If you came looking for Cvent

Considering Cvent? Here's what's different about Eventtia.

Same job: running global event programs from registration to check-in to reporting. Different way of doing it.

Pricing without the spreadsheet. Clear tiers, no surprise modules, no quote-only theater.
One platform, not a legacy stack. Built this decade for the way event teams actually work.
Flexible contracts. No two-to-three-year lock-ins by default.

Works with Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot

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At a glance Eventtia Cvent

Transparent, published pricing Eventtia: included Cvent: not included
One platform, no legacy stack Eventtia: included Cvent: not included
Flexible terms, no multi-year lock-in Eventtia: included Cvent: not included
Choose EU or US data residency Eventtia: included Cvent: not included
Your AI assistant works in it (MCP) Eventtia: live Beta: Cvent, beta from November 2026

How Eventtia compares · public sources, Oct 2026

The honest read

Six patterns we hear from teams searching for Cvent alternatives.

Convergent signals: real prospect calls and messages between February and October 2026, plus thousands of public reviews on G2, Trustpilot, and forums. The first five themes come up every time. The sixth is new this autumn.

01 · Pricing

The cost no one predicts before the renewal.

Cvent's pricing combines a base subscription with separately-priced modules and per-ticket fees in the range of $3.95 + 1.95% per registration (cited repeatedly across G2 reviews). Contracts are negotiated quote-by-quote. Teams typically find out what they're actually paying in quarter four, not at signing.

"The important thing is costing. Cvent seems to be very, very expensive."
Head of events, global hospitality group · April 2026
02 · Setup complexity

A platform stitched together by acquisition.

Cvent has been acquired and reassembled multiple times since 2016. The product is powerful, but each acquired module carries its own UI, its own learning curve, its own quirks. New event managers spend weeks learning the system before they ship their first event.

"I worked on the backend before. As a user it's quite okay. But to build it takes a lot of time."
Senior events manager, Big Four consulting firm · March 2026
03 · Contract terms

Two-to-three-year lock-ins, with surprises.

Enterprise contracts run long, with annual commitments and auto-renewals. Customers report buying registration capacity they can't fully use, then discovering the negotiation window is narrower than they expected. Public review platforms carry repeated complaints about the contract experience.

"We just had some things with contracts overlapping and being weird with timing. We haven't loved having to hash those details out."
Operations lead, US marketing agency · February 2026
04 · Data residency

Your data lives where Cvent decides.

For US-based teams running US-based events, Cvent's US infrastructure is fine. For everyone else, the same infrastructure becomes a procurement headache. Post-GDPR and post-Schrems II, European enterprise procurement increasingly flags US-hosted SaaS as a friction point. For brand teams running events in Monaco, Zurich, or Paris, this becomes a single procurement-line question with one wrong answer. Cvent's residency menu has one item.

"Cvent's US servers weren't really something we could work with. That's why we contacted Eventtia."
Head of events, European wealth advisory firm · April 2026
05 · Product velocity

A platform that stopped moving like a software company.

Blackstone took Cvent private in 2023 ($4.6B deal). Private equity ownership tends to optimize cash flow and contract value over product velocity. Independent engineer reviews flag "a mountain of technical debt." Customers feel it as slow setup speed.

"Cvent is going to take too long."
Senior events manager, Big Four consulting firm · March 2026
06 · AI

Teams want their AI assistant in the work now.

Cvent is investing heavily in AI: an in-product assistant, AI reporting, seating and venue tools, many of them in beta. Its connector for outside AI assistants was announced in September 2026, as a beta that starts in November, with Claude first. Teams that already use Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot every day ask a simpler question: can my assistant set up and run our events this quarter, inside the tool we pay for?
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For the record

What Cvent is genuinely good at.

For credibility's sake, the honest wins. If your primary need is any of these, Cvent is still the right call. The rest of this page is for everyone else.

Venue sourcing

302,000+ hotels and venues in the Cvent Supplier Network. The RFP system is the industry standard. Eventtia doesn't operate in this layer.

Mega-conference logistics

Multi-thousand-attendee conferences with juried abstract submissions, voting workflows, and deep session management. Cvent's depth here is real and earned.

Procurement-grade brand

Already on most enterprise approved-vendor lists. If procurement clearance isn't your blocker, this matters less. If it is, it's a real advantage.

AI inside the Cvent suite

Cvent Assistant, AI reporting, AI seating and AI venue sourcing: a large AI program, much of it in beta in 2026. If you want AI features inside a full Cvent stack, that is a real reason to stay.

What we do instead

Same job. Different way of doing it.

Eventtia runs the same event programs Cvent runs: registration, communications, on-site check-in, mobile app, analytics. It is designed around the shape of how event teams actually work in 2026.

01 · Pricing

Published. Attendee-based. No per-ticket charge.

Pricing published. Scope priced by attendee credits and event count, not by module. No per-registration fee at any tier. You know what you're paying at signing and at renewal. Nothing hidden behind a sales call.

Essential plan: $3,700 / year for 1,000 attendees. 12-month license, unlimited events.
02 · Platform

One product. One UI. Built this decade.

Registration, communications, on-site check-in, mobile app, analytics: built as a single platform, with one logic and one learning curve. New event managers ship their first event in days, not weeks. URL stubs for QR-codable event pages can be published the same day we get on the call.

