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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BigMarker

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ABigMarker 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,…N/A

    Hiver

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHiver is a customer service platform that brings together communication channels, apps, and data to improve customer support operations. Hiver enables real-time collaboration across every customer communication channel, offering AI and automation to resolve issues and help teams work faster. Hiver states that over 10,000 teams of all shapes and sizes globally from Flexport to Harvard University, Vacasa, and Epic Games rely on Hiver to deliver support that wins and retains customers for…

    $24

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BigMarkerHiver
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Webinar Software
    Custom Quote
    Enterprise Webinar Software
    Custom Quote
    Event Packages
    Custom Quote
    Lite
    $24
    per month per user
    Growth
    $34
    per month per user
    Pro
    $59
    per month per user
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BigMarkerHiver
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—20% discount for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    BigMarkerHiver
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of BigMarker and Hiver
    Feature
    BigMarker
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Branding options9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of BigMarker and Hiver
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of BigMarker and Hiver
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of BigMarker and Hiver
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BigMarkerHiver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BigMarkerHiver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BigMarker
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    One scenario where Hiver works really well is in a shared support or billing inbox or anywhere multiple team members need access to the same messages. For example, when a customer emails about a billing question, we used to reply and manually loop in the billing team or forward the message. That often caused confusion, especially when someone forgot to “reply all” or responded only to the teammate instead of the customer.Now with Hiver, we just assign the conversation to the billing inbox, and whoever is available can respond. Everyone on the team can see the thread, status, and notes, which avoids duplicated efforts and missed replies. We also used to rely on Google Groups, but it wasn’t clear if someone had already replied, and there was no easy way to collaborate behind the scenes. Hiver completely solved that for us.As for situations where Hiver might be less ideal, I’d say if your team isn’t using Gmail or Google Workspace, then it’s probably not a good fit. It’s really designed for teams that live in Gmail so the team doesn't have to learn a new system. I'm sure some businesses will require a more robust ticketing solution but for our use case, this was a perfect option to improve outcomes, client service, and satisfaction.
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    Pros
    BigMarker
    • Live streamed events
    • Webinar style training
    • Marketing and Automated webinars
    • Ticketing for Digital events and training
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    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
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    Cons
    BigMarker
    • Really need BigMarker to create a white label offering so I can embed it into my website without hassle for members to sign up.
    • Would love to be able to stream my webinars to Facebook and other social platforms.
    • Need picture resizing to be working well because a lot of my pictures are not resized automatically.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    • It could be considered expensive, but ultimately worth every penny for those who use shared inboxes/groups to run their business.
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    Usability
    BigMarker
    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.
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    Hiver
    Easy to use
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    Support Rating
    BigMarker
    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
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    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BigMarker
    I've been using this for so long I honestly don't know what else is out there. I am THAT satisfied!
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    True ticketing solutions are certainly more robust in that you can typically manage social media channels and phones, etc. But, in my opinion, when you don't have a team solely responsible for managing a ticketing system they can be complicated to implement. With HIVER, we're already all accustomed to managing our own G-Suite inbox, so it was simply a matter of teaching the team how to utilize the solution.
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    Return on Investment
    BigMarker
    • Haven't seen a tangible ROI yet, but I can say it's made communication easier.
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    Hiver
    • The ROI on showing how many emails are being received and addressed in a timely manner are great for KPIs
    • the ability to search and ensure emails are not being deleted as an automatic report is sent out the following day saying if any emails were deleted by whom
    • the ability to automate who gets assigned what emails from specific vendors per entity
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Hiver Screenshots

    Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature