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    Overview
    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

    Livestorm

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AFrench company Livestorm offers their webinar platform which integrates with many other enterprise applications via Zapier and features polling, session recording and sharing, and webinar data collection and tracking.

    $0

    A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.

    West Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ALaunched in October 2020, Hoot Meetings from Intrado was a client-free service used to host and join video meetings. Since rebranding to West Technology Group, the company is discontinuing its collaboration technologies. Hoot Meetings is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    BigMarkerLivestormWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Webinar Software
    Custom Quote
    Enterprise Webinar Software
    Custom Quote
    Event Packages
    Custom Quote
    Webinar Basic
    $0.00
    A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.
    Meet Basic
    $0.00
    Limited Instant and Scheduled Meetings for up to four participants
    Meet Premium
    $31.00
    Full features for Instant and Scheduled Meetings.
    Webinar Premium
    $99.00
    A premium experience with removed limitations to get the full benefits of Livestorm for up to 100 seats. + $99 to add 250 seats, + $209 to add 1,000 seats.
    Enterprise
    Contact sales
    An enterprise-grade experience with premium service.
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BigMarkerLivestormWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    BigMarkerLivestormWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Branding options9.43 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    26% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Livestorm
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.03 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Livestorm
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.53 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Audience polling00 Ratings10.03 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings10.03 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Live chat00 Ratings00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Livestorm
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings10.03 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings10.03 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    User authentication00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of BigMarker and Livestorm and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    Livestorm
    -
    Ratings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BigMarkerLivestormWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    RingCentral Events
    Score8.7 out of 10
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.7 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    RingCentral Events
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    Score8.8 out of 10
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score2.4 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BigMarkerLivestormWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BigMarkerLivestormWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    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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    Livestorm
    Livestorm is well suited to use when you need to reach a group of more than ten people. It wouldn't be a good solution if you wanted interaction from the audience in more than the form of chat.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    It is a great choice if someone wants to add a large number of participants and have a large team. I have been using it and haven’t found it ruining the quality of video because of participants. Furthermore, My team found it easy to join the link . Something that bothers me is that it doesn’t work well with a weak internet connection and this is troublesome for us.
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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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    Livestorm
    • Very intuitive to use and easy to customize.
    • Excellent customer service.
    • Lots of good data for analytics.
    • Participants do not need to download anything.
    • Feedback and recommendations are acted on.
    • Easy to logistical information on registrants and attendees.
    • Supports integrations.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Its integration with [Microsoft] Outlook is very helpful for us.
    • It provides the best quality of video and audio.
    • Its pricing is so fair and justified.
    • Its mobile application works quite smoothly.
    Incentivized
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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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    Livestorm
    • It would be helpful to have higher quality replays
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It requires a profoundly strong internet connection or else it stops working.
    • It is buggy.
    • There should be an update on it.
    Incentivized
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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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    Livestorm
    Making sure the permission settings for your camera, microphone or browser can sometimes be tricky. If we have a guest, we always have to double-check these. It's also not super intuitive that you need to "Get on Stage" from the webinar page.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Livestorm
    The customer service representatives are extremely attentive. They do an excellent job of trying to understand the scope of the issue and follow it through until it has been resolved. When I have provided them with recommendations for improvement they have taken them to heart and many times implemented them. I trust that if I ever have a problem they will be there to help
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Livestorm
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I was not satisfied with the quality of video Zoom used to provide us. Furthermore, my team didn’t find the Zoom link easy to join and above all creating link for the meeting was very hard and tricky in Zoom which is easy in Hoot and Hoot works well even with a large number of participants, and my teammates find it easy.
    Incentivized
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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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    Livestorm
    • It's been great! It's the very bottom of the funnel for us so it helps accelerate leads and create opportunities.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • My team and I can better coordinate.
    • I am able to bring my team on one page and can communicate freely.
    • I can add my whole team and the quality of the video remains the same.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Livestorm Screenshots

    Screenshot of Access complete analytics in a built-in dashboard.Screenshot of Learn more about attendees with detailed participation reports.Screenshot of Engage with your audience in real-time with questions, chats, and polls.