Sched 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
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User Reviews

Overview

Sched

4.7

(97)

Pricing

Starting at $600.00 per year

About Sched

Sched is an event management solution designed to help organizations manage scheduling, attendance, speakers, sponsors, promotion for conferences, conventions, festivals and more. The platform includes a content management system, which allows users to design personalized websites, organize schedules using color-coded sessions or filters and create banners for promotion.

Sched enables attendees to personalize profiles with custom bio and images, browse available sessions and bookmark favorite events. It offers a host of features such as custom agendas, announcements, waitlists management, session feedback, personal invites, email reminders and more. Additionally, speakers can edit profiles or event descriptions, upload presentations and communicate with attendees.

Sched lets organizers design branded mobile applications, enabling attendees to view event details and receive push notifications for cancellations or venue related updates. Pricing is based on the number of attendees and support is extended via email, video tutorial and other online measures.

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Sched Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $600.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Launch

$600.00

usage based, per year

Plan includes:

Unlimited events
Includes 250 attendees
Mobile app
Registration + ticketing
Unlimited support
Personalized schedules
Basic Call for papers

Boost

$1,500.00

usage based, per year

Plan includes:

Enhanced registration controls
Attendance tracking & Check-in
Attendee Networking
Sponsor profiles
Lead retrieval

Ultra

$3,900.00

usage based, per year

Plan includes:

Priority support for you, your team, & your participants

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Sched Features

Popular features found in Content Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Audio File Management
Content Library
Customizable Templates
Image Editing
Search/Filter
SEO Management
Text Editing
Version Control
Video Support
More features of Sched
Access Control
Activity Dashboard
Agenda Management
Alerts/Notifications
API
Attendance Management
Attendee Management
Attendee Tracking
Audience Engagement
Availability Management
Badge Management
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Budget Management
Calendar Management
Calendar Sync
Chat/Messaging
Class Registration
Class Scheduling
Collaboration Tools
Communication Management
Conferences/Conventions
Contact Management
Content Publishing Options
Customizable Branding
Customizable Forms
Data Import/Export
Data Security
Discount Management
Document Management
Electronic Payments
Email Management
Email Marketing
Email Reminders
Engagement Tracking
Event Calendar
Event Management
Event Registration
Event Scheduling
Event Ticketing
Event Tracking
Exhibit/Vendor Management
Forms Management
For Virtual Events
Group Registration
Guest List Management
Landing Pages/Web Forms
Lead Capture
Lead Generation
Live Streaming
Marketing Automation
Mobile Access
Online Registration
Payment Processing
Presentation Streaming
Real-Time Chat
Recording
Refund Management
Registration Management
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Role-Based Permissions
Room Block Management
Self Check-In/Check-Out
Self Service Portal
Single Sign On
Social Media Integration
Social Promotion
Speaker Management
Sponsorship Management
Surveys & Feedback
Third-Party Integrations
Ticketing
User Management
Visitor Registration
Volunteer Management
Website Management

Sched Integrations

Eventbrite

Google Analytics 360

ClassLink

Stripe Billing

Sched User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

77%

16%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.4

Noah G.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Great customer service, competitive features, AND affordable!

I've taken demo calls with dozens of vendors, and used 5 different apps to host various conferences. Sched stands out for their customer service, pricing, ease of use, and consistent iteration and evolution with valuable features. I've never experienced a service outage. And unlike some vendors, they don't incessantly spam you once they have your email address. Nor do they do sketchy behaviors like mining your attendee list to then spam them with direct marketing outreach to attendees they think host their own events. I've exclusively used Sched for almost four years now, and don't see myself looking to change anytime soon.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Sched is a fabulous product that provides premium level features that are competitive with top vendors while offering pricing entry points that are accessible to organizers on a tight budget. Their human customer service is quick to respond and helpful. I find their user guides intuitive, appreciate the customization we can do for sponsors (including push-notifications to attendees), the ability to allow presenters to edit their descriptions, and the new call-for-proposals feature to handle the submission and acceptance process in one place.

Cons:

The product has grown so much over the years. I think the few things that 10 years ago made it more of an affordable Plan B when you couldn't afford Plan A have been addressed. They really listen to users on feature requests and suggestions, and provide fantastic support when I don't know how to do something.

Reasons for choosing Sched

Price, customer service, quality consistency, ease of use. One product has aggressive and unethical sales tactics that I despise.

Selena R.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2025

The Sched team is also your team

They are genuinely interested in your event's success and not just selling you a tool to use for it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The entire Sched team - from initial sales to tech support - is outstanding. And they really listen to feedback. On more than one occasion we've seen suggestions from our attendees incorporated into the platform.

Cons:

They are always improving the platform, but occasionally their web tutorials don't include new info.

Reasons for choosing Sched

Sched does everything Whova does but without the constant stream of sales spam sent to attendees and overly complicated onboarding. Eventbrite is too simple for our needs and too rigid in its setup.

Reasons for switching to Sched

It was too complex and too expensive to fit our event needs.

