Comtev vs Nowadays
Nowadays calls itself the first AI for corporate events: enter your event and its AI emails and phones venues from a database of more than 400,000, negotiates and turns the proposals into a side-by-side comparison, with a free basic tier, a 10% service charge on its Explorer tier and enterprise pricing above that, all in US dollars. Comtev is the AI that does the legwork for a UK event team: venues, vendors and attendee travel sourced and negotiated from one brief, a living event document, stakeholder chasing and an approval gate, at a flat £250 per event. Nowadays is the stronger choice for US venue sourcing at scale. Comtev is the stronger choice for a UK team that needs the whole event planned and decided.
What each one actually does
| Feature | Comtev | Nowadays |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI that does the legwork for an in-house event team: one living event document, agents that source and negotiate, stakeholder chasing, and a budget the team controls. | AI event planner for corporate teams: venue sourcing and RFPs handled by AI outreach, with expert support and on-site coordination on paid tiers. |
| Venue sourcing | Ranked venue shortlist from one brief, with capacity fit, decision axes and watch-outs. You pick; Comtev does the back-and-forth. | 400,000+ vetted venues; AI email and phone outreach; proposals normalised for comparison; exclusive IATA-certified rates claimed. |
| Vendor sourcing and negotiation | Reaches caterers, AV, transport and other suppliers over WhatsApp, SMS, email and voice call, in their language, negotiates for better rates and normalises quotes to all-in cost. | Vendor coordination handled centrally; contract negotiation on Enterprise. |
| Travel for attendees | Flights priced per named attendee from live fares, hotel room blocks compared and awarded. Nothing is charged until the named approver says yes. | Flight and budget estimator; flight booking assistance and attendee travel management on paid tiers. |
| Stakeholder sign-off and approvals | Stakeholder register plus tracked asks (approval, question, content, date hold) sent over Slack and email. Comtev nudges, switches channel, re-addresses to a delegate and escalates. Bookings, cancellations and outbound messages wait for a named approver with a spending ceiling. Decide in the app, on Slack, by push or by email. | Not offered. |
| Living event document | The Event Document: what the event is and what still needs a decision. Items from the venue, vendor and travel boards land on it. Preview, try a scenario, circulate, put into the budget. | Registration pages, custom event sites and a shared portal on Explorer and above. |
| Automation | Automate: plain-sentence flows (when a guest replies, when a quote arrives, when a budget threshold is crossed) with approval before any step spends money. | Not offered. |
| Pricing | £250 per event, every planning tool included. Enterprise for year-round teams. No commission from venues or suppliers. | Basic: free, one city search, five RFPs. Explorer: 10% service charge, $250 refundable deposit. Enterprise: custom. Priced in USD. |
| Geography | Built in the UK, priced in pounds, run by UK event teams. | US-native; customers named on the site are US technology companies. |
Checked 2 September 2026. Claims about other products come from their own pages, linked under Sources below. Tell us if something has changed.
Where Nowadays wins
Venue sourcing in the United States. Its database, its IATA accreditation and its named customers (Google, HubSpot, Stripe, Notion and Figma among them) make it a serious choice for a US team that wants venue outreach and proposal comparison handled, with humans on call for the day itself. The free tier is a genuine way to try it.
Where Comtev wins
Everything after the venue, and everything in pounds. Comtev sources the caterer, the AV and the transport as well as the venue, prices flights for named attendees against live fares, compares hotel blocks, and then does the part no sourcing tool does: it keeps the living Event Document of what still needs a decision, chases each stakeholder over Slack or email until they answer, and holds every booking behind a named approver. A flat £250 per event rather than a percentage of spend means a bigger event does not cost more to plan.
Questions buyers ask
Comtev or Nowadays for a UK company event?
Comtev. It is built in the UK, priced in pounds, sources vendors and attendee travel as well as venues, and chases stakeholder decisions. Nowadays is US-native and strongest at US venue sourcing and RFPs.
How does Nowadays pricing compare with Comtev?
Nowadays has a free basic tier, then a 10% service charge on its Explorer tier with a $250 refundable deposit, then custom enterprise pricing, in US dollars. Comtev is a flat £250 per event with every tool included and no percentage of spend.
Does Comtev have a venue database like Nowadays?
Comtev sources from the open market for each brief and ranks the shortlist on fit, rather than selling a fixed inventory. It takes no commission from venues.
Does Comtev replace our event team?
No. Comtev works for the team. It does the legwork (sourcing, negotiating, pricing travel, chasing stakeholders for decisions) and the team keeps every call. Nothing is booked or spent until a named person approves it.
See the legwork done on your next event.
Bring a real brief. We will show you the shortlist, the quotes, the travel and the Event Document, and you keep every decision. £250 per event, in pounds.