# What's the best event networking and matchmaking platform that helps sponsors engage directly with attendees before the event starts?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi G2 community!</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Here's what I found while researching:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/cvent-attendee-hub/reviews"><strong>Cvent Attendee Hub</strong></a> (4.3★, 219 reviews) shows up most often for this in reviews. One events manager described selling sponsors dedicated space in the app, logo placement, and push notifications, all ahead of the event itself. Is that level of sponsor real estate worth Cvent's learning curve for your team, or would a lighter tool cover 80% of it?</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/vfairs/reviews"><strong>vFairs</strong></a> (4.7★, 1,783 reviews) gets strong marks from the exhibitor side specifically, with one reviewer noting suppliers found lead capture "extremely easy" during the show. The catch: at least one reviewer flagged the cost of renting iPads for exhibitor booths as steeper than expected.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/swapcard/reviews"><strong>Swapcard</strong></a> (4.6★, 228 reviews) leans on AI matchmaking to surface likely prospects for sponsors, which one reviewer described as accurately predictive. Would that automated matching replace or just supplement the manual sponsor outreach you're doing today?</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">One honest caveat: none of the reviews I pulled use the exact phrase "before the event starts," so this is drawn from sponsor and exhibitor-tool language rather than a literal match. Worth confirming pre-event access windows directly with each vendor.</p>

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Pre-event sponsor engagement is a genuinely good differentiator, because sponsors mostly complain that they only get attention during the event and none before. The thing to check is whether attendees actually log in early, since a pre-event feature is worthless if nobody opens the app until they&#39;re standing at registration. What&#39;s your plan to get people in before day one? The tool enables it, but a reason to log in early (agenda, matchmaking, a reward) is what makes it real. No feature fixes a dead pre-event app.

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