Registration, Badges and Check-in, Without Counting a Single Registration.
Stova is a full enterprise suite, with its own onsite crew, NFC badges, abstracts and hotel booking. eventcloud is the version your own team runs: nothing counts your events, registrations or attendees, a self-service badge kiosk prints each badge as people arrive, and any steward can staff the door from their own phone. Competitor facts checked 27 October 2026. Sources and dates are listed below.
Stova is an enterprise suite with its own onsite crew. eventcloud is the one your own team runs, and every seat carries the kiosk, session scanning and lead retrieval.
eventcloud
Teams That Run Their Own Door
Where It Shines
Events, registrations and attendees are never counted; team seats are the only thing on the bill
A self-service Badge Kiosk on any laptop and the printer beside it, so visitors print their own badges as they arrive
Check-in on the phones your stewards already carry, with one link and a four-digit PIN
Session scanning at each door: every scan admits or refuses, with a running count against capacity
Lead retrieval on exhibitors' own phones, with no charge from us per scanner or per lead
VAT, inclusive or exclusive, frozen onto every order
No packages or feature tiers: everything we ship is on every seat
Its own onsite team runs check-in and badging, with carts, tablets and kiosks, through Onsite Solutions ST1, ST3
NFC badges for tap-and-go entry, with BLE and UHF scanning also listed ST3
Access rules for every session and zone, and scanning that carries on offline ST4
Conditional logic, group and team registration, hotel and travel, and fees collected in more than 40 currencies ST2
Lead retrieval with QR or NFC scanning, qualification and CRM sync, from the Core package ST1, ST5
An Exhibitor Resource Center with tasks, payments and staff registration, in the Enterprise package ST1, ST6
Where It Falls Short
Every package adds a per-registration fee to its base price ST1
Onsite Solutions are priced on request, separately from the packages ST1
Three packages, and the Exhibitor Resource Center waits for the top one ST1
Checked 27 October 2026. Sources are listed below.
Side by Side
Thirteen Rows, Including the Seven Stova Wins.
Grouped by stage, from forms to the exhibition floor. A Coming soon cell is something eventcloud is building now, and the row goes to Stova until it ships: tell us which one you need.
eventcloud
Stova
Registration Experience
Conditional Form Logic (stronger: Stova)
eventcloudComing Soon
Show or hide questions based on earlier answers. Need it for your next event? Tell us.
Group rates on any paid price, up to 99 of a pass in one order with each person named and sent their own ticket, and attendee import from Excel or CSV. Coming soon: a portal for group coordinators. Booking in groups? Talk to us.
StovaYes
Group registrations, team invites and bulk ticketing.ST2
Checked
Hotel and Travel Booking (stronger: Stova)
eventcloudComing Soon
Hotel and travel booking inside registration. Your own questions already collect travel details on the form. Booking rooms for delegates? Ask us.
StovaYes
Hotel and travel options managed alongside registration.ST2
Checked
Payments and Finance
Invoices and VAT (stronger: Stova)
eventcloudComing Soon
Invoices, bank transfer and purchase orders, with your VAT number on receipts. VAT is already frozen onto every order. If your finance team needs the rest, let us know.
StovaYes
Invoicing, taxation and VAT options listed; the package that includes them is not shown.ST1
Checked
CurrenciesTie
eventcloudYes
The currencies your own Stripe account supports, GBP, EUR, USD and more, one per event.
Real millimetres on 4x6 inch, A6, A5, A4, Letter or custom stock, with live data from any registration question.
StovaYes
Do-it-yourself badge design, listed in its packages.ST1
Checked
Printing at the Desk or a KioskDepends
eventcloudYes
A self-service Badge Kiosk on any laptop and the printer beside it: visitors type their ticket number and print, and printing checks them in. Any badge also prints from the dashboard before the doors open.
StovaYes, Add-on
Run by Stova's own onsite team, with carts, tablets and kiosks, through Onsite Solutions, priced on request. ST1ST3
Checked
Session Scanning and Access Control (stronger: Stova)
eventcloudYes
Pick a session on the check-in link and each scan admits or refuses by booking or ticket type, flags re-entry and keeps a running count against capacity. Running zones as well as sessions? Drop us a line.
StovaYes
Session scanning you run yourself or with its team, access rules for every session and zone, and scanning that carries on offline.ST4
QR codes on tickets and badges, scanned on any phone or tablet your team already carries. Thinking about tap-and-go? Get in touch.
StovaYes
NFC badges for tap-and-go access, with BLE and UHF scanning also listed.ST3
Checked
Exhibitors and Sponsors
Lead RetrievalDepends
eventcloudYes
Exhibitors use their own phones to scan the QR code on each attendee's badge or in their event app, rate and qualify each lead, add notes and export to Excel. No charge from us per scanner or per lead.
StovaYes
Do-it-yourself lead retrieval from the Core package, with QR or NFC scanning, qualification and CRM sync. ST1ST5
Checked
Exhibitor Portal (stronger: Stova)
eventcloudComing Soon
A portal where each exhibitor registers stand staff linked to their stand. Stand staff register through their own private ticket group, each with a ticket email. Tell us how your exhibitors work.
