BigMarker is a cloud-based webinar platform that provides webinar hosting for up to 1,000 attendees, with no downloads required, featuring HD audio and video conferencing, screen sharing, and recording. It is also can integrate a Twitter chat into a webinar. BigMarker provides hosts with tools to promote webinars, and a channel to build a community around their content. Hosts can choose between free webinars or selling tickets to monetize their content. For learners and knowledge seekers,…
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GoTo Webinar
Score 8.5 out of 10
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GoToWebinar is GoTo’s webinar and online conferencing solution, and offers features like audience polling and Q&A, flexible scheduling experiences, and webinar templates. It offers CRM integrations and reporting & analytics tools to help engage clients’ audiences.
$49
per month per organizer
Pricing
BigMarker
GoTo Webinar
Editions & Modules
Basic Webinar Software
Custom Quote
Enterprise Webinar Software
Custom Quote
Event Packages
Custom Quote
Lite
$49/month
per month per organizer
Standard
$99/month
per month per organizer
Pro
$199/month
per month per organizer
Enterprise
$399/month
per month per organizer
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BigMarker
GoTo Webinar
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BigMarker
GoTo Webinar
Considered Both Products
BigMarker
Verified User
Manager
Chose BigMarker
None of the other software we tested before choosing BigMarker had a full feature list that worked so well for events. Zoom, which is the go to software for many of our competitors was very limiting, although there was some effort needed to educate our client that there was a …
I would be on the fence between choosing between GoTo Webinar and Zoom as I think for basic webinar tools, they are similar. ON24 is too much for me, and too expensive. BigMarker seems ok but expensive nonetheless. If I wanted a more branded experience and flexible interface, I …
Being a user of BigMarker I am fully satisfied with their program and the features they are offering to me. Clear UI with easy to use interface helping me a lot to set up everything in minutes. Definitely recommend this masterpiece to other business to use it for effective virtual collaborations.
GoTo Webinar is suitable for all scenarios especially when the number of participants is high (more than 300). It has great video quality, it is quick and easy to install, set up, and configure. One scenario where GoTo Webinar does not function as expected is when you deal with PowerPoint and you have one screen only. Also, I find it a bit annoying is when you have multiple screens, it becomes unstable for some reason.
Through GoTo Webinar, We can Present the Presentations to a Wider Audience, as informed Previously, as this Communication tool has a small amount of Licensing Capability at a Reasonable Price.
Also, in the Meetings, The Panelist can ask Questions and can Conduct an intuitive poll among the Participants.
Also never faced any Kind of Continuous Communication Glitches, But Sometimes on rare occasions, Noise Distortion happens, and that happens due to Network Fluctuations due to BandWidth Issues.
Also, some of the other Features of the GoTo Webinar are the Hosts/Panelists Can Mute their Audiences and also can make the audience raise their hands so that the Questions can be addressed.
Finally, at the end of any Meeting, I can Provide them with the Survey regarding the Meeting Stuff and end the Meeting as well.
Social usage like Zoom did so that Zoom became more accepted because it was pushed on the individual sale with a "free" option until it became the normalized product
Having 1 login for billing, Meetings and webinar and being able to select the product after login rather than having 3 different sites
Our largest issue with GoTo have been the limitations on recording and using recordings to host a webinar, and the biggest of those is the ability to record. We have had most of our webinars recorded successfully, but when it failed to save, it failed in a big way. Their customer service team was there to help, but they were unable to truly fix the problem. There are, of course, other providers, but as we are still seeing where hosted webinars fit in our marketing strategy, cost is an important factor. Since our company already uses GoToMeeting, it makes more sense for us to stay with the entire suite of products, especially while we are testing the strategy as a whole.
The dashboard is very easy to use, I have been using this as a go-to platform in the pandemic days and still using it for online webinars and virtual screening. All features and functions are well organized. I have been very much impressed by their support staff.
If you can compose an email and turn on a computer, you can use GoTo Webinars. Creating a webinar takes only a few seconds, and logging in, even on a not-so-smart phone, is extremely hassle-free. Even some of the more tech-challenged members of our staff have not experienced trouble navigating and connecting with our headquarters.
There have been occasions that we needed to get in touch with support to help get a template design to look a specific way. They are always quick to reply on their chat and have had their design team fix issues for us in no time
I was always able to get someone on the phone when I needed to. They were very thorough and ensuring my questions were answered. And if I was asking for a solution or request that they didn't offer, they told me so I could at least stop trying to search for it.
GoTo Webinar has better usability and a user-friendly interface. It is one of the collaboration tools that is favored by our staff. It easily facilitates in-meeting messaging and encourages open dialogue. It is a great tool that can facilitate virtual staff meetings. Attendees can be logged, and events can be recorded. Recorded videos can also be edited and posted on staff forums.
Their 'all-you-can-eat' plan is much better than other vendors that charge by the event or the length of an event. We can have as many webinars as we want each month for the same fee per month.
The ability to record and edit the webinars makes it easy for us to record all of our 'live' webinars and then make these available for months afterward as an on-demand event which generates much more revenue than just the live webinar alone.
The clean design of their webinar software makes it easy for our members to join in each webinar and get out when finished. So there is not a lot of 'hand holding' required on our part, which thereby reduces staff time that we have to devote to supporting our webinar events.
