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Best Salesforce event management software: the full 2026 comparison

If you’re evaluating Salesforce event management software in 2026, you’re likely comparing Blackthorn against some combination of seven other platforms: Fonteva, Cvent, Eventbrite, Bizzabo, Swoogo, EventSpark, and Stova. Choosing the right one means weighing a lot of factors: pricing, feature depth, and how each platform fits your specific event program, to name a few. But […]

August 2026 Blackthorn Events release - group ticketing and session limits

How to stop overbooking your breakout sessions

Picture a two-day conference with three tracks running at the same time in three rooms, plus one hands-on workshop capped at twenty seats. Registration opens. Within the first hour, someone picks a Track A talk and a Track B talk that happen to run at the exact same time. Someone else signs up for the […]

Blackthorn vs Swoogo: which is best for Salesforce teams?

Blackthorn vs. Stova: which works better in Salesforce?

This information is accurate as of its last update in August 2026 Stova uses what it calls a native Salesforce connector, but the mechanics are a post-registration sync. Attendee data is captured in Stova first, then pushed into Salesforce once the attendee has registered. It isn’t built on the Salesforce platform itself. Blackthorn, by contrast, […]

Blackthorn vs Swoogo: which is best for Salesforce teams?

Blackthorn vs. Swoogo: which is right for Salesforce teams?

This information is accurate as of its last update in August 2026 Is Swoogo Salesforce-native? No. Swoogo is a well-built, standalone event management platform that connects to Salesforce through a two-way sync, not a Salesforce-native application. Blackthorn Events, by contrast, runs directly on Salesforce® objects, so registration and attendance data show up on the contact […]

3 types of event data gaps that are hurting your event ROI

Why “just sync it faster” won’t fix event ROI

Ask most marketing or ops leaders why event follow-up is slow, and they’ll blame a tool: a clunky integration, an aging CRM, a vendor that overpromised on the sync. That’s the wrong diagnosis, and it’s an expensive one, because it sends teams shopping for a faster version of the exact same architecture that’s already failing […]

How to build an RSVP website for college events that converts

RSVP website for college events: how to build one that converts

Want an RSVP website for college events that actually converts? Give visitors these six things up front: Skip one of these, and you’ll feel it in your sign-up numbers. That list sounds simple enough. But building it for a college event is a different job than building it anywhere else. You’re usually serving several audiences […]

Eventbrite alternatives for Salesforce companies

Eventbrite alternative for Salesforce teams: when it’s time to outgrow ticketing

The best Eventbrite alternative for Salesforce users is a Salesforce-native event platform, such as Blackthorn Events, that records registration and attendance data directly into your Salesforce records instead of syncing from a separate ticketing system.  Eventbrite is a genuinely good starting point for events, but as organizations centralize on Salesforce, its per-ticket fees, limited customization, […]