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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/event-marketing/localist-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/event-marketing/localist-profile/alternatives/) # Localist User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 63 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Customer support: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.3/5 - Functionality: 4.2/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 33 reviews (52%) - 4 stars: 23 reviews (37%) - 3 stars: 7 reviews (11%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ## Localist customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 63 (page 1). ### Simple and Easy to Use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like this product because it allowed us to customize it for our organization's intent. #### Cons Sometimes the cache takes a really long time to update so you can't see the difference you made to featured items automatically. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review! Replied October 2019 --- ### Can't say enoughh about Localist - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The entire team at Localist is great to work with; speedy replies to email inquiries; a Slack channel for discussion. Truly a great company. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Localist has made event promotion so much more effective! Having a single place to list events, and the ability to display those events in multiple ways via multiple channels is time-saving and helps spread promote all our events. Since everyone on campus can submit an event, there's a built-in sense of community! The interface is clear and easy for all level of users! The social aspects of the calendar are the best facet: users can leave reviews, post photos and share with friends. Simply can't think of a better calendar platform for any college. #### Cons Customizing the CSS takes a higher understanding of programming than I possess...but our IT folks find it simple! #### Vendor response Thanks for your detailed review Kathleen! Replied October 2019 --- ### Should be so much better - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Eric J. - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It looked like a promising product but since the first month of implementation, we ran into a wall with support. Anything outside of their tight scope of functionality was not supported and would not even be considered. When things break all you have is an email address to post your issue and then wait. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The calendar has a nice look and has a lot of features integrated into it. It has been stable and reliable throughout the time we've used it. #### Cons Support has been generally terrible. Anything outside of the basic functionality is simply not supported and they have been unwilling to implement ANY requests that we've made. On several occasions the answers provided by support have been blatantly wrong and only through our own channels have we been able to fix problems that the vendor created. Their API is read-only so making any types of changes require using the GUI which is a nightmare when trying to manage hundreds of events and users. The calendar has little to no spam protection so users can post hundreds of bogus reviews while trying to farm clicks on our platform. Again, support had no solution for this and did not offer to help remove these. #### Vendor response Ouch, I'm sorry to read your review Eric, but your detailed feedback is constructive. I've sent your reviewto a couple of senior people over here at Localist to see what we can do better for you. You'll be hearing from someone soon! Replied October 2019 --- ### It's OK - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It seems like we started the Localist product with little information. Very learn-by-doing. Over time, it got better, but still have a long way to go. The webinar on Channels was so confusing that it took me months to figure out what they were talking about. Again, lots of learn-by-doing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The approval process is quick and easy. The calendar looks good. #### Cons • Need to be able to submit event to MORE THAN ONE LOCATION for multiple dates of same event. We have voter registration booths around campus, so have to pick one location, then add the others in the room number slot. • Option to HIDE DESCRIPTION from main page. Now that calendar is used a lot, want to make front-facing page look more streamline. • Need INSTRUCTIONS FOR USER-FACING PAGES, emphasizing importance of choosing audience, etc. Separate instructions on photos, channels, groups. Written or Video. Needs to be simple. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Teresa! I've passed your comments onto our Support Team to see what they can do to improve the experience. Replied September 2019 --- ### Powerful tool that is simple to use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Localists offers many features and displays beautifully. From administrators to calendar users, the platform is intuitive to use and offers truly useful features. Our users love the ease of expressing interest in an event and notifications in their inbox. Administrators love the ease of setup, reporting and the configuration flexibility. Our events site is attractive and easy to use for the public and we have more units using the calendar platform and the embed widget so they may display their events on their website as well. #### Cons We have a system that works for us but it would be nice to have a more options in setting up user permissions. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Emily! Replied September 2019 --- ### Localist is a GREAT calendar app - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Pam M. - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. An attractive, easy to use calendar appears on our website. It's easy to link people to events and there is plenty of room to promote our volunteer and recreational opportunities. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Installation and use of Localist is a breeze. Because our state agency partner also uses it, duplication of events and effort (for me at least) has been cut way down. #### Cons Like all technology, it can be intimidating and not all of our chapters have been convinced to install a widget on their own websites. It's early days though and I am hopeful. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Pam! We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/ Replied September 2019 --- ### Great UX - easy and quick to use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andrea G. - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We have been using Localist for a while now, using it as a primary destination for our stakeholders to learn about our events. The integration with our event management system is great and the UX is really good. Super user-friendly and clear with labels, flexible to add your own tags/categories, etc. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We have been using Localist for a while now, using it as a primary destination for our stakeholders to learn about our events. The integration with our event management system is great and the UX is really good. Super user-friendly and clear with labels, flexible to add your own tags/categories, etc. We have embedded it in our website and it's awesome not to have to worry about managing multiple calendars - using the same one for the whole university and our individual department. #### Cons Some limited visual features to style the feed with code. