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Shake-on vs Grip: which fits your event?
Both platforms match people at business events and help exhibitors capture leads. Grip is built for scale, with many meeting formats, deep analytics and a long list of registration integrations. Shake-on publishes its prices, has a free plan, starts matching with a conversation about each guest's goals and reports against goals you agree before the event.
The short answer
- You run very large or hosted-buyer events. Grip cites more than 5,000 events and 2 million booked meetings.
- You need many meeting formats, such as hosted buyer, speed networking and investor meetings.
- You want deep analytics: more than 100 graphs and tables, with around 400 data points per participant.
- Your registration runs on Cvent, Visit by GES, Swoogo or Livebuzz and you want a native connection.
- You want published prices, or to start free with up to 50 guests.
- Matching should start from what each guest says they need at this event, rather than from swipes.
- You want every meeting and lead reported against goals agreed before the event.
- Booth teams should scan leads in the browser, without installing an app.
Event reportExample data2,412Checked in
1,940Accepted meetings
612Meetings that mattered
GOALS AGAINST RESULTS3 of 4 met
Accepted meetings1,940 / 1,800 Met
Leads per exhibitor50 / 40 Met
Exhibitors who’d rebook78% / 70% Met
Check-in rate81% / 85% Missed
8.1Event score
6%No-shows
4.2Lead quality
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AT A GLANCE
Side by side.
| What matters | Shake-on | Grip |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per event and published: Essential from €2,450 and Professional from €5,950 for up to 250 guests. Exhibitor passes €175. | No published prices. G2 describes a per-event fee combined with an annual application licence fee. |
| Free plan or trial | Free Community plan for events up to 50 guests, with full matchmaking. | No free plan or trial, according to G2 and Capterra. |
| Where matchmaking starts | A short Concierge conversation about each guest's needs, offers and goals for this event. Both people see the reason for an introduction. | Registration answers and behaviour, including views, searches and Interested or Skip swipes, across 16 machine learning algorithms. MustMeet automates pre-scheduled meetings. |
| AI assistance | The Concierge at registration, and a Copilot that answers organisers’ questions about their event and prepares changes they confirm first. | A participant AI assistant that answers questions and schedules meetings is marked as released on Grip's public roadmap. |
| Lead capture | Booth staff scan ticket QR codes with their own phones, in the browser. One exhibitor pass per company covers all staff. | Badge QR scanning in the mobile event app, which works offline, with lead scores, notes and team sharing. |
| Measuring results | The event report, with each goal next to its result, feedback from both sides of every meeting and a survey the day after. Each exhibitor gets a one-page results sheet. | Pulse insights with more than 100 graphs and tables, including meeting feedback, lead scores and exhibitor ROI reports. |
| Integrations | HubSpot for exhibitor leads, Stripe payouts, calendar invites, CSV import and export, and read-only MCP for your own AI on Signature. | Over 50 native integrations, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Cvent, Visit by GES, Swoogo and Livebuzz. |
| Where data lives | Platform data stored in Frankfurt, Germany. Some AI processing takes place in the United States. | Hosted on AWS. The region isn't stated. |
| Security | Encryption in transit and at rest, access controls and restricted production access. Security questionnaires answered on request. | Cyber Essentials certified, and states it follows GDPR and CCPA. |
| Company | Rotterdam, the Netherlands (LMNT B.V.) | London, United Kingdom (Intros.at Ltd). |
Where Grip is strong.
Meeting formats
More than 11 formats, from hosted buyer programmes to speed networking.
Analytics depth
Detailed insights, including meeting feedback and exhibitor ROI.
Offline scanning
Lead scanning keeps working without a connection.
Prices you can see
Shake-on publishes a price per event for every guest band up to 5,000. Grip doesn't publish prices.
A free plan
Community is free for events up to 50 guests, with full matchmaking. Grip offers no free plan or trial, according to G2 and Capterra.
A conversation, not swipes
The Concierge asks what each guest needs and offers at this event. Grip learns from registration answers and swipe behaviour.
Goals first, then the report
Grip reports meeting feedback too. Shake-on ties every result to goals agreed before the event, and counts meetings both people rated 4 or higher as meetings that mattered.
QUESTIONS
Choosing between Shake-on and Grip.
Is Shake-on cheaper than Grip?
Can we move from Grip to Shake-on?
Yes. Export your attendee list as a CSV and import it. Guests get an email invitation to the Concierge. Try it on one event first: Shake-on is priced per event.
Does Shake-on scan leads offline?
Check-in works offline. Lead scanning needs a connection, so we check wifi and mobile coverage at the stands before your event. If your hall has no coverage, tell us early.
Is Shake-on built for hosted buyer programmes?
Shake-on supports 1:1 meetings with time slots, roundtables and curated meetings. If your event depends on a formal hosted buyer programme with many formats, compare Grip's options closely.
Sources
All pages accessed on 30 September 2026. G2, Capterra and TrustRadius are third-party review sites. If something here is out of date, tell us at info@shake-on.com and we'll correct it.
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