Cadmium 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Cadmium

4.7

(26)

Pricing

Starting at $2,500.00 one time

About Cadmium

Cadmium is a cloud-based system that provides a comprehensive set of tools to streamline the event planning process. It caters to a variety of industries, including associations and corporations. The platform allows event organizers to collect and review submissions, manage speaker and exhibitor data and plan and manage session and presentation details. This helps deliver an exceptional educational experience to attendees and other stakeholders.

One key feature of Cadmium is the Abstract Scorecard, which helps the event team efficiently collect and review calls for papers, grants, awards and other submissions. Another is the Conference Harvester, which makes managing exhibitors and speakers an organized affair. Additionally, the platform includes the eventScribe platform, which provides a custom website for every event, and has interactive floor plans, an itinerary planner and a mobile application for attendees.

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Cadmium Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $2,500.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$2,500.00

per feature, one time

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Cadmium Features

Popular features found in Event Marketing
Audience Targeting
Email Marketing
Event Calendar
Location-Based Marketing
Social Promotion
Website Management
More features of Cadmium
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Attendance Management
Attendee Management
Audience Engagement
Badge Management
Conferences/Conventions
Customizable Branding
Customizable Forms
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Electronic Payments
Email Management
Email Reminders
Email Templates
Event Management
Event Scheduling
Event Ticketing
Exhibit/Vendor Management
For Virtual Events
Gamification
Landing Pages/Web Forms
Lead Capture
Live Streaming
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Online Registration
Payment Processing
Presentation Streaming
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Notifications
Registration Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Self Check-In/Check-Out
Social Media Integration
Speaker Management
Sponsorship Management
Survey/Poll Management
Surveys & Feedback
Volunteer Management

Cadmium Integrations

MemberSuite

Fonteva for Associations

Nimble

Salesforce Platform

iMIS

Cadmium User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

77%

19%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.5

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Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Review - CadmiumCD

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I like the fact that it is an all-in-one tool.

Cons:

The names of the different segments of the product are sometimes hard to follow without training. Once you know where everything is it isn't hard to use but it is not as intuitive as it could be.

Vendor Response

We're so glad we can deliver a tool that you can use for many facets of your conference management. We're constantly working to improve functionality and usability. If you have any advice on specific functionality we can improve, please let us know by emailing cadmiumcd@cadmiumcd.com!

Replied February 2019

Michelle P.

Verified reviewer

Pharmaceuticals

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2025

Cadmium Rocks!

10 out of 10. An amazing company that knows what it's doing and can answer questions promptly. I look forward to continuing to work with the company.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Customer service is amazing! They always have a quick turnaround time on answering questions, even after hours. [sensitive content hidden] are wonderful.

Cons:

There is nothing I dislike about Cadmium. It is a pleasure to work with such a great team. We have been working with Cadmium for years, and it is such a great opportunity.

Mary N.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2020

Without overall training the system is very difficult to use.

I'm knew to this industry but feel it can be better.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I believe the organization likes the educational aspects

Cons:

On the exhibitor side it is clunky, not intuitive and without training frustrating. The boomerang system is old and outdated. You need online chats, so you can get immediate responses. I have tried your knowledge base and never get any results

Helen H.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed May 2025

Insightful and fruitful collaboration

Wonderful team. I had a fantastic interaction with the integration team.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Swift response and collaborative team. Everyone was super helpful

Cons:

The cost of the APIs was a little steep and the ETL process was a bit complex

Julie M.

Verified reviewer

Libraries

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2025

Great First Year

Very positive-a great first year of learning all that Cadmium can do for us. Looking forward to deepening our understanding as we use the product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The user experience for both the organization and our customers was easy and responsive to our needs.

Cons:

We wish we could make the parent/child capabilities a bit more nuanced and robust.

Eric L.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Does what it's supposed to do very well, but with some presentation flaws. Still a great product.

