Eventsquid alternatives for expo, trade show and fair organizers
Eventsquid runs registration, a browser-based event app, check-in, continuing education tracking and virtual events on one flat annual license, and it can sell spaces from an uploaded floor plan. Here is where it is the better choice, and where Map D and other tools fit shows whose income comes from selling the floor.
Written by Map D, which is one of the alternatives listed below. Claims about other platforms are limited to what those companies publish themselves, and each is sourced at the foot of the page. Last verified November 2026.
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What Eventsquid is good at
Eventsquid is built to run many registration-driven events under one license, and for associations, nonprofits and education programs it is often the right answer. If the following describe your events, keep it on your shortlist.
- Many events a year on one annual license: Eventsquid's pricing page lists unlimited admin seats, no setup charges and no Eventsquid transaction fees, priced on your expected annual registrations.
- Flexible registration: group, guest, minor and third-party registrations, pricing by registrant type, pay online or by invoice, and add-ons, sessions and donations on the form.
- Continuing education: tracking, awarding and transcripts for any CE purpose, with session check-in and check-out to verify attendance, for live, virtual and hybrid events.
- A mobile web app included with every event, opened from the confirmation email with nothing to install, with agenda, itinerary, session and speaker ratings, sponsors and lead retrieval.
- Virtual and hybrid events through its Virtual Event Organizer, which works with any video or streaming service.
Why organizers look elsewhere
The gaps that send trade show organizers looking for an alternative.
- Eventsquid's space maps are built on a floor plan you upload. Organizers who want to draw the hall to scale and move booths as the show changes may want a dedicated floor plan editor.
- Eventsquid's pricing is based on expected annual registrations and set on a demo call. A trade show or fair that sells a few hundred booths but has thousands of visitors may want pricing tied to the floor rather than to registrations; check how visitors are counted with the vendor.
- Eventsquid's features page lists exhibitor sales and sponsors in the app, but does not describe selling sponsorships with limited inventory or dynamic booth pricing. Check with the vendor if your show sells tiers of booths and sponsorship packages.
How Map D compares
Map D’s column states what Map D does. Where a Eventsquid equivalent is not publicly documented, the row says so rather than guessing.
- Map D offers
- 7 of 9
- Eventsquid publicly documents
- 7 of 9
The second bar counts what Eventsquid documents on its own site, which is not the same as what it can do. A criterion we could not verify is shown as unverified, not as missing — if Eventsquid covers it somewhere we did not find, that is a gap in our checking rather than in their product.
| Criterion | Map D | Eventsquid |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Included | Documented |
| Registration | Included | Documented |
| Continuing education tracking | Not offered | Documented |
| Virtual and hybrid events | Not offered | Documented |
| Check-in | Included | Documented |
| Event app and lead retrieval | Included | Documented |
| Booths bought from a map | Included | Documented |
| To-scale floor plan editor | Included | Unverified |
| Sponsorship sales and dynamic pricing | Included | Unverified |
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Map D’s rates are per event and listed on the pricing page. The dashed column has no height and no figure on purpose: where rates are not published we will not put a number on them, and where they are published we will not restate one that can change without notice.
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Map D | Eventsquid |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes. The free plan builds the floor plan for one event. Publishing the map, sharing it and selling booths need a paid plan: Basic starts at $3,499, plus a one-time $250 onboarding fee. Professional and Enterprise are quoted. | Eventsquid publishes a starting point: an annual license from $4,725 for 501(c)(3) organizations at about 400 registrations a year, with final pricing set on a demo call (checked November 2026). |
| Registration | Ticketing and registration are available on Professional and Enterprise, which are quoted. Not included in Basic. | Eventsquid documents group, guest, minor and third-party registrations, pricing by registrant type, and pay online or by invoice (checked November 2026). |
| Continuing education tracking | Not offered. Map D does not track or award credits. | Eventsquid documents CE tracking, awarding and transcripts, as a module with its own flat fee (checked November 2026). |
| Virtual and hybrid events | Not offered. Map D is built around the in-person floor plan. | Eventsquid documents a Virtual Event Organizer that works with any video or streaming service (checked November 2026). |
| Check-in | Available on Professional and Enterprise, with badge printing on Zebra, Epson and Brother printers. | Eventsquid documents QR check-in and check-out on iOS and Android devices at event and session level; badge printing is not described on its features page (checked November 2026). |
| Event app and lead retrieval | The mobile app and the exhibitor portal with lead retrieval are available on Professional and Enterprise. | Eventsquid includes a browser-based event app with every event, listing lead retrieval; a contact scanning app is an extra with a flat fee (checked November 2026). |
| Booths bought from a map | Included from Basic. Exhibitors pick a booth on the map, see its price and check out; the booth turns sold. | Eventsquid documents click-n-buy space maps for self-serve reservation and payment of booths, tables or seats (checked November 2026). |
| To-scale floor plan editor | Core to the product. Interactive, to-scale floor plans drawn in the AI-assisted map editor, or started from a hall in the Venue Library. | Eventsquid's space maps are built by placing clickable elements on an uploaded floor plan; drawing a hall to scale is not described (checked November 2026). |
| Sponsorship sales and dynamic pricing | Sell sponsorships online alongside booths, with limited inventory, dynamic booth and sponsorship pricing and sponsor profiles. | Eventsquid documents automatic price changes on registration items and sponsors in its app; sponsorship checkout and dynamic booth pricing are not described (checked November 2026). |
The alternatives worth shortlisting
Map D
Trade shows, expos and fairs whose income comes from booths and sponsorships sold on the floor plan
To-scale floor plans from an AI-assisted map editor, published as an interactive map exhibitors buy booths from and attendees navigate, with published pricing. Registration, badges, the app and the exhibitor portal come on quoted upper tiers. No CE tracking or virtual events.
