Both products draw event floor plans — but for very different jobs. Social Tables (Cvent Event Diagramming) helps planners and venues design to-scale room diagrams. ExpoFP turns your trade show floor plan into an interactive, public map that sells booths and guides attendees.
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Social Tables — now officially Cvent Event Diagramming — is one of the most widely used event diagramming platforms in the industry. It lets planners and venues collaborate in real time on to-scale floor plans, with a published venue library of more than 6,700 floor plans, a large object catalog, visual seating charts, meal management, attendee check-in, and Photo-Realistic 3D renderings of event spaces. It publishes transparent pricing, including a free tier, and integrates with the broader Cvent ecosystem, including Cvent Registration and the Cvent Supplier Network. For hotels, venues, caterers, and planners who need accurate room setups and stakeholder sign-off, it is a mature, well-regarded tool.
ExpoFP is a floor-plan-first platform built specifically for trade shows, expos, and exhibitions. The interactive floor plan is not an internal planning document — it is the public face of your event: a live map where organizers manage booth inventory, exhibitors reserve and purchase booths online, attendees discover exhibitors by name, booth number, or category, and everyone navigates the show floor with browser-based wayfinding that requires no app download. The plan embeds directly into your event website, supports multi-building and multi-level venues, and comes with reporting on booth sales and visitor engagement.
This page is for teams comparing ExpoFP vs Social Tables, looking for a Social Tables alternative for trade show floor plans, or trying to understand the difference between event diagramming software and an interactive trade show map with booth sales and attendee wayfinding. If you are evaluating the full Cvent suite rather than the diagramming product specifically, see our separate ExpoFP vs Cvent comparison.
The two products barely overlap in practice: Social Tables produces planning diagrams for internal and venue stakeholders; ExpoFP produces a public, revenue-generating map for exhibitors and attendees.
Your job is running a trade show or expo where the floor plan must sell booths, showcase exhibitors, and guide attendees. Booth inventory, online reservations and purchases, searchable exhibitor listings, website embedding, and browser-based wayfinding are the core of the product, available on a free plan and published DIY pricing from $149/mo.
Your job is designing event spaces — banquets, galas, conferences, weddings — with to-scale diagrams, seating charts, and real-time collaboration between planners and venues. Based on its publicly documented feature set, Social Tables does not position booth sales, online booth checkout, or attendee-facing exhibitor search as part of its product.
Social Tables details are based on publicly available materials as of July 2026 and may change; confirm specifics with the vendor.
| Feature | ExpoFP | Social Tables |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive event floor plans | Yes — core productLive, public, interactive maps for trade shows and expos | YesTo-scale diagrams plus Interactive Floor Plans and Photo-Realistic 3D for venue marketing |
| Floor plan editing | Full drag-and-drop editor for booths, halls, objects, and zones; self-service | Strong diagramming editor with 700+ objects, templates, layouts, and automation |
| Booth management | YesBooth inventory with statuses, sizes, prices, and holds managed on the map | Not a documented focus; objects and room setups rather than sellable booth inventory |
| Booth reservations | YesExhibitors can request or reserve booths directly from the live map | Not a documented feature of the product |
| Booth purchases online | YesOnline booth checkout on paid plans (Subscription + Payments from $269/mo for events up to 100 booths) | No booth commerce is documented in public product materials |
| Real-time booth availability | YesSold, reserved, and available statuses update live on the public map | Not applicable — diagrams are planning documents, not live sales inventory |
| Exhibitor profiles / listings | YesLogos, descriptions, categories, and contact details linked to booths | Not a documented focus; attendee management centers on seating and check-in |
| Search by booth, company, or category | YesBuilt-in search for attendees on any device | Not a documented attendee-facing feature; should be confirmed with the vendor |
| Attendee wayfinding | YesTurn-by-turn navigation on the show floor, in the browser | Not a documented focus; 3D walkthroughs are aimed at planners and stakeholders |
| Mobile / browser experience | Web-firstWorks in any mobile browser, no app download required | Web-based diagramming; check-in works from any device per public materials |
| Multi-floor / multi-building support | YesMulti-level and multi-building venues on one connected map | Venue library covers many properties; full-campus views are documented for venues |
| Website embedding | YesEmbed the live floor plan and exhibitor list on any website | Interactive Floor Plans can be used on venue websites for lead generation |
| Self-service setup | YesUpload a plan and go live yourself; free plan and 7-day trial | YesFree tier and self-serve paid plans; professionally drawn floor plans on paid tiers |
| Lead retrieval / capture | YesExhibitor lead capture tools available | Venue-side lead capture for event space inquiries; not exhibitor lead retrieval |
| Public pricing | YesFree plan; DIY from $149/mo; Subscription + Payments from $269/mo | YesFree tier; published plans from $49–$320/mo, Enterprise custom, 12-month commitment on paid plans |
| Product scope | Interactive floor plans, booth sales, exhibitor management, wayfinding | Event diagramming, seating, collaboration, 3D venue visualization within the Cvent ecosystem |
| Best fit | Trade shows, expos, exhibitions, fairs, conventions with exhibitor booths | Banquets, weddings, conferences, and venue/hotel event operations |
| Ideal buyer | Show organizers who need the floor plan to generate revenue and serve attendees | Planners, hotels, venues, caterers, and universities designing event spaces |
Teams that run exhibitor-driven events usually discover that a planning diagram — however polished — cannot do the commercial work a trade show floor plan needs to do. They pick ExpoFP because:
If your events revolve around room design rather than exhibitor booths, Social Tables is genuinely strong. For banquets, galas, weddings, and conference room setups, its to-scale diagramming, visual seating charts, meal management, and Photo-Realistic 3D are purpose-built — and its real-time collaboration between planners and venues, with commenting, permissions, and diagram statuses for approvals, is a workflow ExpoFP does not try to replicate. Hotels and venues that want to showcase spaces to prospective clients, standardize setups across properties, and plug into Cvent Registration will likely be better served by Social Tables for that job.
The core distinction is audience. Social Tables diagrams face inward: planners, venue staff, caterers, and stakeholders use them to agree on how a room will be set up. The output is an accurate, approved plan — a coordination artifact. That is valuable, but the diagram itself does not generate revenue or serve the people who attend the event.
ExpoFP's floor plan faces outward. It is published to the web, embedded in your event site, and used by two paying audiences: exhibitors who buy booths from it and attendees who navigate the show with it. If your event's floor plan is a product — something exhibitors pay for space on and attendees rely on — a diagramming tool is the wrong shape, no matter how good its 3D rendering is. Conversely, if you need seating charts for a 300-person gala, a booth-sales map is equally the wrong shape. Match the tool to the job the floor plan actually does.
Because the two products solve different problems, some organizations reasonably use both. A convention center or hotel team might use Social Tables for internal room setups and venue marketing, while the organizer of an expo hosted in that same venue uses ExpoFP for the public exhibition map.
There is no need to force one tool to do the other's job. A practical split looks like this:
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Common questions for teams comparing ExpoFP and Social Tables.
For trade show and expo floor plans, yes. If you are searching for a Social Tables alternative because you need booth sales, exhibitor listings, or attendee navigation on a public interactive map, ExpoFP is built exactly for that. If you need banquet diagrams and seating charts, ExpoFP is not a replacement — the products serve different jobs, and Social Tables remains a strong choice for room design and planner–venue collaboration.
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Information on this page is based on publicly available product materials and may change over time. If you represent this product and would like us to correct or update anything, please contact us. This is ExpoFP's own comparison and reflects our perspective based on publicly available information and user-facing product research.