Only 2 of 6 conference sponsor databases list sponsors by event, and only 1 publishes sponsorship package prices
We read the home, pricing and product pages of 6 sources of conference sponsor and exhibitor data on 6 October 2026 and scored each on 6 criteria. 5 publish a price, 4 list trade show exhibitors and 4 sell named contacts.
Summary
Of 6 sources of conference sponsor and exhibitor data, read on 6 October 2026, 5 publish a price, 3 offer free access beyond a sample, 2 list the sponsors of each conference or event, 4 list the exhibitors of trade shows, 1 publishes the sponsorship package prices organizers publish, and 4 sell named contacts. Scored on those 6 criteria, ConferenceDB meets 5, ConferenceGrid 4, ExhibitorsData, Expolista and SponsorPitch 3 each, and SponsorUnited 1. The score counts a feature only when a page we read states it.
Findings
- 5 of 6 conference sponsor and exhibitor data sources publish a price. SponsorUnited sells through a demo and publishes none.
- 2 of 6 list sponsors by event: ConferenceDB and ConferenceGrid. 4 of 6 list the exhibitors of trade shows.
- 1 of 6 publishes the sponsorship package prices that organizers publish, as data: ConferenceDB. SponsorUnited says it benchmarks pricing from verified deals, which is a different dataset.
- 4 of 6 sell named contacts: ExhibitorsData, Expolista, SponsorPitch and SponsorUnited. ConferenceDB and ConferenceGrid sell none.
- Scored on the 6 criteria below, ConferenceDB meets 5, ConferenceGrid 4, ExhibitorsData, Expolista and SponsorPitch 3 each, and SponsorUnited 1.
Source: each source's own home, pricing and product pages, read on 6 October 2026. Criteria and scoring in services.csv.
The criteria
We chose the 6 criteria before scoring any source. They are what a person selling conference sponsorships, or prospecting the exhibitors of a trade show, can check on a source's own pages before paying. A criterion counts as met only when a page we read says so. A criterion that the pages do not mention counts as not met, so a source can do more than its pages show.
| Criterion | Met when the source's own pages |
|---|---|
| Price published | state a price, or say it is free |
| Free access | offer a free plan or free lists beyond a sample (a sample of 5 rows does not count) |
| Sponsor lists by event | show the sponsors of each conference or event |
| Exhibitor lists | show the exhibitors of trade shows |
| Package prices published | list the sponsorship package prices organizers publish, as data |
| Named contacts | offer named people (names, titles or emails) at sponsors or exhibitors |
Source: the same pages, read on 6 October 2026. Counts are in criteria-count.csv.
The sources, ranked
| Rank | Source | What it sells | Criteria met | Price as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ConferenceDB | free lists of who sponsors and exhibits at conferences and trade shows | 5 | free, no account |
| 2 | ConferenceGrid | a conference database for sales teams, with speakers and Slack alerts | 4 | "$0 For now" (beta) |
| 3 | ExhibitorsData | exhibitor and attendee contact records | 3 | $20 for 200 records, $70 for 750 |
| 3 | Expolista | exhibitor lists with decision-maker contacts, bought per show | 3 | one-time per show, CES 2027 USD 363.30 |
| 3 | SponsorPitch | a searchable database of sponsor brands and a pitch board | 3 | free tier; Prospector $39 a user a month billed yearly |
| 6 | SponsorUnited | sponsorship intelligence for brands, rights holders, media and agencies | 1 | not published; demo |
Ties share a rank and are listed alphabetically.
What each source misses
- ConferenceDB publishes no named contacts. Its coverage is conferences and trade shows only, and it has no speaker data or alerts.
- ConferenceGrid shows no sponsorship package prices on the pages we read. It has no named contacts.
- ExhibitorsData has no free access beyond a downloadable sample, and its pages do not describe sponsor lists.
- Expolista has no free list beyond a 5-row sample with the contact masked, and lists exhibitors, not sponsors. Its pricing page says a subscription is "coming soon".
- SponsorPitch limits its free tier to 10 sponsor pages and 5 contacts. The pages we read do not show sponsor lists by event, exhibitor lists or package prices.
- SponsorUnited publishes no price, and conferences and trade shows are not named as a coverage area on the page we read.
Which to use for which job
- A free first list of who sponsors conferences like yours, and what they charge: ConferenceDB.
- Tracking target accounts and speakers with Slack alerts: ConferenceGrid.
- A contact file for the exhibitors of one trade show: Expolista (priced per show) or ExhibitorsData (priced per record).
- Named contacts at sponsor brands: SponsorPitch.
- Verified deal data across sports, media and brands, with a budget for a platform: SponsorUnited.
Method
Source: each source's own home, pricing and product pages, plus one event page where a source sells lists per event (Expolista CES 2027; ExhibitorsData AWFS Fair). We read them signed out, with a browser user agent, on 6 October 2026. ConferenceDB's figures are from its own pages as rendered on 6 October 2026: sponsor lists for 2,392 conferences, exhibitor lists for 640 events and published package prices for 1,127 conferences. Sources checked and not scored: 10times, SponsorMyEvent, VisitorsList and ExpoCaptive, because each returned an access block (HTTP 403) to our reader on the same day. A source that answers 403 to a reader may still show its pages to a person, and a source with more features than its public pages describe would score higher than it does here.
The scope is sources a person would use to find the companies that sponsor or exhibit at conferences and trade shows. It leaves out show-run directories and event calendars, and sources that sell attendee lists only. Each criterion is scored 1 or 0 from the quoted pages in services.csv. Prices change; the figures here are the ones on those pages on 6 October 2026.
Data
services.csv has one row per source with each criterion, the total, the price as published and the source page. criteria-met.csv and criteria-count.csv feed the two charts. not-scored.csv lists the sources we could not read.
- Sources and criteria One row per source: each of the 6 criteria (1 met, 0 not met or not stated), the total, the price as published and the source page.
- Criteria met by source Total criteria met out of 6 for each source.
- Sources meeting each criterion For each criterion, how many of the 6 sources meet it.
- Sources checked and not scored Sources whose pages we could not read on 6 October 2026, with the reason.
How to cite: Carroway Research. "Only 2 of 6 conference sponsor databases list sponsors by event, and only 1 publishes sponsorship package prices." 6 October 2026. https://carrowayresearch.com/reports/conference-sponsor-and-exhibitor-databases-compared