Easily manage and run your events with our 14 free and paid software packages!
Professional events, whether large or small, are often difficult to manage. Between the often time-consuming administrative tasks of registering and managing invitations, organising and managing the venue and running the event... it's normal to feel overwhelmed when organising an event.
Although event management agencies are recommended for this kind of service, digitalization has brought to light another type of service provider that is much more accessible: event management software.
These solutions are highly customisable and scalable, allowing you to organise your event from A to Z with advanced functionalities, or to manage a specific aspect such as registration or ticketing.
Depending on your needs and the structure of your company, choose the most suitable event management software from our comparison!
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How do you choose your event management software?
In order to choose the right event management software, a number of criteria need to be met by the solution:
- The reputation of the platform,
- The ease of use of the tool (ergonomics, graphics),
- The relevance and richness of the management functions,
- Basic event functionalities, i.e. :
- a registration and ticketing management module,
- an invitation creation and management module,
- an emailing module,
But also more advanced criteria:
- An event badge management module, a must-have for organising meetings, stands and seminars: generate hundreds or thousands of customisable badges in just a few clicks.
- Statistical tools to analyse and measure the performance of your event marketing actions (e-mail campaigns, participant engagement, etc).
- A website creation module, very useful for large-scale events that require extensive organisation and regular follow-up.
The engaging and collaborative platform: Aventri
Aventri is an all-in-one event platform for companies of all sizes, helping them to organise highly engaging in-person, virtual and hybrid events. It's fully customisable and easy to use.
✅ Key benefits of Aventri
- Features for collecting, managing and analysing attendee and event data to improve your decision-making,
- A module for creating a transparent and personalised event registration process,
- Comprehensive event reports to track the performance of your events,
- Access to the platform via any device (smartphone, tablet or computer).
❌ Disadvantages of Aventri
- Getting to grips with it and using it can be complicated for beginners due to its many features.
Events software combined with a powerful CRM : Nelis
Nelis is a comprehensive, intuitive CRM software packagecombined with a powerful events platform that helps you build, manage and animate your community through engaging virtual or physical events. Thanks to its advanced contact management features , you benefit from a truly all-in-one tool that ensures targeted and effective campaigns.
✅ Main benefits of Nelis
- An intuitive, customisable events calendar to manage and organise your events while complying with the RGPD,
- A module for creating secure members' areas that can be configured to suit your workgroups (internal/external),
- A system for automating registrations and invitations to save time: create tailor-made web forms and automatically retrieve contacts and activate the sending of invitations via an emailing module,
- Statistical tools measure the impact of your campaigns on targeted audiences in real time (open rates, number of clicks, etc).
❌ Disadvantages of Nelis
- A price that can be a little expensive for small budgets.
Nelis CRM
The made in France all-in-one platform: Wisembly
Wisembly is French event management software that is fully customisable and very easy to use. Today, it helps more than 300,000 users to manage and run their hybrid, virtual and face-to-face events. Plan speeches for up to 16 speakers simultaneously and up to 20,000 participants!
✅ Main benefits of Wisembly
- A dedicated, made-to-measure site creation module: take advantage of ready-to-use, customisable templates and easily configure your registration forms,
- Advanced moderation features: live provision of content (video, documents, etc.) and interaction (polls, brainstorms), grouping of virtual rooms by theme, automatic prioritisation of contributions, etc,
- A replay module available after the end of your events and the ability to collect a wide range of analytical data for internal analysis and feedback,
- A responsive Customer Success team and comprehensive support: video production, production, capture, translation, etc.
❌ Disadvantages of Wisembly
- The subscription price for webinars can be high for small structures.
Wisembly
The ultra-complete French business event solution: Eventdrive
Eventdrive is a comprehensive and innovative Made in France solution that takes care of every aspect of managing your corporate events, whether virtual, hybrid or in person, from planning to post-event analysis. RGPD-certified and with a team of responsive experts , Eventdrive helps you to deliver high-quality, secure events.events and free up your creativity by automating time-consuming tasks. All while boosting the productivity of your events teams!
