Disclosure: We make Tav Event, so we are one of the two tools compared here. Everything about Cvent below comes from Cvent's own pages and one third-party pricing report, linked at the bottom. We say where Cvent is the better fit.

Quick answer

• Cvent is a large platform for event planners, hotels and group business. It is built around RFPs, venue sourcing and event registration.

• Tav Event is built for one job: answering every inquiry at an independent venue fast, booking the tour and following up.

• Cvent does not publish prices for its main event management platform. You get a quote through a form or a demo.

• Tav Event is $297 per venue per month, plus a one-time setup fee of $500 to $1,000.

• If you run a hotel, a convention space or several properties, Cvent may fit. If you run one venue and you are also the host, Tav Event is the closer match.

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Cvent and Tav Event solve different problems

They show up in the same search, but they are not the same kind of tool.

One is a platform that connects planners, hotels and venues across the whole events industry. The other is a booking system for a single venue that wants fewer lost inquiries. Choosing between them starts with knowing which problem you have.

What is Cvent?

Cvent is a large events platform. For planners, it covers event management and registration. For venues and hotels, its own site lists a suite of supplier and venue solutions, including:

• RFP management, so a venue can receive and answer planner requests

• Planner Navigator, which connects venues with verified planners

• Instant Book, for small meetings and simple events

• Smart custom proposals

• 3D virtual tours and event diagramming (2D and 3D floor plans)

• Advertising and group marketing tools aimed at planners and travel buyers

That is a broad toolkit built for hotels, large venues and group sales teams. Its strength is reach and scale: a venue listed and managed through Cvent is visible to the planners who use it.

What is Tav Event?

Tav Event is a booking board and follow-up system for event venues of any type.

Every inquiry from your website, phone calls and listing sites lands on one board. It replies in minutes with a tour link, reminds the client before the tour, follows up on day 2, 5 and 10 if they go quiet, and moves the deal to Booked when they approve.

It also includes a free 3D floor planner you can put on your website.

You handle two things: you give the tour, and you send the price.

How do they compare?

What does Cvent cost?

Cvent does not publish a fixed price for its main event management platform. Its pricing page describes two plans and sends you to a quote form.

For context, the procurement platform Vendr publishes figures from Cvent contracts it has seen: a median of $19,550 a year, within a reported range of $5,012 to $94,417.

Treat that as a rough guide to the platform overall, not a quote for a venue. Your price depends on the modules you license, your event volume and the contract term.

For Tav Event, the first-year cost is $3,564 in subscription plus the $500 to $1,000 setup fee, so $4,064 to $4,564.

After that it is $3,564 a year, and you can cancel with 30 days' notice.

When is Cvent the better choice?

• You run a hotel, convention space or a group of properties.

• Most of your business comes from planner RFPs and corporate groups.

• You need to be listed where planners source venues, not only to answer the inquiries that already reach you.

• You have a sales team and can manage a longer contract and implementation.

When is Tav Event the better choice?

• You run one independent venue: a barn, banquet hall, event space or private dining room.

• You are the owner, the host and the operations manager.

• Your leads already come to your website, your phone and a couple of listing sites, and they go cold because nobody answers fast enough.

• You want a published price and a month-to-month term.

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Can you use both?

Yes. A venue can be listed through Cvent for planner sourcing and still use a separate system to answer its own website and phone inquiries.

They are not mutually exclusive.

How should you decide?

Ask yourself where your next booking will come from.

If the answer is "planners sending RFPs", look at Cvent.

If it is "someone who found us and filled in the form tonight", the question is how quickly they hear back.

Then ask each company the same four things:

1. What is the total yearly cost with the features you need?

2. Are there any one-time fees?

3. What is the contract length?

4. What happens if you cancel?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tav Event a Cvent alternative?

For independent venues that mainly need to answer inquiries and book tours, yes. For planner sourcing and RFP management, Cvent does a different job.

Does Cvent show its prices?

Not as dollar amounts for its main event management platform. Its pricing page describes a Professional plan with 15 user logins and an Enterprise plan with all logins, and sends you to a quote form.

Is Tav Event cheaper than Cvent?

The published number is lower, but the two products are not the same, so compare what each includes.

Do I need a long contract with Tav Event?

No. It is month to month with 30 days' notice.

Can I try it first?

The 3D floor planner is free with no card, and the demo is free.

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Sources

• Cvent Pricing

• Cvent Supplier and Venue Product Information

• Vendr — Cvent Pricing