Cvent vs Event Anywhere

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.

Event Anywhere is a platform for taking in-person events online or running them in a hybrid format. It handles registration, ticketing and payments, and provides audio, video, chat messaging and screencasts for event communications. Attendees can network and meet exhibitors in a virtual expo hall, then continue conversations later with audio notes, video or chat messages. Engagement analytics cover interactions, sessions and virtual footfall. Organizations can tailor colors, fonts, interface elements and logos, while the site describes white-label options for event management companies. The first event is offered free for up to 100 users, with community-site access for up to 30 days after the live event; branding customization is excluded and fair use applies. The service is available on the web and as an extension, including a screen recorder distributed through the Chrome Web Store. The pricing page says it works best in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a desktop or laptop and cautions that other browsers may have issues. The maker also describes a ChatGPT-powered AI co-presenter for live streams with voice features, polls, Q&A and chat.