# IntelliEvent Lightning Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about IntelliEvent Lightning Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Rental products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/128114/IntelliEvent-Lightning/alternatives --- # IntelliEvent Lightning Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) IntelliEvent Lightning ## What is IntelliEvent Lightning? IntelliEvent is the leading supplier of event and rental management software for companies specializing in AV, Lighting, Staging, Rigging, Production, Venues, Party, Tent, and Special Effects. Founded in 1998, IntelliEvent has grown to almost 1,500 customers throughout 5 countries. The team consists of 44 professionals. Our award-winning software solution allows businesses to work smarter, save time and increase revenue. No matter the size, IntelliEvent will handle your company's needs. ## What is IntelliEvent Lightning used for? [Event Rental](https://www.capterra.com/event-rental-software/)[Event Management](https://www.capterra.com/event-management-software/)[Event Booking](https://www.capterra.com/event-booking-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 18 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $49 Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.8 (1,125)](https://www.capterra.com/p/138689/Booqable/reviews/) Starting Price $49 Per Month Starting Price $29 Flat Rate, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.2 (18) Ease Of Use 4.8 (36) Value For Money 4.6 (16) Value For Money 4.7 (30) Customer Service 4.5 (18) Customer Service 4.8 (35) ## IntelliEvent Lightning alternatives [4.5 (34)](https://www.capterra.com/p/104749/ADVANTAGE/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing [4.0 (28)](https://www.capterra.com/p/77989/Sirius-e/reviews/) Starting price $100.00 Per User, Per Month [4.8 (22)](https://www.capterra.com/p/151311/QuickCount-Inventory-Tracker/reviews/) Starting price $99.00 Per User, Per Month [4.7 (7)](https://www.capterra.com/p/182064/RentMy/#reviews) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Inventory Management 5.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply Quotes/Estimates 5.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Generate quotes or estimates for customers Rental Management 5.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Streamline, automate and manage the rental of properties, facilities, assets, or equipment Reporting & Statistics 4.5 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns Billing & Invoicing 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers Contract/License Management 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track, store, and access client contracts or licenses IntelliEvent Lightning 46 features Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc. Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Scan barcodes to ensure accurate pricing and label tracking Identify and track items using barcode tags or RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers Manage contact details and communication with clients Track, store, and access client contracts or licenses Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system A collection of customer information such as contact details, demographics, previous interactions, etc. Store and organize information about customers and previous interactions A website or login for customers to access information Alter the layout and content of reports Electronic signing method that validates the authenticity and integrity of a digital document Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location Schedule and manage the logistics of activities and other gatherings Plan an event's time and location Form predictions based on past and present data/trends Automates core HR functions such as talent management, employee evaluation and learning management Monitor product stock levels Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply Maintain and control the stock level of inventory Track and monitor inventory items, such as raw materials, unfinished goods, and ready-to-sell items Captures invoice data and maintains comprehensive records for auditing and reporting purposes Integration with Internet of Things devices to automate real-time tracking, data collection and other processes Manage, maintain and track the performance of assets and equipment Manage and support multiple locations Book meetings and appointments through a website or digital platform Ability to link barcodes or serial numbers with specific items for identification Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses Allow users to collaborate and ask questions regarding folders and/or documents within the system Generate quotes or estimates for customers Track/optimize rates in relation to usage Designed to support renewals for recurring customers Streamline, automate and manage the rental of properties, facilities, assets, or equipment Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns Manage the entire lifecycle of a reservation, from the initial booking to the actual service or event Plan availability and assign specific time slots for tasks and resources Length of rental Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes Track the frequency of asset usage Includes all operations and activities associated with a physical space or location that is used for hosting events Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses Seamlessly integrates with 3rd party websites Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.2 (18) 4.2 Based on 18 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.6 (16) Free Trial Basic $49.00 Per Month Value for money 4.6 (16) 4.6 Based on 16 reviews ## Integrations [ Docusign](https://www.capterra.com/p/121506/Docusign/)[ Google Calendar](https://www.capterra.com/p/213340/Google-Calendar/)[ QuickBooks Online Advanced](https://www.capterra.com/p/189398/QuickBooks-Online/) Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.5 (18) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.5 (18) 4.5 Based on 18 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.3 Based on 18 reviews Filter by rating 5(8) 4(8) 3(2) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent DV David V. Warehouse Manager Media Production ### "Excellent Product for your Production business" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 26, 2024 Exceptional, excellent, innovative, problem solver Pros Detail of gear, inventory count, profit margin Cons Just need a more modern look, and icons instead of words Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SL Scott L. Director Of Operations Events Services ### "Intellievent is Great" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 25, 2024 Pros IntelliEvent Lightning is a very straightforward system that is easy to manage and train new users to use. The ability to meet and speak with developers on a regular basis is an amazing thing to help steer where the product development is headed. Cons Some of the UI can feel dated. The labor section can be at time clunky to navigate. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) The customer service at Intellievent is second to none. We wanted to use a product that felt like they listened to customer wants and needs. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EM Erik M. Director of Sales Hospitality ### "Meh." 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 2/10 March 9, 2021 Pros Customer support is great, which is important since you'll be talking to them all the time. Cons Consistently slow. Fixes take forever. Roll-outs are done without regard for what the end user's needs are. Cumbersome to use. There is no beta testing . . . the end users do the testing. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SS Sara S. Enterprise Software Applications Events Services ### "Best Decision we made for 2020!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 16, 2020 They are so great to work with. They offer lots of ideas on how to manage things and listen to our ideas on software enhancements. We had a very positive and successful onboarding experience. Pros Dev Team listens to feedback and responds quickly with software updates! Cons They are still working on improving management of transfers. Reasons for choosing IntelliEvent Lightning Their customer service is top notch. Their software is always improving. And Setup has been really simple! Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JL Jeff L. In Charge of Awesome Stuff Events Services ### "If you are an event company not using Intellievent Lightning, you should be!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 September 18, 2020 These guys are a growing company and are growing because of amazing support and customer service. Great product and they are eager to make it better all the time Pros Intelligent, comprehensive software designed for the event industry. Cons Dispatch software needs improvement. does not currently sync with a map function or GPS. You have to manually calculate route times Alternatives considered [Flex](https://www.capterra.com/p/135722/Flex/) [Current RMS](https://www.capterra.com/p/142401/Current-RMS/) [Point of Rental Software](https://www.capterra.com/p/29074/Point-of-Rental-Software/) [Rentopian](https://www.capterra.com/p/184044/Rentopian/) Reasons for choosing IntelliEvent Lightning Better features, great user interface, outstanding initial and ongoing training, flawless support, ongoing imrovements Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RL Ray L. Warehouse and Logistics Manager Events Services ### "Great Value, and the whole company cares" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 16, 2020 Pros The software is easy to navigate and use. Customer support is always ready to help with the answer with the current work flow, or development of it as a new feature. They have also dedicated time for weekly training as well as Customer calls to help with deployment , training, and feature enhancements Cons Every software of this size has issues with learning the software, and limitations that are not in the product yet. Lightning does as well, but those are overshadowed with the Customer service and willingness from the team to help resolve the issue. Reasons for choosing IntelliEvent Lightning Reviews by other Customers that we trust in the industry. Customer service attention. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. PP Paul P. Director of Information Systems Hospitality ### "Complete package!