Timely Event Management

Pros

The multiple valuable software services offered in one solution

Cons

Graphic video tutorials on using the product

Pros

I love how flexible this software is! We have events that repeat throughout the year with random breaks and weeks/days off. This software makes event management a breeze.

Cons

The only con I see, and this is being extremely picky, is the inability to publish my calendar multiple pages throughout my site. However, this could also be a feature oversight on my end.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Choosing Timely Event Management

Switched From

Reasons for Switching to Timely Event Management

Pros

Looked slick at first, with an events carousel and decent UI

Cons

First of all, there’s no way to find out how much the premium version costs unless you schedule a meeting with their VP. When we emailed their assistant to confirm the meeting time, the assistant never even bothered to respond, the result of which we waited for an initial meeting that did not happen. The second time we were more fortunate, but that’s where the real issues begin. The first-tier premium version itself is overpriced at $1,300 a year, with limitations on number of events and the ability of people to pay for advertising. Now, onto the plug-in itself. The events are hosted on Time.ly’s servers, which may result in your events being held hostage, as other reviewers have pointed out. However, the core issues have to do with functionality. Specific events are rendered via pop-ups, rather than distinct pages — again because you are essentially embedding a widget in events from THEIR website, not yours. In addition to this having NO SEO value (since specific events cannot be indexed), the tendency of a user is to use hit back button to get out of an event, which results in the user being taken to the website page BEFORE the calendar, which is a frustrating UX. (The pop-ups also had issues rendering on mobile, which is a serious issue. This is probably the result of substandard coding, such as the absolute positioning used in the free version.) Finally, communication with their team was frustratingly slow, with responses often taking a day or more. If this is the level of service they offer in pre-sales, one can only imagine how slow it will be once you are paying for something you cannot even back out of.

Pros

It is very easy to use, very intuitive. We had a very difficult time finding a web calendar that would seamlessly integrate into our website. Given the manual nature of our calendar input I still find this calendar system to be very efficient and easy to enter all events. The customer service is also very good as well. Any customization or requests that I've had have been resolved in a very timely manner.

Cons

At the current moment there is not an a la carte way to select options that are necessary for us to use. We have the full package as does everyone that uses the software. We currently do not have need for a full event management system complete with ticketing but we are paying for everything as they have upgraded every customer to the same package recently. This did double the cost of the product which caught us off guard a little at first, but considering what we get with that price is well worth the extra.

Pros

We previously had a disjointed calendaring process that required heavy involvement from multiple staff members. This was tolerated because we function as the calendaring hub in our community, with many agencies and organizations submitting events to our online calendar and newsflash. The use of Time.ly has allowed us to automate and improve the efficiency of the calendaring process. We are still able to carry out the processes that the community depends upon us for without spending the same amount of staff time.

Cons

We have run into a few bugs here and there. The team at Time.ly has been very responsive to our needs and willing to adapt.

Pros

The ease of use is the most important aspect of this software. We are easily able to train our staff to use it, so that they can add their events to the calendar as soon as they know about them.

Cons

I think their biggest downfall is the lack of a knowledgebase on how use certain aspects of the software. The adding of events is easy and easy to figure out, but linking our events to our Facebook business page is tricker (we don't want it showing up on our PERSONAL Facebook page and the personal page/business page are linked as far as Facebook is concerned), so we haven't done that yet because we don't know exactly HOW to do it.

Pros

I love how easy this software is. I also really like that I am also able to connect us with social media to get the word out

Cons

I truly have not found any cons while using the software/event calendar

Alternatives Considered

Pros

We like the user-friendly front end event submission feature. it allows a submitter to add an event and all details so quickly and easily.

Cons

The only issue we experienced was lack of "Support" articles in the Training section. However this was easily resolved by emailing support. Someone from support always contacts us back in a timely manner and explains things in a clear way and offer real time solutions.

Pros

Ease of use, visually appealing, looks great on mobile and on computer. Lots of choices on calendar layout!

Cons

I would like to be able to show two versions of the calendar on one web page. I would like to show the monthly view for a quick glance as well as the tile view below:)

Pros

I love being able to put onto multiple calendars simply by tagging with the proper information. I don't have to have multiple places for multiple calendars.

Cons

Having to change the view from tile to streaming in order to delete an event is extra steps that shouldn't be necessary.

Pros

This is exactly what our business needs and use. Very easy to use.

Cons

So far, no cons. I use this software daily.

Pros

Loved the user friendliness and general “feel” if this software. Visually pleasing, intuitive, fairly quick to use.

Cons

Some features like group booking and integrations with other softwares could definitely be improved.

Pros

I like that there are many features that allows the client to be engaged

Cons

I do not have any cons about this plugin.

Pros

How complete the system is, easy to use (once you know how it works) and the fact that we can ask personalized futures.

Cons

We seem to be the first user in Belgium. So the Bancontact implication took some time. But also her, perfect service, nice team!!

Pros

It's just very easy for me to 'copy and paste' my event on the 'add an event' option' and to upload images.

Cons

I sometimes have a difficult time copying images directly from my source to the 'add an event' - the images turn out quite large when I check the posted event while it looks fine before posted.

Pros

I've used for many websites. It is the best one going.

Cons

I can't think of anything I don't really like.

Pros

Ease of use and ease of incorporation into our web page.

Cons

We have recurring monthly events; at present there is no way to highlight these events ONCE per month.

Pros

The ease of use and quality of appearance.

Cons

Difficulty in adding events to personal calendars

Pros

It means a lot that you responded and helped me. Lots of recommendations from us for Time.ly when winery clients ask for an events plugin. So much better customer service than your competitor.

Cons

two user interfaces was daunting. Once we figured out that we ere using the online cloud version and changed our systems, was great but getting there was a hassle.

Pros

Easy to use/input events into our calendar. It is customizable with tags & media and super easy to embed into our website and share on social media.

Cons

I do wish we could delete media pictures without getting rid of past events. It's nice to have those events archived but it would be nice to pan down a 1,000 picture media library with customized pictures to just our generic pictures that are needed more often.

Pros

One place to manage all the events. Sharing data on different websites by feeds.

Cons

In the beginning it was a bit complicated to switch from the old environment to the new software.

Pros

The Timely Calendar is cloud based and can be updated from anywhere.

Cons

Can’t think of anything, you are already awesome

Pros

I like how user friendly it is to add items to your calendar! The layout and look of calendar is great also

Cons

There is not much that I dislike about this software, as a non-profit organization I will go with the price

Pros

Simple. It is easy to add the calendar to our school website

Cons

Some settings are easier to learn than others.

Pros

Just so easy to set up and link into our website.

Cons

Perhaps to many different tabs in setting up events that I didn't fully understand.