
Multiple-Users (for 5+ users)	5.95²

per month
per user/per month

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Support Rating

Cvent Event Diagramming 8.3

Based on 48 answers

The support was exceptional, and they remained an arm's reach away for when we ran into any questions after we began using the tool. Overall, we experienced phenomenal customer service. We also had more than one web-based call where their team would walk us through examples and answer any questions we had.

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Chelsea Benge

Events Software Specialist

Leading Real Estate Companies of the WorldReal Estate, 51-200 employees

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SmartDraw 8.4

Based on 4 answers

They are always very helpful, we get computers every two years and I have to call them to move the license from one computer to another and they do it with a smile in their voice!

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Trish Kootstra

Office Manager

TravelClickHospitality, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I believe my organization has evaluated Eventbrite in the past. I'm not too familiar with Eventbrite and if it is similar to Cvent Event Diagramming. Overall, Cvent Event Diagramming seems rather advanced and a unique type of software. We have had such a great experience with Cvent that we do not plan on switching anyways

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Administrative Assistant in Sales

Events Services Company, 11-50 employees

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We have used Corel Draw and Adobe Acrobat. Both of those tools were good when they came out but the abilities of SmartDraw far outweigh both those tools. Corel Draw was also more complex to operate and do tasks, as was Adobe Acrobat in which some basic tasks took additional steps to complete.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Retail Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

This program allows us to be nimble in our communication with our vendors and clients.
This program has empowered my new staff members to solve problems discreetly and on their own, prior to bringing them to my attention. It is a key tool to our success.

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Director in Sales

Entertainment Company, 51-200 employees

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SmartDraw has provided good return for our internal purposes. Using it to understand an organization's structure and inner workings has been valuable. On the client side, creating steps and businesses processes has also been a big plus. It has helped decrease confusing reporting structures and has provided a detailed map for individuals to understand where they fit within their organization.
Unfortunately, SmartDraw has been somewhat inefficient with some of the more complex projects on our plate and has really deterred certain employees from even wanting to use it.

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Analyst in Professional Services

Management Consulting Company, 11-50 employees

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Cvent Event Diagramming Formerly Social Tables vs SmartDraw