Whova: Product updates, Customer stories, and Insights | 2026 Cuspera

Name: Whova
Brand: Whova
Rating: 4.79 (2969 reviews)

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Product and Vendor News

Faculty Startup Whova Wins Award for Global Growth | Computer Science 20/08/2025
Whova joins MetroConnect Program to expand international growth - Whova 20/08/2025

Customer stories

Whova’s event management platform helped the Wisconsin Department of Health Services run their Adult Protective Services Conference online. Organizers tracked session attendance for continuing education credits using Whova’s features. They uploaded all event documents in one place and used live Q&A and polls to boost engagement. The Community Board increased networking and attendee interaction. Organizers sent announcements and certificates through the app, making communication easy. The event saw 94% app adoption and over 1,100 messages exchanged.
Whova helped the Association of Energy Services Professionals run their 35th Annual Conference. The team used Whova's agenda webpage and speaker webpage tools to sync updates instantly, saving time and effort. Attendees used direct messaging and meet-ups to network and connect. Organizers sent announcements with an 83% open rate, keeping everyone informed. Whova made event management easier and improved attendee engagement.
Whova event management software helped ISSA Events run the Peak Cyber Symposium in Colorado Springs. ISSA needed a secure platform for over 650 cybersecurity professionals and a smooth return to in-person events. Whova provided secure event technology, digital document hosting, and easy feedback collection. Organizers used pre-scheduled announcements to communicate with attendees. The event saw better attendance numbers than before and high engagement with over 3,000 messages and 2,500 community posts.
Whova helped the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Conference 2024 manage an in-person event. The organizers faced challenges with attendee communication, session registration, logistics, and engagement. Whova's platform provided tools for announcements, Q&A, session caps, floor maps, and interactive features like polls and community boards. The event saw high engagement, with 150 discussion topics, 46 meetups, over 360 photos, and 80+ introductions. Organizers praised Whova for improving audience engagement and event organization.
Whova helped the UCSF CERSI Summit improve event management. Organizers used Whova to send real-time updates and announcements to attendees. The platform made it easy to design and print over 3,553 name badges on-site. Attendees exchanged 2,200 messages and posted 215 times on the community board, boosting networking. Whova reduced manual work and made the event smoother for both organizers and participants.
Whova helped the London International Youth Science Forum run a hybrid event for over 400 young scientists. The event used Whova’s hybrid event tools, virtual booths, and Artifact Center to connect in-person and remote attendees. Students sent 24,000+ community board messages and shared 300+ photos. The platform enabled live sessions, poster presentations, and gamified engagement. LIYSF used Whova’s speed networking to connect over 200 participants worldwide.

Product Business Settings

Whova is popular in Events Services, Education, and Non-Profit Organization Management industries and is widely used by Small Business, Mid Market, and Enterprise.

Integrations

Event Management

Other Demand Generation

Marketing Automation

Social Media Marketing

Whova Product Overview

Whova simplifies event management with its award-winning app, offering tools for online registration, event marketing, and comprehensive management. It caters to in-person, hybrid, and virtual events, making it versatile for any format. A standout feature is its ability to save up to 60% of time on logistics, which can significantly reduce the workload for event organizers. Whova also enhances attendee satisfaction, claiming to make them "10 times happier," and provides great ROI for sponsors and exhibitors. Trusted by innovators, it combines affordability with powerful features, making it a top choice for creating engaging and organized events.

How satisfied the customers are with Whova use-cases

Reviews

"Whova dramatically transformed my experience at the conference and I will always highly recommend it for anyone who attends a conference. I really appreciate that I did not have a giant stack of papers or binder to sift through for every speaker. It... could also accommodate for a change in speaker line-up (like what happened at our Emerald Conference). It was extremely valuable for networking." - Matthew Carmichael

"We found many of our users connecting before even getting to RESACON which was great for building excitement leading up to our event. Our sponsors felt that it added value by allowing them to have their own profiles, individual offers and ability to... connect with attendees directly. The reporting was awesome and we loved the buzz it created. We will happily work with Whova again!" - Felicia Vierra

Whova Customer Insights, Testimonials and Case Studies

How does Whova facilitate Engagement Management?

Whova Engagement Management capabilities include facilitating attendee engagement through online conferences, polls, surveys, and discussion boards. The platform allows organizers to monitor engagement rates, ticket sales, and gamified activities in real-time using a web-based dashboard, mobile applications, and QR codes. Whova offers various networking opportunities and social functions for attendees, enabling them to connect, coordinate, and share memories. The platform's limited community engagement organization makes it challenging to navigate and find specific topics within the vast number of opportunities.