✅ Main benefits of Eventdrive
- Complete management of your virtual, hybrid and in-person events from A to Z,
- Simple, intuitive customisation of registration and showcase websites,
- A tool for creating and sending e-mail and SMS campaigns integrated into the platform to improve communication with participants,
- The creation of customised web and mobile applications for an optimal and innovative user experience,
- Powerful analyses and reports to measure the results of each of your events in real time,
- Numerous APIs and integrations for an all-in-one, extensible solution.
❌ Eventdrive disadvantages
- Eventdrive is not suitable for VSEs and small structures.
Eventdrive
The event marketing specialist: Bizzabo
Bizzabo is an event management platform that enables you to develop communities and manage engaging events. It supports you in all types of events: from a private in-person event to a virtual executive summit to a sold-out hybrid user conference.
✅ Key benefits of Bizzabo
- An intelligent, fully configurable website creation module where you send invitations by email directly via the platform,
- An interactive agenda, live polls and push notifications to optimise your hybrid events and encourage participant engagement,
- Integrated indicators to automatically and accurately measure your sponsors' return on investment,
- A fluid, ergonomic interface with responsive customer service.
❌ Disadvantages of Bizzabo
- It does not have CRM functions.
Bizzabo
Intuitive, robust software: Cvent Event Management
With over 300,000 users, Cvent Event Management is one of the most widely used online event management and registration applications. Packed with intelligent , dynamic features , it makes it easy to find venues, engage participants, collect feedback and more.
✅ Key benefits of Cvent Event Management
- An integrated video player that gives you high-quality live, simulated or recorded content with real-time Q&A,
- Collaborative sessions for up to 500 participants,
- Advanced webinar creation and moderation features with the ability to provide live attachments, connect participants in private video rooms, etc,
- A customer service team of over 1,000 people offering personalised attention 24/7.
❌ Disadvantages of Cvent Event Management
- It can be complicated to get to grips with at first,
- Its price can be a bit expensive for companies with small budgets,
- It doesn't integrate very well with Salesforce.
Cvent Event Management
The mobile event applications platform: EventMobi
EventMobi is a Canadian mobile event management platform used by over 11,000 event planners across 72 countries. Widely used by associations, agencies and companies of all sizes, it features an ultra-intuitive mobile application that analyses your meetings from any device.
✅ Main benefits of Eventmobi
- An easy-to-use registration module: the platform supports email invitations, registration collection and participant registration,
- A customised conference creation module that encourages participant engagement before, during and after events,
- Networking for your events, boosted by integrated, personalised messaging, real-time activity feeds and group discussion tools,
- An event gamification module to boost participant motivation.
❌ Disadvantages of Eventmobi
- Importing and exporting can be difficult,
- Slightly high rates, especially for non-profit organisations.
EventMobi
The professional event management web application: EventMaker
EventMaker is an intuitive, scalable web application that helps companies create, run and monitor the performance of their business events. Thanks to its numerous templates (for forms, e-mails and websites) and its integrated CRM, you can manage all the points of contact with your participants in just a few clicks.
✅ Main benefits of EventMaker
- An integrated CRM tool that makes it easy to manage your database of participants: classify them by type, segment your campaigns and schedule contacts and/or reminders,
- A fully customisable emailing module that gives you access to visual email templates and automates the sending of emails according to your needs,
- A simple, intuitive chatbot creation system to streamline your participants' requests,
- A fully configurable system for creating badges with QR codes.
❌ Disadvantages of EventMaker
- Need to call on the EventMaker support team to customise the site or ticketing system as much as possible.
Eventmaker
Free registration form software : 123FormBuilder
123FormBuilder helps you create free, personalised online registration, contact and payment forms. You can choose from over 10,000 free form templates, all limited to 100 registrations per month.
✅ Main benefits of 123FormBuilder
- The tool integrates with WordPress and other publishing platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Hootsuite,
- An ultra-simple drag-and-drop system helps you create your forms simply and share them in just a few clicks on your website,
- A payment form module with over 30 payment integrations (PayPal, Square...) so you can get paid directly from your website at no extra cost,
- Over 300 widgets are available to automate your workflows.
