Nowadays is an AI copilot that sources and negotiates venues. Groupize sources venues just as well — and runs your entire meetings program: registration, group travel within policy, spend, SAP Concur, and Life Sciences and government compliance.
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The short answer
Groupize and Nowadays are both AI-native platforms for corporate events. Nowadays is an AI copilot that sources venues and negotiates rates. Groupize handles venue sourcing just as well, and adds the full meetings program — registration, group and guest travel within policy, spend visibility, SAP Concur integration, and Life Sciences and government compliance — in one agentic-AI platform with transparent pricing and unlimited users and events.
Choose Groupize if you want one platform for your entire meetings program — sourcing, registration, group travel, spend, and compliance — with SAP Concur and regulated-industry support, not just AI venue sourcing.
Biggest difference: both are AI-native; Nowadays focuses on automated venue sourcing and rate negotiation, while Groupize manages the whole program — adding travel within policy, the SAP Concur ecosystem, and Life Sciences and government compliance.
Nowadays may fit if your main need is fast, AI-driven venue sourcing and rate negotiation for corporate events, and you don't need integrated program governance, SAP Concur, or Life Sciences and government compliance.
Two AI-native event platforms — compared on sourcing, travel, AI, compliance, and pricing.
Groupize vs Nowadays: feature-by-feature comparison for meetings, events, and group travel. Columns: Capability, Groupize, Nowadays.
Sourcing & Booking
Global venue & vendor marketplace
Groupize: 1M+ spaces
Nowadays: 400K+ venues
AI venue sourcing & outreach
AI-powered rate negotiation
Self-service small meetings
Planning & Logistics
Branded registration & guest sites
Meetings management (MRF & approvals)
Nowadays: Limited
Room block management
Group & guest travel within policy
Nowadays: Limited
AI & Automation
Agentic AI suite
AI proposal comparison & budgeting
Contract signing & payments
Groupize: Partial
Spend, Compliance & Security
SAP Concur (Travel, Expense, Request) integration
Nowadays: Not offered
Life Sciences HCP tracking & Sunshine Act compliance
Nowadays: Not offered
Government / public-sector compliance
Nowadays: Not offered
Enterprise security & SSO
Coverage & Pricing
Covers your whole meetings program
Nowadays: Event-focused
Transparent pricing, unlimited users & events
Nowadays: Quote-based
Intuitive — minimal training to adopt
Nowadays is a fast AI copilot for finding and negotiating venues. Groupize gives you AI sourcing plus the registration, approvals, travel, and reporting an enterprise program needs — intuitive for occasional planners, powerful enough for procurement.
Q3 Sales Offsite
On trackVenue booked
Group travel arranged
Budget approved
48 of 48 attendees confirmed
Nowadays gets you to a booked venue quickly; Groupize takes it from there — registration, room blocks, group travel within policy, and spend reconciliation — for a 12-person offsite or a 3,000-person conference, all with unlimited users and events.
Your meetings
UnlimitedTeam offsite
12 guestsSales kickoff
240 guestsGlobal summit
3,000 guestsFrom a boardroom of 5 to a summit of 5,000+
Once the venue is booked, the program still has to be governed. Groupize adds industry-leading SAP Concur integration across Travel, Expense, and Request, plus HCP tracking for Sunshine Act compliance and public-sector controls — enterprise governance an AI sourcing copilot isn't built to provide.
Compliance check
All clearSAP Concur
SyncedHCP validation · MedProID
VerifiedSunshine Act report
FiledTravel & spend policy
In policySourcing, registration, spend, and group & guest travel within policy in one platform — so events and travel aren't split across separate tools.
SAP Concur integration, Life Sciences HCP tracking, government-ready security, and spend-policy controls — purpose-built for regulated, enterprise programs.
The aime agent suite works across sourcing, registration, travel, and spend — backed by a customer-first team when you need a human.
Whether you're planning a single off-site or running a global meetings program, Groupize adapts to how you work.
From boardrooms to off-sites — source, book, and reconcile every small meeting in one place.
Centralized control, policy enforcement, and preferred rates across every meeting and event.
Enterprise-wide controls, compliance, and reporting.
Branded registration, apps, and day-of logistics.
HCP sign-in and Sunshine Act compliance.
Air, hotel, and ground travel within policy.
Secure, compliant meetings for the public sector.
Agencies and partners sourcing on your behalf.
Yes. Groupize is an AI-native platform that sources venues like Nowadays — and goes further, managing your entire meetings program: registration, group and guest travel within policy, spend visibility, SAP Concur integration, and Life Sciences and government compliance, all with transparent pricing and unlimited users and events.
Both are AI-native. Nowadays focuses on automated venue sourcing and rate negotiation — its AI even contacts venues by email and phone. Groupize covers sourcing too and adds full program management, group travel within policy, deep SAP Concur integration, and regulated-industry compliance.
Yes. Groupize's agentic AI helps source venues and drive competitive bids — and it works across the rest of your program too, from registration and group travel within policy to spend and compliance, so the AI isn't limited to the venue search.
Yes. Groupize offers industry-leading SAP Concur integrations across Travel, Expense, and Request — so events, travel, and spend stay connected to the systems your finance team already uses.
Teams whose main need is fast, AI-driven venue sourcing and rate negotiation for corporate events — and who don't need integrated program governance, SAP Concur, or Life Sciences and government compliance — may find Nowadays a strong fit.
Book a demo and see how Groupize simplifies meetings of every size — from sourcing to spend.