"...I really liked the social functions - community space and ability to coordinate with fellow delegates for meals and social engagements, for example...." Peer review by Paul H., Work Package Technical Lead

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What makes Whova ideal for Event Management?

Whova is a cloud-based event management software that simplifies event planning, organization, and attendee engagement. It provides tools for registration, marketing, attendee networking, and virtual conferencing. The solution may have limitations in managing recurring events.

"...This works in all fields of the event management system as it covers all the plans...." 11 Best Event Management Software in 2020

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How efficiently Does Whova manage your Collaboration?

Whova facilitates collaboration among event attendees by providing features such as messaging, contact lists, and online boards. The software also enables virtual conferencing, allowing participants to engage in discussions and share files. The collaboration tools, however, have limitations in terms of their user interface and screen size.

"...Its features were vast including score boards, chats for focus groups, FAQ and video conferences...." Peer review by TeHilla P., Student, UWI

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Why is Whova the best choice for Communication Management?

What is Whova?

Whova is an Event management platform which helps create engaging and organized events. It helps to improve ROI and brand engagement and comes with a mobile event app.

Whova also supports advertisements with banners running on the app all through the event and have advertisements visible to attendees before, during and after the events. Up-to-date event information, personalized agenda, live polls, messages, and photos are some of the features accessible instantly.

Whova makes events modern and trendy, attracts and engages attendees effectively, and helps event organizers save time when managing event logistics. It provides for easy online registration, powerful event marketing, and time-saving event management tools.

What is Whova used for?

Whova is a Event Management Software mainly used by its customers to Improve Internal Communications and Improve ROI by Engagement Management, Event Management and Collaboration .

What are the top features of Whova?

Personalization, Alerts: popups & Notifications and Gamification are some of the top features of Whova.

Who uses Whova?

Whova is used by Events Services, Education and Non-Profit Organization Management among other industries.

What are Whova alternatives?

Webex Events (Formerly Socio), Yapp, RegFox and Tix are popular alternatives for Whova.

Where is Whova located?

Whova is headquartered at 7310 Miramar Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92126.

39 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Whova solved their Event Management needs. Cuspera uses 2969 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Event Management needs.

CUSTOMERS	TESTIMONIALS
Matthew Carmichael Director of Research and Development Med-West Distribution	Whova dramatically transformed my experience at the conference and I will always highly recommend it for anyone who attends a conference. I really appreciate that I did not have a giant stack of papers or binder to sift through for every speaker. It could also accommodate for a change in speaker li...ne-up (like what happened at our Emerald Conference). It was extremely valuable for networking. Testimonial By Matthew Carmichael
Felicia Vierra Organizer RESA	We found many of our users connecting before even getting to RESACON which was great for building excitement leading up to our event. Our sponsors felt that it added value by allowing them to have their own profiles, individual offers and ability to connect with attendees directly. The reporting wa...s awesome and we loved the buzz it created. We will happily work with Whova again! Testimonial By Felicia Vierra
Janice Jaicks Founder FitnessFest Conference & Expo	We were pleasantly surprised, as the entire process was seamless. Our event attendees, vendors and speakers all loved and complimented us on the app. It was fun and easy to make announcements, post pictures and get people involved. We also used the app to make our badges and also QR codes for check...-in, which saved time and money! We are extremely impressed with the assistance from Whova, as well as what this amazing app can do for our events. Testimonial By Janice Jaicks

CUSTOMERS	TESTIMONIALS
Matthew Carmichael Director of Research and Development Med-West Distribution	Whova dramatically transformed my experience at the conference and I will always highly recommend it for anyone who attends a conference. I really appreciate that I did not have a giant stack of papers or binder to sift through for every speaker. It could also accommodate for a change in speaker li...ne-up (like what happened at our Emerald Conference). It was extremely valuable for networking. Testimonial By Matthew Carmichael
Felicia Vierra Organizer RESA	We found many of our users connecting before even getting to RESACON which was great for building excitement leading up to our event. Our sponsors felt that it added value by allowing them to have their own profiles, individual offers and ability to connect with attendees directly. The reporting wa...s awesome and we loved the buzz it created. We will happily work with Whova again! Testimonial By Felicia Vierra
Janice Jaicks Founder FitnessFest Conference & Expo	We were pleasantly surprised, as the entire process was seamless. Our event attendees, vendors and speakers all loved and complimented us on the app. It was fun and easy to make announcements, post pictures and get people involved. We also used the app to make our badges and also QR codes for check...-in, which saved time and money! We are extremely impressed with the assistance from Whova, as well as what this amazing app can do for our events. Testimonial By Janice Jaicks