wdye studio vs the big event platforms
[ the honest version, with sources ]
most event platforms were built for enterprise portfolios and priced to match: a demo, a quote, an annual contract, then weeks of setup. studio was built for the meeting, summit or conference with 2,500 attendees or fewer that still needs a top-tier website, an attendee app and paid registration. it is free to build, paid per event when you publish, and you can have it live the same afternoon.
pick a platform
side by side, one platform at a time
wdye studio vs Cvent
Cvent is built for enterprise event programs and quotes every account. studio publishes its prices, is free to build, and takes a 300-person conference live the same afternoon.
see the comparisonwdye studio vs Bizzabo
Bizzabo is sold as an annual subscription priced per user, with portals as add-ons. studio sells one event at a time, with speaker and sponsor portals and ten team logins included.
see the comparisonwdye studio vs EventMobi
EventMobi sells per event or per year after a demo. studio is free to build today, sends push bulletins without an app store, and sells booths and hotel nights in the same checkout.
see the comparisonwdye studio vs vFairs
vFairs quotes an annual license and assigns a project manager. studio publishes its prices, is free to build, and publishes the day you are ready, with an app that needs no store.
see the comparisonwdye studio vs Swoogo
Swoogo is an annual subscription priced by user, with the app and call for speakers sold as add-ons. studio sells one event at a time with the app, live polls and a call for proposals included.
see the comparisonwdye studio vs Stova
Stova (formerly Aventri) serves enterprise programs through sales, project managers and managed services. studio is priced per event and built by your own team the same afternoon.
see the comparisonwdye studio vs EventSquid
EventSquid is a flat annual license, priced by expected registrations on a demo call. studio is priced per event on the page, with push bulletins, live polls and a call for proposals included.
see the comparisonwhat every comparison comes down to
six things studio does differently
free to build, no demo call
sign up and start building the real event. no sales call, no quote, no credit card until you publish.
see itpay per event, not per year
one event, one credit, and credits never expire. running a whole calendar? the annual plan covers every event.
see itlive the same afternoon
no kickoff, no implementation project. fill in the forms, preview the real site, press go live.
see itthe app comes with it
a no-download attendee app reads from the same content as the website, so the agenda never disagrees with itself.
see ityour Stripe, no per-ticket fee
cards settle straight into your own Stripe account. we never take a cut of a ticket.
see itthe whole event in one cart
tickets, sessions, booths on a floor map, banquet seats, hotel nights and member rates, bought in one checkout.
see itevery statement about another platform on these pages links to that platform's own public pages, with the date we checked. where a vendor publishes nothing, we say "not published" rather than guess.
already committed to a platform?
keep it, and let us run it
if you are mid-contract, studio can run the website and attendee app on top of the registration you already have, or our pro services team can build and manage the event inside your own license. see the platforms we work in.
Cvent, Bizzabo, EventMobi, vFairs, Swoogo, Stova, EventSquid are trademarks of their respective owners. we are not affiliated with them, and the names are used here only to describe and compare products.
build it before you decide
building in studio is free and nothing expires. put your real event in it, share the private review link with your committee, and pay only if you publish.