If you came looking for Whova

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

Same job, running events from registration to networking to check-in. Different way of doing it.

Your brand, not Whova's. Custom domain, branded registration, branded badges. Native app available on request, also fully white-labeled.
Published pricing. No custom-quote theater, no per-ticket fees, no add-on surprises after signature.
Annual credits, unlimited events. No refund fights, no per-ticket fees, no surprise add-ons.

Works with Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot

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At a glance Eventtia Whova

Your brand, not the vendor's Eventtia: included Whova: not included
Published pricing Eventtia: included Whova: not included
Unlimited events on annual credits Eventtia: included Whova: not included
No per-ticket fees Eventtia: included Whova: not included
Own MCP server for your AI assistant Eventtia: live Whova: none announced

How Eventtia compares · public sources, Oct 2026

The honest read

Six patterns we hear from teams searching for Whova alternatives.

Convergent signals: public reviews across G2 (2,400+), Trustpilot, GetApp, and TrustRadius, plus what Whova publicly argues about its own model. The first five themes come up every time. The sixth is new this autumn: AI.

01 · App ownership

You're renting space in Whova's app.

Every Whova event lives inside the Whova app. Every attendee searches "Whova" in the App Store. Every event looks like every other Whova event with your logo dropped in the corner. Whova's own marketing argues this is fine, and that white-label apps are "five to ten times more expensive" so you should spend that money on better catering instead. For brand teams running customer-facing events, that's the wrong trade.

"White-label event apps are five to ten times more expensive. Spend that money on better catering instead."
Whova marketing blog · "Is a White-Label Event App Really Worthwhile?"
02 · Pricing

Custom-quoted. Surprises after the signature.

Whova's pricing page shows logos and quotes, not numbers. The actual cost structure, reported across G2, GetApp, and customer forums: a custom per-event base fee, plus 3.0% + $0.99 on every paid ticket, plus add-ons reported up to $2,000 (unlimited document uploads, as one example). Teams report learning the full cost only after they've signed.

"Some users say they were unaware of the full pricing details before purchase, leading to unexpected expenses."
GetApp summary of Whova reviews
03 · Commitment model

Per event, custom quote, every time.

Whova's pricing is structured event by event. Each new event is a new quote, a new commitment, often a fresh add-on conversation. There's no annual pool of credits to draw from across a year of programming. Whova does offer a "multi-event package" for organizers committing to several events upfront, but that still pins you to a fixed event count chosen before the year starts. Run six events instead of four, you renegotiate. Run three instead of six, you've paid for capacity you can't redeploy.

"Custom quote per event. Multi-event packages require committing to a fixed number of events upfront, decided at signature."
Whova pricing model, as documented across G2, GetApp, and customer forums
04 · Attendee experience

Notification volume is loud. Brand voice goes missing.

Across G2 reviews, excessive notifications come up 27 times in user-flagged pros/cons. Attendees report being unable to focus on what matters because the platform pushes engagement reminders, gamification prompts, and "find people like you" alerts at a volume your event team didn't approve. For a brand running a high-end customer event, that volume is a brand experience problem before it's a UX one.

"Many of what showed up as alerts wasn't important to me and there were so many that I had a difficult time catching the things that were important."
G2 reviewer
05 · Customization ceiling

Your logo goes in the corner. The rest is template.

Whova lets you upload a logo, pick brand colors, and set a header image. The layers underneath (agenda structure, registration flow, attendee journey, the shape of the experience itself) are template-bound. For events where the experience is part of the brand, that ceiling lands fast. The clearest acknowledgement comes from a competitor: Bizzabo's own comparison page describes the same limitation in plain language.

"Whova offers limited customization, often restricting your ability to control layouts and branding."
Bizzabo competitive page on Whova alternatives
06 · AI

AI that writes for you. No door for your own assistant.

Whova’s AI helps organizers write: AI Companion drafts invitation emails and event descriptions, and an AI-generated summary builds the post-event report. Whova has not announced an MCP server and does not publish a public developer API. Its Zapier MCP connection offers one action: create or update an attendee. Teams that already use Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot every day want that assistant to work inside the event tool itself.
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For the record

What Whova is genuinely good at.

For credibility's sake, the honest wins. If your event is an academic conference where the networking is the point, Whova is genuinely strong. The rest of this page is for everyone else.

Attendee networking

Community boards, icebreakers, find-people-with-shared-interests. The single feature Whova is best in class on. Nine consecutive years winning at the Event Technology Awards. Real industry respect.

