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Cvent vs Make

Last updated: February 2026 · By AI-Ready CMO Editorial Team

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Strategic Summary

Cvent and Make both serve the operations space, but they target different segments of the market and solve fundamentally different problems.

Cvent: Manage enterprise events with AI-powered content and attendee intelligence — Cvent handles the full event lifecycle without separate planning and analytics tools.

Make: No-code workflow automation that connects marketing tools without requiring engineering resources or custom integrations.

In our 9-dimension evaluation, Cvent scores 72/100 and Make scores 7.6/100. Cvent pulls ahead with stronger scores across strategic fit, reliability, and ROI dimensions.

Cvent's key advantage: Manage enterprise events with AI-powered content and attendee intelligence — Cvent handles the full

Make's key advantage: Advanced workflow logic (branching, loops, iterators, data transformation) without code, enabling marketing ops to own complex automations independently

Our take on Cvent: The enterprise event platform. AI features are incremental improvements to an already comprehensive tool.

Choose Cvent if your team focuses on enterprise teams, operations & automation workflows. Choose Make if you prioritize mid-market and enterprise marketing teams managing 10+ integrated tools, marketing operations leaders needing complex, conditional automation workflows.

Watch out: Cvent — Newer entry — full review in progress. Make — Steep learning curve for non-technical users; mastering advanced features requires 2-4 weeks of dedicated training before teams move beyond basic work.

Our Recommendation: Cvent

Cvent scores 72/100 in our evaluation. The enterprise event platform. AI features are incremental improvements to an already comprehensive tool.

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Choose Cvent when...

Choose Cvent if your team needs enterprise teams or operations & automation workflows. The enterprise event platform. AI features are incremental improvements to an already comprehensive tool.

Choose Make when...

Choose Make if your team needs mid-market and enterprise marketing teams managing 10+ integrated tools or marketing operations leaders needing complex, conditional automation workflows.

Score Breakdown

Strategic Fit
7.8
8.2
Reliability
7.5
7.8
Compliance
7.2
7.2
Integration
7.6
8.5
Ethical AI
6.8
7
Scalability
8.2
7.9
Support
7
7.1
ROI
7.1
7.3
User Experience
6.9
7.5
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