Whova
Conferences that mainly want an attendee event app
A strong attendee-side event app with networking and check-in; less oriented toward selling floor inventory.
Cvent
Enterprise teams that want registration, an event app, check-in and diagramming in one suite
Registration and marketing, an event app, check-in and badging, a virtual experience, trade show lead capture and event diagramming, for any format.
ExpoFP
Trade shows that mainly need an interactive floor plan with booth reservations
A browser floor plan editor, live availability with booth reservation or card purchase on the map, exhibitor-updated profiles and a free start.
Where Map D is stronger
- The floor plan is the product, not a feature. You draw the hall to scale in the AI-assisted map editor, or start from the Venue Library, then publish it as the interactive map exhibitors pick a booth on, see its price and check out.
- Sponsorships sell on the same map, with limited inventory, dynamic booth and sponsorship pricing, sponsor profiles, website embeds and an API, and payments through Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, Payflow Pro, NMI, BluePay or QuickBooks Payments.
- Attendees use the same map to find exhibitors with 2D wayfinding. Ticketing and registration, check-in and badge printing on Zebra, Epson and Brother printers, the mobile app and the exhibitor portal with lead retrieval come with Professional and Enterprise.
- Building the floor plan for one event is free. Publishing, sharing the map and selling booths start at Basic, $3,499 plus a one-time $250 onboarding fee, with no Map D transaction fees on booth sales. Professional and Enterprise are quoted.
- 900+ organizers, 9,000+ events powered and $400M+ in booth and exhibitor sales, building since 2011.
When Eventsquid is the better choice
- You run many registration-driven events a year. Eventsquid sells one annual license priced on expected registrations, with unlimited admin seats; Map D is priced around the floor plan.
- You award continuing education credits. Eventsquid tracks, awards and issues transcripts; Map D does not track credits.
- Your events are virtual or hybrid. Eventsquid's Virtual Event Organizer works with any streaming service; Map D does not run virtual events.
- Your event has no exhibit hall to sell, or only a handful of tables. Eventsquid's registration, browser app and simple space maps may be all you need.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Eventsquid alternative?
It depends on the job. For a trade show, expo or fair that sells booths and sponsorships from the floor plan, Map D. For an attendee event app, Whova. For an enterprise event suite, Cvent. For an interactive floor plan with booth reservations, ExpoFP. If many registration-driven events, CE credits or virtual events are the point, Eventsquid may still be the better choice.
Eventsquid vs Map D: what is the difference?
Eventsquid is registration-first: forms, a browser event app, check-in, CE tracking and virtual events on an annual license, with space maps built on an uploaded floor plan. Map D is floor-plan-first: you draw the hall to scale, publish it as the map exhibitors buy booths and sponsorships from, and attendees use it to find exhibitors. Registration, badges and the app come on Map D's quoted upper tiers.
Can exhibitors buy booths on a map in Eventsquid?
Yes. Eventsquid's Space out tool turns an uploaded floor plan into click-n-buy space maps for self-serve reservation and payment of booths, tables or seats (checked November 2026). Map D's maps are drawn to scale in its own editor and add dynamic booth pricing, sponsorship items with limited inventory and wayfinding.
How much does Eventsquid cost?
Eventsquid's pricing page says its minimum annual license starts at $4,725 for 501(c)(3) organizations at about 400 registrations a year, with final pricing set on a demo call from your expected registrations (checked November 2026). Check with the vendor for your volume. Map D's free plan builds one event's floor plan, and publishing and selling booths start at Basic, $3,499 plus a one-time $250 onboarding fee.
Does Map D do CE credits or virtual events like Eventsquid?
No. Map D does not track continuing education credits or run virtual sessions. If you need those, keep Eventsquid or another registration platform for them and use Map D to sell and map the exhibit hall.
Does Map D include registration and an exhibitor portal?
On its upper tiers. Basic covers online booth sales, the interactive map, wayfinding, dynamic pricing, sponsor profiles, embeds and the API. Professional and Enterprise, which are quoted, add ticketing and registration, check-in and badges, the mobile app, and the exhibitor portal with lead retrieval.
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Sources
- Eventsquid home page (part of the HotelPlanner family of brands) · checked 2026-11-12
- Eventsquid features · checked 2026-11-12
- Eventsquid pricing (annual license, unlimited admin seats) · checked 2026-11-12
- Eventsquid feature summary (Space out click-n-buy space maps) · checked 2026-11-12
- Whova home page · checked 2026-11-12
- Cvent home page · checked 2026-11-12
- ExpoFP home page · checked 2026-11-12
- Map D pricing · checked 2026-11-12