Bizly vs. Bizzabo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bizly
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Bizly is designed to enable companies to easily source and book small meetings and events in hotels and restaurants while complying with corporate policies. Companies can also add preferred rates/venues and get data requirements in one simple consumer-friendly dashboard. The vendor’s value proposition is that they eliminate the traditional RFP process, as companies can chat directly with the venue in the message center which helps by saving time and cost for…
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Bizzabo
Score 7.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Bizzabo’s event management platform powers immersive in-person, virtual, and hybrid experiences for brands. The Bizzabo Event Experience OS is an open platform for Event Experience Leaders to manage events, engage audiences, and activate communities. Bizzabo was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York and Tel-Aviv.
$14,999
per year
Pricing
BizlyBizzabo
Editions & Modules
INDIVIDUAL
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CORPORATE
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ENTERPRISE
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BizlyBizzabo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsBizzabo offers Enterprise and Agency pricing. Its pricing packages are based on the number of events, the number of attendees, selected features, and the level of support requested per event.
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Community Pulse
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Features
BizlyBizzabo
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Bizly
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Ratings
Bizzabo
7.8
35 Ratings
6% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.630 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.830 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.928 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Bizly
-
Ratings
Bizzabo
7.1
31 Ratings
14% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings7.223 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings6.719 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings6.915 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings7.329 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Bizly
-
Ratings
Bizzabo
7.4
22 Ratings
8% below category average
Live chat00 Ratings7.720 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings7.317 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings7.421 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Bizly
-
Ratings
Bizzabo
7.9
31 Ratings
8% below category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.229 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings7.722 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bizly
-
Ratings
Bizzabo
7.5
37 Ratings
10% below category average
Branding options00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings7.224 Ratings
Attendee list export00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Bizly
-
Ratings
Bizzabo
6.7
40 Ratings
19% below category average
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings7.339 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings6.035 Ratings
Livestreaming00 Ratings7.326 Ratings
Audience engagement00 Ratings7.031 Ratings
Event recording00 Ratings6.925 Ratings
Virtual booths00 Ratings5.213 Ratings
Networking00 Ratings6.429 Ratings
Event analytics00 Ratings7.737 Ratings
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User Ratings
BizlyBizzabo
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(81 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BizlyBizzabo
Likelihood to Recommend
Bizly, Inc.
  1. Bizly is well suited if you're short on headcount resources and are looking for a platform that can assist with the lift of sourcing venues and managing logistics of a venue.
  2. Bizly is also well suited when there are pre-defined agreements your organization requires a venue to sign/adhere to. I really appreciated being able to upload those agreements and attach them with any sourcing requests.
  3. Bizly is an excellent source of unique ideas and a database to get a sense of properties prior to booking.
The teams functions of Bizly could have been better. Setting up people with different payment options or granting other users permission to utilize the tool was very much a growing pain when we were piloting the program. I'm not sure if those have been addressed since. Their database could be much bigger and would love to see this in international space (at least Canada and the UK for sure).
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Bizzabo
Bizzabo is really well suited for large-scale hybrid events. In this day and age, it's imperative to have a software that can successfully accommodate virtual and in-person attendees. Bizzabo blends these experiences extremely well. It is also great when event agendas are complex and need customizations - Bizzabo offers flexibility and has options for tracking session attendance. Bizzabo does not work well for smaller events with in-person only registrations. The risk of the equipment not working is high and, for smaller events, not worth the stress!
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Pros
Bizly, Inc.
  • Sourcing unique location ideas for events
  • Managing numerous bookings on one platform
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Bizzabo
  • Bizzabo makes setting up registration for an event very simple. You can make it more complex if you require that, but if you only need to capture basics and payment, it is easy to set up.
