35 Dryfta Reviews
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Dryfta pays attention to a user's requests for updates and they're continuously upgrading and improving the platform. Dryfta Support is fantastic! Zeb, and lately Sarah, are doing a great job - thank you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The automated email notifications are overwhelming, due to the fact that there are so many of them. Then there are so many features that I don't use - not a bad thing, but I feel I should perhaps educate myself to use more of them. I've now used Dryfta for three events (scientific conferences) and I'm slowly becoming more confident using the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Integration between website and database, simple to use website programming and content manager, the best support on the planet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The self-help is not always the best so I often have to ask for support (and because I forget the answer a few months later I have to ask again!), but as I said the support is outstanding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Dryfta is comprehensive enough to easily run a large academic conference. With Dryfta software it is easy to set up a beautiful front facing website, establish a budget, track expenses, manage abstracts in a multiple review format, set pricing and discounts, easily manage sponsors and exhibitors, track income, set up an event schedule and program. This software does it all and in one spot!
Also the customer service and support network is outstanding! There is a wealth of helpful information and tutorials. They were extremely responsive to my many questions and explained how to get the most out of the program with my limited coding ability. I truly don't think Zeb and his team ever sleep, as they were always amazingly quick to respond. They also were able to incorporate some suggestions into their software updates, giving us far more functionality than expected.
I highly, highly recommend Dryfta for anyone putting on a conference! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There isn't much to dislike. There is a bit of a learning curve for any CRM, but it was pretty easy, even though I had never used any similar software before. Perhaps it would be helpful to have a html and css cheat sheet for those of us with limited coding ability. The only awkward part of the software was not being able to easily print badges for people registering at the conference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that it has pretty much every tool you need for your event. I like that there's an app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I wish that there was more flexibility with the website portion and that some of the graphical features were able to be customized more. The Agenda looks good and the website is good, but there is a lot of manipulation that has to be done with the web builder to make it look like you want it to look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Our favorite thing about Dryfta is that we can manage our how conference from right within the system. We didn't think this would be possible to find in a system that would fit within our budget. Instead of having to log into multiple different systems, we are able to do everything within Dryfta:
- manage our call for speakers
- rate, accept and reject speaker submissions
- set up and manage ticket sales
- build and manage our website
- manage attendees
- Handle our call for sponsors
- Build our program by easily assigning speakers, rooms and times with out worry of time conflicts
- Export a PDF version of the program easily
- Integrate with Mailchimp to improve our email marketing
- Build out our mobile conference app
- Create badges and offer badge scanning ability to sponsors
- Allow speakers to upload their presentation decks and make them only accessible to ticket purchasers not the public.
- and so much more!
Beyond the features, the customer support is incredible, and I can not stress that enough! Any time I have a question, big or very small, they are there with an answer very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
They are still growing so there are some features that still need improvement. The biggest ones is probably the reporting. I would like to be able to more easily pull customized sales and budget reports. I can create custom reports for contacts which helps for now but I have to export the data to really be able to digest it. It would also be nice to have a more robust blog feature, I have found a work around for now, but that would just be another bonus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Specifically designed for academic conferences, including judging. There are no other products that do all of the things that this system does, including judging. There are stand alone judging products, but they are very expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is a bit of a learning curve. There is so much to the system, it boggles the mind. We only used probably 25% of what the system was capable of. More documentation would be helpful, but support is always quick and amazingly helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Outstanding customer service. Any questions we have are answered quickly, and problems are resolved. Platform is robust and customizable- it does nearly everything we need it to do when planning our annual conference: session proposals, registration + payment, website design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I find it difficult to create attractive looking website content pages. I found I needed to learn basic web programming languages (HTML, CSS) to get results that are presentable and professional looking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Aside from diversity of features, I am continually impressed by the fantastic customer service. If you ever have a question or comment, the Dryfta team responds almost immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Panel submission can be complicated for users; however, Dryfta is actively working to improve this functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In reviewing the options, we found Dryfta to be the best solution for us. It offers all the aspects we needed, plus more. Dryfta is also very functional and easy to use. It enabled us to not only build the event website content--but allowed us to effectively communicate with attendees/prospects, offer a CfP, and coordinate registration.
Now in our third event using the Dryfta platform, we’re looking forward to using more Dryfta components, such as the Dryfta app and badging.
Quick shout-out to the Dryfta Team! Their costumer service is OUTSTANDING! They responded promptly and effectively to my questions and/or requests, which allowed me to provide the best service to our event participants. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
A couple things that we're still working through with the Dryfta team is gathering clean download reports via excel or other. The call for presentation downloads for example still include strange characters in places -- which involve some additional manual clean efforts. In addition, streamlining the auto response email process would be helpful. They have made some efforts in this area, but more could be done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that I can manage all of my conference information in one place: proposals, reviewers, attendees, tickets, website, app, etc. This was a requirement after having been working with 6 different platforms to manage my events: Submittable, Google Forms, our own website, Eventbrite, spreadsheets, etc.
Also, I want to give HUGE kudos to the Dryfta team for always being responsive to issues or feature requests. They have made many upgrades to the system based on features I personally requested, and it's not often when you get that kind of service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think the CRM functionality and reporting could be better. For example, if I want to run a quick filter by a null entry (when someone leaves an answer blank), I cannot do that. Having this functionality would make it easier for me to determine who needs to complete their profiles or their abstracts.
Additionally, when I want to export a filtered list (e.g., the tickets that were purchased during early bird period), the export tends to include ALL the results not the filtered results. This means I then have to filter using Excel, which can be time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
