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    Aventri

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AAventri (formerly etouches) offers end-to-end event management and venue sourcing solutions. The open source platform aims to help streamline the event process, providing real-time data and analytics on event performance, customer engagement, and therefore increasing measurable event ROI. The company was founded in 2008 as etouches and reintroduced in 2018 as Aventri. The product has assisted over 25,000 event professionals in planning, executing, and measuring their events.…N/A

    Event Espresso

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AEvent Espresso headquartered in Utah offers an event registration and management platform supplying automated help for ticketing and ticket purchases, registration forms and pricing, promotions and correspondences (e.g. email), multiple attendee registration, and other features.

    $79.95

    per year

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    AventriEvent Espresso
    Editions & Modules
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    Personal Support License
    $79.95
    per year
    Everything Support License
    $299.95
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AventriEvent Espresso
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
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    User Ratings
    AventriEvent Espresso
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    AventriEvent Espresso
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aventri (formerly etouches)
    eTouches seems to be well positioned to serve those needing event registration for small groups up to large conventions. Events with multiple sessions are very well organized and allows the planners to monitor registration and attendance with ease. One issue we have run into is the ability to give a discount to a specific registrant who signs up a group of individuals. We continue to work for a solution to this.
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    Event Espresso
    As far as I have found, Event Espresso has no peer. Yes, there are other WordPress plugins that provide for event registration, including a few available through Code Canyon, but none of them promise the rich feature set and robust support of Event Espresso. It seems to be the only real game in town, but luckily it's a good product. It's highly extensible, so it should scale well to any size or type of event. Through add-ons, it's doubtful there is an event scenario it can't handle. And because it runs on WordPress, you can incorporate it as part of your site--the plugin even does a good job of picking up design cues from your theme, or you can customize it using CSS.
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    Pros
    Aventri (formerly etouches)
    • Manages class size limits very well.
    • Provides information for hotel booking and transfers so that all this information is in one record.
    • Unlimited number of pages for the website is invaluable - we looked at other programs with only 4 pages for the website and that just isn't enough for our clients.
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    Event Espresso
    • Instead of sending traffic to a third party, Event Espresso allows us to integrate our registration straight into our website.
    • Easy to set up, dependable platform, and a variety of payment channel alternatives.
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    Cons
    Aventri (formerly etouches)
    • Registration on the backend was confusing
    • Sometimes the code would break and take a while to fix (adding images, extra text)
    • Not intuitive for users
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    Event Espresso
    • Integrating account creation with WordPress should be included in the core product, not an add-on. It's extremely frustrating to have to pay extra for that, especially when that add-on is not as flexible as it needs to be (for example, if someone is enrolling for a class on behalf of someone else).
    • The data visualization is a mess. That feature doesn't seem to ever work and it should be left out until it does.
    • The ability to show participant data on the front end is extremely limited. Event Espresso does provide a few hooks and some limited documentation on this feature, but I feel it should be more robust. Perhaps that can be a focus of future releases.
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    Support Rating
    Aventri (formerly etouches)
    I had a few issues while onsite (over the weekend). The support information given to me was incorrect and I had a hard time tracking down how to get assistance while onsite (on a weekend). When you are onsite, issues are usually heightened and need an immediate response, and I didn't get that.
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    Event Espresso
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aventri (formerly etouches)
    We loved CVENT and DoubleDutch, but it was much easier to have all the modules we needed in one platform, which happened to be Aventri.
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    Event Espresso
    I looked at EventBrite, but it wasn't customizable enough for our needs and didn't provide the level of integration with our website that I desired. I also looked at the ticketing system offered by The Events Calendar for WordPress (by Modern Tribe), but it too lacked the feature set we needed. Only Event Espresso offered all the features, customization, and integration we desired and needed.
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    Return on Investment
    Aventri (formerly etouches)
    • Much more thorough reporting than previous provider.
    • The ability for long term goal creation based on the objectives evaluated post conference.
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    Event Espresso
    • Event Espresso has literally changed the lives of our volunteer organization, saving hundreds of hours of time and eliminating the frustration of paper enrollment.
    • The add-ons allow you to accomplish just about any event registration goals you might have. It's an extremely powerful product.
    • Integrating the plugin into our website was a breeze, and it's approachable enough where volunteers can create the classes and conduct the online enrollment all in a web browser.
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