Accelevents vs. EventsAir
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EventsAir unifies everything you need into one comprehensive platform, so you can plan smarter, engage better, deliver with confidence, and scale effortlessly.
If you're evaluating your options, here's why 12,000+ event professionals worldwide chose EventsAir.
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What event planners discover when evaluating Accelevents
Accelevents has built a reputation for ease of use and strong customer support, and for straightforward events, it delivers. But for professional event planners managing programs that go beyond the basics, a few things tend to come up.
We've done the research so you don't have to. The insights below are gathered from real conversations with event professionals and independent user reviews, so you can make the most informed decision for your events.
🧩 Key features come as add-ons
Several capabilities that professional event programs rely on sit outside Accelevents' base platform. The mobile app, white-labeling, an advanced website builder, abstract management, lead retrieval, and virtual event functionality are all available as additional purchases. As your program grows, so does the cost of accessing the tools you need.
📉 A platform built for simplicity, not scale
Accelevents works well for straightforward event programs. As events grow in scope — adding exhibitor coordination, accommodation, or abstract workflows — planners often find the platform's ceiling sooner than expected. Features that professional event programs rely on either require workarounds or sit outside the platform entirely.
🎨 Customization has its limits
For planners who need full creative control over their event experience, Accelevents' customization options have real limits. The platform's tools don't always give teams the flexibility they need to build a truly branded event experience, and meeting high accessibility standards for all attendees can be difficult to achieve and maintain.
🔍 Analytics that don't go deep enough
Accelevents' analytics have real limits for planners who need more than surface-level data. Accessing meaningful insights often requires exporting to external tools rather than interrogating data directly within the platform, making it harder to turn event performance into actionable decisions.
Simple pricing with unlimited registrations
Rest assured, with EventsAir your success won’t impact your budget.
This is why serious event planners choose EventsAir over Accelevents
Now here's what a different approach looks like. One where you can plan with confidence, engage attendees in real time, deliver seamlessly across formats, and scale success with powerful insights and repeatable systems.
✅ Everything included, from day one
With EventsAir, the features your event program needs aren't gated behind additional purchases. Your mobile app, white-labeling, abstract management, exhibitor tools, virtual event capability, and unlimited registrations are all included as standard across every package. What you see is what you get, year after year.
🏗️ Built for the full complexity of professional events
Abstract management, exhibitor and sponsor portals, accommodation and travel management, financial reconciliation, and onsite tools are all built natively into EventsAir. Whether you're running a 200-person member's summit or a 5,000-person trade show, the platform scales to meet your program, not the other way around.
⭐ Full customization and control
EventsAir gives your team complete control over how your event looks, feels, and functions. We take great pride in ensuring our tools allow planners to meet high accessibility standards, and as those standards evolve, our platform evolves with them. Every attendee deserves a seamless experience, and EventsAir is built to make that possible.
📊 Reporting that works for you
EventsAir's reporting and analytics are built into the platform, not exported out of it. Powerful filtering and segmentation tools let your team interrogate event data in real time, slice it by the dimensions that matter, and present findings in a format that stakeholders can act on.
Don't just take our word for it
Hear from some of the event professionals already delivering their best events with EventsAir. Explore more success stories here.
“EventsAir is the most feature-rich platform on the market today. From on-site self-check-in and badging to exhibitor management, speaker management, and even abstract management, EventsAir does it all – and does it well.”
“With so many moving parts, you need a system that keeps everything connected. We value how EventsAir supports real-time updates and helps reduce the chance of human error when changes happen close to the event.”
“With EventsAir, we’ve been able to reclaim 20% of our time that was previously tied up in administrative work. That substantial efficiency boost has allowed us to invest more in creativity and client engagement.”
What makes EventsAir different to Accelevents?
With over 35 years of expertise, we've powered 400,000+ successful events. And with a diverse and established customer base, we understand the importance of empowering our community to succeed.
Your success is truly our success.
That's why our team goes beyond the platform – offering hands-on support, genuine partnership, and the kind of guidance that turns good events into great ones. No matter where you are in your event journey, we're here to help you get there with confidence.
Plan
Lay the foundation for a seamless event.
Engage
Create experiences that captivate.
Deliver
Execute effortlessly, onsite and online.
Scale
Prove ROI and grow every year.