Whova: Use-Cases, Insights and Reviews | 2025 Cuspera

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

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Award-winning Event App and intelligent Event Management Software maximizing attendee engagement & networking

Whova 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.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Engagement Management, Event Management, Collaboration, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Whova.

Other use cases:

Communication Management
Social Media Management
Trade Show Marketing
Helpdesk Management
Contact List Management
Social Media Marketing
Meeting Management

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Business Priorities

Improve Internal Communications and Improve ROI are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Whova.

Other priorities:

Launch New Products
Improve Digital And Social Presence
Enhance Customer Relationships
Acquire Customers
Build Brand Awareness
Improve Brand Engagement
Scale Best Practices
Establish Thought Leadership
Improve Stakeholder Relations
Improve Navigation

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Whova Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Whova works with different mediums / channels such as Offline. Trade Shows. Events etc.

Whova's features include Personalization, Alerts: Popups & Notifications, Gamification, etc. and Whova support capabilities include Chat Support, Email Support, AI Powered, etc. also Whova analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"I wish more conference and events in general would use Whova to help participants get more out it……how incredibly useful I found Whova to be at the recent SEJ annual conference. It’s safe to say that the conference was 10x more valuable to me than i...f Whova had not been available." - Mark Trexler

Whova, Webex Events (formerly Socio), Yapp, RegFox, Tix, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Event Management. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Whova is an award-winning event app offering online registration, event management tools, and event marketing. It helps create engaging and organized events.

Popular Business Setting

for Whova

Top Industries

Events Services
Education
Non-Profit Organization Management

Popular in

Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise

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

Comprehensive Insights on Whova Use Cases

How does Whova address your Engagement Management Challenges?

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.

"...The leaderboards where u get challenge to engage and participate more in the event...." Peer review by Kevin Febriano B., Research Assistant, Human Resources

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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.

"...Well suited for event management...." Peer review by Director in Information Technology

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How can Whova enhance your Collaboration process?

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.

"...Whova is a great platform for connecting conference participants, learning about their interests, capturing their contact information and responding to their requests, like for copies of conference presentations...." Peer review from Hospital & Health Care

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What benefits does Whova offer for Communication Management?

The platform provides attendees with the ability to communicate with each other, schedule meetings, and access event announcements. Attendees can also view speaker information and connect with other attendees. The platform has limited functionality for personalized message notifications.

"...As part of a conference planning team, we used Whova, and without any prior notification, they published our app and sent an email to all of course conference attendees to join...." Peer review by Katherine C., Research Analyst, Higher Education Research Institute

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39+ more Business Use Cases

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.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS	TESTIMONIALS
Mark Trexler Attendee The Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference	I wish more conference and events in general would use Whova to help participants get more out it……how incredibly useful I found Whova to be at the recent SEJ annual conference. It’s safe to say that the conference was 10x more valuable to me than if Whova had not been available. Testimonial By Mark Trexler
Kathy Brown Community Relations & Marketing Director Lake Nona Institute	As the organizer of the event, the WHOVA app had the perfect combination of “ready-made” options with the ability to customize and personalize. The online customer service was also amazing. The app provided a wonderful user experience for our delegates by making it easy to connect with other attend...ees, share contact information, and be informed about all the event logistics. Overall, WHOVA was a great value and contributed to the success of our event. Testimonial By Kathy Brown
Jay Harf Vice President EHS&S Americas L'Or al	The Whova app was a great organizational and communication tool for our meeting participants. It allowed us to engage each other, kept our meeting paperless and provided us with great memories. We look forward to using the Whova app for future events. Testimonial By Jay Harf

CUSTOMERS	TESTIMONIALS
Mark Trexler Attendee The Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference	I wish more conference and events in general would use Whova to help participants get more out it……how incredibly useful I found Whova to be at the recent SEJ annual conference. It’s safe to say that the conference was 10x more valuable to me than if Whova had not been available. Testimonial By Mark Trexler
Kathy Brown Community Relations & Marketing Director Lake Nona Institute	As the organizer of the event, the WHOVA app had the perfect combination of “ready-made” options with the ability to customize and personalize. The online customer service was also amazing. The app provided a wonderful user experience for our delegates by making it easy to connect with other attend...ees, share contact information, and be informed about all the event logistics. Overall, WHOVA was a great value and contributed to the success of our event. Testimonial By Kathy Brown
Jay Harf Vice President EHS&S Americas L'Or al	The Whova app was a great organizational and communication tool for our meeting participants. It allowed us to engage each other, kept our meeting paperless and provided us with great memories. We look forward to using the Whova app for future events. Testimonial By Jay Harf

Case Studies

Education

CASE STUDY PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) Academy

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) Academy used Whova’s virtual event platform for their two-week career development event in 2021. They faced challenges with virtual engagement, building comm...unity, and managing registration. Whova’s features like chat, Q&A, polling, and the Community Board helped boost participation and connection. 82% of attendees loved using the Whova app, and there was a 100% announcement open rate. The event was highly engaging and successful for teen journalism students.

Education

CASE STUDY North Carolina State University Team

Whova helped the North Carolina State University Team run the North Carolina Community College System Conference. They faced high printing costs, trouble tracking session credits, and no easy lead re...trieval for sponsors. Whova's event app reduced printing costs with a digital agenda, enabled session check-in for accurate credit assignment, and provided QR code lead retrieval for exhibitors. The team saw 22,000 in-app agenda views and 1,200 personal schedules created. Organizers saved time and improved attendee and sponsor experience.

Education

CASE STUDY UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI)

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 n...ame 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.

Education

CASE STUDY South Carolina Music Educators Association (SCMEA)

Whova helped the South Carolina Music Educators Association (SCMEA) manage their 2025 Professional Development Conference. SCMEA needed an easy-to-use event app, a better registration system, and too...ls for speaker and exhibitor management. Whova's platform made registration simple, improved attendee experience, and allowed real-time updates. The app also helped exhibitors connect with attendees and made it easier to provide certificates. Organizers saved time and attendees had a better event experience.

Non-Profit Organization Management

CASE STUDY International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)

Whova helped the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) manage their 2023 event for over 2,000 attendees. IJCAI used Whova to personalize agendas, send announcements, and b...oost sponsor visibility. The app enabled 1,430,000 sponsor impressions and 7,100 private messages. Features like 'Break the Ice' and photo sharing increased attendee engagement. Whova made it easier for new and senior scientists to connect and collaborate.

Non-Profit Organization Management

CASE STUDY National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)

Whova helped the National School Safety Conference team improve event engagement and efficiency. NASRO used Whova’s Name Badge feature to print badges on-site without special equipment. Exhibitors co...llected leads easily with QR code scanning, which increased exhibitor ROI and made the exhibit hall the largest in NASRO’s history. Attendees used Whova’s Community Board and messaging to network, sending over 7,000 private messages. Organizers managed the agenda smoothly with Whova’s Agenda Center, keeping all updates in one place.

Introducing Whova’s Abstract Management System

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Whova

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 .