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Andrea! Replied October 2019 --- ### Generally gets the job done, however, a couple of backend tweak would make life easier - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: November 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I've had a good experience and there are a couple little things that could be refined. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like how quick and easy it is to add an event, especially with the fields that auto-populate, such as the location field, linking the content to a map. #### Cons As a lead administrator who is in charge of approving events in our campus's pending queue, there's no distinction for me to know which events were saved by other admins on campus who will publish the content themselves (once they're ready), and which events are for me and me team to approve and publish. #### Vendor response Thanks for the feedback Elizabeth! Replied May 2020 --- ### Great solution for promoting events - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jill S. - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. Localist has put a lot of thought into designing a system that simply makes sense to users, and they offer great advice on how to organize filters and user functions so that they remain intuitive. We've had nothing but happy comments from users and providers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's extremely intuitive and easy for both end users and event providers to dive right in. Also, I love their support team. They are enthusiastic, have a solid technical understanding of the software, respond quickly with solutions that work and creative ideas. #### Cons Moderating/reviewing events can be a bit awkward if you have a lot of reviewers. It isn't difficult, but requires some planning and coordination. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback, Jill! We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/ Replied September 2019 --- ### Easy to use, wish it was more customizable - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Public Relations and Communications - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I do not communicate with customer support directly, but it seems like it often takes a long time for us to get responses when we do. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Very easy to use. We have many event admins across our campus, and people seem to pick it up pretty quickly regardless of level of experience. #### Cons I wish it was more customizable for our needs. With such a large campus, we end up with many events in our pending queue, both from non-admins and admins who accidentally submit events for approval instead of just adding to the calendar. We have asked to have facets added to the main queue so that we can filter by different fields. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Megan! Replied October 2019 --- ### Localist Has Made Life Easier - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Taylor B. - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Our students are our main priority in higher education. We want to be able to provide a solution to them that is going to be easy to use and something that they can use over and over again. I think this tool has helped drive our students to find and participate in events that are meaningful to them. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We are very happy with our switch to localist. It has has made our event management for our admins so much easier and we have seen a significant increase in our analytics. #### Cons We do wish that there were some more functionality in regards to the notification system for our event admins. #### Vendor response Thanks for your positive review Taylor! Replied October 2019 --- ### Calendar of Events - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Publishing - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As a publisher of all that's happening in the Baltimore area, we needed an easy way to publish events. The Localist team helped us with the initial platform launch, and has supported us every step of the way. The software is elegant, and the people behind the software provide excellent customer service. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use Allows for user generated content with our review and approval Excellent user experience #### Cons There is nothing that we don't like about the software #### Vendor response Thanks for such a glowing review Michael! Replied September 2019 --- ### Localist is great platform for University calendar - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like that the platform is very user friendly. We train users around the university to add events and is it extremely helpful to be user friendly. #### Cons Sometimes we find some buys within the software. Another thing is that sometimes there are items that we can't customize to our university. #### Vendor response Thanks for your positive review Kristen! Replied October 2019 --- ### Great Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Tutorial needed #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to navigate and user friendly. Great service time response #### Cons Don't have any con. I haven't run into any issues #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback and review Nicole! Replied September 2019 --- ### Localist Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Hospitality - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very easy to navigate for both the consumer and administrator. #### Cons Integrating an RSS feed from another site. We haven't seemed to figure this out yet. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Danielle. Sharing this review with the support team and someone will be following up with you. Replied September 2019 --- ### Localist is a great product that means almost all of our needs - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · monthly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've never had a complaint from where I sit on their service. They have ALWAYS been helpful. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros - Support team is very responsive and helpful at all times. - Documentation for the front and backend has always been well done. - Localist provides nearly all the features we need as a university to use as a community driven calendaring tool. #### Cons - The API, while rich and well constructed, limits our ability to easily pull events that span multiple days in a simple way. We have to merge each instance of the event into a single one on our end. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Jason. I'm passing your feedback on to our support team to see if there is an opportunity to improve your experience. Replied September 2019 --- ### Ease of Use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I enjoy the ease of use and the ability to login through multiple methods. This is especially useful for students and other visitors trying to connect to our interface. It is easy to train someone to use the software. #### Cons I like the overall experience so do not have any cons for the software at this time. #### Vendor response Thanks for such a positive review, Michelle! Replied October 2019 --- ### localist review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Localist is easy to use and flows well. #### Cons Better tracking needed, so you can follow approval process. