Comprehensive and Customizable Event Management!

Once you understand the platform, Cvent is incredibly intuitive and customizable. It will allow your organization to maintain a consistent, comprehensive and professional registration platform and website, as well as consistent messaging related to events. The system continues to expand their offerings of integration with various CRMs and other event resources (ex. Hotel/venue sourcing, budgeting, app usage.) Cvent event management really is a one-stop-shop for all things related to events to ensure a high quality experience both for attendees/constituents, as well as for the staff working behind the scenes. There are comprehensive and consistently updated trainings to create experts of your in-house staff so you don't always need to rely on a "third party" to make updates and/or make the best use of the system.

Cvent Event Management works great for events for which we need to collect registration fees. If you have a large-scale event that requires complex registration/data collection, and payment processing, Cvent Event Management is the best solution out there! It is comprehensive, can handle complex, multi-step registration forms, and has features for customizable and branded accompanying website and marketing opportunities (social media, event emails, etc). It is a one-stop-shop for creation and promotion of an event. That said, for "free" events, because there is an associated cost per registrant, it makes more sense for us to use another platform (we use EventBrite, GoogleForm, or WordPress Gravity Forms) to collect RSVPs. The cost-per-registrant is outlined upon contracting (and can vary based on the terms of your contract), but it is a fixed cost, rather than a percentage of the overall fees. Again, depending on the cost of your program for a participant, this can either be a good thing or something that would persuade you to use another system in that scenario. I continue to recommend Cvent to all colleagues though!