Booth Capture vs Cvent iCapture
Autessa Booth Capture as a Cvent iCapture alternative
Cvent iCapture, which Cvent acquired in 2024, is lead capture for shows your team attends, with a large set of badge kits, AI transcription and enrichment from your ZoomInfo and Apollo data. Autessa Booth Capture reads any badge from a photo with no kit, qualifies from a voice note and drafts the follow-up into the rep’s own Gmail.
WHAT YOU SAID
“She runs ops at Keystone, the CFO signs off. They need to get rid of paper work orders across 40 sites, want it live before Q2. I promised a demo next Tuesday.”
THE CONVERSATION
What they need
Replace paper work orders, 40 sites
Their say
Runs ops; CFO signs
Timeline
Live before Q2
What was agreed
Demo next Tuesday
Side by side
Booth Capture vs Cvent iCapture
What each app gives your booth team, capability by capability.
| Capability | Autessa Booth Capture | Cvent iCapture |
|---|---|---|
| Reads any badge from a photo, with no badge kit | Included | 150+ badge kits, plus photo capture |
| One voice note fills need, decision role, timeline and next step | Included | AI transcription fills forms |
| Hot, Warm and Cold rating sets the follow-up deadline | Included | Scored and routed |
| Shared ledger that warns before a double follow-up | Included | Not listed |
| Follow-up drafted from the conversation into the rep’s Gmail | Included | Rep queues and nurture programs |
| Still to meet list of registrants not yet captured | Included | Attendee list upload |
| Offline capture | Included | Not listed |
| Full headless access (Autessa MCP) | ✓ | Read-only MCP planned for Q1 2027 |
| 100% customizable, code and all (Autobot) | ✓ | Lead forms and qualifying questions |
| Whole booth team, per-rep attribution | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event ROI reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Leads land in your CRM | Built into Autessa CRM | Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo |
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Where Autessa wins
No badge kit to order
AI reads the badge from a photo, so a new show needs no kit setup and no post-show merge.
Follow-up in the rep’s own voice
AI drafts each email from the booth conversation and saves it in the rep’s own Gmail, ready to send the same day.
Works when the Wi-Fi does not
Captures save on the phone first and send when the connection returns, even if the rep is signed out.
Your form, your logic
Past lead forms and qualifiers, Autobot changes the capture screens and rules from a plain-language request.
Headless today
While iCapture’s read-only MCP connector is on its roadmap, the Autessa MCP gives Claude or your own agent your leads and events now.
About Cvent iCapture
How Cvent iCapture describes itself
Cvent iCapture describes itself as trade show lead capture for event and sales teams, with badge scanning, photo capture, manual entry, attendee list upload, enrichment, routing and ROI reporting.
Why exhibitors choose Booth Capture
- Capture, qualification, follow-up and the CRM come in one product.
- Reps qualify by talking, and AI fills the fields.
- Follow-up deadlines are tied to how hot a lead is.
- A shared ledger means two reps never follow up with the same person.
Other comparisons: Popl · Cvent LeadCapture · Brella
FAQ
Booth Capture and Cvent iCapture: questions
Is Autessa Booth Capture an alternative to Cvent iCapture?
Yes, for exhibitors. Autessa Booth Capture is an event lead capture app: AI badge scanning from a photo, QR and vCard reading, voice-note qualification, offline capture, AI follow-up drafts and a direct handoff to Autessa CRM.
How is Booth Capture different from Cvent iCapture?
Booth Capture is part of Autessa CRM, so leads, events and booth history live in the same system as your pipeline. It qualifies leads from a voice note and drafts follow-ups from the conversation into each rep’s own Gmail.
Can I customize Booth Capture?
Yes. iCapture lets you set lead forms and qualifying questions. Autobot can change any screen, field or rule from a plain-language request, and your developers can edit the code.
Can Claude or another AI agent reach my booth leads?
Yes, today. Cvent’s roadmap lists a read-only iCapture connector for Claude, expected in Q1 2027. The Autessa MCP gives Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent Booth Capture’s data and actions now.
Can I try Booth Capture at one event first?
Yes. Start free or book a demo, create an event and capture at your next show.
Try Booth Capture at your next event
Photograph a badge, say a sentence, save. See it with your own team.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa Booth Capture fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
Start free and make it yours