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Joe! Replied October 2019 --- ### Robust software w/ odd API quirks - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Tim B. - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · monthly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The API has a lot going for it for third party development. The user experience is pretty good for end users. #### Cons The API changes once in a while without updating major versions causing third party integration breakage. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Tim! Replied October 2019 --- ### Useful Event Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Amelia L. - Industry: Writing and Editing - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Event registration is streamlined, easy to modify information on events #### Cons Cost can be an issue based on Requirements #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Amelia! Replied October 2019 --- ### Localist - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · monthly - Reviewed: April 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I enjoy using Localist for my department. We are able to advertise many events to a broader network because of this software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Localist is very easy to use. I love that I can "tag" other departments so my event shows up on multiple pages and gains more traction. #### Cons The one thing I would improve is the way the widget looks when integrating it on my department's personal website. #### Vendor response Thanks for your positive review Andrea! Replied May 2020 --- ### Customer service is excellent, but the UI and functionality needs a revamp - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Stanley C. - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. Overall I think the customer service is excellent. The UI and functionality needs to be improved. I've been using this software for 5 years and it has not changed much. It's time to improve on the current concept. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like that I am able to segment my events into separate communities. I like the outstanding software support whenever I have questions. The UI and functionality can be upgraded to better filter events and further improve usability. #### Cons I don't like that I can't give more control for approval of events. At my organization, we have one admin to approve the events. Events already submitted don't necessarily need to be reapproved by me if there are minor changes like dates. When someone does add/remove dates from an event, the event is no longer visible to the public and needs to be reapproved. Maybe the event shouldn't be pulled from the live feed and be amended by the changes when it's approved. Or there should be an option to automatically approve minor changes. Another thing I don't like is the way you can filter down events. I think being able to see a calendar with the events listed on each day is a plus. (Kind of like seeing a physical calendar or using the Google calendar app.) People like to be able to see the events available on a week or monthly basis. I think this option would be most beneficial for the widget at least. I've been asked multiple times to have an alternative view to the list view we already have. The mini calendar for the widget is not functionally viable. It limits you to being only able to filter events on a day to day basis. If you ask me, I think it is rather cumbersome and not useful. #### Vendor response Hey Stanley! Thanks for your review. We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/ Replied September 2019 --- ### Almost great - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, it is great when compared to a lot of other calendar tools. It needs a few improvements, but at least they are trying! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros This tool is almost great. Setting everything up is cumbersome, but intuitive. The interface is pretty modern and clean. #### Cons Not the best in terms of accessibility. Event images have no place to add custom alt text and simply get assigned the events title as the alt text. No landmarks used. Headings are all over the place etc. There are some features that they really need to add such as administrators being able to view the calendar from another users account (assume their identity), view edit history on a group or channel, schedule out sponsored events etc. #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback! We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/ Replied September 2019 --- ### Localist calendar manages our 1,000+ events/year - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jason C. - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The customer service at Localist is excellent. They are proactive by checking in regularly and when we have an issue or question they address it right away. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Localist is very easy to setup and administer and is a very powerful calendar platform to help manage and promote our many events on campus. We've been able to shed our many rogue calendars and have everyone bought in on using Localist because it has many great features. #### Cons When we first bought Localist, we had to use advanced custom CSS to skin the site match our regular website. However, since then, they now offer a great theme tool that allows you to adjust the styles of your calendar without any coding, etc. We are now using the theme editor and love the fresh look of our calendar. #### Vendor response Thanks for such a detailed review Jason! Replied September 2019 --- ### Excellent robust hosted event calendar solution - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We've used the platform for many years, replacing a very old and broken open source solution. Engagement with the calendar more than doubled, and sustained at double or sometimes triple the traffic. Pretty satisfied with it, though there's always room for improvement. Team is responsive and helpful. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The system is very focused on how users actually use event calendars, instead of being stuffed full of all the random features some folks might imagine people want. It's very user focused, very customizable, and a great solution for Higher Ed where so many different parts of the org have slightly different needs that can be accommodated. Embedding feeds in a very flexible and customizable way into each department's website was a life saver. #### Cons Some of the customizability can get a little clunky, wish there were a few more very nice built-in options and default templates. The default is nice, and the ability to get it perfectly on-brand are great, but several super polished default templates for the calendar and the widgets would go a long way. (Not a concern for shops with talented designers, but would be helpful for the smaller organizations.) #### Vendor response Thanks for the feedback Jeff. We're looking forward to our latest release which will include some new templates we hope you will enjoy! Replied October 2019 ---