❌ 123FormBuilder disadvantages
- Very limited functionality for dynamic, large-scale events,
- No collaborative features,
- Does not specialise in business events,
- The free version is limited to 5 forms.
The international ticketing and events solution: Eventbrite
Eventbrite is an international platform that organises events of all kinds (festivals, conventions, workshops, etc.) in just a few minutes. With 3 million events to its credit, in over 170 countries worldwide, the solution supports you at every stage of your events.
✅ Key benefits of Eventbrite
- Self-service event planning tools: email invitation creation, RSVP tracking and ticket sales,
- An event page builder with integrated processing, analysis and payment support: you get real-time reports to improve your decision making,
- A website creation function backed up by integrated SEO tools,
- Option to hire equipment such as RFID gates and mobile ticketing technical kits.
❌ Disadvantages of Eventbrite
- Limited customisation when it comes to emails, templates, etc,
- The multi-user interface is a little tricky to set up,
- 3.5% of ticket price + €0.49 per ticket + 3% payment processing fee (only for ticket purchases via mobile app).
Eventbrite
The intuitive B2B events platform: Eventify
Eventify is an intuitive, comprehensive and easy-to-use platform for managing your B2B events and conferences, whether face-to-face or virtual. From participant management to online registration and ticketing, everything is centralised on a single platform.
✅ Key benefits of Eventify
- A flexible, mobile-friendly business website builder for all types of conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, workshops, meetings and other B2B events,
- A lead scanning system to capture your potential customers at conferences, trade shows, etc,
- A highly-developed gamification module that considerably boosts participant engagement via games, rewards, rankings, etc,
- Advanced SEO features pre-integrated on your website.
❌ Disadvantages of Eventify
- The website creation module is effective but limited,
- There are no automatic email triggers.
The platform for simple, customisable events: Eventtia
Eventtia is a comprehensive and intuitive American event management software package that centralises the organisation and running of all kinds of events. Thanks to Data and its event marketing functionalities, you can attract a greater number of participants with ease.
✅ Main benefits of Eventtia
- Simplified global logistics: unlimited online registration, elaborate participant profile sheets, launch of targeted campaigns, secure payment processing, creation of different types of tickets for each event, etc,
- A lead retrieval system to enhance the value of your sponsors and exhibitors while generating ROI,
- A simple event duplication module to save time,
- A simple module for creating electronic and/or printed badges.
❌ Disadvantages of Eventtia
- Available in English, which somewhat limits the French version.
Eventtia
The registration and engagement platform: Eventzilla
Eventzilla is a ticketing software with over 7,000,000 registrations processed and nearly 200,000 event sites created to its credit. The tool helps you sell tickets online, process credit card payments and promote events on social media.
✅ Main benefits of Eventzilla
- Handles all event logistics: from event registration to check-in, speaker sessions to networking and seating arrangements,
- White-label ticketing functionality that gives you total control over the ticketing process from A to Z,
- A module for organising and hosting online events that covers all the basic activities: promotion on social networks, audience engagement, website broadcasting, etc,
- A module for creating and sending professional-looking certificates without coding.
❌ Disadvantages of Eventzilla
- A design that isn't very modern,
- Customer service that is available but not very responsive,
- 1.5 per ticket + processing fee in the basic version.
Eventzilla
The community development specialist: Glue Up
Glue Up is an all-in-one CRM platform that helps you create and develop your community through events, memberships and other digital tools. It has a comprehensive and intuitive business event management platform coupled with CRM for even greater efficiency.
✅ Key benefits of Glue Up
- A module for creating event pages to optimise the conversion of your leads, offer special coupons and prices, customise your payment options and registration collection, etc..,
- Targeted email marketing features: create newsletters, invitations to branded events and campaigns in just a few clicks using the drag-and-drop system or the HTML editor,
- A digital business card sharing system to manage connections made at events,
- An integrated event application to access your data, information and updates from any device.
❌ Disadvantages of Glue Up
- Expensive rates for small structures.
Article translated from French