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Sched

We are moving closer to a paperless conference each year and online scheduling is a necessary part of that process.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

This software is user friendly and the email update feature for attendees is helpful.

Cons:

I wish there were better opportunities to feature sponsors and organize Sponsors, Partners, Associate Member Exhibitors, etc.

Connie W.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Director of Learning & Innovation

I have been using Sched for nine years, and they continue to improve. I would highly recommend it to any organization hosting events of any size.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Sched makes event organization and communication seamless. The user interface is intuitive, allowing attendees to easily browse sessions, build personalized schedules, and receive real-time updates. As an event organizer, I appreciate how easily we can manage speakers, session details, and last-minute changes in one place. The integration with email reminders and mobile access has also been a huge benefit, ensuring participants stay informed and engaged.

Cons:

The reporting and analytics features could be a bit more robust, but the overall functionality and ease of use of the platform far outweigh this minor limitation.

Reasons for choosing Sched

I already knew Sched and the time to learn a new product was not worth it.

Nilufar G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed June 2025

Living la vida Sched

We were so happy with it after our first year, that we signed up for the second year. It's significantly better than all the other providers of similar products we have checked out so far.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

How intuitive it is for both admin and attendees; the color coding; the beautiful layout; the helpfulness of its staff.

Cons:

My event runs several simultaneous sessions in rooms of various capacity. I'd love the ability to permanently associate a room to a certain capacity, but it is not available.

Reasons for choosing Sched

Sched was more flexible and offered better features than the alternatives. Pheedloop came close in terms of price point, but it's not as attractive or as functional as Sched.

Rod C.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Support is Responsive

Support is very responsive. I am always able to get the help I need and better understand how to use the tools available.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Simplicity of the tasks makes it easy to organize and manage events.

Cons:

There are still some features that need to be added for full functionality

Reasons for choosing Sched

Ease of use, all data in one place, help/support

Reasons for switching to Sched

Registration was complicated for users and organizers.

Vendor Response

Thanks so much for your feedback about Sched, Rod! There’s a lot of work that goes into making your event a success. Our goal is to make things as simple and easy as possible for you so you have more time to focus on things you want to. Let us know what additional functionality you need. In many cases, we already have solutions available. We can activate those for you, add you to beta versions or include you in the development process. If we are completely missing a particular capability, please let us know that too because we’re constantly building and adding new capabilities. We’ve added lots over the years like lead retrieval, registration, ticketing, networking, integrated messaging, check-in options, mobile apps, reporting, badges, call for speakers and more. It’s all aimed at ensuring your event is a success, you have happy attendees, sponsors and that your life is a much easier. Let us know what else we can do to help!

Replied March 2025

Ruby v.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

Great tool for complex events with many activities

We are using Sched for a couple of years now. The app looks fabulous and shows all the sessions, time schedules and additional information in a practical overview. Once you know how to edit the events, it's easy to use and keep track on speakers and attendees. They have a great helpdesk that's reacting very fast on questions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease for participants to have an overview of all activities during a complex event The app looks fabulous Great helpdesk

Cons:

Price is quite high The invitation process. There is one box you can use to make an invitation text. If different people need different texts, you have to change it in the that same specific box. It takes some time to find out how it works around inviting speakers resp. participants.

Reasons for choosing Sched

People are familiar with this app. And efficient because we can copy the foregoing event.

Arti L.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2025

Event management made easy

It is very streamlined and easy to use platform with lot of potential for enhancements. Single sign on and ticketing features can be improved

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use for attendees to sign up for sessions. Bulk uploading sessions with an import template is very easy.

Cons:

Admin doesn't have control to adjust feedback collection time frame. Filtering sessions is not very user friendly with only 2 levels type and subtype. Speakers who are attendees often have to be merged manually.

Reasons for choosing Sched

Better pricing with majority of the features that we needed for our purpose.

Reasons for switching to Sched

Ease of use and access for non-staff for registration

Cierra N.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

5001-10000 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Reviewed June 2025

Sched --Virtual Conference

Overall, despite the issues we encountered we had a smooth experience utilizing Sched. I really hope that you all are able to resolve the issue with the buttons not working...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I loved the availability of the people. They were responsive and accessible whenever I had questions. Also, the ease of the the program. On the backend, the system was very easy to navigate. On the user-end, participants were able to utilize the system very easily.

Cons:

We did have some issues with our main login buttons not being linked to the session. I was able to troubleshoot this issue (because I like to have a back up plan) by embedding the link to the session description. I was thinking, if technology fails (which unfortunately it did), our participants would still be able to access the sessions right away through the direct link.

Reasons for choosing Sched

Familiarity with Sched. Our district used Sched for a previous event.

Verified

Reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

So happy we switched to Sched!

We've had a fantastic experience with Sched and are excited to use it again this year for our event!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Sched has a user-friendly platform that was easy to customize to fit the needs of our event. It allowed us better interactions with our attendees and more control over individual session management.

Cons:

There are a few features we'd like to see added in the future to make event management smoother, particularly for badge printing and ticketing.

Reasons for switching to Sched

Better control and more functionality with Sched.

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