Onboarding: 2-3 weeks. First event live: same week.
03 · Contracts

Annual credits. No auto-rollover surprises.

Annual terms by default. Add capacity for the year you're running ten events; scale it back for the year you're running three. No automatic multi-year renewals you have to fight to exit. The contract matches your event program, not the other way around.

Annual term · transparent renewal · you don't fight us to leave.
04 · Data residency

EU or US. Your choice on both.

Eventtia operates legal entities in Europe and the United States, with hosting in both regions. European procurement signs in Europe, hosts in Europe, and ticks the GDPR box without a workaround. US-based teams keep contracting and hosting stateside, no friction added. The differentiator isn't a continent. It's that the customer picks which side of the Atlantic to operate on, across both axes: the entity that signs the order form, and the servers the data lives on.

EU + US entities · EU + US hosting · You pick your region.
05 · AI

Your AI assistant works in Eventtia today.

Eventtia’s MCP server has been live since August 2026. It connects Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and other AI assistants to your account, with read and write access: 51 operations, included in every plan. Your team asks in plain language. The assistant does the work in Eventtia, inside the limits of each user’s role. Eventtia is an independent company, and new features ship every quarter.

Live since August 2026 · 51 operations · included in every plan.
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AI and MCP, side by side

Your AI assistant can run Eventtia today.

An MCP server is the connection that lets an AI assistant like Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot work inside your event platform. Eventtia’s has been live since August 2026. Cvent announced its own in September 2026, as a beta that starts in November.

Example workflow Moving an event from Cvent

1You ask

Your AI assistant Eventtia connected

Set up our Partner Summit in Eventtia for 22 April 2027. Two attendee types, Delegates and Speakers. Ask delegates for dietary needs, and add the opening keynote at 9:00.

2The assistant works in Eventtia

Create eventPartner Summit · 22 Apr 2027
Create attendee typeDelegates
Create attendee typeSpeakers
Create custom fieldDietary needs · Delegates form
Create sessionOpening keynote · 09:00

3It’s in your account

Partner Summit 22 April 2027

Attendee types: DelegatesSpeakers
Delegates form: + Dietary needs
Agenda: Keynote 09:00

Review it in Eventtia like any change your team makes.

Connect your own AI assistant (MCP): LiveSince August 2026.; BetaAnnounced September 2026. Beta starts in November 2026.
Which assistants: Claude and ChatGPT, from their connector directories. Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and other MCP assistants connect directly.; Claude first. Copilot, ChatGPT and others planned.
What the assistant can do: 51 operations, read and write: events, attendee types, forms, sessions, attendees, check-ins and payments.; Not published yet.
Price: Included in every plan. No add-on, no usage fee.; Not published yet.
Who sets the limits: The user’s role in Eventtia. If a user cannot confirm attendees in Eventtia, their assistant cannot either.; Not published yet.

Cvent column: from Cvent’s beta programs announcement of 29 September 2026. Checked 9 October 2026. We update this table when Cvent publishes more.

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Pricing, published

The price is on the page. Drag to find yours.

Essential plan, end-to-end. 12-month license, unlimited events within your plan. No per-ticket fees. Most common reaction on a prospect call: "Wait, that's for the whole year?" Yes.

Total attendees across all your events, 12 months

250 attendees

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Currency

$ 1,650 / year

Essential plan. 12-month license, unlimited events. No per-ticket fees. MCP server for your AI assistant included. Full matrix →

For reference: G2 reviewers repeatedly cite Cvent per-ticket fees in the range of $3.95 + 1.95% of ticket value, on top of the base subscription. On a 1,000-attendee event with a $200 average ticket, the per-ticket fees alone work out to roughly $7,850, before counting the base subscription. None of those numbers, including the base subscription, are published anywhere on cvent.com.

FAQ

Questions teams ask before they switch.

Does Cvent have an MCP server?

Cvent announced an MCP connector in September 2026, as a beta that starts in November 2026. It connects to Claude first, with Copilot, ChatGPT and others planned. Before that, the way to connect Cvent to an AI assistant was a third-party tool such as Zapier or CData. Eventtia’s MCP server has been live since August 2026 and works with Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and other MCP assistants.

What is an MCP server, in plain words?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets an AI assistant use another piece of software. An MCP server is the connection on the software side. With Eventtia’s, your team can ask Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot to create an event, add a form field or check who registered, and the assistant does it in your Eventtia account.

Can the assistant change data in Eventtia, or only read it?

Both. The assistant can read and write: 51 operations across events, attendee types, forms, sessions, attendees, check-ins and payments. It works with the permissions of the person who connected it. A user who cannot confirm attendees in Eventtia cannot do it through an assistant either, and every change is recorded in Eventtia.

Does the AI connection cost extra?

Not on the Eventtia side. The MCP server is included in every Eventtia plan, with no add-on and no usage fee. Your AI assistant is a separate subscription with its own provider.

How fast can we move from Cvent to Eventtia?

Onboarding takes 2 to 3 weeks, and most teams publish their first event page in their first week. If you have a date to meet, such as registration opening, tell us on the call and we plan the setup backwards from it.

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