Short answer. Global enterprises with many events a year should look at Cvent, Bizzabo and Zuddl. A company running one or two large internal meets a year in India, with employees travelling to a resort, should also look at Sociana, which is priced per occasion and includes the branded app, hospitality and games.
Disclosure. Sociana publishes this guide and is listed once, at position 5 of 10, labelled as our product. We compiled it on 19 Oct 2026 from public vendor pages linked below, without hands-on testing, and nobody paid for a place. Where another product is stronger we say so.
How we chose
- Fit for internal meets: employee-code or domain login, group scoping, travel and rooming.
- Security documentation a procurement team will ask for.
- Contract shape: annual licence versus per-event.
- Published pricing and who supports you during the event.
- India readiness: rupee billing, WhatsApp, local support.
We placed Sociana at position 5. It is the pick for situations such as “one national sales meet at a resort”; for the other situations in the table further down, products ranked differently are the better choice. Prices are what vendors publish on 19 Oct 2026, not quotes, and aggregator figures are marked unverified.
The ranked list
| Rank | Product | Best for | Pricing as published (19 Oct 2026) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cvent | Multi-country portfolios and strict procurement | Quote-only; modules and two platform tiers, add-ons unpriced | pricing |
| 2 | Bizzabo | Flagship B2B conferences with CRM attribution | $499 per user per month billed annually, three-user minimum | pricing |
| 3 | Zuddl | B2B marketing teams mixing webinars and in-person events | Unified licence from $10,000 a year for two organisers; collaborator seats $170 a month | pricing |
| 4 | EventMobi | SKOs and chapter meetings with a published price | From $3,500 per event or from $7,900 a year for multiple events | pricing |
| 5 | Sociana (our product) | Partner meets, strategy meets and offsites in India | Packages priced by scope, per occasion or per year; see the pricing page | pricing |
| 6 | Samaaro | Go-to-market teams that report event pipeline | Not published; Growth and Scale plans are talk-to-sales | pricing |
| 7 | Whova | Corporate and association conferences | Quote-only after a five-question form; no figures published | pricing |
| 8 | Airmeet | Hybrid town halls and webinars | Webinars from $167 a month billed yearly; events by quote; managed events from $4,999 | pricing |
| 9 | Eventify | Mid-size events wanting tier names and per-ticket fees up front | Four tiers, all contact-us; about $1 per paid ticket; attendee overage $1 to $1.75 | pricing |
| 10 | Nunify | Small teams and agencies on monthly plans | $24, $49 and $99 a month; 15-day trial | pricing |
Product notes
Cvent, position 1
Stronger at: Registration, kiosks, venue sourcing network of about 340,000 venues, API and SSO on Enterprise, and a published trust page.
Weaker for this job: Dollar quotes; planner-side housing tools; more platform than a single meet needs.
Bizzabo, position 2
Stronger at: Published seat pricing, wearable badges and an agent-readable site.
Weaker for this job: $499 per user per month with a three-user minimum, annual only.
Zuddl, position 3
Stronger at: Published floor, no per-event fees, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 on its security page.
Weaker for this job: Floor of $10,000 a year; mobile app is an add-on.
EventMobi, position 4
Stronger at: From $3,500 per event; onsite badges and hardware rental listed.
Weaker for this job: North American support hours; no hospitality module found.
Sociana (our product), position 5
Stronger at: Employee-code or OTP login, group-scoped content, My Stay and journey cards, quizzes, polls and a managed team on site. References: NAMI strategy meet, Lonavala, and a sales conference with room numbers on the home screen.
Weaker for this job: Not self-serve; no SSO, SOC 2 or public API; no webinar studio.
Samaaro, position 6
Stronger at: Lead assignment, CRM sync and ROI calculator, built in Bengaluru.
Weaker for this job: Pricing not published; attendee app is positioned as an add-on.
Whova, position 7
Stronger at: Widely installed attendee app with strong reviews.
Weaker for this job: Quote-only and no hospitality module found.
Airmeet, position 8
Stronger at: Virtual and hybrid depth, ISO 27001:2022 certificate and Indian roots.
Weaker for this job: Priced in dollars and webinar-first; weaker for a physical offsite.
Eventify, position 9
Stronger at: Four named tiers, about $1 per paid ticket and displayed ISO and SOC badges.
Weaker for this job: White-label app is a paid add-on; no hospitality found.
Nunify, position 10
Stronger at: Published $24, $49 and $99 monthly plans.
Weaker for this job: Dollar billing and no hospitality module.
Which to pick, by situation
| If your situation is | Consider |
|---|---|
| Procurement requires SOC 2 and SSO | Cvent, Zuddl or Bizzabo |
| One national sales meet at a resort | Sociana |
| Marketing owns the budget and wants pipeline numbers | Samaaro or Bizzabo |
| Hybrid town hall with remote staff | Airmeet |
| You want a per-event price in dollars | EventMobi |
Where Sociana is not the right pick
Sociana is not the right pick for a global programme of dozens of events needing Salesforce-native attribution, SSO and SOC 2 reports, or for webinar-led events. Cvent, Bizzabo and Zuddl are built for that.
FAQ
What is the difference between an event management platform and an event app?
Management software handles registration, budgets and back office. An event app is what participants hold: agenda, alerts, games and their own arrangements.
Should we build our own corporate event app?
Only if you run events continuously and have a team to maintain it. Our in-house versus agency comparison walks through staffing, store approvals and security reviews.
How do we pick between per-event and annual pricing?
Count events per year. One or two large meets favour per-occasion pricing; ten or more favour an annual licence. Bizzabo, Zuddl and EventMobi publish annual figures; Sociana publishes per-occasion packages.
Do employees need to install an app?
Not always. Sociana also offers no-login web flows for polls and leaderboards, so a town hall can include everyone even if some staff skip the install.
Keep comparing
- Cvent: Sociana vs Cvent · Cvent alternatives
- Bizzabo: Sociana vs Bizzabo · Bizzabo alternatives
- Zuddl: Sociana vs Zuddl · Zuddl alternatives
- EventMobi: Sociana vs EventMobi · EventMobi alternatives
- Samaaro: Sociana vs Samaaro · Samaaro alternatives
- Whova: Sociana vs Whova · Whova alternatives
- Airmeet: Sociana vs Airmeet · Airmeet alternatives
- Eventify: Sociana vs Eventify · Eventify alternatives
- Nunify: Sociana vs Nunify · Nunify alternatives
- Approach comparison: In-house vs agency event app: who should own the build and the run?
- Approach comparison: Polling tool vs event app: Slido or Mentimeter, or polls inside the app?
- Case study: A strategy-meet app with zone profiles, Nippon Quiz and a hospitality profile
- Case study: A focused conference companion with room numbers, quizzes and memories
- How Sociana is priced: pricing
Sources and disclosure
- Cvent: cvent.com
- Bizzabo: bizzabo.com
- Zuddl: zuddl.com
- EventMobi: eventmobi.com
- Sociana (our product): Sociana pricing
- Samaaro: samaaro.com
- Whova: whova.com
- Airmeet: airmeet.com
- Eventify: eventify.io
- Nunify: nunify.com
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