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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bizzabo

    Score3.8 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

    ThunderTix

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    ThunderTix is ticketing, box office, and venue management software built for performing arts organizations, theaters, live music venues, and live performance teams. The platform supports both reserved seating and general admission events, helping organizations sell tickets online, by phone, or at the box office while managing patrons, donations, subscriptions, merchandise, concessions, gift cards, marketing, and reporting from one system. ThunderTix is presented as…

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    BizzaboThunderTix
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    General Admission
    $20
    per month ticket
    Reserved Seating
    $25
    per month ticket
    White Glove
    $175
    per month ticket
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BizzaboThunderTix
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$175 per month (and $1.95 per ticket)
    Additional DetailsBizzabo's seat-based pricing model includes out-of-the-box functionality and a range of premium add-ons.Both the General Admission and Reserved Seating plans include the first 20 tickets processed each month. Additional tickets are $1 and $1.25 respectively. The White Glove plan includes the first 100 tickets processed and each additional ticket is $1.95.
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    Community Pulse
    BizzaboThunderTix
    Considered Both Products
    Bizzabo
    No answer on this topic
    ThunderTix
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    84%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    67 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    59 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    BizzaboThunderTix
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Bizzabo and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Bizzabo
    8.2
    35 Ratings
    5% below category average
    ThunderTix
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.428 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Bizzabo and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Bizzabo
    7.3
    32 Ratings
    14% below category average
    ThunderTix
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration7.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation7.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media7.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event registration5.630 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Bizzabo and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Bizzabo
    8.2
    22 Ratings
    2% below category average
    ThunderTix
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat7.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Bizzabo and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Bizzabo
    8.4
    32 Ratings
    2% below category average
    ThunderTix
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions8.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list8.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Bizzabo and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Bizzabo
    8.1
    37 Ratings
    4% below category average
    ThunderTix
    -
    Ratings
    Branding options6.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation8.824 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attendee list export9.136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Bizzabo and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Bizzabo
    7.4
    41 Ratings
    8% below category average
    ThunderTix
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing5.940 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Email marketing5.036 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Livestreaming7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience engagement8.531 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Event recording8.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual booths7.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Networking7.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event analytics8.138 Ratings7.34 Ratings
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    BizzaboThunderTix
    Small Businesses
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BizzaboThunderTix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.3
    (82 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    4.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 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
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BizzaboThunderTix
    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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    ThunderTix
    The capability to check in customers using a simple phone app allows offloading a lot of box office tasks to unskilled ushers and volunteers. It's just circumspect for all our ticketing needs.
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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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    ThunderTix
    • Thundertix is a WONDERFUL price that allows us to sell more tickets and increase our profits. The pricing of Thundertix is lower cost than anything else in the market.
    • Thundertix is always innovating and adding to features relevant to the current market.
    • Thundertix has great customer service, especially if you are willing to pay the premium price for over the phone customer support.
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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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    ThunderTix
    • For the money, I honestly don't have a single critique. Some of the larger companies offer a few more features, but we believe that most of those bells and whistles are not worth a significant increase in price.
    • Our venue is a 160 seat venue. Thundertix is ideal for this. I do not know how Thundertix would translate to a 15,000 venue. It is not what we deal with. We are involved in some higher ticket events, but those are all General Admission so I do not have to deal with 15,000 reserved seats.
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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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    ThunderTix
    We have been with them for over a decade and have no interest in leaving.
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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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    ThunderTix
    It's straightforward and, for the most part, easy to use and navigate. When there is an issue or problem that arises, support is usually very helpful in navigating us in the right direction. It keeps everything in order and on track, and is easy to use when trying to track down a client or previous purchases, which is important to our company
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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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    ThunderTix
    No answers on this topic
    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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    ThunderTix
    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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    ThunderTix
    They are quick to respond to both calls and email. They also have a robust online set of documentation and tools that offer the possibility of finding your own answer. But, even if you don't use it, ThunderTix never asks the "did you check our online resources" questions. They never complain about emails or calls. They are there to help and do a fantastic job!
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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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    ThunderTix
    It was an easy transition that took less than a month from planning to implementation
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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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    ThunderTix
    AudienceView has some of the oldest and least efficient user interfaces I have ever seen. Theres 5 different websites for the same account to access different things that are all interlinked and need to be accessed together. Ticket Spice charges a higher per ticket cost for most ticket price ranges. ThunderTix is a flat rate while ticket spice is a percentage.
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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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    ThunderTix
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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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    ThunderTix
    No answers on this topic
    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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    ThunderTix
    • It has greatly increased online sales
    • We are break even but with only 1 event ran so far
    • It has made teaching box office sellers easy
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    ScreenShots

    Bizzabo Screenshots

    Product screenshotScreenshot 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

    ThunderTix Screenshots

    Screenshot of ThunderTix's custom reserved seating charts that matches each venue’s real layout, including rows, tables, balconies, ADA seating, ASL-accessible areas, obstructed-view seats, dinner theater setups, auditoriums, and concert venues.Screenshot of the ThunderTix mobile app, where staff can sell tickets, scan barcodes, and check in guests from anywhere using iOS or Android devices.Screenshot of ThunderTix's mobile-friendly checkout with seat review, donation prompts, add-ons, transparent fees, and a smooth path to payment.Screenshot of ThunderTix's memberships, for tiered benefits, priority access, donor perks, branded membership pages, and automatic renewals alongside ticketing and fundraising tools.Screenshot of ThunderTix and Square/Stripe, a solution to accept ticket, merchandise, and concession payments through connected terminals while keeping deposits, sales, and reporting in sync.Screenshot of how ThunderTix lets venues collect donations, sell merchandise and concessions, promote campaign goals, and offer flexible add-ons in the same smooth ticket-buying flow.