MainEvent

RATING:

4.7

(26)

About MainEvent

MainEvent is a cloud-based platform that helps users analyze, report, recap, staff, and schedule all experiential and field activities. It enables marketing directors, field staff, brand managers and account coordinators to manage their experiential events and word-of-mouth marketing campaigns.

MainEvent Pricing

Starting price: 

$20,000.00 one time

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Dashboards: Customizable dashboards that are built using editable widgets, showcasing data through a variety of graphing tools.
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MainEvent Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for MainEvent

1 - 5 of 26 Reviews

Katie

Wine and Spirits, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2024

We love Network Ninja!

Working with NN is the epitome of a solid partnership. They are committed to delivering the highest quality product and even more committed to fixing anything if it breaks. They took the time to truly learn and understand our business to ensure the system was optimized for us.

PROS

The easability of using the site and the people from NN that we get to work with.

CONS

Limited to some functionality not being customizable

Reason for choosing MainEvent

Customizable and ease of using the system

Reasons for switching to MainEvent

BookedOut was not an option so I selected our temporary product that we used before our NN was up and running. BookedOut was never able to deliver on all of the functionality we needed to operate the business.

Dorothy

Consumer Goods, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2023

Wienermobile Program Review

I included a lot about my experience in what I liked above, but I will say that while our program has been going for 36 years, I think it's at its peak efficiency because of Network Ninja. I am a huge fan of the program, and I love working with [sensitive content hidden] . She is so responsive and helpful. Our company has occasionally mentioned that we should have the scheduling process fall under our "company websites", and I will fight that always because no one in our company could be as efficient and helpful as [sensitive content hidden] . She is the best!

PROS

I love everything about Network Ninja. Its easy to use, when I need help I get it quickly, and it keeps the many details in my life organized in one place. Planning 1,400 events a year by yourself is difficult if you don't have the programming to help keep all the details clear and organized. This program allows my events contacts to input their information, which gives them accountability to the details they told me. It then allows me to be able to approve and edit those requests quickly and efficiently. Then I can assign a team. If I've already assigned a team to a different event, it will let me know that, so I don't double book or get confused. It catches me making mistakes, which in turn makes our event contacts and customers happy. I wouldn't be able to do my job without Network Ninja.

CONS

I do struggle a bit to learn how to pull certain data that I need, but whenever I do, [sensitive content hidden] is right there to either pull that data for me or teach me how to. She gets back to me in an instant and always solves the problem or my concern. Because of her, I truly do not have many quams with Network Ninja. If I did, she would get them fixed for me!

Reasons for switching to MainEvent

I never used the Sharepoint site, so I am not sure why they disliked it. But knowing how much I love Network Ninja, I am confident that it is better for many reasons. I've used some of our sites for other areas of my work, and they are nothing compared to Network Ninja.

Vendor Response

Hi Dorothy, Thank you so much for your feedback! Its great awesome to hear that you have been able to reach "peak efficiency" with MainEvent, and we look forward to continuing to work together!

Replied September 2023

Megan

Marketing and Advertising, 10,000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2024

Event Program Review

PROS

The platform is a great tool to capture event data and analytics to properly report back KPI's and event information back to our clients. Having the tools and options to customize dashboards based on each clients specific needs is great!

CONS

[sensitive content hidden] offer great support and management of the platform. I have worked with other account managers and unfortunately, they do no seem to have the same expertise as [sensitive content hidden] on the platform. The Geo tracking would be a great feature, but I do not feel like it works properly (if it works at all). The fact that we cannot access the portal through a cell phone app holds our team back from completing recaps acccuatley and instantaneity.

Reasons for switching to MainEvent

Brandscopic is not available in the above drop down so I selected Brand24

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for the review, Megan, we appreciate the feedback. Your account manager will be in touch to address your issues with the geo tracking and mobile functionality.

Replied February 2024

Kristen

Marketing and Advertising, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2024

Industry Gold Standard for Event Software

We have been customers of Main Event for over a decade, and they have been integral in growing our company's experiential event offering to our clients. They have worked with us to customize very intricate features and processes that allowed us to better serve our customers and our internal personnel. Their team of experienced developers understands this event/sales industry and can help build the platform to meet all your needs.

PROS

Main Event provides a seamless experience for scheduling and managing events across a wide variety of industries, clients and event types. They have been doing this for decades, and have a robust set of customizable features and functionality to suit customers of all sizes. They are open to our suggestions for product features and enhancements, and regularly release new updates. With this platform you can easily simplify your event management process, capture in-depth statistics, communicate with your event staff, and maximize your event experiences.

CONS

You will need to have a separate payroll processing site, as they do not include a payment feature at this time. While that works for my company, as we have a third party vendor we prefer to use and can easily export a payment file from Main Event to share with our payroll vendor, I understand some companies are looking for that key feature to be included in their event software.

Vendor Response

Thank you Kristen! Always appreciate your feedback and attention to detail in making our systems and processes better because of your efforts.

Replied February 2024

Kimberly

Staffing and Recruiting, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2023

MainEvent Review

MainEvent allows us to scheduled events, staff events, recap events. It functions with our accounting software and allows us to process payroll, generate reconciliation and invoice our clients.

PROS

MainEvent is customizable, easy to use, functional, versatile and complex.

CONS

There is always room for improvement in all companies, industries, software and platforms. For our company, we need to level up.

Reason for choosing MainEvent

For all the reasons listed above!

Reasons for switching to MainEvent

We needed a site that was secure, attractive, reliable, user-friendly, functional and easy for our users to understand. We also needed an attentive team to support our site 24/7 and the team at MainEvent are very responsive and solutions-oriented.

Vendor Response

Kimberly, Thank you for taking the time to share your review of MainEvent. We appreciate your feedback and are thrilled to hear about the positive experiences you've had with our platform. We're glad to know that MainEvent's customization, ease of use, functionality, versatility, and complexity have met your needs. We understand that there is always room for improvement, and we are committed to continuously improving our platform to better serve you and all our customers.

Replied July 2023