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Cvent Event Management Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.7 out of 10
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8.7 out of 10

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Pros

Extensive and Customizable Reporting: Users have praised Cvent for its extensive and customizable reporting capabilities, allowing them to access the data they need for informed decision-making. Several reviewers have mentioned that this feature has been crucial in analyzing event metrics and making strategic improvements.

User-Friendly Design Options: The design options provided by Cvent have received positive feedback from users for being easy to learn and navigate. This aspect of the platform enhances the overall user experience by ensuring a smooth workflow. Many reviewers appreciated how intuitive the interface is, as it allows them to quickly adapt to using Cvent.

All-in-One Event Management: Cvent's all-in-one nature has been highly appreciated by users, saving them time and effort in managing different aspects of an event. Numerous reviewers have expressed their satisfaction with being able to handle everything related to an event within one system. This integrated approach streamlines processes and promotes efficiency in event management tasks.

Reviews

317 Reviews

Cvent is an incredible platform for all of your webinar needs

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cvent Event Management is a crucial part of webinar event planning. Since I have started my professional career, I have utilized Cvent across companies and haven’t had a bad experience whatsoever. The ease of use and ability to send invites through the platform is amazing! It’s an all in one event planning software.

Pros

  • Online event planning
  • Event organization and invites
  • Customization of online events

Cons

  • More customization options
  • Ease of client use

Likelihood to Recommend

Cvent Event Management is great for when we host client round tables, as well as broad webinars for the entire customer base. It has been consistent and easy to use not only for us but for our customers too.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
4 years of experience

Cvent Event Management Review.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Event Management for our Gala dinner and also our annual conference. We have many different registration types and needed a system to coordinate the different messages to each type, collect payment, and provide a mobile app. After using the system, we expanded to use the Abstract collection, on arrival, Diagraming, and considering more!

Pros

  • Keeps track of emails to attendees and their preferences.
  • Reporting - we can get reports on almost anything you need.
  • Design - so many different ways you can set up the registration pages and design.

Cons

  • Exhibitor management - is getting better but feels a bit clunky.
  • App - do attendees even want apps anymore, usage is going down, so maybe it is not giving attendees what they need?

Likelihood to Recommend

The system is great for registering for your event, including session add-ons, taxes, and more. It can manage different access and visibility to different sessions or prices based on the reg type. For smaller events, it is just too pricey and does not make sense to use.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
10 years of experience

A great event management platform

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cvent Event Management to manage our events, they have been getting very complex and with the tools that Cvent Event Management offers we have been able to manage it properly, we don't always have the perfect answer but with so many available tools we always find a work around or a way to deliver them in the best possible way, when it comes to registrations, on-site check in and integrations Cvent Event Management has been a huge help!

Pros

  • Managing registrations and keeping historical data
  • Logic in the back end for grouping registrations and specific data
  • Reporting on all areas, revenue, registration numbers, attendee lists, etc...

Cons

  • They could improve their AI, having just a text creator or reviewer I think it's too basic nowdays
  • Design and UX
  • Complex groupings like the audience segment could be improved

Likelihood to Recommend

Badge printing and managing on-site check-in, changes etc is great! Registration forms are also very complete and can work with advanced logic for visibility criteria. Emails are great, easy to manage and filter and also easy to create templates with data tags. Another great feature is the reporting which is super easy and thorough

Cvent Event Management Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cvent Event Management differently for various events. For our smaller in-person events (less than 50 people), we use it simply as a registration tool. For our large conference (500+ people), we use it for registration, event website creation, conference app development, reporting, badge creation and printing and many other features. Cvent Event Management offers a wide range of features that we found lacking in other options we reviewed and is consistently upgrading options to meet the needs and feedback of its customers.

Pros

  • Connection between conference website and Attendee Hub app (sharing information and resources automatically)
  • Providing timely and accurate reports
  • Allows me to customize the registration information I request from attendees

Cons

  • Missing functionality - ability to add documents to sessions on the website (can add on Attendee Hub, but not on the external-facing website)
  • It can be frustrating toggling around the attendee list - when I click into a registration to view something, then click back out, it takes me to the very top of the registration list again instead of where I just was.
  • "How to" documents can be hard to find and sometimes require calling customer service to figure out how to do things.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited - This product is great for a large conference where a lot of functionality is needed such as reporting features and a conference app.

Less appropriate - This product would probably not work for a smaller organization just looking for some basic registration features. It may be a bit overwhelming and costly for that type of group.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
8 years of experience

Cvent Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Cvent as our single source of truth for all event data. We're a large organization with over 400 employees and we're producing over 600 global events annually, with thousands more at the local and regional level. Cvent is critical to creating data consistency and clearly defined parameters that everyone in the organization must follow.

