A focused interactive floor plan platform compared with an enterprise event management suite — so you can pick the right tool for your show floor.
Free
plan available
7-day
full-featured trial
$149/mo
published DIY pricing from
No app
needed for web wayfinding
Stova is an enterprise event management platform formed from the combination of Aventri, MeetingPlay, and eventcore. It covers a broad range of event technology needs: registration with conditional logic and payments, event marketing, a mobile event app with AI-assisted networking, onsite check-in and badging (including NFC, RFID, QR, and facial recognition options), exhibitor and sponsor tools such as its Exhibitor Resource Center, and lead capture. Stova primarily serves enterprises, associations, and agencies running large or complex event programs, and it is typically sold through a sales-led process with custom quotes.
ExpoFP is a focused floor-plan-first platform. It is built around one job: creating and running the interactive map of your show floor. That includes drawing and editing floor plans, managing booth inventory, taking booth reservations and online booth purchases, publishing exhibitor profiles and listings, embedding the map on your event website, giving attendees browser-based wayfinding with no app download, and reporting on how the floor plan is used. Organizers can set everything up themselves, and pricing is published, starting with a free plan.
This page is for teams comparing ExpoFP vs Stova, looking for a Stova alternative, or deciding whether they need broader event management software or a focused interactive floor plan platform for booth sales, exhibitor management, and attendee wayfinding. The two products overlap far less than it might seem — one runs the whole event program, the other specializes in the show floor — and many organizers end up evaluating them for different jobs.
This is really a choice between a specialist and a suite.
Your priority is the show floor: a polished interactive map, booth inventory you can sell against, real-time availability, exhibitor listings, and wayfinding that works in any browser without an app. ExpoFP is self-service, has a free plan and a 7-day full-featured trial, and publishes DIY pricing from $149/mo, so you can be live in days rather than going through a sales cycle.
You need a single enterprise platform for the whole event lifecycle — registration, event marketing, mobile event app, onsite check-in and badging, and exhibitor and sponsor workflows — and you have the budget and timeline for a sales-led, custom-quoted deployment. Stova is a strong fit for large organizations standardizing many events on one vendor.
The table uses cautious wording where Stova capabilities are not clearly documented publicly and should be confirmed with the vendor.
| Feature | ExpoFP | Stova |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive event floor plans | Core product focusPurpose-built interactive maps | Static or interactive maps available within the broader platformDepth should be confirmed for your use case |
| Floor plan editing | Full self-service editor for drawing and updating plans | Handled within its event management workflowEditing flexibility should be confirmed |
| Booth management | Map-first booth inventory tied directly to the floor plan | Booth applications, approvals, and assignments as part of exhibitor management |
| Booth reservations | Built-in reservation logic from the live map | Available in broader exhibitor workflowReservation flow should be confirmed |
| Booth purchases online | Available on paid plansSubscription + Payments from $269/mo for up to 100 booths | Not clearly documented as a self-service purchase flow — should be confirmed with Stova |
| Real-time booth availability | Live availability shown on the public map | Should be confirmed — availability display is not clearly documented publicly |
| Exhibitor profiles / listings | IncludedSearchable public exhibitor directory linked to booths | Exhibitor Resource Center and sponsor visibility tools |
| Search by booth, company, or category | Built-in search across the map and directory | Available in event app and platformSearch scope should be confirmed |
| Attendee wayfinding | Browser-based wayfinding with directions, no app required | Venue maps typically accessed through the mobile event app |
| Mobile / browser experience | Web-firstWorks on any device in the browser | Mobile event app is a core componentApp download generally expected for full experience |
| Multi-floor / multi-building support | SupportedMultiple buildings and levels | Maps for exhibit floors and meeting rooms supportedMulti-building depth should be confirmed |
| Website embedding | Embed the floor plan and exhibitor list on your own site | Should be confirmed — embedding options are not clearly documented publicly |
| Self-service setup | YesSign up and build without a sales call | Sales-led onboarding and implementation |
| Lead retrieval / capture | Exhibitor lead capture supported | Lead capture and retrieval offered as part of the platform |
| Public pricing | YesFree plan, 7-day trial, DIY from $149/mo | No published pricing; custom quotes via sales |
| Product scope | Focused floor-plan-first platform | Broad enterprise suite: registration, marketing, app, onsite, exhibitor tools |
| Best fit | Trade shows, expos, and conferences that need a best-in-class show floor | Large, complex event programs needing one end-to-end vendor |
| Ideal buyer | Organizers, venues, and agencies who want fast, self-service floor plan tooling | Enterprises and associations standardizing event tech on a single platform |
Sign up, draw your floor plan, and publish without waiting on a sales cycle or implementation project.
Teams that choose ExpoFP usually are not rejecting Stova's suite — they simply need the show-floor layer to be excellent, fast to launch, and priced transparently.
If your organization needs registration, event marketing, a mobile event app, onsite check-in and badging, and exhibitor management from a single accountable vendor — and you value enterprise features like advanced badging technology (NFC, RFID, facial recognition) and AI-assisted attendee matchmaking — Stova's end-to-end platform may serve you better than assembling point solutions. Its sales-led model also suits teams that want implementation support and a managed rollout across a portfolio of events.
The choice between ExpoFP and Stova is really a choice between a specialist and a suite.
Stova aims to run your entire event program in one system, which brings consistency and a single vendor relationship — but broad platforms rarely go as deep on any single capability as a tool built for exactly that job.
ExpoFP goes deep on one thing: the interactive show floor. If the map is a strategic asset — because you sell booths against it, because exhibitors judge you by it, because attendees navigate with it — a specialist tool usually delivers a better result there than a suite module. If the map is a minor checkbox in a much larger program, the suite's convenience may win.
This is not always an either/or decision. Many organizers run an enterprise platform for registration and attendee management while using ExpoFP as the dedicated floor plan and booth sales layer, linked from the event website and event app.
In that setup, Stova would run the event program — registration, marketing, the mobile app, onsite badging — while ExpoFP powers the public interactive map, exhibitor directory, and booth inventory. As with any pairing, specific integration paths should be confirmed for your stack, but the embed-based approach keeps the two layers loosely coupled and easy to maintain.
Build your floor plan free, explore every feature for 7 days, and publish a map your exhibitors and attendees will actually use.
Common questions for teams comparing ExpoFP and Stova.
For the show-floor side of an event, yes. ExpoFP is a strong Stova alternative for interactive floor plans, booth inventory and sales, exhibitor listings, and attendee wayfinding. It does not replace Stova's registration, event marketing, or onsite badging capabilities — teams that need those either keep a broader platform alongside ExpoFP or use other tools for them.
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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.