# Eventier vs *VenueNow*

Both will contact venues for you. VenueNow, which used to be Venuemob, is free in Australia and New Zealand and paid by venues; its AI, Vera, sends one enquiry to your whole shortlist. Eventier is paid by you, works anywhere, and chases and compares the replies.

Checked October 2026 against VenueNow’s own pages.

## Pick VenueNow if

- Your event is in Australia or New Zealand
- You want quotes gathered without paying anything
- You’d like people, not only software, to do the sourcing

## Pick Eventier if

- Your event is outside Australia and New Zealand
- You want to read every email before it goes, sent under your name
- You want the quiet venues chased and the replies compared

## Side by side

| What | VenueNow | Eventier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | A venue marketplace with free sourcing by people, and an AI called Vera | An assistant that finds venues for your event and does the enquiries for you |
| Where | Australia and New Zealand | Anywhere it can find venues on the web. Its own list is deepest in Perth; elsewhere it searches venues’ websites live, which takes a few minutes |
| Who contacts the venues | They contact venues and collect quotes; Vera sends one enquiry to the whole shortlist | Eventier writes to each venue you pick, under your name from an Eventier address of your own, after you approve each email |
| When a venue goes quiet | Not mentioned on their site | A polite follow-up for you to send after three working days, then one more. After two, it shows you their phone number |
| Comparing quotes | Venue details are easy to compare; a side-by-side of quotes isn’t described on their site | Read from each reply and laid side by side: the date, the quote, what’s included, what they need from you |
| Cost to you | Free | Free to find venues and write the emails. A$11.99 to send an event’s enquiries, or A$39.99 a year for every event |
| Who pays the business | Venues, a success fee | You. Venues can’t pay to appear or rank |

VenueNow’s facts from [how it works](https://venuenow.com/how-it-works) and [Vera’s page](https://vera.venuenow.com/), checked October 2026. Where their site doesn’t say, we say so. Something out of date? Tell us at support@eventier.app.

## The same event, both ways

### With VenueNow

1. Tell VenueNow or Vera about the event
2. They contact the venues on your shortlist
3. Quotes come back to you
4. Choose, and book with the venue

### With Eventier

1. Say the event in one message
2. Approve the emails Eventier writes to each venue
3. Get an email when a venue replies
4. Pick from the answers, side by side

## Where Eventier falls short

- VenueNow is free. Eventier costs A$11.99 to send an event’s enquiries.
- Sending isn’t free: an Event Pass is A$11.99 for an event, or Eventier Pro A$39.99 a year.
- Its own venue list is deepest in Perth. Elsewhere it searches venues’ websites live, so a search takes a few minutes, and it has been tested most on Australian events.
- It never books or takes payment: the contract and the deposit are between you and the venue.
- It writes emails. It doesn’t phone venues.

## Questions

### Is VenueNow really free?

For planners, yes: its site says venues pay a success fee.

### What is Vera?

VenueNow’s AI. Its site says Vera sends one enquiry to your whole shortlist.

### Does Eventier send anything without asking?

No. Every enquiry and reply waits for you to approve it. Follow-ups wait too, unless you turn on automatic follow-ups.

## Try it on your event.

Tell Eventier what you’re planning. It finds the venues that fit and writes to them once you say yes.

Free to find venues and write the emails.

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