Pros

  • The meeting request form
  • Attendee data collection
  • Websites and agendas

Cons

  • Cross-event reporting for a large volume of events
  • Cross-event feedback metrics for a large volume of events

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Cvent works well for small organization as well as large. There are some small improvements that could be made to the large scale portfolio level cross-event reporting capabilities but I know that Cvent is working on these. The biggest win for us has been implementation and utilization of the meeting request forms.

A visionary company with a powerful platform literally leading their space

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cvent Event Management is our primary hybrid event platform. We run a large hybrid meeting annually with >100 livestreams and 200 total sessions. The Cvent Event Management app and Attendee Hub are indispensable tools for all attendees, both in-person and virtual. Because of our confidence in the platform and its tremendous functionality and configurability, we're utilizing it increasingly for smaller, mostly virtual, events throughout the year, as well.

Pros

  • Highly configurable, with a wide range of options for virtual, in-person, and hybrid events
  • An optimal blend of functionality with ease of use, including a strong and well-communicated road map
  • Pragmatic yet visionary incorporation of AI for enhancing event building, production, and attendee experience
  • Robust and reliable, particularly given the complexity of the underlying architecture

Cons

  • Growth emphasis seems slanted towards trade shows and events vendor integrations (less so on educational/attendee features)
  • Because of rapid incorporation of new functionality, documentation can lag behind the current platform
  • Complexity is growing, so the platform requires a significant investment of time and coordination to fully leverage

Likelihood to Recommend

The breadth of features is such that Cvent Event Management is a strong choice for events of significant scope and complexity, particularly in volume and diversity of programming. The learning curve may be on the steep side for customers with simpler needs, though Cvent Event Management is addressing this by providing more streamlining in their solution suite.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
8 years of experience

A solid focused event management platform.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cvent for all of our events. We have a large number of events, and some have complex requirements. We have a large number of colleagues involved in setting up and managing events. We use Cvent for both in-person and online events. We require accurate data from our event programs for lead management and related marketing purposes.

Pros

  • Event-focused technology platform.
  • Easy to use.
  • Excellent support.
  • Language support.

Cons

  • Does not have a custom sending IP option.
  • Easier integration with other systems.
  • AI features for content creation.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's particularly beneficial for large organizations that host a diverse range of events, including those with multiple sessions. Their support team is quick to respond to issues and resolves them quickly. Cvent makes it easy to set up event registration sites and emails very quickly. It is easy to brand the event materials.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
6 years of experience

Non profit review of Cvent Event Management

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Cvent Event Management for our registration platform and for our mobile app for a few years. The registration product is good, but extremely expensive. The mobile app is not as good and there are better and more affordable options available. We have two large conferences a year and Cvent Event Management tracks registration, payments, we have a different registration path for our members and can have different email confirmations.

Pros

  • Streamline registration process
  • Track payments
  • Reporting

Cons

  • Pricing structure
  • Reporting
  • Ease of use/intuitiveness of the product

Likelihood to Recommend

The product is good over all, but extremely expensive for what you get. It's better suited for an organization that needs to use all of the many features included. If you have a small staff, it does take a lot of work off of someone's plate to deal with processing registrations well.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
8 years of experience

Cvent Event Management Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a Meeting Planning Agency we utilize Cvent Event Management to manage our clients meetings including Venue Sourcing, Meeting Requests, Budgeting and Attendee Registration sites. Cvent Event Management allows us to seamlessly support our clients as their meeting partner.

Pros

  • Event Site and Registration Management
  • RFP submission and Venue Sourcing
  • Meeting Budget tracking

Cons

  • In event management, tasks could be more robust to support overall event management.

Likelihood to Recommend

Cvent Event Management is well suited for Meeting Managers, internal or external partners and provides a tool to support the overall success of the meeting.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
4 years of experience

A Program Worthy of Its Name

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize Cvent Event Management from everything to meeting registration to sourcing to registration and website creation. It streamlines our process and it's truly a turnkey platform. It keeps the entire events team on the same page and allows for seamless transition between tasks.

The program allows for us to answer the question - how many meetings does the company hold each year to how much do these meetings cost the company. The tool is a big help in standardization of process and templates. The on arrival program keeps us on track while on site, tracking attendees and even helping with on-site registration when needed.

I highly recommend the Cvent Evet Management tool to everyone - even for smaller companies who are just starting the strategic meetings management programs.

Pros

  • Reporting
  • Event Diagramming
  • Onsite Check-in

Cons

  • Registration
  • Hotel Accommodations

Likelihood to Recommend

I highly recommend it if you plan to have on-site registration. Another area is if you plan to have several types of attendees as you are able to break them down into different tracks. Managing sponsors and exhibitors as well as the payments associated.

Vetted Review
Cvent Event Management
7 years of experience