Curate
6.2#10 in banquet management softwareAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Perfect Venue
7.8#1 in event venue management softwareAndroidiOSWebAPI
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| Fact | Curate | Perfect Venue |
|---|---|---|
| API | The pricing comparison lists API access for the Partnership plan and not for Basic or Growth. | The Enterprise Leads API supports custom HTML and JavaScript contact forms, uses a public venue API key and documents requests, responses, allowed origins and examples. |
| Customers | Curate presents solutions for caterers, florists, venues, and event teams. | The company says more than 2,000 venues use Perfect Venue across the United States. |
| Founded | 2014 | The company’s About page states it was founded in 2017 and identifies Luke Hutchison as founder and CEO. |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | Curate lists QuickBooks Online, Google Calendar, Galley, Nowsta, StaffMate, Curate Payments, and Curate Texting as supported connections. | Listed integrations include OpenTable, Tock, Stripe, Square, HubSpot, 7shifts, Mailchimp, Google Calendar, Eventbrite, Prismm and Zapier. |
| Payments | Curate Payments supports card and bank payments, receipts, refunds, reminders, tax profiles, fees, and optional gratuity in the client portal. | Stripe payment integration supports collecting payments and issuing refunds, with card processing shown as 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction. |
| Product | Curate describes itself as an event operations platform that connects sales, planning, production, payments, staffing, and reporting in one event record. | Perfect Venue is private event and group dining management software for hospitality groups, with tools to book, run, and report on events across venues. |
| 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. | The maker describes its online payment portal as secure and says payments are processed through its Stripe integration. |
| Support | Every plan includes an onboarding call with Curate's Customer Success team, and Partnership includes expanded support. | GetApp lists email/help-desk, knowledge-base and phone support, plus live-online, webinar, documentation and video training. |
Curate plans
- BasicPriced on request
- GrowthPriced on request
- PartnershipPriced on request
Perfect Venue plans
- Professional (annual billing)$199 a month
- Professional$239 a month
- Professional (monthly billing)$239 a month
- Premium (annual billing)$299 a month
- Premium (monthly billing)$339 a month
- Premium$339 a month
Pick Curate if…
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.
Pick Perfect Venue if…
It is aimed at hospitality groups, full-service restaurants, breweries, wineries, distilleries, event and wedding venues, golf courses, country clubs and eatertainment venues. The mobile app may suit teams that need to check event details and calendars while responding to inquiries.