Most UK event platforms focus on the introduction — they connect an organiser with a supplier, and the rest happens over email. Build My Event manages the whole booking in one place: matching, proposals, contracts, payments, messaging, and coordination, start to finish.
Pick your side below — the comparison changes to match.
You want a list of suppliers to contact and you are happy to handle the quotes, agreements, and payments yourself, over email and bank transfer. Plenty of good bookings happen this way.
You want the whole booking handled: proposals you can compare side by side, a signed contract, a staged payment schedule, and every supplier for the event coordinated in one workspace.
Most platforms handle the first step. Build My Event stays for every step after it.
The same booking lifecycle, capability by capability — how Build My Event handles each part, and how the introductions-first platforms do.
Build My Event
Algorithm matches suppliers to your event, scored on fit, distance, availability, and budget
Build My Event
Suppliers send structured proposals you compare side by side — pricing, inclusions, and availability
Build My Event
Auto-generated from the accepted proposal; dual digital signature; terms, pricing, and cancellation locked in
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Deposits, instalments, balance payments, invoices, overdue tracking, and cancellation refund calculation
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One workspace per event: all suppliers, contracts, payments, messages, and readiness in one view
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In-platform threads per supplier per event, on the record alongside the contract
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ID verification through Stripe Identity before a supplier can quote or take payment
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Free. No subscription, no commission, no platform fees. You only pay your suppliers.
Build My Event
Free tier (6% platform fee), or paid plans with 0% platform fee from £29/mo
Competitor descriptions are based on publicly available information about how each platform works and are accurate as of August 2026; details may change, so check each provider for current details. Build My Event pricing is set out in full on our pricing section.
A comparison table is abstract. Here's what the difference actually feels like when you're planning an event.
On other platforms
On credit-based platforms, suppliers pay to contact each lead whether or not the organiser ever responds — the cost lands before the conversation even starts.
On Build My Event
On Build My Event, suppliers only invest time when they write a proposal for an organiser who has already described their event in detail and is actively comparing quotes. No credits, no paying per lead.
On other platforms
Once a conversation moves to email, there is often no record of what was agreed — no contract, no payment schedule, and little recourse if something goes wrong.
On Build My Event
Every agreement is captured in a signed contract generated from the accepted proposal. Payment schedules are tracked with reminders and overdue handling. Both sides have a clear record.
On other platforms
With introductions-only services, each supplier is usually a separate conversation in a different inbox. Keeping track of who confirmed what, who is paid, and what still needs doing falls entirely on you.
On Build My Event
Build My Event gives each event a workspace: every supplier's proposal, contract status, payment progress, and messages visible in one view, with a readiness score that tells you what still needs attention.
Other tools charge you to be found, or take a cut when you win. Pro does neither: £29 flat a month, 0% of every booking however it came in — and it runs the whole booking after the handshake, from proposal to signed contract to paid deposit.
What it actually costs you to win a booking
Build My Event — Pro
£29 flat/mo · £0 per lead — Nothing taken from a booking, ever.
Build My Event — Pro
£1,000 — 0% fee, however it came in.
Build My Event — Pro
Your bank, ~3 days — Card via Stripe, straight to your UK account. We never hold it.
Build My Event — Pro
AI triages, drafts, writes — Sorts every enquiry, drafts the reply, writes a proposal in ~90 seconds — your price always yours; it drafts, never sends.
Build My Event — Pro
The whole booking — Proposal → e-signed contract → staged Stripe payments → event day, one flow.
Build My Event — Pro
All of them — Marketplace, Instagram DM, referral, your own site — one place.
Build My Event — Pro
Clash Guard — Checks every date against your diary, and weighs the travel time between two same-day jobs to tell you if you can make both.
Build My Event — Pro
Placement + Discover — In front of organisers actively planning — no per-lead charge, ever.
Pays for itself
Pro pays for itself at about £480 of bookings a month — roughly one job. Past that, every pound Free's 6% would take is a pound Pro keeps in your pocket.
Not booking regularly yet?
No monthly fee — just 6%, and only on payments a customer actually makes. Move up to Pro the month keeping that 6% is worth more than £29. Every paid plan starts with a 30-day free trial; cancel any time.
Describe your event once, and matched suppliers send proposals you can compare, contract, and pay for — all in one place, without leaving the platform.
Free for organisers. No platform fees. No credit card required.