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 16, 2020 Pros The ease and overall ability of this software is complete. We Switched to Lightning 2 1/2 years ago and have never looked back. Cons They are developing so fast we can't keep up with all the new features Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JL Jude L. Operations Manager Entertainment ### "A good option for inventory control" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 7, 2020 Overall, we’ve been pleased with IntelliEvent Lightning. It took us a while to get it implemented, up and running, but we’ve been happy with how it has helped move our company forward and assisted us with inventory control and logistics. There is definitely room for improvement but this is a constant process with any dynamic program like Lightning. Patience and perseverance is key. We’re happy to be working with IntelliEvent and look forward to helping improve the experience to the benefit of all users of the platform! Pros The new UI in v4.0 is great! Streamlined appearance, flow seems to be better and more intuitive. Ability to customize outward-facing document templates is a plus. Lots of modules that should appeal to a variety of companies and operational models. Value is hard to beat compared to other software providers. Cons Lack of comprehensive user manual/ documentation is frustrating. Customer support is good depending on who you get and how quickly they respond. We’ve found some functionality issues/ bugs that have yet to be addressed. Still, developers are receptive to observations and suggestions for improvement. Implementing bug fixes seems to take a while, which can be frustrating. Alternatives considered [Flex](https://www.capterra.com/p/135722/Flex/) Reasons for choosing IntelliEvent Lightning Price, features, Cloud-based SaaS Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SF Shane F. Director of Operations Events Services ### "Highly recommend this software for rental and inventory management" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 6, 2020 We have grown with the software and it has really helped to shape the way we do our business. We have become more efficient as a result of some of the functionality and added modules that we did not have before. For me one of the big items when looking at software was support and customer service. IntelliEvent has this down pat. No one is perfect but the attention that they give us and our needs has blown me away. I used to dread support calls, I do not any longer knowing that the attention to our needs and resolving any issues (regardless of size) is so important to them. Pros One of the initial reasons for going to Lightning, was the enterprise solutions that it offered. We have multiple sites with warehouses and the ability to link them via the software and actually be able to write multi-site orders was vital. Lightning does this for us and truly helps on the logistics end of getting equipment and people to sites away from our corporate headquarters. Being able to write these orders and have a logistics back end that follows and helps schedule equipment between facilities has improved our efficient transfer of equipment at the order level. Lightning goes way beyond that and hits many more features than I could layout in this review. This one was imperative for us though. Cons The availability calendar was something to get used to, but once we wrapped our heads around it, the ability to schedule based on resource management has overall benefited our company. I like that we can now see all of the options to fix and schedule overbooked equipment. We can make the best decisions for the company finances rather than just send out rentals on orders because they came in last. Alternatives considered [Flex](https://www.capterra.com/p/135722/Flex/) Reasons for choosing IntelliEvent Lightning Blew the competition out of the water. Their attention to our needs and the pledge, and follow thru, from their support and development staff was what really put IntelliEvent Lightning over the top for us. We are not just another user, we are made to feel important and the staff has really sealed the deal. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. VS veronica s. Owner Events Services ### "Valuable features, Easy to Use and Excellent Customer Service" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 6, 2020 Lighting has all the features my business needs and more. It is easy to use. The company constantly offers training as well as the best and fastest costumer service if needed . Pros I bought an "Intellievent Express" license back in the spring of 2008. At the time, I was expanding my Event Planning business to Event Equipment Rental. I did a market research of what type of affordable software was available to track equipment, accounts as well as sales and came across with Intellievent. They offered exactly what I needed in product quality, features, efficiency, technical support and price. Cons The portability was an issue for me. As a small business owner, I did everything and, being based on an island, it was hard to call customer service to transfer my files to my laptop every time I would spend more than a day out of the office. It worked for years but the process got old and I finally decided in 2017 to upgrade to Lightning. It has been one of the best business decision I have made so far. Reasons for choosing IntelliEvent Lightning Good value for quality and service. Intellievent staff listens to us customers and constantly improve to accommodate and tailor our needs. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 7, 2020 Thank you, Veronica! We hope you and the business are doing great. Stay safe and healthy! :) [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/128114/IntelliEvent-Lightning/reviews/) Popular comparisons [Rentman vs IntelliEvent Lightning](https://www.capterra.com/compare/128114-144616/IntelliEvent-Lightning-vs-Rentman)  Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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