Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging for Salesforce AppExchange
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging is the #2 ranked campaign management app on Salesforce, with a 5.0 average rating from 270 reviews, as a paid app, as of July 11, 2026.
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging is a Salesforce AppExchange app by Blackthorn.io, Inc.. With a rating of 5.0★ from 270 reviews, it currently ranks #2 in the Campaign Management category.
AppRanks data: Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging ranks #2 in Campaign Management on Salesforce AppExchange, placing it in the top 2% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging is a category-leading Salesforce app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Campaign Management category on Salesforce AppExchange, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 270 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical Salesforce AppExchange listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Blackthorn.io, Inc. — established developer track record
Cons
- −Paid-only pricing (paid) — evaluation requires committing payment details
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About Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging
How Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging works
Blackthorn turns any organization’s Salesforce® CRM into event planning software powered by their connected data.
EVENT REGISTRATION & EVENT MANAGEMENT ✔Matching & Duplication Logic ✔Experience Cloud ✔Manage Sponsors, Speakers, and Sessions ✔Customize w/ CSS ✔Member vs Non-Member pricing ✔Calendar View ✔Multi-Attendee & Group Registration ✔Auto-Generated Landing Pages w/ Custom URLs ✔Ticket Management
MOBILE ✔Check-In App w/ QR Codes and Badge Printing ✔Built for iOS & Android App ✔Attendee Mobile App coming December '24
KEY FEATURES ✔Build registration pages within Salesforce ✔Conferences & Trade Shows ✔Custom Questions & Surveys ✔Waitlists ✔Language Translation ✔Budget & Expenses ✔Tables & Seats ✔Out-of-the-Box Reports & Dashboards ✔Data Cloud and AgentForce Compatible
EMAIL INVITES ✔Email Template Builder ✔Works w/ Marketing Cloud ✔Mass Email Campaigns
ADD-ONS ✔SMS Text Messaging w/ Blackthorn Messaging
PAYMENTS ✔Stripe, Authorize.net, Touchnet (Transact, CASHNet / Transact Campus) ✔Pay Later, Credit Card, ACH, Invoices, Multi-Currency ✔120+ Gateways
✔WCAG, ADA, VPAT ✔GDPR ✔HIPAA ✔PCI SAQ D, SOC 2 Type 2
Key features
- Blackthorn Events is for event managers and Salesforce admins. Get real-time event data with richer data than off-platform Event registration apps, no integrations to fuss with, & the ability to use Flow & Experience Cloud.
- HIGHER ED ✔ Admissions & Recruitment ✔ Campus Life ✔ Alumni & Advancement NONPROFIT ✔ Donor Events ✔ Chapter & Local Events HEALTHCARE ✔ Patient Education & Community Events ✔ CME Courses ✔ Clinic Events
- GOVERNMENT ✔ Community Events ✔ Town Hall & Citizen Engagement CORPORATE ✔ Field Marketing
- Easy configurations without any code or integrations ✔ Event landing pages ✔ Event groups ✔ Recurring Events ✔ Hybrid, In-Person & Virtual ✔ Matching Contacts & Leads ✔ Virtual Events Integration
- PAYMENTS ✔ Web-based invoice for Pay Later ✔ PayLink to email or text (w/BT Messaging) to registrants ✔ Virtual Terminal within Salesforce ✔ Split Payments Spring '25 ✔ Apple Pay and Google Pay using Stripe Checkout
- TEXT MESSAGING with Blackthorn Messaging ✔ 1:1 Attendee Messaging ✔ Bulk Messaging ✔ Text Message and Email Scheduler ✔ Text-to-Register with Flow configuration
- COMPANY STATS ✔ 600+ customers ✔ Processing > $1.5B per year ✔ Millions of event registrations per year ✔ 100+ Employees, globally located
- DATA ✔ Capture UTM for registration tracking ✔ Data model agnostic. All Industry Clouds. EDU, NPO, HLS+ ✔ Measure event ROI with trust ✔ Session and Event attendance stored on Attendee, Contact, Person Accounts, & more
- CHECK-IN APP ✔ Use a student ID or other central ID to check in attendees from our QR code ✔ Group check-in, for families and other groups who check in at once ✔ Works Offline!
Category rankings
As of Jul 11, 2026- Campaign Management#2of 135Top 2%
- Event Management#2of 71Top 3%
- Marketing#5of 931Top 1%
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Keyword rankings
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging ranks for 138 keywords across Salesforce AppExchange. Here are the top 3:
Competitors & alternatives
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messagingdoesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked campaign management apps on Salesforce:
Frequently asked questions
What is Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging?
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging is an app for Salesforce. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 270 merchant reviews, and it has been listed on the marketplace since 2016. It is listed under the Campaign Management category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Blackthorn.io, Inc..
Is Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging free?
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging does not offer a permanent free plan on Salesforce. Pricing starts at 8425, and the listed tiers are Base Plan (5 Users + 1k Reg + Support). Trial availability and exact billing terms are mirrored from the live Salesforce listing and may change between refresh cycles, so always confirm the headline price on the source marketplace before installing.
Who uses Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging?
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging is actively installed across Salesforce stores tracked by AppRanks. Its review base of 270 suggests adoption is concentrated in growth-stage and mid-market stores. It is part of the Campaign Management category on Salesforce.
Where does Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging rank on Salesforce?
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging currently sits at position #2 in the Campaign Management category on Salesforce. That places it in the top 1% of 135 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.
What does Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging integrate with?
Blackthorn Events: Salesforce-Native Event Management, Payments & Messaging lists 6 integrations on its Salesforce marketplace page. The most prominent are Sales Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud, Education Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Platform Cloud. Integration data is mirrored from the live Salesforce listing on each refresh, so the set above tracks whatever the developer has currently published — it does not reflect deeper compatibility AppRanks has not been able to verify from public data.