A2Z Events vs Cvent

A2Z Events is an event management platform for organizations operating trade shows, expos, conferences, and corporate events across multiple years and events. Registration handles complex pricing, session selection, access levels, automated emails, payment processing, and live signup and revenue insights. On-site tools include badge printing, mobile check-in, self-service kiosks, QR scanning, and arrival reporting. Organizers can manage exhibitor onboarding and tasks, retrieve leads, sell sponsorships, track deliverables, and report sponsor exposure. The branded mobile app provides messaging, venue maps, schedules, session details, alerts, and sponsor placements. It can recommend attendee connections and support meeting requests and appointment scheduling, while syncing listings, schedules, profiles, and appointments with the platform. A2Z offers REST API services with documentation and code examples, native integrations, and Zapier support. Pricing is on request; product pages invite prospects to book a demo. Support is available by email 24/7 and live chat during listed weekday hours.

Cvent is an event registration product for web and mobile, supporting in-person, virtual, hybrid and webinar events. Registration features include branded websites, drag-and-drop design, email marketing, payments, reporting and AI workflows. The wider offering lists ticketing, onsite check-in, attendee apps and email, exhibitor tools, polls and Q&A. Attendee Hub includes a mobile event app and virtual experiences. Registration can be tried for free, but pricing is provided by quote and no plan prices are listed. Professional includes 15 user logins; Enterprise includes all user logins and lists MFA, SSO, task management, budget management and resource management. Cvent supports pricing and transactions in more than 130 global currencies and says customers receive 24/7 support from its client services team. Its stated security credentials include certification against ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701, and audits under SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II. Attendee data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2 and at rest with AES-256, and payment processing is PCI DSS compliant.