Bizzabo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bizzabo
Score 4.5 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.
$5,988
per year per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bizzabo
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBizzabo's seat-based pricing model includes out-of-the-box functionality and a range of premium add-ons.
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Community Pulse
Bizzabo
Considered Both Products
Bizzabo
Chose Bizzabo
The biggest differentiator for Bizzabo is that it could handle all of our use cases, where the competitors that we talked to all seemed to be missing one key piece or more - whether that was an integrated mobile app, physical solutions for in-person events, or support for …
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I feel it's a better value for the cost. AND easier to use.
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We really only use Bizzabo for one client. And we use them because it's their preferred CRM.
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In comparison with each of these services, Bizzabo is the only one that is customizable enough to accommodate our specific needs. Bizzabo is more of the one-stop-shop and allows us to manage our events and collateral from one universal spot. It keeps us more organized and has a …
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As mentioned, it can handle larger volumes, has a better agenda view than other platforms (and how it looks on mobile), has faster speed for back-end user management, and offers ticket sales, sponsor promos, agenda, and speaker info all in one.
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EventMobi wasn't great when being able to adjust and work through he event sight and details ourselves. We didn't like having to go to our event contact to make even the smallest adjustments. We also used RNL's newer event system and it was extremely basic and did not have a …
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Bizzabo was more affordable and had the functionalities we were looking for. They were also willing to work within our budget needs.
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There is less room for design, little to no backend help, event managers not in the loop, etc.
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Very well. And easier to manage with a small team.
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I was not responsible in the decision-making process for picking Bizzabo. I have used or evaluated the other tools in other roles.
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Bizzabo definitely takes the cake with email functionality and edit capabilities and registration flow.
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Bizzabo: very easy to set up, able to create a page with local language, looks like our own website, easy to add contact information, and clients can access worldwide.
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CVent had a lot of functionality, but it was incredibly hard to use. Had to make numerous calls to support and take a long time to get responses.
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In terms of functionaly and customisations Bizzabo is way better than ON24. ON24 forms were pretty basic and boring for the end user. They didn't really have any customisations options as compared to Bizzabo whci has really great options to customise the webpage and make it …
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Bizzabo lacks good networking interactions, but has a much better setup for back end event maintenance. It's easier to incorporate Bizzabo into the rest of your event tech stack and track the interaction data needed.
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To be honest, it's been several years since we used Cvent, so I can't remember specific points of comparison.
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I haven't used any similar products.
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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 …
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We chose Bizzabo because it had the best selection of tools across logistics, planning & marketing functions.
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We only evaluated Bizzabo and went with it
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Bizzabo had the best model to meet our multi-event needs and we found Bizzabo to have the easiest website customizations. However, all platforms have their pros and cons and there isn't one that hits everything. We found other platforms had better engagement and exhibit booth …
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Webex was an excellent platform for webinars but not for the in person event
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PheedLoop is another fantastic system, but their custom website creator is still in its infancy and is not as robust as we wish. They do provide a very impressive check-in system that we may try for a future event if the cost is comparable to Bizzabo.
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Bizzabo has been, hands down, the best multipurpose event system we have used. It is very user-friendly and has a lot of helpful tools.
Features
Bizzabo
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
8.2
35 Ratings
2% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.330 Ratings
Mobile Application7.830 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.428 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
7.3
32 Ratings
14% below category average
Calendar integration7.424 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.419 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.414 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.819 Ratings
Slideshows8.115 Ratings
Event registration5.730 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
8.1
22 Ratings
0% above category average
Live chat7.920 Ratings
Audience polling8.317 Ratings
Q&A8.321 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
8.4
32 Ratings
0% below category average
User authentication8.429 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.429 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.323 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
8.0
37 Ratings
3% below category average
Branding options6.433 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation8.624 Ratings
Attendee list export9.136 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
7.4
41 Ratings
7% below category average
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing5.940 Ratings
Email marketing5.136 Ratings
Livestreaming7.626 Ratings
Audience engagement8.431 Ratings
Event recording8.325 Ratings
Virtual booths7.813 Ratings
Networking7.729 Ratings
Event analytics8.138 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bizzabo
Likelihood to Recommend
5.3
(82 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
5.8
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bizzabo
Likelihood to Recommend
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
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
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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Likelihood to Renew
Bizzabo
Bizzabo has become integral to our ability to support and run events, so we will continue to renew as long as Bizzabo continues to run a great product.
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Usability
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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
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We have always gotten prompt responses from the Bizzabo team when reaching out. Additionally, in the 2 years we've been working with them, we've never had any kind of platform outage that impacted us.
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Performance
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We've never had any complaints from users about access to the platform or load times. From and admin portal perspective, no issues there either.
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Support Rating
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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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Implementation Rating
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I say this to everyone I talk about Bizzabo with - it was the best platform onboarding experience I've had with a vendor in 25 years in the industry. They were extremely thorough in the onboarding, ensuring that we were successful throughout the process. They had a frequent meeting cadence and the customer success manager was extremely prompt in answering any questions we had, jumping on calls when necessary.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Bizzabo
The terms and pricing were very clear and understandable upfront. The ability to understand the drivers and levers that can be changed and the impact on the pricing really drove a high level of trust in the process.
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Scalability
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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
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  • 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

Bizzabo Screenshots

Screenshot of Screenshot of event data from engagement metrics like check-ins, session attendance and ratings, to adoption insights like mobile app usage.Screenshot of the 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