Planned vs. Tripleseat and Gather

Planned is well suited when you are stuck for ideas and require creative collaboration from a network of unique vendors.

It is not great for adding images to promote events as the images have to be of a certain size and this size is often difficult to manage. The program also doesn't differentiate very clearly between past and upcoming events so when you search it is difficult to decipher which events were from years ago and which are recent/upcoming.

• Hands-on oversight of execution of a virtual event and client success management
• Connecting event industry professionals with companies in need of their services
• Highlighting services that an event industry professional or company offers

Incentivized

• Calendar organisation
• Automatic uploads
• Detailed information

• The platform can use some tweaking (i.e.: when reserving hotels, adding guest rooms, including meeting rooms - instead of just spaces, which can be confusing when searching).

• Slow uploading
• Image uploading issues
• Hard to edit events enmasse

Planned is the only event planning software company we have worked with, and plan to work with. The team behind the platform is constantly innovating to enhance features and the overall experience for both vendors and users.

• We were able to get repeat business from a new client brought to us by Planned
• We were able to learn more about what types of virtual event services we'd like to grow as a business, as a result of working with Planned
• We have not seen a financial ROI for our business yet because we have only worked with one client on the platform and it has been costly for us to accommodate this client

Incentivized

• ROI is hard to decipher as the financial aspect of the program is often difficult to use
• It is a good platform to manage everything in one place
• It helps largely with compliance to our brand for the company