Offsiteio vs Nowadays

Disclosure: this comparison is published by Offsiteio. What we report about Nowadays is taken from nowadays.ai, read in October 2026 and cited below. We'd rather be accurate than flattering, so tell us if anything is out of date.

In one line: Nowadays is AI software that sources venues, contacts them for you and organizes proposals, registration and budgets, with event specialists available. Offsiteio is a team of people who plan your offsite end to end, price it as one itemized number per person, and travel with you to run it. If you plan lots of events and want leverage, Nowadays is compelling. If you have one important offsite and no time, we're the simpler path.

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About Nowadays

Nowadays positions itself as the first AI-native platform built for corporate events. Its homepage describes venue sourcing across more than 400,000 venues, AI outreach to venues by email and phone, side-by-side proposal analysis, registration pages, hotel room blocks, vendor coordination and budget tracking, plus a flight and budget estimator across cities (nowadays.ai, checked Oct 2026). It says its event specialists act as an extension of your team.

Pricing is tiered. The free Basic plan allows one city search and five RFPs. Explorer adds three to four city searches, more RFPs and a dedicated account manager for a 10% service charge and a $250 refundable deposit. Enterprise is custom (nowadays.ai/pricing, checked Oct 2026). The company page names founders Amy and Anna and lists Y Combinator among its backers (nowadays.ai/company, checked Oct 2026). Logos shown include Stripe, Notion and Figma.

About Offsiteio

We're the opposite end of the spectrum from self-serve software. You give us the essentials, and in 48 hours we come back, free and without obligation, with two or three destinations and a single per-person price for each. Every component is listed: lodging, meeting rooms, food, activities, ground transport and our planning. Airfare is quoted on its own because people fly from different places.

Once you choose, we run the vendors and contracts, and one of our planners is on site for the entire trip. Trips usually start around $1,450 per person; completed trips have landed between about $1,450 and $2,402 per person. We do drive-to retreats and destination offsites in the US and internationally, and we're rated 5.0 on Google from 17 reviews.

Software leverage vs a team that owns it

AI tools are good at the slow parts of sourcing: chasing venue availability, collecting quotes, putting them in one table. If you have an events function, that can save real hours across a year of offsites, SKOs and dinners. What software doesn't remove is ownership. Someone still decides, negotiates the edge cases, builds the agenda around the venue and handles the 10 p.m. problem at the hotel.

With Offsiteio, that ownership sits with us. You review a proposal and give feedback, and we take care of the rest. That's why our price is a trip price rather than a software fee, and why comparing the two means adding venue and vendor costs to whatever Nowadays charges. If you're not sure which approach fits, our guide to planning a company offsite lays out every step so you can see how much you'd be taking on.

Choosing between them

Nowadays makes sense when…

• You run many events a year and want AI to handle venue outreach
• You want a free tier to start, then scale up
• Your team is comfortable owning the plan with specialist backup
• Registration pages and room-block management matter to you

Offsiteio makes sense when…

• You have one offsite to deliver and no spare hours to manage it
• You want an itemized per-person trip price, not a service fee plus vendor bills
• You want a planner beside you for the whole trip
• Leadership wants a short list of strong options, not a database

See our plan for your dates

Want a concrete comparison? Request a free Offsiteio proposal and see two or three destinations with an itemized per-person price within 48 hours.

Sources

• nowadays.ai (checked Oct 2026)
• nowadays.ai/pricing (checked Oct 2026)
• nowadays.ai/company (checked Oct 2026)

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Nowadays vs Offsiteio: FAQ

Is Nowadays free?

It has a free Basic plan with no service charge, limited to one city search and five RFPs. Its Explorer plan charges a 10% service charge plus a $250 refundable deposit (checked Oct 2026).

Is Offsiteio a software platform?

No. We're a planning team. You get a proposal and a planner, not a login to manage the trip yourself.

Can I use Nowadays and still hire a planner?

Yes. Nowadays itself mentions event specialists who support customers through to on-site execution (checked Oct 2026). If you want the planning fully handed off with one per-person price, compare that with an Offsiteio proposal.

Which is better for a leadership offsite of 15 people?

For a single small, high-stakes trip, a done-for-you planner is usually the lighter lift for the organizer. If you're running a series of events, a platform's efficiencies add up.

How do the prices compare?

They measure different things. Nowadays charges for its platform and service, with venues billed separately; Offsiteio quotes the trip itself per person. Compare totals for identical dates.