Great to have all our speaker and conference session info in one place. Doesn't require much work aside from the initial set-up.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Cadmium is an excellent tool for harvesting speaker info. The staff also responds quickly when client service is needed. I love the flexibility and ease of customizing Cadmium's tools. I also love the search bar in the settings page . I haven't seen that anywhere else and it's very useful. The staff and I have already briefly discussed my requests to better the service by carrying over "speaker agreement" task achievement data from the scorecard to the harvester, making the communications module spell-check compatible, and by offering a way to download all speaker headshots. My company will continue using it for our upcoming conferences. (I am currently just using the Scorecard and Harvester tools.)

Cons:

Concerning the display, the series of links and buttons for speakers in the Scorecard and Harvester look clunky and dated. It would be nice if the site looked more Apple-like, frankly. Cadmium's website coding can also be buggy, and it's something different every time from random instances of being logged out, to incomplete confirmation messages, to preview windows that won't disappear. Sometimes it feels like I have to quickly do what I need in Cadmium before the site falls apart. Scaling back to a higher level, I still don't see much purpose of the "points" system on my dashboard. Lastly, to be blunt, I hate the mascot. It looks like a watered-down Minion.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review Eric. We pride ourselves on delivering great customer services and a customizable product. We are so glad that you've experienced both. Your myCadmium points can be used to purchase urgent Boomerangs or custom reports. Simply click the points on your dashboard to access your point bank. Also, you absolutely have the ability to download all speaker head shots into one ZIP file. As you know, we're constantly updating and improving our system. We've taken note of your suggestions and will include them in future development considerations. Thanks again for taking the time to write this review. We look forward to continuing to serve you and your organization!

Replied March 2018

Leslie M.

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2017

CadmiumCD event management

CadmiumCD has proven to be a great partner for us in planning our annual conference and regional events. They are a supportive and flexible vendor, with an intuitive product which integrates with our CMS and registration system nicely. The developers are always working on enhancements and new features, and they bring clients into the conversation to assess needs and how their product can address those needs. The toughest part of the relationship is keeping up with all of the new features! There's no shortage of development and innovation with this event management solution.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Intuitiveness

Cons:

Communication with team - getting much better with boomerangs. Ways to better manage timelines and milestones

Vendor Response

Thanks for the kind words, Leslie! We are always excited to role out new features to clients and have a monthly webinar to address these, as well as an annual users conference. As much as we're working to improve our software, we're also constantly improving our processes. Thank you and the rest of the NAFSA team for being such a valued partner!

Replied March 2017

Lisa G.

Verified reviewer

Cosmetics

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

Perfect for Event Management

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease. You do not need to be "tech" savvy to use the back end of this product.

Cons:

Would like to be able to add more than one attendee during check out. Create a bundle for multiple registrations.

Reasons for switching to Cadmium

Cadmium purchased them

Rina B.

Non-Profit Organization Management

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2017

Super flexible and accommodating

We've been using Cadmium CD's products for over 10 years. I work directly with the owner, in addition to other staff members and everyone is very quick to respond and helpful. Over the years, Cadmium has been excellent about listening to our needs and making tweaks/enhancements based on our needs. We have been very happy working with Cadmium.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Flexibility and ability to make changes on our own.

Cons:

The list of reports/worksheets on the back end isn't often cleaned up and it can be hard to sift through it all to find what you are looking for.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your 10 years(!!!) of support, Rina! We're so lucky to have USGBC as a client. Your team always challenges us to develop the best solutions we possibly can. We look forward to a continued partnership with you and your team.

Replied March 2017

Stacie M.

Events Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2017

Cadmium to the rescue!

I manage exhibit and sponsorship sales for a small non-profit association, and before we discovered Cadmium I was juggling everything manually. The Exhibitor Harvester has been a dream! Setting up our event and submitting boomerangs were very easy to learn, and working with Jen Rice has been so pleasant. Once things picked up for our Annual Meeting it was so convenient to have a user-friendly live floor plan and payment process for interested exhibitors to use, with minimal contact with me. It allowed me more time for juggling other time sensitive and sales tasks and preparing for our event. We experienced little to no issues with the software, and our exhibitors seem satisfied. I highly recommend Cadmium's exhibitor software to interested associations or companies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for the kinds words, Stacie! We're glad we could free up some time for AMSUS and help you achieve your sales goals. It's always nice to have tech-savvy clients like you!

Replied March 2017

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