  • Making a custom event website is also very easy. There are a lot of widgets build in with content you might need, such as Speakers. While it takes a little bit of use to figure out how it works, once you know the basics, creating a multi page website with all your event info is super easy.
  • Creating custom ticket types and promo codes is full of options and it’s easy to allow many different options for purchasing tickets. From expiring ticket types to tracking promo codes, you can allow people to buy tickets with unlimited options (early bird, sponsor discounts, etc.)
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Cons
Bizly, Inc.
  • Slow response rate at times (concierge service)
  • No international presence at the time of use
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Bizzabo
  • Our attendees complained about having to login every time to view content
  • You cannot be in the system working on the backend while a colleague is. We have found that the work doesn't save.
  • The email system is hard to format within Bizzabo
  • Staff would sometimes get kicked out of interact rooms. It would be nice to add virtual backgrounds in this space.
  • Reports were missing data and it took two weeks to get corrected
  • When recording a session, you have to go back and download it, and then upload it. This process should be easier.
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Usability
Bizly, Inc.
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Bizzabo
Bizzabo is extremely user friendly. The website builder is very simple to use and can creative some astounding looking websites, with no technical know how. The setup of the account, adding users, managing events and user access to events, as well as creating events from scratch or from existing "templates" (actually just standard events that we set a far off date from and copy as a template) is very simple, but powerful as you can pick and choose exactly what to copy over. It is also a very user friendly platform for the attendees and speakers (both for virtual events and physical events for speakers as the speaker, and partner, portal is very simple to use and can be custom created for the exact specifications you need).
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Reliability and Availability
Bizly, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Bizzabo
It's always working as intended.
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Performance
Bizly, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Bizzabo
It's glichy
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Support Rating
Bizly, Inc.
The Bizly team bent over backward to make sure we were taken care of. As we were one of their larger clients at the time, they listened to product feedback and implemented many of the changes we were hoping to see. They were also quick to respond when I reached out directly.
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Bizzabo
Support is always quick to respond. However, some issues are out of their hand, and in these cases, it is a laborious process to then submit a suggestion for how to improve the product. However, where they can rectify an issue, support has gone above and beyond to deliver and do so efficiently and in a friendly manner.
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Alternatives Considered
Bizly, Inc.
Bizly's concierge service was the differentiator here. The ability to simply send a message to the concierge team with a date, area, headcount, etc. and have them respond with several options was a godsend on numerous occasions
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Bizzabo
Bizzabo is definitely a great choice for your event tool. I don't find it as robust as Cvent, but I do find it more useful than an Eventbrite. We selected Bizzabo because of our initial support team, but they eventually moved on, which started our problems with Bizzabo. It gives us more data than Eventbrite, which we appreciate.
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Scalability
Bizly, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Bizzabo
It's spreadsheet heavy and has to be exact. The devil is in the details and if you miss a detail you have to fix it and redo it with all the changes that need to be made manually.
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Return on Investment
Bizly, Inc.
  • Reduced sourcing time
  • Saved research time in looking for locations
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Bizzabo
  • Since we have only used Bizzabo for a year we are still learning and figuring out the nuances of it but I would say that one thing it has done is impressed our current clients which makes them want to continue to work with us.
  • We hope to use Bizzabo as a tool to recruit more clients i the future
  • It has cut a third party out of the system as we have our own dedicated platform to use and do not have to rely on a separate agency to use a different platform.
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ScreenShots

Bizly Screenshots

Screenshot of Search PageScreenshot of Choose the property by locationScreenshot of Detailed description and image for each venue

Bizzabo Screenshots

Screenshot of Simplify the management of an event portfolio.Screenshot of Event data from engagement metrics like check-ins, session attendance and ratings, to adoption insights like mobile app usage.Screenshot of Manage speakers with their own customized VIP portal that has information about the event.Screenshot of Embedded audience reactions  where attendees can share their own reaction and sense everyone else’s. Attendees can share their excitement with the rest of the audience with clapping sounds, whistles, and audience buzzScreenshot of Built-in networking tools to foster meaningful interactions