Cvent vs Kindest Events

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.

Kindest Events is event ticketing software for nonprofits, covering registration, donations, donor data and check-in in one platform. Organizations can create branded event pages with images, schedules, details and included items. Ticket types support descriptions, prices, fair market values and capacity limits; exclusive or invite-only options can be hidden. Attendee tools include bid, table and seat assignments, information collection, and list imports and exports. At check-in, staff can search by name, email or ticket code, edit attendee details and see live counts. The Totalizer displays incoming donations and donor names live on all plans. Winning bids can be shown at live auctions, but not online auctions. Kindest lists integrations including Salesforce, Mailchimp, Google Analytics, Bloomerang and Stripe. It supports in-person events on Android, iOS and web. Kickstart is free with a 5% platform fee, waived for the first $50K of the first year; Growth costs $1,800 per year and has a 3.75% platform fee. Stripe also charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction.