the Stova alternative for one conference, not a portfolio
[ no project plan, no managed services required ]
Stova, the company formed from Aventri, MeetingPlay and eventcore, is built for enterprise and mid-market programs with project managers and onsite staff behind them. most association meetings and summits do not need that machinery. they need the website, the app and registration, built by the people who know the event.
why teams pick studio over Stova
the same event, without the enterprise machinery
a price you can see
Stova does not publish prices; it starts with a demo. studio’s prices are on our pricing page, and building is free.1
see ityour team builds it
Stova is sales-led, with dedicated project managers and managed services. studio is built from forms by your own team, the same afternoon.2
see itbooths sold on the map
Stova shares floor plans with exhibitors through its Exhibitor Resource Center. in studio, exhibitors pick the booth on the live map and pay for it in the same cart.3
see itattendees scan each other
Stova publishes exhibitor lead retrieval. in studio, every attendee carries a digital badge, scans others and keeps their own contact list.4
see itsized for one event
Stova serves enterprise and mid-market programs for organizations like Disney, Cisco and HSBC. studio is built for the conference with 2,500 attendees or fewer.1
see ithotel nights in the checkout
room blocks booked by the night against your contract, in the same checkout as the ticket, with a rooming list the hotel can use.
see itat a glance
wdye studio vs Stova
| wdye studio | Stova | |
|---|---|---|
| published pricing | yes, on our pricing page | no; demo or consultation1 |
| how you pay | per event, or annual for a calendar of events | listed on Capterra as an annual price5 |
| try before you buy | free to build and rehearse, pay only to publish | no free trial listed5 |
| getting started | sign up and build the same day | sales-led, with project managers and managed services12 |
| attendee app | no download, included with every event | native, branded or web app6 |
| payments | your own Stripe, no per-ticket platform fee | your own merchant gateway7 |
| built for | meetings, summits and conferences with 2,500 attendees or fewer | enterprise and mid-market programs, including strategic meetings management1 |
feature by feature
what each one does
studio's column links to the page that shows each feature working. Stova's column is what Stova publishes about itself; where it publishes nothing, we say so rather than guess.
| feature | wdye studio | Stova |
|---|---|---|
| event website builder | yes, built from forms; publishes as you save | yes8 |
| drag-and-drop agenda | yes, on a real calendar with clash flags | yes9 |
| attendee app | yes, no download, no app store | yes: native, branded or web6 |
| paid registration | yes, cards settle in your own Stripe, no per-ticket platform fee | yes10 |
| speaker self-service portal | yes, one link per speaker, no passwords | yes, speaker submissions and review9 |
| call for proposals & abstract scoring | yes, weighted rubric and reviewer pool | yes, submissions and review9 |
| exhibitor portal & booth sales on a floor map | yes, booths picked on a live map in the same cart | Exhibitor Resource Center; floor plans shared, booth sales on the map not published3 |
| banquet table & seat selection | yes, guests pick seats at checkout | not published |
| hotel room blocks in the checkout | yes, booked by the night in the same checkout | hotel and travel options in registration10 |
| member-only rates checked against a roster | yes, proven by email, mobile or member number | member and non-member registration flows11 |
| badges & check-in | yes, Avery printing, gate and session check-in | yes, badgeNEXT kiosks12 |
| live polls | yes, four poll types, one ballot per phone | yes6 |
| attendee contact scanning | yes, attendees keep their own lead list | exhibitor lead retrieval4 |
| AI help | a setup review and an agenda assistant; it suggests, never changes | AI networking and content recommendations13 |
studio is the right call if …
- you run one conference, or a few, rather than a corporate portfolio
- you want to see the price and build before a sales process
- your own team wants to make changes without a project manager
- you sell booths, banquet seats or hotel nights with the ticket
moving an event off Stova
start with the one event that does not need all of it
pick the meeting or summit that never needed an enterprise stack and build it in studio free. paste the schedule into the AI agenda assistant, draw the exhibit hall, set up hotel nights and member rates, and publish when your committee signs off.
staying on Stova?
our pro services team builds and manages Stova events inside your own account, from registration to exhibitors and onsite data.
you might be wondering …
questions people ask
is studio built for enterprise event portfolios?
no, and that is the point. studio is built for meetings, summits and conferences with 2,500 attendees or fewer, run by the team that knows the event. a large corporate program with managed services and onsite staffing is what Stova is built for.
can exhibitors pay for booths in studio?
yes. exhibitors pick a booth on the live floor map during registration, it is held for fifteen minutes while they pay in the same cart, and they get a private portal and worker passes afterward.
we already use Stova. can you help inside it?
yes. our pro services team builds and manages Stova events on your own license.
other comparisons
studio against the rest of the field
wdye studio vs Cvent
enterprise depth, quoted per account. studio publishes its price and goes live today.
comparewdye studio vs Bizzabo
annual subscriptions priced per user. studio sells one event at a time.
comparewdye studio vs EventMobi
a per-event price after a demo. studio is free to build and sells booths from the map.
comparewdye studio vs vFairs
a quoted annual license and a project manager. studio is self-serve and live today.
comparewdye studio vs Swoogo
an annual plan priced by user, with the app as an add-on. studio includes both.
comparewdye studio vs EventSquid
a flat annual license priced on a demo call. studio is priced per event, on the page.
comparesources
everything said about Stova on this page comes from the public pages below, checked on september 29, 2026. products change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
- Stova: home page
- Stova: managed services
- Stova: Exhibitor Resource Center
- Stova: lead retrieval
- Capterra: Stova pricing
- Stova: mobile
- Arizona State University: Stova merchant gateway setup
- Stova: websites
- Stova: session and speaker management
- Stova: registration
- Stova: associations
- Stova: badging
- Stova blog: an AI take on end-to-end vs best-in-class
Stova is a trademark of its owner. we are not affiliated with Stova, and the name is used here only to describe and compare products.
build it before you decide
building in studio is free and nothing expires. put your real Stova event in it, share the private review link with your committee, and pay only if you publish.