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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

    WebinarJam

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AWebinarJam is designed to allow users to host online events with HD streaming, interactive features like polls and chat, integrations, analytics, and payment processing that are intended to help maximize online growth.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    BigMarkerWebinarJam
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Webinar Software
    Custom Quote
    Enterprise Webinar Software
    Custom Quote
    Event Packages
    Custom Quote
    Starter
    $39
    per month for 1 presenter and 100 attendees
    Basic
    $79
    per month for 2 presenters and 500 attendees
    Professional
    $229
    per month for 4 presenters and 2000 attendees
    Enterprise
    $379
    per month for 6 presenters and 5000 attendees
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BigMarkerWebinarJam
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    BigMarkerWebinarJam
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of BigMarker and WebinarJam
    Feature
    BigMarker
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    WebinarJam
    2.4
    8 Ratings
    107% below category average
    Branding options9.43 Ratings2.58 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings2.38 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of BigMarker and WebinarJam
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    4.8
    8 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings2.58 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of BigMarker and WebinarJam
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings8.16 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of BigMarker and WebinarJam
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    6.1
    8 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings3.28 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings3.28 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of BigMarker and WebinarJam
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Audience polling00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings4.78 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of BigMarker and WebinarJam
    Feature
    BigMarker
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    10.0
    7 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BigMarkerWebinarJam
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    3.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    3.1
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    3.2
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BigMarkerWebinarJam
    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.
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    Genesis Digital
    We have used WebinarJam for many reasons. Our main reason is to host large free webinars but we have also used it for smaller live training courses that people paid for, we have held private training classes for companies, and so on. I guess you could get creative and use it for a conference-style virtual event but wouldn't really recommend it for that. You could use it for internal training within an organization and things but I still feel it best suited for webinars and marketing purposes.
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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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    Genesis Digital
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTHS: Easy to use the dashboard to start a webinar on demand, or schedule one in the future. Each step has a video tutorial made to set you up for success, understanding each set-up step along the way. If I want to practice a session live, I can set up a webinar instantly (called Right Now-takes 6 clicks and 30 seconds to set this up), and stream it through my YouTube Channel, or schedule a full campaign for a later date (takes about 10 minutes) and drive people to attend. I can set up one date, or multiple dates. It's very easy to follow the nine initial steps to (configuration, schedule, registration, notifications, integration, thank you, live, replay and finish) setting up your webinar. Once you have created a campaign, you can always clone them for future use.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: You can inject a pre-recorded video seamlessly. Let's say you did an incredible sales pitch on one of your webinars, you can inject this into future webinars to ensure a perfect presentation.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: Poll your customers BEFORE the webinar, on the registration page to find out what they are looking for, why they have signed up, to be sure the presenter covers each participant's needs.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: Autoresponder reminders can come from Webinar Jam (this is what I have always done to keep it simple) or integrate it with the top systems (AWeber, Active Campaign, Infusionsoft, IContact, MailChimp, ConvertKit, Drip, Kartra, Zapier).
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: I can set up a replay for those who missed the event, or even a replica replay where I can go into the video, fix up my sales presentation, and add a new video for people to see. I can also see who watches the replay.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: In the analytics page I can see the numbers of people who visited the webinar registration page (to get an idea of how popular my topic was/change headings or topics if it's low, keep presenting if there's a high number), registrants, people in the room when I go live, and numbers for those who watched the replays. I can connect my autoresponder to communicate with people who missed the webinar/replay vs those who attended and even can see when people dropped off so I know if they were engaged for the entire webinar.
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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.
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    Genesis Digital
    • One of the biggest problems we have is that WebinarJam was sold to us as a lifetime license, and it was supposed to include broadcasting on Facebook. For reasons that were never clear, they stopped providing that functionality, which greatly reduced our use for the product.
    • WebinarJam started out life as an innovative product, full of promise. Things changed within the organization, key staff and players changed, and it seems that key players just moved on to other projects. Users were required to pay for upgrades in order to get the best use out of the product.
    • A big problem that was never really solved was the Lag/Delay between realtime and what the users were seeing and hearing.
    • We really wanted to be able to administer Surveys to people during webinars and be able to store their responses and export them to a database. We were told there was no way to do that.
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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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    Genesis Digital
    The platform is really hard to use and they have a habit of pushing out updates without telling their users first. The last update completely reverted all of our customizations back to the default EverWebinar layout. I only found out about this after a lead kindly send an email to the firm letting us know that [our] registration confirmation page was showing lorem ipsum script. Customization is lacking as well
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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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    Genesis Digital
    The support overall is good. In the early days, it wasn't the best but they have definitely stepped it up lately. If you have questions about the platform, issues, setup, etc, and don't mind waiting 24 hours to get a response then it's good. They may have faster response times now but when they updated to 4.0 it took a while as they were getting hammered with emails cause there were issues. It seems like they have worked out some of the kinks so I imagine their support can respond much faster now. There is no phone number to call so there is no way to get immediate help or answers which can be frustrating when you have issues right before or during your webinar
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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!
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    Genesis Digital
    I prefer WebinarJam due to its super-easy setup and great integration options. It works well with other tools like ClickFunnels, Hubspot and Mailchimp. From the tools we tried, this one seems to work the best for our company and clients!
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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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    Genesis Digital
    • WebinarJam has allowed us to present to multiple audiences at our prospective customers, rather than just a few individuals which made it difficult to get to the next sales step. By engaging a larger audience, we were able to drive more attention to our product and made follow up with the customer much easier.
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