Accelevents vs Explara

Accelevents brings registration, sessions, virtual booths, networking, attendee engagement, and reporting into a platform for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. Organizers can stream using Accelevents or connect Zoom for live sessions, and offer recordings on demand alongside scheduled participation. Attendees can chat, request connections or meetings, join timed one-to-one networking, and take part in workshops with up to 25 people on camera. The virtual event hub supports announcements, activity-based challenges, and leaderboards. During an event, organizers can track registration, attendance, and engagement in sessions and booths. Connections with Marketo, Salesforce, and HubSpot support exchanging attendee and registration data. Attendees can join through a browser or mobile event app, depending on event setup. The platform has a free plan, and listed paid plan sizes range from one event with 500 registrants on Professional to unlimited events on White Label. Continuing education features are available on Business, Enterprise, and White Label plans. Every plan includes 24/7 support, with an average response time of 21 seconds.

Explara is a cloud platform for managing in-person events from planning through event day and follow-up. Its tools cover ticketing, registration, attendee management, payment processing, marketing, and reporting, as well as interaction measurement and event ROI evaluation. Organizers can build event websites, manage ticket sales and registration, handle paper and abstracts, offer merchandise, and arrange travel and accommodation. Event-day tools include entry scanning, point of sale, badge design and printing, and an app builder. The platform also provides groups and memberships, surveys, contact management, invoicing, bookkeeping, and finance and data integration. Explara is available on the web, Android, and iOS, and offers an API, Event Mobile App, and Check-In App. Its free Starter plan supports one event per month and charges 4% on domestic ticket value plus a 1% Stripe transaction fee. Growth costs $9/month and Pro costs $25/month; both also list those transaction fees. Stripe or PayPal customers can try ticketing and online selling for five transactions each.