StovaYes, Enterprise Tier
Exhibitor Resource Center with tasks, payments and staff registration, in the Enterprise package. ST1ST6
Checked
Admin, Team and Services
Registrations Left Uncounted (stronger: eventcloud)
eventcloudYes
Never counted. Team seats are the only thing on the bill.
StovaNo
Every package adds a per-registration fee to its base price.ST1
Checked
Every Capability on Every Seat (stronger: eventcloud)
eventcloudYes
No feature tiers: everything we ship is on every seat, the kiosk and lead retrieval included.
StovaNo
Three packages, plus Onsite Solutions priced separately.ST1
Checked
How to read it. Yes, Partial, No and Not confirmed describe each platform today; Not confirmed means we could not confirm it from public sources on the date checked, and it never means no. Coming soon marks a feature eventcloud is building now, and the row still goes to whoever does it today. Ask us, in our column, means just that: talk to us about what your event needs. Competitor facts are dated at the foot of the page. Tell us if one has changed. Stova and its product names, including Onsite Solutions and the Exhibitor Resource Center, are trademarks of their owner, used here only to identify the products compared; eventcloud is not affiliated with Stova.
What Gets Counted
What Each Bill Counts.
Units, never amounts. What a vendor counts tells you how the bill moves when your event grows.
eventcloud Counts
Team seats
Events, registrations and attendees are not counted.
Stova Counts
Registrations
Every package adds a per-registration fee to a base price, and Onsite Solutions are priced on request ST1ST3.
Units from Stova's packages page, checked 27 October 2026. No amounts in this block, by design. What unlimited covers, and the few limits that remain, is just below.
Unlimited, with the Small Print Printed Large.
Here is everything we do limit, so nobody has to ask twice.
Unlimited events, registrations and attendees on every plan. We count team seats, not tickets, so your bill does not rise because your event sells out. The limits that do exist are operational, not commercial: 99 of one ticket type per order line, 10,000 orders per Excel export, five languages per event, and one subdomain and one sending domain per organisation.
At the Door
When the Event Needs a Crew, Not a Link.
Stova's own team runs check-in and badging on the day through Onsite Solutions, priced on request, and its badges can carry NFC for tap-and-go entry. A door your own team runs looks like this.
One link, one PIN: door staff open a link and type a four-digit PIN on the phones they already carry, then scan the QR or type the ticket number. No app, no accounts, and the link pauses or rotates in one click.
A kiosk instead of a crew: any laptop and the printer beside it become a self-service Badge Kiosk. Visitors type their ticket number, check their badge and print it, and printing checks them in.
Sessions at the door: pick a session on the check-in link and each scan admits or refuses, with a running count against capacity. Afterwards, each session's attendee list shows who came in and when.
Duplicates caught: a second scan shows when the ticket first came in, and refunded or unpaid tickets are refused on the spot, as are rehearsal tickets once the event is live.
Where the Facts Come From
Sources.
Every competitor fact on this page links here. Labels carry the source's own date and flag older, vendor-authored and aggregator sources, so you can weigh them yourself.
Stova's packages page lists Core at $1,995, Pro at $5,995 and Enterprise at $12,995, each plus a per-registration fee starting at $3.00, $4.50 and $5.60 respectively. It shows no currency code or billing period, and Onsite Solutions are priced on request (Stova packages page, checked 27 October 2026). eventcloud never counts registrations: you pay for team seats. Our own plans are on the pricing page. You can build the whole event, rehearse checkout with Stripe test cards and rehearse check-in on a draft event for free; you subscribe when you are ready to publish.
Is Stova the company that used to be Aventri?
Yes. MeetingPlay and Aventri merged and acquired eventcore in 2022, and the combined company took the Stova name in October 2022 (Stova press release of 10 October 2022, checked 27 October 2026).
How does entry work at the door?
Door staff open one link on any phone or tablet and type a four-digit PIN, then scan the QR code or type the nine-digit ticket number. Each scan shows the attendee's name, company, ticket and pass type, flags a repeat scan and turns away refunded or unpaid tickets. Pick a session on the same link and each scan admits or refuses for that session, with a running count against capacity.
Can exhibitors scan leads?
Yes. Lead retrieval comes with every seat: exhibitors use their own phones to scan the QR code on each attendee's badge or in their event app, rate and qualify each lead, and export their leads to Excel. No charge from us per scanner or per lead. You decide whether exhibitors get it with their pass or buy it at checkout for a price you set. Stova includes do-it-yourself lead retrieval from its Core package, with NFC scanning and CRM sync.
Can we print badges on site?
Yes. Turn any laptop and the printer beside it into a self-service Badge Kiosk: visitors type their ticket number, check their badge and print it, and printing checks them in. You can also print any attendee's badge from the dashboard before the doors open, on 4x6 inch, A4, A5, A6, Letter or custom stock. Stova runs badging and the desk for you through Onsite Solutions.
Is there a limit on registrations?
No. Unlimited events, registrations and attendees on every plan. We count team seats, not tickets, so your bill does not rise because your event sells out. The limits that do exist are operational, not commercial: 99 of one ticket type per order line, 10,000 orders per Excel export, five languages per event, and one subdomain and one sending domain per organisation.
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