Academic & association conferences

Their sweet spot. Peer-to-peer programs where the conversation is the point of the event. 50,000+ events powered, 15M+ users, Google, Microsoft, Harvard, NASA on the customer list.

Small or free events

Free ticketing on free events, no platform-level cost. Real value prop if budget is the constraint and brand identity isn't the priority for that specific event.

AI writing help

AI Companion drafts invitation emails and event descriptions, and an AI-generated summary builds the post-event report. Useful for small teams that want help with the writing.

What we do instead

Same job. Different way of doing it.

Eventtia runs the same event programs Whova runs, with one structural difference: the platform builds your event, your app, and your brand presence, not a folder inside ours.

01 · Brand

Your domain, your design, your brand on every screen.

Your brand from first click to last. The event page lives at your domain, not under Whova's. Registration, agenda, sponsors, communications, badges: all branded as your event, not as a Whova event with your logo dropped in. Most teams ship Eventtia as a beautifully branded web experience that works on every device without an install. Need a custom native app for your largest events? That's available as an add-on, also fully white-labeled.

Custom domain · branded experience · native app available on request.
02 · Pricing

Published. Add-ons priced. No quote theater.

Essential plan starts at $1,650 / year for 250 attendees. Add-ons priced on the page. No quote-by-quote pricing, no per-ticket fees that compound on paid registrations, no add-ons that surface after signature. The number you see is the number you pay.

Essential plan: from $1,650 / year. 12-month license, unlimited events.
03 · Commitment model

Annual access. Unlimited events. One commitment.

Twelve months of platform access, with attendee credits to use across as many events as your plan covers. No per-event quote, no fresh procurement loop each time you add an event. Run three events this year, run ten next year, same license, same predictable cost. The commitment is annual and singular, not per-event and serial.

12-month license · unlimited events · one annual commitment.
04 · Attendee experience

You trigger the messages. The platform stays quiet.

Email, SMS, in-app messaging: every channel, every trigger configurable by you. No platform-pushed engagement reminders to your attendees. No default-on gamification spam. The voice your attendees hear is the voice your brand wrote, on the cadence your team chose.

Email · SMS · in-app: every channel, your trigger.
05 · Customization depth

Configurable below the logo.

Layout, agenda structure, registration flow, attendee journey, communication cadence: configurable, not just brandable. Existing customers like Cartier, Nike, Sony build event experiences that feel like extensions of the brand, not template variants of each other. The customization ceiling sits well above logo and color swap.

Layout · agenda · registration flow · attendee journey · all configurable.
06 · 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.

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. Whova has not announced one, and its Zapier MCP connection offers one action: create or update an attendee.

Example workflow Moving an event from Whova

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.; No MCP server announced. No public developer API.
Which assistants: Claude and ChatGPT, from their connector directories. Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and other MCP assistants connect directly.; Any assistant that can use Zapier, through Zapier.
What the assistant can do: 51 operations, read and write: events, attendee types, forms, sessions, attendees, check-ins and payments.; One action through Zapier: create or update an attendee.
Price: Included in every plan. No add-on, no usage fee.; Runs on your Zapier plan.
Who sets the limits: The user’s role in Eventtia. If a user cannot confirm attendees in Eventtia, their assistant cannot either.; The Whova access stored in the Zapier account.
AI inside the product: Your own assistant does the work, with your data and your permissions.; AI Companion for emails and descriptions. AI-generated event summary.

Whova column: from the Zapier MCP page for Whova and Whova’s AI page. Checked 9 October 2026. We update this table when Whova 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 →

Whova

Custom quote per event$2,999+ base reported by users
+ 3% + $0.99on every paid registration
+ Add-ons up to $2,000surfaced after signature
No pricing on whova.com

Eventtia Essential

From $1,650 / year250 attendees, 12-month license
Unlimited eventsacross the license period
No per-ticket feeson paid or free registrations
Full matrix on the page

For reference: Whova's pricing page does not show numbers. The figures above come from users on G2, GetApp, and Trustpilot reporting what they were actually charged. The 3% + $0.99-per-paid-ticket structure means a 1,000-attendee paid event at $200 a ticket pays Whova roughly $3,990 in transaction fees alone, before counting the base or any add-ons. None of those numbers are published on whova.com.

FAQ

Questions teams ask before they switch.

Does Whova have an MCP server?

Not as of October 2026. Whova’s AI features help organizers write emails, descriptions and post-event summaries inside Whova. Whova does not publish a public developer API, and its Zapier MCP connection offers one action: create or update an attendee. 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 Whova 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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