Cvent Event Management

We regularly utilize Cvent Event Management for our larger in-person conferences and it is extremely well-suited for this purpose. For smaller events it can be a little bit more cumbersome as there are so many features that go unused and just kind of gum up the works when you're looking to put together a small event site very quickly. We have also been utilizing Cvent Event Management to manage nominations for an exclusive event that we host. This has been a bit of a square peg/round hole thing as it's not what Cvent Event Management was truly designed for. We've tried a couple of their products for this purpose and have been utilizing the Abstract Management product for this purpose. It's not wholly ideal and can be a little clunky for our uses, but it has been a relatively successful solution.

Cvent Event Management is well suited for any event that wants to advertise the event, accept registrations, and communicate with prospective and registered attendees via email. Reporting feature is also very good. Cvent does have a bit of a learning curve and is not for the casual user.

I truly enjoy learning Cvent. I would hope that as you're using it, it gave better navigation as well as better ways to learn things. There is still so much I do not know that would be more helpful to find out how to use. Please update the way to design badges and certificates it is so hard to design them in the current designer.

Cvent Event Management is well suited for registration websites, registering meetings within Cvent, entering budgets and collecting data for an SMM program. From my experience, some products are not user friendly and take a significant learning curve to be able to use them. Cvent is trying to improve this.

If you have an event with lots of attendees and are not issuing rigorous CE credit certificates then this will pretty much do everything you need it to do. However, if you have a lot of sessions over a period of a few days, the prepping of the agenda items is a long-winded process. The system is not as robust as it could be for events that require tweaking and tailoring. For example, you cannot copy and paste course descriptions without experiencing heavy code embedded in the syntax box. You have to copy/paste it into a notepad to erase the coding and only obtain the text. So, if your event shifts courses around or things need adjusting, this process takes much longer than it should. If you have a dedicated Cvent person on your team, this process shouldn't be an issue. Our team does not, so we have to constantly test and test and test our events before we launch.

Cvent Event Management has an excellent support team at all levels. This is extremely important to us, and it makes up for some of the occasional issues or feature unavailability.
Most of our events are not complex, but we host dozens of them each year and around the US. Cvent Event Management allows us to easily duplicate events.
For the more complex events we run annually, Cvent Event Management has all the tools we need to handle an experience both in-person and online with intricate curriculum and pre-event content.

This software is great and useful for programs with a good budget as it helps to streamline the many areas of the planning for educational and academic conferences, virtual seminars, workshops, and business meetings. The size of the event is not a limiting factor as the software can handle all sizes. In the other hand, it may be too expensive for smaller and more unique events with a focus on production and design.

If you have an event with complex needs, you really can't beat Cvent. They've been in the game for a long time, and while there's other cool solutions up and coming to keep your eyes on, Cvent is still miles ahead. That being said, if you have a relatively simple registration or ticketing process, you can save yourself the expense and contracting headache and look elsewhere.

Cvent Event Management is great for coordinating communication and registration associated with large events. You can send a variety of communications automatically with a range of triggers (at specific dates/times, whenever someone leaves a certain page, whenever someone registers, etc.) and because you can build using data tags, you can easily customize those communications for each recipient. It also allows for complex registration and payment processes with lots of design and function options. This is ideal for multi-day events, conferences, reunions, and workshops with a lot of people. It collects and easily displays tons of analytic details and makes them easy to review. For very small or simple events it is perhaps not worth the effort, but to manage the details of large and complex events it works wonderfully.

Cvent Event Management is especially ideal for organizations that host multiple events throughout the year. It's also ideal for organizations that are hosting conferences as the data management for live, virtual, and hybrid scenarios is impressive. I would not use the Cvent platform for one-off, smaller events.

Cvent is one of the best resources on the market for event management. It has any capability needed to manage an event.

I think Cvent Event Management is well suited for companies that need to show the ROI on marketing effectiveness etc. It's a great way to gather attendee information and keep it all centralized. It takes events up a notch with some very nice touches on the website aesthetic and onsite technology for ease of check in with On Arrival On Demand badge printing.

Cvent Event Management is perfect for medium-sized conference registration. They have thought of every details for event management to create a seamless planning experience. I am very excited to use it next year since all we have to do is copy the event and then all of our setup is already there!
I don't think I would recommend this for internal meetings or meetings where registration is free.

I had a recent event where attendees for a focus group needed to pre-order their meals. I was able to work with the amazing Cvent help desk, and we set up a scenario where attendees would select to attend, and then the appropriate menu would pop up for them to choose their entree. It probably seems simple, but it saved me so much time.

Cvent Event Management works well for most of our events. It does what it needs to do in getting all of our attendees registered and sessions selected. It seems to be pretty user-friendly on the user end. I can't think of any scenarios where it would not be appropriate in our line of business.

Cvent Event Management is especially helpful for complex events that have registration sessions, payment, accommodations, and speaker info. It may be less appropriate for very small personal events, in which a custom invite is most suited.

Cvent Event Management would honestly be great for all types of events. Even the small range of events need customization and security for data collection. I would say if custom coding is needed for specific events that may be a challenge or that may be out of my expertise for what the Cvent FLEX tool can do.

We used it for a hybrid event, which was PERFECT! It allowed attendees to stay informed, had virtual exhibitors to schedule zoom meetings, ability for surveys, attendees to connect with one another, keeps you organized! Allows you to track attendance, provides real-time event data and CUSTOM branding was key!!!

VERY HELPFUL, especially as a 1st time user.

Cvent is used for our company's national sales meeting and provides tools to keep the meeting running smoothly especially registration. We have small training events at our home office which don't require the use of Cvent.

The onsite cvent staff has always been helpful and professional.

Cvent Event Management is well suited for any events we run where we need a multifaceted platform. It is less suited for webinars.

I've found great success in using Cvent Event Management to collect registration information for upcoming events and meetings. If you are collecting attendance for another larger event, it may cause confusion for the attendee to register in Cvent Event Management, and then (sometimes) they have to go and register in the overall event on their own. That can cause confusion.

Cvent Event Management is well suited as a place to keep all of your event needs in one place. However, some of these functions are not as user-friendly as others. Most recently we've been having issues with attendees using the app onsite. While it is a great concept we often have to ask them to delete and redownload because of issues with not finding the event, or not pulling up the schedule.

It worked very well for our small events. While I don't have experience using it in a larger capacity, having heard about all of its features I would think it would be a useful tool for conferences, tradeshows, etc. I have attended a conference where they used Cvent for registration and, from an attendee perspective, I had no issues.

They are the best and integrated meeting technology. They can help through all the steps of a meeting and save you time.