Sched alternatives for conference and convention programs

Sched and Evonli do the same job — publishing your event program online — from opposite ends. Sched expects you to type your agenda into its forms or import it as clean CSV. Evonli reads the program you already have (PDFs, Word docs, folders of bios) and asks you to review what it found.

That difference is what this page is about.

What publishing the program in Sched costs you

Manual data entry, every event. Sched's input model is forms plus CSV import. The PDF you already have, the Word doc with speaker bios, the folder of headshots — none of it helps. You re-format your data into Sched's shape.
Visual range is bounded. Sched-published events look like Sched. Brand customization (theme color, header) is real but limited. The output is a clean schedule grid; it isn't going to feel like a magazine.
Sponsors and vendors are second-class. Sched's data model is sessions and speakers; sponsor and vendor pages exist but feel bolted on. A real sponsor showcase or a vendor directory doesn't fit the shape.
Brochure sections that aren't the schedule. Welcome message, venue map, "at a glance" summary, engagement games — these live outside Sched, or get crammed into custom HTML pages.

What Evonli does in that slot

Drop your existing program — last year's PDF, the Word doc, a spreadsheet of sessions, a folder of speaker headshots — into Iris, our AI editor. She reads it and extracts the structure: speakers with bios and headshots, sessions with day, time, room and track, sponsors with logos and tiers, vendors with booth numbers, the venue, the welcome letter, the closing message. You review, fix, accept, publish.

The output is a full convention brochure — not just a schedule grid. Magazine-quality cover, headline numbers, a headliners block, day-by-day agenda, speaker directory, tiered sponsor showcase, vendor directory, venue page, engagement games, welcome and closing letters. Whatever sections you have content for render; the rest don't.

What that saves

Time. What takes Sched a week of CSV preparation and form-filling takes Evonli an afternoon of review.
Recurring time. Returning speakers, perennial sponsors and recurring sessions are records that carry forward into next year's edition automatically.
Surface area. A real brochure shape — sponsors, vendors, venue, welcome, engagement, closing — without bolting custom HTML pages onto a schedule publisher.
Attendee tools. Attendee concierge for "where is the keynote" questions, engagement metrics for sponsors, post-event surveys, printable PDF brochure — all default.

Evonli stands on its own

Sched is purely a schedule publisher. Switch to Evonli and Sched goes away — there's no piece of Sched worth keeping alongside. Evonli publishes your program on its own, no other platform required.

Your registration setup — Eventbrite, Wild Apricot, your AMS, a Google Form, an open RSVP with no formal registration at all — stays exactly where it is. Evonli doesn't touch it.

See it on your own program

If you've used Sched and want to see how the AI-ingestion approach compares on input you actually have, drop one of your source documents into Iris. Get in touch.

What publishing the program in Sched costs you

What Evonli does in that slot

What that saves

Evonli stands on its own

See it on your own program

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