festiVOL

festiVOL

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About

Event management software that enables conferences to become knowledge producers. Conferences produce new knowledge. However, with so much that goes into managing a conference, one can focus on engaging participants and producing new knowledge only when right tools & enough resources are available. Using our cloud-based, all-in-one event management platform, event organizers can collect abstract submissions & create program schedule, send email campaigns, sell tickets online and build event websites, resulting in huge savings in time, cost & effort.

About

Put your fans to work in your event departments and leverage your event ticket value and unique experience to cut down on the cost of paid labor. festiVOL is simple to set up and manage, providing a streamlined program for both fan participants and event admin. Simply select an event template to get started, and festiVOL will create your event's unique program, using best practice settings and functionality - from selecting scheduling models to application questions that assist with placing fan participants in the best possible positions, to linking friends together, to preferences such as department, skills, and not-to-miss performances (for events with music). The festiVOL program sets your event up for success, with less time managing individualized requests, so that you can spend your time rocking your departments with a ready, motivated fan workforce. With over 250,000 fans already on festiVOL, we are only waiting for your event!

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Academic conferences, nonprofits, symposiums

Audience

Event Managers

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$1899.00/year
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

free
FREE - $5.17 application fee (each applicant pays)
-or-
$300 Base Fee for 50 applications; $150 per additional 50
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.0 / 5
ease 2.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 2.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.9 / 5
ease 4.7 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.9 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It has a lot of functionalities, very complete, but not really delivering what was promised in the beginning

Cons

  • This is our underwhelming experience with Dryfta in our international conference held in Spain this year in March: - Multilingual issues: although it is advertised as multilingual, it didn’t really work as such. The many issues that popped up throughout the conference preparation were fixed little by little to our cost in time, help desk emails and struggles with the unfriendly UX. - Admin pages reloaded everytime you clicked on a button (their developers seem to ignore Ajax technologies) therefore being time consuming and requiring constant page searches. - Inflexibility in many of the supposed functionalities it offers. - Certificates were not modifiable nor custom when we had to send them (it was solved months after the conference finished when we were surprisingly contacted by the help desk). - Problems with size of images to be displayed on the site, very small fonts and limited options to display content. We had to hire a professional developer in order to get a graphically consistent and presentable website. - Very poor mobile version: too big margins, unreadable texts, endless text blocks and lists, distorted pictures. - Issues with the ordering of the authors’ names for the different proposals (authorship being so important in research). - Fixed inflexible fields in the contact sheets, speakers info and so on. - Special character issues (due to latin characters and other types used in linguistic research). - Not being able to include links in the HTML editor due to DRYFTA unadverted decisions to block them. - Only one superadmin user allowed to access the full functionalities of the platform, so we had to share it (consequently not knowing who did each action). - Problems with the generation of reports and very high complexity in their interface. - Some issues on the mandatory anonymity: the double blind review process not fully respected due to unclear user info and options, with other issues coming up on the go such as unwanted info in automated notifications and messages in welcome dashboard. - Not really willing to help with Paypal instant payment notification’s issues during registration and not being able to use the other payment method on the platform because they were incompatible with the conference country. - Missing information and time wasted when creating events for sessions with info already existing in the server that randomly failed to be picked. These issues were reported even with video proofs (help desk didn’t believe us), and were never solved. We had to repeat the same processes again and again, never knowing what was going on. All these issues showed up as the different steps in the organisation of a conference were taken. Some of them were solved… most of them too late, once the conference was already over. Considering that the platform was supposed to have been used already for many other conference teams, we do not understand how all these issues came up in ours. We were not asking for anything unusual but rather for issues all conference organizers must go through during the preparation and celebration stages. It is true that whenever we came across some problem and notified it to the admins, their answers were quick, but they were in many cases unsatisfactory, didn’t meet our deadlines or were even disregarded due to their “impossibility to add our requests to their roadmaps” on time.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • After my 1st event using FestiVOL, I found the software to be intuitive and straightforward. For my first time managing volunteers at Okeechobee Festival 2020, FestiVOL helped simplify the entire event labor management process from start to finish. One of the features I found to be the most useful were the database with a history of workers previous event shifts. Here, I was able to see if the person had worked past events and successfully completed their shifts, registered for an event and didn't show up to one or more of their shifts, or even begun the application process but didn't finalize or receive shifts. This was extremely useful when trying to schedule workers in more critical or high-demand jobs. The software also extremely helpful with payroll by allowing us to easily enter worker's personal information into our records upon their arrival and check-in process. Finally, several event department heads appreciated how easy it was to track and input individual worker performance into FestiVOL upon the completion of each shift.
  • Easy to set up and execute for the admins and producers. Able to scale and customize easily.
  • Biggest pro is that if there's any time you're unsure of what to do on a certain page or how to work a certain function, there FAQs and self-guided information pages that explain everything clearly.
  • The Program is a great resource for event staffing solutions. It is easy to operate and makes organizing large scale event much more manageable.
  • festiVOL has saved me hundreds of hours of work. Having a one-stop-shop to communicate with 100+ volunteers has been a total life saver. The volunteer application is easy enough to customize and comes with great language regarding event liability. The application is easy to tweak from year to year, saving hours of busy work. The ability for volunteers to self-schedule saves tons of time too. The overall professional nature of festiVOL makes volunteers more accountable than my previous arrangements, plus the deposit structure allows me to safeguard against volunteers who default on their contract. Most of all, customer service is timely, thorough, and genuinely interested in helping me produce effective events while requesting constructive feedback to help festiVOL improve each year.

Cons

  • There were not any Cons to using the software that I can recall.
  • Not a lot.
  • Sometimes customizing an event after starting with a template can get a little wonky, but it usually sorts itself out.
  • The system is way too helpful and user friendly.
  • There are few things that can be limiting when using festiVOL. My event sells tickets in tiered pricing, so the ticket price increases as the event gets closer; however, I am only able to set one price for the volunteer deposit upon creation of the event on festiVOL. It would be ideal for the volunteer deposit to equal the current cost of the event ticket at the volunteer's time of purchase. It would also be helpful if volunteers could submit their deposit in installments, since most of my volunteers are joining the program because they are financially unable to buy a regular ticket.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Dryfta
Founded: 2015
United States
dryfta.com

Company Information

festiVOL™
Founded: 2014
United States
festivol.com

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Categories

Categories

Event Management Features

Attendee Management Supported
Badge Management Supported
Conferences / Conventions Supported
Exhibit / Vendor Management Supported
Gamification Supported
Room Block Management Not Supported
Social Media Promotion Supported
Sponsorship Management Supported
Surveys & Feedback Supported
Ticketing Supported
Volunteer Management Supported
Weddings / Parties Not Supported

Volunteer Management Features

Attendance Management Supported
Calendar Management Not Supported
Event Management Supported
Group Management Supported
Member Directory Supported
Membership Management Supported
Recognition Management Supported
Registration Management Supported
Scheduling Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Training Management Not Supported
Volunteer Profiles Supported

Integrations

Eventbrite Not Supported
Zoom Webinars Supported

Integrations

Eventbrite Supported
Zoom Webinars Not Supported
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