# Cvent review (2026): is it worth it? > Enterprise event registration, attendee app and check-in Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cvent is an event management platform that covers registration and website building, an attendee app for in-person, virtual and hybrid events, and onsite check-in and badging. It also sells venue sourcing and hospitality tools to hotels and venues. Pricing is quoted by sales and comes as Professional and Enterprise license levels. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Cvent Inc - **Website:** https://www.cvent.com/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a price before talking to sales, as none is published. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing Cvent's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Ways to pay less - **Special rates for non-profits** (Nonprofit): Cvent says it extends special rates to non-profit organizations, which sales will discuss on request. Source: https://www.cvent.com/en/event-management-software/cvent-pricing ## Key features - **Registration:** Personalized registration paths, agenda and session management, no-code event websites, payment tools, built-in email promotion and housing and travel management. - **Attendee Hub:** A mobile event app and virtual experience with chat, Q&A, polling, networking tools, sponsor activation and live or on-demand video. - **OnArrival check-in:** Kiosk check-in, on-demand badge printing, onsite registration and payment, session check-in and real-time attendance dashboards. - **Professional and Enterprise licenses:** Professional licenses the solutions you pick with 15 user logins. Enterprise includes all of them with all user logins, API access, SSO and multi-factor authentication. - **Add-on modules:** Optional products include LeadCapture, Appointments, Abstract Management, Passkey room blocks, Event Diagramming, Surveys Premium and Webinar Premium. - **Services:** Paid services include implementation, event build, integration services and consulting, alongside 24/7 support for all customers. ## Good for - Large organizations and associations running many events - Teams that want registration, event app and onsite check-in from one vendor - Planners who also source venues and manage room blocks ## Worth knowing - No prices are published: the pricing page asks for a quote, so every plan here is sold through sales. - Professional licenses are limited to 15 user logins, and API access and SSO need Enterprise. - Many add-ons, such as LeadCapture and Appointments, are licensed on top of the base platform. - Non-profits can get special rates by asking sales. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Cvent is enterprise event software for registration, an attendee app and check-in, sold by quote. It publishes no prices, caps Professional licenses at 15 user logins, and keeps API access and SSO for Enterprise. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published; every plan is a quote through sales, so it sits at C by default. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record; the pricing page asks for a quote. - **Features: B.** Registration, an Attendee Hub, OnArrival check-in and add-on modules cover the event job, though many add-ons are licensed on top. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is sold through sales and set up per event, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** A web platform; the listing names no integrations and no apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cvent's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Cvent's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 3 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on features (B, above 14 of 45) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Cvent you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Live video to hundreds of people at once. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Ticketing, Reports, Email campaigns, Public API, Webinars ## Alternatives - [Bizzabo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bizzabo): Event management platform for conferences and field events. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/accelevents-vs-cvent) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.cvent.com/en/event-management-software/cvent-pricing - https://www.cvent.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cvent Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).