EventsEye alternatives for exhibitors choosing trade shows
For exhibitors choosing which trade shows to book, EventsEye is a free calendar of 12,073 shows in 137 countries (read 2026-11-06), but the show page we read names no exhibitors and no booth prices. For a longer list, try nFerias or 10times. To see who exhibits, ConferenceDB shows 932 exhibitor lists free.
How we compared: EventsEye facts were read from eventseye.com (the home page, the January 2028 calendar, the MEDICA 2026 show page and the contact page) on 2026-11-06. Every other price was read from the company's own page on the date in its row, signed out. ConferenceDB figures are live. A fact we could not read is left out.
Ten ways to do what EventsEye does, with prices
| Price | What it is | Contacts | Fits when | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConferenceDB (this site) | Free, no account | Sponsor or exhibitor lists for 3,663 conferences, new vs returning, package prices for 1,679 | No | You want to see who exhibits at a show, and who came back, before you book a booth. |
| 10times | Free to browse, with a guest limit; WHR.AI $10, $100 or $1,000 a month (2026-11-01) | Event directory ("500K+ Events listed"); signed out, one exhibitor page showed 40 companies, the rest on WHR.AI | Not checked; WHR.AI adds export on its $100 plan | You browse events worldwide before narrowing to accounts. |
| nFerias | No price shown; "23.200 Ferias de Negocio" in 149 countries (2026-11-06) | Spanish-language trade fair directory by country, city, sector and calendar | Not checked | You search in Spanish, or want the longest fair list here. |
| TSNN trade show calendar | Free; "more than 4,000 events listed" (2026-11-06) | Calendar of B2B trade shows | None | You want a calendar of B2B trade shows. |
| AUMA FairFinder | No price shown; "over 3,500 trade fairs in Germany and abroad" (2026-11-06) | Fair search with dates, offers and key figures, from the German trade fair association | None | You plan to exhibit in Germany or at a German-backed fair abroad. |
| TradeFairDates | No price shown; organizers add a show free (2026-11-06) | Search by name, venue, date, industry and services, with a supplier directory and hotel booking | None | You want show dates, stand suppliers and hotels in one place. |
| TradeShows.com | Free to browse; vendors pay $299 to $2,499 a year for listings (2026-11-06) | Show directory with exhibitor cost calculators | None | You are budgeting a booth: it says a 10x10 costs $10,000 to $40,000 all-in. |
| trade.gov Trade Event Search | No price shown for search (2026-11-06) | Shows abroad with US-themed pavilions run by the US Commercial Service | None | You are a US exporter looking for a supported show abroad. |
| dev.events | Free, ad-free; "showing 30 out of 1198 conferences" (2026-11-07) | Developer conference calendar | None | You follow developer conferences. |
| The show's own directory | Free to read; ExpoFP says "no sign-in needed" (2026-10-07) | One show at a time, as the show publishes it on Map Your Show, a2z or ExpoFP | No contact file | You only need to look up exhibitors at one show. |
Each price was read from the company's own page on the date in its row. The wider comparison: the best websites to find conferences, compared. More sources: conference sponsor and exhibitor databases compared and trade show exhibitor list providers.
Who comes back at the biggest shows
Share of the last edition's companies that are on this edition's list.
| Show | Exhibitors | Back from the last edition |
|---|---|---|
| CES 2027 | 2,021 | 30% of 2026, booked again so far |
| AHR Expo 2027 | 1,774 | 78% of 2026, booked again so far |
| Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2027 | 1,653 | 59% of 2026, booked again so far |
| Fabtech 2026 | 1,412 | 57% of 2025 |
| National Restaurant Association Show 2027 | 1,209 | 45% of 2026, booked again so far |
| Global Produce & Floral Show 2026 | 976 | 64% of 2025 |
| NRF : Retail's Big Show 2027 | 743 | 37% of 2025, booked again so far |
| NAB Show 2027 | 656 | 54% of 2026, booked again so far |
ConferenceDB, live as of 7 November 2026. Shows with 500+ exhibitors where the previous edition's list on file has 20+ companies and is at least half the size of this one; the rest are left out because that list was read incomplete. For a show still to come, the share is of last edition's companies already booked again, and it can still rise as the list fills.
Where EventsEye still wins
Reach: EventsEye lists 12,073 trade shows in 137 countries. ConferenceDB covers far fewer events.
Looking ahead: it holds 23,037 event dates through July 2028, so you can plan two years out.
Browsing: you can move through shows by 168 activity topics, by month, by location and by 3,325 organizers, in English, French, German or Spanish.
Reaching the organizer: each show page links the organizer and venue website and email and prints their phone numbers. ConferenceDB publishes no contact details.
Sources
- eventseye.com"12 073 Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Conferences", "23 037 Event's dates from July 2026 to July 2028", "3 325 Fairs Organizers", "168 Activity Topics", "137 Countries", last update Oct. 31st 2026, read 2026-11-06
- MEDICA 2026 on EventsEyedescription, industries, audience, cycle, dates, venue and organizer contact details; no exhibitor names or prices, read 2026-11-06
- eventseye.com contact pagepublished by EventsEye SAS, Paris; "We do not organize any event", read 2026-11-06
- nferias.com"23.200 Ferias de Negocio" in 149 countries, read 2026-11-06
- tsnn.com/trade-show-calendar"more than 4,000 events listed", read 2026-11-06
- auma.de"over 3,500 trade fairs in Germany and abroad", read 2026-11-06
- tradefairdates.comsearch fields, supplier directory, hotels, free show listing, read 2026-11-06
- tradeshows.comvendor listings $299, $999 and $2,499 a year; "A typical 10x10 booth costs $10,000" to "$40,000 all-in", read 2026-11-06
- trade.gov/trade-showsUS-themed pavilions at foreign trade shows, read 2026-11-06
- dev.events"showing 30 out of 1198 conferences", ad-free, read 2026-11-07
- 10times.com/about"500K+ Events listed", read 2026-11-01
- whr.ai/pricingEssential $10, Scale $100, Advance $1,000 a month, read 2026-11-01
- exhibitors.ces.techa show's own exhibitor directory, free to read, read 2026-10-07
- ConferenceDB company factshow the lists are collected; every ConferenceDB figure on this page is live from the database, as of 7 November 2026
Questions
What are the best alternatives to EventsEye?
It depends on the job. For a longer list of fairs: nFerias ("23.200 Ferias de Negocio") or 10times ("500K+ Events listed"). For German fairs: AUMA FairFinder. For a booth budget: TradeShows.com. To see who exhibits, free: ConferenceDB, with exhibitor lists for 932 events.
Is EventsEye free?
Yes. Its home page calls it a "free Web source", and the pages carry ads. No account was needed to read the calendar or a show page (read 2026-11-06).
Does EventsEye list exhibitors?
Not on the page we read. Its MEDICA 2026 page gives a description, industries, audience, cycle, dates, venue and organizer, with no exhibitor names and no booth prices (read 2026-11-06). ConferenceDB lists the exhibitors of 932 events, though not of every show. All exhibitor lists
How accurate are the dates on trade show directories?
Check the show's own site before you book. EventsEye itself says "All dates are subject to changes", and on 2026-11-06 we found wrong dates on some ConferenceDB pages too, by comparing them with show websites.
Who runs EventsEye?
EventsEye SAS in Paris. It says it does not organize events and collects its listings from organizer, government and professional websites.
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