eShow

Pros: The ability to allow exhibiting companies to register for a booth and their staff, and the ability to easily communicate with both companies and staff.

Cons: The app needs to better compete with other companies products.

Pros: My company had two months to produce a trade show for the Army. It was the first time we had worked on this event and and we have to pivot several times based on the venue and government requirements. eShow was there for me every step of the way. They set up the floor plan, contract, payment processing, and sponsor fulfillment in their exhibition management module quickly so our sales team could begin to sell space. As we learned new things about the venue, the eShow team helped me to adjust / make changes quickly, including flipping the entire floor plan around and renumbering all the booths! Without eShow and my account manager,[sensitive content hidden], we would not have been as successful in our sales efforts as we were. We sold out the show and the client was extremely happy with the trade show.

Cons: I would improve the exhibitor flow of eShow so they can more easily navigate to each section to complete what they have to do and download receipts.

Pros: I love the crossover between events so we don't have to recreate the wheel for each event.

Cons: I think all of eShow offerings have the potential of being more. I hope the developers continue to improve on all aspects so we can continue to use.

Pros: We highly value our partnership with the eShows team. They are very responsive and have been great to work with. The onsite registration team is always great to work with and help our small staff manage a large conference attendance.

Cons: I would love to see a more robust mobile app with more flexibility to add content.

Pros: Being able to combine multiple event management services on one platform.

Cons: Occasionally slow to respond to tickets at what may be critical times for us. This has happened very rarely.

Pros: eShow has a solid support team. If you have any issues or challenges the ticketing systems works great and questions are answered or issues resolved quickly. Our attendees LOVE the badge management portion of eShow and often request further details.

Cons: The networking module can be challenging for both the admins and the end users. I've yet to find an appointment system that works intuitively.

Pros: I like that I can do everything in one place and one software. I like that there are so many ways to track things and it can be super customizable to fit my needs.

Cons: Although it's super customizable, there is a lot of work that needs to be done in the meetings module and the housing module. Meetings module is not intuitive to use and very repetitive in function that makes doing things very slow and a lot of clicks. The reporting that comes out of it for function sheets is not in line with other competitors. The housing modules, when working with many hotels is hard to track and not as customizable as I would like for it to be

Pros: The ability to keep all logistical details in one place; function sheets that are easy to read with a format familiar to convention center and hotel staff (BEOs); ability to create custom reports. The support from our customer service rep, [sensitive content hidden], is an integral piece of our success using the system. Without him, it would be challenging.

Cons: The inability to copy over A/V data from year to year. There are other intricacies that our staff would never be able to "figure out"; we rely on our customer service rep, [sensitive content hidden] (see above) to help us through.

Pros: It's great to have all of our meeting needs under 1 platform with 1 login. The eShow platform is also robust and can meet all/most of your needs with the platform they currently have. We also appreciate there is support readily available when you need assistance or to setup a module and also they offer registration support onsite, as well.

Cons: More self-training tools and the mobile app could use a revamp (which I understand is underway!). Would be nice to have an easier way to make custom reports.

Pros: Easy to use, dedicated staff, flexible modules, integrated model keeps everything in one place

Cons: The technology used is a bit old. It doesn’t really bother me but I can see it being problematic for those who are more tech savvy

Pros: Easy to update text on forms, manipulate floor plan, make payments online

Cons: Report building was a little confusing.

Pros: Transfer from previous year to current year to streamline the next annual event. This made it easy to start from. In addition, this year we worked with staff to better streamline our report output for what we need/use reports for - targeted sponsorships. This helped optimize our revenue.

Cons: Not ideal if you need report customization in a certain format. Reports can only do certain output.

Pros: Ease of access on the back end and registration.

Cons: Not as functional when creating a great looking web page for registration

Pros: The customer service on the eShow is critical. They are always there to help, and quickly.

Cons: Too many steps to get to the next step. Doesn't follow a flow.

Pros: The support staff is excellent and the customization needed was able to be done per our needs. I love the number of pre-populated reports and how easy it is to get custom reports we need. Accessing on my iPad was a great feature and easy to use on the go.

Cons: The layout of the housing side of the platform.

Pros: It is software that covers almost all of what we need to run our show. This allows us to keep it all in one space. Also, it is easy to learn how to use and pick-up quickly.

Cons: I wish that the app was more robust and provided more possibilities.

Pros: Product is intuitive and modules are easy to use. We are still learning all the various modules and how they can be implemented in our overall plan. Eshow is extremely robust and we are still exploring how we can best utilize the modules. The people behind eshow make it exceptional. Every representative we have dealt with with each module has been excellent. Ticket system for troubleshooting is extremely effective and always easy to get in touch with personnel to fix problems quickly and efficiently.

Cons: Just want to ensure all modules we are using integrate with each other. This comment may be premature but just wanted to be certain the meeting module integrates with the various other modules for example.

Pros: I like that I can easily customize booths on the floor plan map. I also appreciate that information is readily available on the exhibit dashboard (number of pending, number of assigned, balance due, refunds due, and cancellations) as well as the sales graph.

Cons: What I like least is how the floor plan displays on web pages. It's difficult to have a large, readable floor plan centered in the middle of the page.

Pros: That the Modules all interact so that you can build one Event that is used all of the components. Example the Conference module also populate the Virtual Module, Mobile Module and Web

Cons: Gamification is weak, the Meeting Module is cludgy and not well designed.

Pros: The customer service was fantastic - everyone was very responsive and helpful. In comparison to other platforms it seems comparable but for a more affordable price.

Cons: I understand that this is a new company and there are still some kinks and organizational structures to be worked out. That being said, there was an overwhelming amount of information for an outside planner learn. Our team was responsible for inputting too much information on the back end. I think this should have strictly been done by the eshow team. Additionally, streamlining and/or simplify information and the process for planners and speakers would be most helpful.

Pros: Eshow helped save a lot time and cash for my last huge employee event. Event organizing can not exclusively be exceptionally tedious yet very complex. Reporting was additionally exceptionally clear and simple and we incorporated the stage with our Internal tools and Software. This product helps plan and store everything so you don't need to! It really takes all the problem and inconveniences away.

Cons: The built in Templates need to more and should not be the old one used. Apart from that the tool is great.

Pros: The reporting is robust and customizable, the dashboard is easy to read, support is very helpful.

Cons: You have to rely on support for customization- they're great and can do it for you, but it's not easy to figure out yourself at times. No how-to manual is the most frustrating thing. Onsite staff while super helpful with set up, reporting, troubleshooting, etc. It doesn't include actual registration support- as in helping attendees register.