When you compare event software, someone may tell you that a platform with published prices can’t possibly do what the big suites do. “You get what you pay for,” they’ll say. It’s a fair thing to wonder. Here’s our answer, with no sales pitch.
Where the money usually goes
A lot of what you pay for in enterprise software has nothing to do with running a better show. Seat licences make you ration logins, so the volunteer coordinator borrows someone else’s. Fees per booth or per transaction grow as your event succeeds. Custom quotes take weeks of calls, and long contracts lock you in before you know whether the software fits.
None of that helps you sell a sponsorship, build a program or get your crew a hotel room.
Where it goes with Accordo
- Published prices. Every plan’s price is on our pricing page. No quote required.
- Unlimited users. Your whole team, your contractors and your volunteers, on every plan.
- No per-booth fees. Your price doesn’t climb as your show floor fills up.
- Nothing added to your payments. You connect your own card processor, and we add no fees on top.
- A 12-month agreement. Not a multi-year commitment.
How we keep it affordable
We build one product for one kind of customer: the people who run events. We don’t carry a big sales operation to negotiate custom deals, because our prices are already public. We’re a small, distributed team, a lot like the event teams we build for, and we put our time into the product rather than into overhead.
We’re self-funded, and we intend to stay that way. If we ever take outside funding, it will only be on terms that keep Accordo independent and keep our values in our own hands. That means we answer to the people who use Accordo, not to an investor’s timeline.
What you shouldn’t have to give up
The real test of “you get what you pay for” is whether the software does the job. So don’t take our word for it. Look at the real product: follow a $39,500 sponsorship from agreement to booth 150 in our fictional Folio35 PhotoShow, or browse a live public program published from Accordo.
Ask every vendor the same questions: is the price published, do we pay for each user, do we pay per booth, and are fees added to our payments?
Try it with your own show
Book a demo and we’ll set up a private demo account, so your team can see how Accordo fits the way you actually run your event. Then compare. We think you’ll find you get more than you pay for.
