Curate
Curate is an event operations platform for managing sales, planning, production, payments, staffing, and reporting in a shared event record.
What Curate is
Curate is an event operations platform for managing sales, planning, production, payments, staffing, and reporting in a shared event record. It presents solutions for caterers, florists, venues, and event teams. Its proposal builder turns catalog items into visual proposals, while a branded client portal supports proposal review, change approvals, contract signing, payments, and project communication. Curate Payments handles card and bank payments, receipts, refunds, reminders, tax profiles, fees, and optional gratuity. For production work, it can assemble ingredients and components into shopping and production lists, create purchase orders, and track costs and invoices. Automations can respond to proposal, contract, payment, and project-stage changes. AI Assist can create or update data only after review and approval. Connections include QuickBooks Online, Google Calendar, Galley, Nowsta, StaffMate, Curate Payments, and Curate Texting, though integrations vary by plan. API access is listed for Partnership, not Basic or Growth. Curate runs on Android, iOS, and web; pricing is available on request, with no free plan.
Good
- Visual proposals built from catalog items
- Client portal supports approvals and contract signing
- Payments support cards and bank transfers
- Production lists and purchase orders
- Onboarding call included with every plan
Watch out
- No free plan
- Pricing is available on request
- Integrations depend on the plan
- API access is limited to Partnership
Who it suits
Curate suits caterers, florists, venues, and event teams that need proposal, client, payment, and production workflows in one event record. Teams should check plan-specific integration and API availability.
Verdict
Curate brings client-facing event work and operational tasks into a shared record, with payment and production tools included. The plan-dependent integrations and API access are worth checking before choosing a plan.
Plans and prices
From Curate's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Priced on request | A few employees · 1 saved configurable print · 2 custom properties · no recipes, forms, production notes, purchase orders, shopping lists, custom reports, account codes, or API access · Available as an Annual Subscription; pricing by chat |
| Growth | Priced on request | 3 saved configurable prints · 3 custom reports · 10 custom properties · recipes, forms, production notes, purchase orders, shopping lists, linked line items · Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Staffmate, Nowsta · Monthly or annually; annual discount |
| Partnership | Priced on request | Unlimited standard add-ons · expanded support · higher included AI usage · API access · Galley integration · Monthly or annually; annual discount |
The facts
Each one read from Curate's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The pricing comparison lists API access for the Partnership plan and not for Basic or Growth.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Automation and AI
- Automations can run when proposals are sent, contracts signed, payments received, or projects change stage; AI Assist requires review and approval before it creates or updates data.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Customers
- Curate presents solutions for caterers, florists, venues, and event teams.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integration limits
- Curate says integrations depend on the plan; its pricing comparison assigns Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Staffmate, and Nowsta to Growth, with Galley included in Partnership.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Curate lists QuickBooks Online, Google Calendar, Galley, Nowsta, StaffMate, Curate Payments, and Curate Texting as supported connections.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Operations
- Curate can aggregate ingredients and components into shopping and production lists, build purchase orders, and track costs and invoices.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Payments
- Curate Payments supports card and bank payments, receipts, refunds, reminders, tax profiles, fees, and optional gratuity in the client portal.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Privacy and location
- Curate states that it operates from the United States and that its online privacy practices are governed by U.S. and Missouri law.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Curate describes itself as an event operations platform that connects sales, planning, production, payments, staffing, and reporting in one event record.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Proposals and portal
- The proposal builder creates visual proposals from catalog items, while the branded client portal lets clients review proposals, approve changes, sign contracts, pay, and follow project communication.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- Curate's privacy policy says sensitive information is encrypted using SSL, access to secured networks is limited, and transactions are processed through a gateway provider rather than stored on its servers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Every plan includes an onboarding call with Curate's Customer Success team, and Partnership includes expanded support.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- The team page identifies Ryan O'Neil, PFCI as Curate's Founder and CEO.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2014checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- St. Louis, Missouri, United Stateschecked 23 Sep 2026
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