--- description: Review of Event Essentials Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Event Essentials | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Conference Software](/directory/4210/conference/software) > [Event Essentials](/software/34294/event-essentials) # Event Essentials Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/34294/event-essentials Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/34294/event-essentials?page=2) > Event Essentials is a cloud-based event management solution that enables users to manage ticket sales, donations, sponsors, vendors and volunteers for conferences, festivals, bike-runs, street fairs and many more. The tool enables promoters and event organizers to track customer sales using a single web interface. Event Essentials enables event planners to conduct silent auctions by creating donation reports, customized procurement letters, secure payment processing and automated email responses. The solution offers an online ticketing feature that allows event managers to cap ticket sales to avoid a large crowd. Organizations can also bundle ticket prices and provide discount codes to regular customers. Event Essentials allows users to create customized events and export all event-related data for report creation. The solution also manages volunteers by offering various features including online sign-ups, email communications, digital signatures, post-event surveys and many more. Event Essentials provides a media manager dashboard that allows event organizers to promote the event on various social media websites. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 73 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 73 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Event Essentials - **Location**: Cheyenne, US - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$450.00 - **Pricing Details**: Call or contact Event Essentials via their web form to receive a full pricing quote. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Control - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Agenda Management - Alerts/Notifications - Approval Process Control - Artist Management - Attendance Management - Attendee Management - Attendee Tracking - Audience Engagement - Badge Management - Barcode/Ticket Scanning - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Calendar Management - Class Registration - Collaboration Tools - Compliance Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Conference Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4210/conference/software) ## Related Categories - [Conference Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4210/conference/software) - [Event Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4734/event-management/software) - [Ticketing Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4641/ticketing/software) - [Registration Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4145/registration/software) - [Vendor Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3361/vendor-management-system/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The check in process with bar codes is fast and efficient. > > **Cons**: There is nothing I can think of at this time. > > They understand how to create a great experience at point of check in. ----- ### "Event Essentials is the BEST\!" — 5.0/5 > **Patrick** | *14 February 2025* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: \[sensitive content hidden\] \& \[sensitive content hidden\] were/are so easy to work with and both worked very diligently to get the system to where we needed it to be. I'm still amazed at how customizable they were able to make it to fit our needs and were truly invested in our success. Our team did put in a lot of time and effort in giving very clear instructions and direction to both \[sensitive content hidden\] \& \[sensitive content hidden\] in the creation of the system. Lines of communication were also quick and efficient on both sides. > > **Cons**: It's not really a reflection of Event Essentials as I'm sure with any transition period there will be issues and bugs to work out. All in all looking back, not too many and although stressful at times, we got through it\! > > Switching to a brand new event management system was a very difficult decision but a necessary one. We outgrew our prior software and a change was needed. After much research and discussions, Event Essentials seemed to be the best fit across the board. We're approx six-months in now post launch and we DEF made the right choice\! ----- ### "Wish we discovered EE sooner\!" — 5.0/5 > **Jessica** | *28 September 2018* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We love how Event Essentials has created a software that is customizable to our specific needs. They are prompt to address the issues that may arise or adjust things that we need changed. > > **Cons**: I can hardly think of any cons. Hopefully this business can grow and expand. I think it would be wonderful for a representative to visit/physically interact each organizations within Event Essentials to completely understand and have a good grasp of what we do. > > Tucson Meet Yourself is a Multi Cultural festival that attacks over 120,000 people over the span on 3 days. We host over 60 different food vendors, 160 performers, \& 700 volunteers. Event Essentials fits our needs and allows us to use 1 software for multiple components of our sign up/managing needs.Rep is wonderful to work with\! I would highly suggest Event Essentials. ----- ### "Streamline and organize all your events\!" — 5.0/5 > **Kari** | *26 June 2025* | Wine & Spirits | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: User friendly, mobile app friendly, not complicated or fussy to learn. I highly recommend Event Essentials\! > > **Cons**: I don't know that we fully utilized all of its capabilities, I would like to learn more about all the features it offers. > > Event Essentials organized all the moving parts of our event, they made every step clear and accessable for the organizers, vendors, and attendees. ----- ### "Event Essentials is THE multi-purpose tool you never knew you needed to have in your event arsenal\!" — 5.0/5 > **Amber** | *16 July 2020* | Events Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: We use EE as our platform for our festival (two-day event w/200,000 + attendees) and it manages three important yet completely different areas for us: volunteers, vendors and our parade. With over 564 shifts in 120 different positions, we rely on EE to manage the 350+ volunteers for our event with additional management of other smaller events associated with our festival offsite and/or before the festival (i.e. Golf Tournament, stages, etc.). In our vendor program, we handle roughly 577 vendors of various types such as Arts \& Crafts, food, sponsors, non-profits, etc. EE works with us in creating and implementing all 7 of our vendor applications as well as manages all the information as a result. As for our parade, we average around 75 different entrants ranging from bands and floats to horses and VIPs. It is a varied yet entertaining parade and having EE keep track of each participant is effortless. > > **Cons**: As is the case with anything, sometimes things come up and there isn't a feature or option to capture it on EE. That said, whenever it has happened to us, we let EE know and they immediately come up with a solution(s) and tweak our program. I don't consider this a complete con, though, since events are fluid and as such, the software must be as well and EE definitely works well for this. > > EE is extremely user friendly and intuitive. Without any training whatsoever, I got thrown into EE and surprisingly, navigation was easy and adding information, exporting data, reports, etc. was straightforward and uncomplicated. Considering the sheer size of data over a multitude of areas, it is amazing how simple their program is to use. Besides all that EE has to offer and how they truly work with clients as a team, I have been impressed with their ability to pivot during Covid-19. In the event industry, social distancing is an obvious issue (among many) so we have been continually changing policies, adding new information, etc. and EE has not only responded swiftly in implementing our changes but were crucial in our decision making as well. They were also able to offer extremely helpful advice as well as create new opportunities when the world went on lock down. Overall, EE has been a game changer by creating our different types of computer programs designed to perform specific tasks in a variety of areas. Each with different principle goals that we required our programs to achieve. We are continually impressed with EE’s quality and professionalism and are very happy with their product and customer service. Give them a try and add them as a supplement to your team. You’ll be surprised how much your efficiency will soar while reducing stress. And you will not be disappointed. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/34294/event-essentials?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/34294/event-essentials) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data