Whova alternatives for associations and conferences

Whova bundles three things into one product: registration, a branded mobile app, and the program itself — agenda, speaker pages, sponsor showcase, attendee directory. The first two work fine. The third — the program — is data-entry-driven and templated, and that's the piece Evonli replaces.

This page is about handing the program-publishing piece to a tool built for it, while keeping Whova for whatever pieces of its bundle you actually use.

What publishing the program in Whova costs you

Manual data entry, by form or by spreadsheet. Whova's program section is filled in row by row, or imported via templated CSVs. Last year's PDF, the folder of speaker bios, the vendor list you already have? You re-type or re-format.
Templated output. Whova's program reads as Whova's UI with your colors and logo — recognizably Whova. Editorial-quality output isn't on the menu.
App-first surface. The Whova program lives inside the mobile app. The web view exists, but it isn't the primary surface — and "install our app" costs you the 30-50% of attendees who skip it.
Annual rebuild. Year-over-year content doesn't carry forward in a way that helps. Each year's program is fresh data entry against a fresh event.

What Evonli does in that slot

Drop your existing program — last year's PDF, the Word doc, a spreadsheet of speakers, a folder of sponsor logos — 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. You review, fix, accept, publish.

The output is a polished, mobile-first interactive program on its own public URL — no app install required for attendees, with a real magazine-quality cover, an attendee concierge that answers "where is the keynote," engagement metrics, post-event surveys, and a printable PDF brochure.

What that saves

Time. What takes weeks of Whova data entry takes an afternoon of review. The first working draft is typically live within hours of the first upload.
Recurring time. Returning speakers, perennial sponsors and recurring sessions are records that carry forward into next year's edition.
Attendee reach. No app install means every attendee with a phone reads the program — not just the half who installed.
Editorial quality. Magazine-grade cover and themed typography by default, not by upgrade.

Standalone, or alongside Whova — your call

Evonli works on its own. You don't need Whova or any other platform to use it. If your event doesn't need a registration tool or a native mobile app, Evonli alone publishes the program at a public URL that works on the phone, the laptop, the lobby kiosk, anywhere.

If you have Whova and want to keep it for what it does well — registration, attendee networking, in-app messaging — Evonli sits alongside, replacing just the program piece without disturbing the rest. If Whova was mostly handling the program for you (and registration lives in Wild Apricot, Eventbrite, your AMS, or a Google Form), drop Whova once Evonli is in place.

See it on your own program

Send us your existing program materials — last year's PDF, the Word doc, a spreadsheet of speakers — and let Iris work on it. We'll show you what comes out by the next day. Get in touch.

What publishing the program in Whova costs you

What Evonli does in that slot

What that saves

Standalone, or alongside Whova — your call

See it on your own program

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