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How Event Vault Compares

Choosing an event app is a big decision, and most vendors won't even tell you what they charge. These comparisons are detailed, sourced and dated, including the parts where the other platform wins.

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The Short Answer

Event Vault Whova EventMobi Cvent
Price published? Yes, €500–€1,000 + ~€1/attendee No Yes, from $3,000/event No
Cheapest way in €250 Lineup Quote only $3,000/event Quote only
Fee on ticket sales No platform fee, only Stripe’s processing fee 3% + $0.99 per paid ticket, plus processing No platform fee, only your gateway’s processing fee Per Order Form
Who holds your money You, via Stripe Connect You, if you connect your own Stripe You, via your own gateway You, through Cvent Payments on Stripe Connect
White-label app Yes, your developer accounts or ours Not offered Yes, your developer accounts Yes, your developer accounts
Time to launch Same day No published timeline ~2 months average No published timeline
Data storage EU for event data; sign-in accounts in the US USA USA EU (Frankfurt, Dublin)
Virtual & hybrid Not built in; integrated externally Built in Built in Built in
Abstracts & e-posters In the app and on your site; no submission or review Submission and review Set up as sessions with documents Submission and review
Speaker travel & visa logistics Yes, with GDPR consent on passport data Not documented Not documented Travel details; no visa tooling documented
Formal votes with whitelists & proxies Yes Not documented Not documented Not documented
SOC 2 / ISO 27001 No; our Google Cloud host is certified SOC 2 Type 2 SOC 2 Type II Both, plus ISO 27701
Custom integrations Aanmelder and Salesforce sync included; bespoke work scoped per project HubSpot, Eventbrite, AMS and Zapier; no public API Catalogue, $500–$1,000 each Marketplace, services $150–$300/hr
Support hours No fixed hours, set around your event Mon–Fri, 9–5 Pacific (free tier) 24h weekdays, limited weekends 24/7, premium tiers cost extra

All competitor claims verified against primary sources on 3 November 2026 and cited on the individual comparison pages. Vendors change their terms, always confirm current details directly.

How We Write These

A vendor’s comparison page is only worth reading if it shows where the vendor loses. So:

  • Every competitor claim is sourced and dated. Wherever possible we quote the vendor’s own pricing page, help centre or contract terms rather than a review site or a rival’s blog.
  • We publish what we don’t do. Event Vault hosts no streaming of its own, and has no abstract submission or review, no SSO and no SOC 2 certification. SSO and SOC 2 both carry a large upfront and yearly cost that isn’t viable for a company our size today. Each page says so plainly, in its own section, rather than hoping you won’t ask.
  • We say where competitors win. Each page has a section on when the other platform is the better choice.
  • We assume you already own tools. Where a page marks something as missing, ask anyway. Aanmelder and Salesforce sync out of the box, and custom importers, bespoke CRM integrations and embedded third-party services are routine work here, not an exception.

If you spot something on these pages that’s out of date or wrong, tell me and I’ll fix it.

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