Bizzabo vs. Cvent Onsite Solutions

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
Cvent Onsite Solutions
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
AllianceTech is now Cvent Onsite Solutions. The product promises to help you deliver efficient, engaging, and measurable onsite experiences, regardless of the size or complexity of your meeting or event. Featuring check-in and badging, attendee tracking, lead capture, reporting and analytics, mobile event apps, and social amplification display.N/A
Pricing
BizzaboCvent Onsite Solutions
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BizzaboCvent Onsite Solutions
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo 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
BizzaboCvent Onsite Solutions
Considered Both Products
Bizzabo
Chose Bizzabo
We really only use Bizzabo for one client. And we use them because it's their preferred CRM.
Cvent Onsite Solutions
Chose Cvent Onsite Solutions
The main reason we choose CVENT as our registration system is that it can integrate into every aspect of your event. Bizzabo has almost everything we require, minus the 24/7 support. Whova, Sched, and Reg Fox each lack that on-site registration solution and their backends …
Features
BizzaboCvent Onsite Solutions
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
8.2
35 Ratings
2% below category average
Cvent Onsite Solutions
8.4
5 Ratings
1% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.330 Ratings9.44 Ratings
Mobile Application7.830 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.428 Ratings7.73 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
Cvent Onsite Solutions
9.7
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Calendar integration7.424 Ratings8.84 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.419 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.414 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.819 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Slideshows8.115 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Event registration5.730 Ratings9.54 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
Cvent Onsite Solutions
10.0
3 Ratings
21% above category average
Live chat7.920 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Audience polling8.317 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Q&A8.321 Ratings10.03 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
Cvent Onsite Solutions
9.7
5 Ratings
14% above category average
User authentication8.429 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.429 Ratings9.55 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.323 Ratings10.04 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
Cvent Onsite Solutions
8.3
5 Ratings
1% above category average
Branding options6.433 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation8.624 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Attendee list export9.136 Ratings9.15 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Bizzabo
7.4
41 Ratings
7% below category average
Cvent Onsite Solutions
9.5
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing5.940 Ratings9.85 Ratings
Email marketing5.136 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Livestreaming7.626 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audience engagement8.431 Ratings8.84 Ratings
Event recording8.325 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Virtual booths7.813 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Networking7.729 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Event analytics8.138 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Whova
Whova
Score 9.3 out of 10
Whova
Whova
Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Cvent Event Diagramming
Score 9.3 out of 10
Cvent Event Diagramming
Cvent Event Diagramming
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Cvent Event Diagramming
Cvent Event Diagramming
Score 9.3 out of 10
Cvent Event Diagramming
Cvent Event Diagramming
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
BizzaboCvent Onsite Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
5.3
(82 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.8
(3 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(3 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BizzaboCvent Onsite Solutions
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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Cvent
I am highly likely to always recommend Cvent Onsite Solutions based on the positive experience I have had with them. I have had an amazing experience overall with the entire Cvent platform and all of their offerings. The support team is awesome and extremely knowledgeable. This is the type of software that offers customers the cutting edge to excel
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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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Cvent
  • Allows a smoother process for attendees
  • Allows our staff more time to focus on other onsite tasks during the conference
  • Shifts to more of a digital process rather than relying on paper/by hand check ins
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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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Cvent
  • I have had issues with them sending the correct printers in the past, but it doesn't happen often. And when they do, they ship overnight to correct the issue.
  • It's an expensive option - they tend to Nickel and Dime.
  • The app/gamification features are still not perfect. I've had several issues with games on the day of.
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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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Cvent
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Usability
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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Cvent
Cvent Onsite Solutions is very user friendly and easy for those who are not very tech savvy. My first time using On-Arrival went very smoothly while onsite for a program due to the prior training that was provided by Cvent Onsite Solutions in our OSS training. Overall, it allows for tech integrations to be utilized easily.
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Reliability and Availability
Bizzabo
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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Cvent
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Performance
Bizzabo
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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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Cvent
The person onsite can be hit or miss. We have had a few really wonderful support technicians that came prepared, were helpful, and jumped in where needed. We have had others that sat back, didn't offer advice or best practices tips, and were not pleasant to work with. It's very hit or miss.
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Implementation Rating
Bizzabo
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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Cvent
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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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Cvent
  • One not listed here is iCapture. We use iCapture right now for lead capture. It's easy to use and priced well, and we leverage all of our events. It's easy to use the tool.
  • Moved away from Aventri/E-Touches quickly after being stuck in a 3-year contract. We started with Cvent Onsite Solutions (formerly AllianceTech), and procurement moved us to Aventri. After a good battle, we were able to move back to Cvent Onsite Solutions (formerly AllianceTeach).
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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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Cvent
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Scalability
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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Cvent
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Return on Investment
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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Cvent
  • We receive great feedback on registration processes
  • Clients are always impressed by the app
  • Our team trusts Cvent Onsite Solutions as a platform, and this confidence improves performance
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ScreenShots

Bizzabo Screenshots

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Cvent Onsite Solutions Screenshots

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