Eventus

Eventus is an event and recruiting platform for universities, recruiters, and associations that need to bring attendees and candidates together. It is most compelling when event operations, campus engagement, and virtual hiring belong in one program. The broad scope is useful, but per-contact billing and a 10-attendee trial limit make careful sizing essential.

Overview

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Eventus focuses on higher-education technology while serving recruiters and associations as well. Its combination of event management, campus modules, virtual career fairs, and candidate acquisition is more expansive than a conventional event-app product. Organizations running isolated, small events may find that breadth unnecessary, while institutions coordinating recurring recruiting and campus activity can benefit from a single platform.

Key features

Event operations

The event apps provide interactive schedules, navigation, checklists, real-time updates, push notifications, FAQs, and analytics. Together, these tools address attendee wayfinding and communications while giving organizers activity data. Community feeds and chat messaging are add-ons, so two-way attendee conversation requires extra planning and budget rather than coming automatically with the core app.

Campus engagement

Campus modules add schedules, surveys, event portals, points of interest, custom lists, and tailored profiles. SSO, SIS, and LMS integrations make the campus package a practical fit for institutions that need event information connected to existing identity and academic systems. These capabilities are more relevant to universities than to organizations seeking only a one-off registration app.

Virtual recruiting and sourcing

The Virtual Career Fair module gives exhibitors digital booths where recruiters and candidates can meet by video call. Eventus also offers AI-driven recruitment ads on social media, extending the platform from hosting a fair to attracting potential applicants. ATS integrations, resume search, and video meetings support a recruiting workflow, although the value of combining them depends on whether your team needs both event engagement and candidate management.

Branding and administration

The Custom tier supports multiple events in a branded app and gives greater control over themes, colors, and logos. That is suited to institutions or associations that need a consistent public identity across a program of events, rather than a single temporary event.

Pricing

Eventus uses paid pricing with quotes available on request, alongside a free plan and free trial. The event-app trial is limited to access for the first 10 attendees, which is enough for a small internal check but not a meaningful test of a large public event.

Value suits smaller or variable-size programs that can keep the first 10 users free and accept costs rising with each additional contact. Custom is aimed at large events above 1,000 attendees: the upfront $5000+ commitment is substantial, but unlimited downloads and admin users remove two operational constraints. Neither plan offers a simple published total for every configuration, so organizations should request a quote before budgeting. The free-plan cap and trial limit also mean a no-cost evaluation cannot represent a high-volume launch.

Platforms

Eventus runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Its virtual event mode, video meetings, ATS integrations, and resume search support remote recruiting workflows across those platforms.

Who it's for

Eventus is a strong fit for universities coordinating campus programs and career fairs, recruiters that want virtual booths plus sourcing ads, and associations running branded multi-event schedules. It is less suitable for a team that needs only basic event information, wants a generous self-serve trial, or prefers predictable flat pricing for smaller events.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Event logistics, campus engagement, and virtual recruiting sit in one platform, reducing the need to join separate tools.
• Pro: SSO, SIS, and LMS integrations align the campus modules with institutional systems.
• Pro: Custom supports multiple branded events with unlimited admin users and downloads for events over 1,000 attendees.
• Con: The first 10 attendees are the limit for event-app trial access, restricting realistic testing of large events.
• Con: Value billing on request can grow with every user, while Custom starts at 5000.00 USD and requires a large-event commitment.
• Con: Community feed and chat are add-ons, so social interaction may increase the total cost.
• Con: The privacy policy describes commercially acceptable protection but does not guarantee absolute security; organizations should assess that position against their requirements.

Alternatives

Choose event67 if one live event for up to 50 activated attendees and a free, whole-feature-set plan are more important than Eventus's campus and recruiting breadth.

Handshake is the better choice when you want a freemium talent network with company presence and limited matching before moving to its paid Pro plan.

Pick ScanFactor for QR-based event discovery and recruiter dashboards without requiring attendees to install a mobile app.

FairUp suits community-oriented virtual events with unlimited guests on its Community plan and optional paid upgrades.

Choose EasyVirtualFair when a single virtual-fair license with scope-based pricing is preferable to Eventus's contact billing.

GradLeaders is another paid option for organizations comparing career-services platforms.

iCIMS is an alternative paid recruiting platform.

12twenty Career Cloud is a paid career-services hub with pricing tailored through a demo.

For a wider shortlist, see Recruiting Events Software.

Verdict

Choose Eventus if your university, recruiting team, or association needs event apps, campus integrations, and virtual career-fair recruiting in one system. Its main advantage is that combined workflow; look elsewhere if your event is small, your trial needs to include more than 10 attendees, or per-contact and large-event pricing do not fit your budget.