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GetApp provides users in South Africa with the most detailed information on software tools, prices and features. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Event Essentials Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Ticketing Systems](/directory/86/ticketing/software) > [Event Essentials](/software/105645/event-essentials) # Event Essentials Canonical: https://www.getapp.za.com/software/105645/event-essentials Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/105645/event-essentials?page=2) > Event Essentials is a turnkey solution for event management, built specifically for the online management of festivals, fairs and other events, with web-based features for selling tickets, managing vendors, organizing auctions, advertising, scheduling, and organizing volunteers or sponsors. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 73 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Event Essentials Event Essentials provides organizers of Festivals, Fairs and Events a web-based set of tools that streamline tasks, promote their events, organize data and provide online sales for the event tickets, donations, auctions and products. This is a completely integrated event organizing and management system borne and refined through actual use with significant customers. If you have a Website, great, you can use any of our modules that you need, and we'll match your site's design. If you don't have a Website or need an update, perfect, with Event Essentials is great for both. You can choose from a template or we'll build you a customized event Website. Ticket, Table, Seats VIP Sales Online Sales with Print-at-Home Ticketing plus mobile QR features makes it will draw large crowds to your Event. But large crowds can be a bigger challenge to manage. Event Essential's online ticketing not only lowers your ticketing costs as your Event grows and makes "gate management" easier\! Coupons, Discounts, Comp Tickets, Offers and On-Site sales are no problem, we've got you covered. Vendors and Exhibitors always weigh the benefits versus the cost of any Event they attend. How will their Brand be presented at your Event? What type of marketing opportunities will attract them to exhibit at your Event? These are only a handful of important questions an Event Planner needs to answer to attract a vendor or exhibitor but also give them a reason to attend year after year. Event Essential's Online Vendor Registration Features makes managing them easier\! Spaces, Extras, Permits, Waivers, Load-In and Out Communication and more, we help you corral those Vendors in. Registering Attendees and Speakers for an Event is very different than just selling Tickets and it can be simple or extremely complex. Event Essentials' Registration Module is feature rich and data strong. Whether your goal is to quickly sign them up or collect and manage mounds of data and scheduling we have it all. Choose your needs from our functions, Breakouts to Sessions, Room management, Badges, Presenters and Speakers, Meals, Buyers, Sellers, Lead Generation, Scheduling and more. If we don't currently have it, we'll make it. Ask about our tailored Module for Bands, Artists, Parades and Cars too. Silent Auctions are hard work\! They require time, manpower and management when many event planners lack the time or resources. Event Essentials' module will help you with Auction item descriptions, pricing, collection, numbering, bidding, payments and delivery. Support an integrated event website with a News/Press module, adding CMS features including real-time content uploads and the embedding of photos, files or hyperlinks into news story postings. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 73 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Event Essentials - **Location**: Cheyenne, US - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$450,00 - **Pricing Details**: Call or contact Event Essentials via their web form to receive a full pricing quote. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Control - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Agenda Management - Alerts/Notifications - Approval Process Control - Artist Management - Attendance Management - Attendee Management - Attendee Tracking - Audience Engagement - Badge Management - Barcode/Ticket Scanning - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Calendar Management - Class Registration - Collaboration Tools - Compliance Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Ticketing Systems](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/86/ticketing/software) ## Related Categories - [Ticketing Systems](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/86/ticketing/software) - [Conference Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/957/conference/software) - [Festival Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1309/festival-management/software) - [Vendor Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/993/vendor-management/software) - [Registration Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/82/registration/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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There used to be lines 6 and 7 blocks long of disgruntled festoival goers waiting to be admitted into the venue. The lines are down to a few people deep, remarkable. So much easier than the way we used to do things. > > **Cons**: Well frankly it is alot of new technology to learn and its alot to grasp for some of the staff; we had alot of inertia as to how things were supposed to be run, way of doing things and it is now almost 180 degrees different; but the lines are shorter, people leave happier, security has an easier job because the new ticket system kept the bad guys out\! ----- ### "Reliable Service" — 5.0/5 > **Mary-Catherine** | *23 November 2020* | Events Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Software is very easy to navigate and very helpful tracking on all levels. Integration to my business at hand was swift and thorough > > **Cons**: I'm totally satisfied with the service I receive > > I have worked for over 4 years with Event Essentials and always have received personal service, swift response to our needs, thorough follow-up and very helpful insights on how to improve the project at hand. ----- ### "Craig and Kiffen were extremely professional..." — 4.0/5 > **Jim** | *18 April 2016* > > ...and able to adapt to unforeseen circumstances effortlessly. ----- ### "Sherman Oaks Street Festival" — 5.0/5 > **Vicky** | *05 January 2016* > > The Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce has been organizing the Sherman Oaks Street Fair for 24 years. This past year we decided to work with Event Essentials to develop a new website to try to automate what was a very paper intensive process of managing about 150 vendors, multiple entertainment zones, volunteers and sponsors. Our new website and administrative site saved us hours and hours of manual work. We were able to keep track of our vendors online, create excel spreadsheets to sort vendors and analyze results and even send ad-hoc emails (both mass ones and ones to just certain kinds of vendors) quickly and easily. We were able to update information in real time. Whether we had a last minute change on the stage, a new sponsor or a community update, it was easy to log-on and keep our website accurate. We even created a great photo gallery of our event loading the hundreds of photos took about 5 minutes\! The staff at Event Essentials were responsive and went out of their way to solve any issue that came up. We look forward to celebrating our 25th Anniversary of the Sherman Oaks Street Fair working with Event Essentials. ----- ### "Helpful and instrumental in growing our events\!" — 5.0/5 > **Christina** | *09 October 2018* | Insurance | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: On line ticketing was easy to track. Very responsive. > > **Cons**: Can't think of any. > > The owner is helpful with marketing ideas and he is there at our events to help with the process. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/105645/event-essentials?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/105645/event-essentials) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data