Brightly Event Manager™ vs. Crowdcast

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Brightly Event Manager™
Score 4.4 out of 10
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Brightly Event Manager is designed for enterprises in various industries to use for online calendar sharing and promotion, booking facilities, and managing / promoting events. The application is available as a standalone event management solution for offering space for tenants or guests or as part of Brightly's IWMS suite.N/A
Crowdcast
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Crowdcast is a multistreaming platform for private, interactive, supports webinars, and has the capabilities to reach any size audience and connect with your community. Crowdcast is designed to help you reach, grow, and engage your audience.
$29
per month
Pricing
Brightly Event Manager™Crowdcast
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Pricing Offerings
Brightly Event Manager™Crowdcast
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Brightly Event Manager™Crowdcast
Likelihood to Recommend
Brightly Software
This is an ideal program for any school or district looking for a way to monitor room and maintenance requests. The digital routing availability will help ease the burden of paper copies and make it quicker for everyone to use and submit their needs. Schools with a variety of staff members are best suited, especially since when submitting a request you can designate those that need to be involved and what specific needs you have from facility to technology.
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Crowdcast
Crowdcast does a great job with live webinars and is one of the top ones available. They have continually improved the product and are coming out with a version two now with a cleaner, easier to use interface with some really cool features. The platform works well and most importantly the live webinars come in clearly and almost never fail. In the past year, things have worked very smoothly which is really a relief. As anyone who does lots of live videos knows, it's crucial to have a smooth, easy-to-use piece of tech that doesn't fail like Crowdcast. Chat comes in a lot better and the features are cooler than Zoom Webinars.
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Pros
Brightly Software
  • You are able to designate whether you are submitting a maintenance request or a schedule request (for rooms).
  • You can set recurring schedules for areas or rooms you may need weekly or monthly to be requested on a set day or time.
  • SchoolDude autoroutes to the personnel you designate, taking out any physical paperwork involved.
  • You can see your history of requests (both maintenance and schedule) in the database.
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Crowdcast
  • Create live webinars
  • Record webinars
  • Respond to customers in chat and present offers and polls
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Cons
Brightly Software
  • The filter and ability to sort through your request history is a little difficult to navigate and can be glitchy if you are not sorting in the correct way.
  • There should be a quicker and simpler way to verify whether a room is booked prior to scheduling.
  • A cleaner, more simplistic look and navigation would go a long way.
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Crowdcast
  • Chat replay does not repeat in realtime like Facebooks live video replays
  • New registrants aren't automatically added to email platform, have to download list.
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Alternatives Considered
Brightly Software
This is the only program I have used for the facility, maintenance, technology, and room requests. However, there are programs that include similar features. Frontline Professional Growth is a platform that includes digital forms and routing similar to SchoolDude. But it is a vastly more in-depth program with features that go beyond what SchoolDude is often used for.
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Crowdcast
WebinarJam got really bad the last couple of years we used it (2 years ago). Crowdcast support has been better and doesn't fail like WebinarJam. Facebook had a bunch of issues as well and isn't the ideal solution in my opinion. Zoom Webinars provide a great video feed, but the chat options and overall functionality are limited.
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Return on Investment
Brightly Software
  • Less printing and copying in a district.
  • Quicker submitting and processing time.
  • Able to track requests and see what is being used in the district.
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Crowdcast
  • Made our company more personal
  • Allows for better interaction with customers
  • Increased retention
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ScreenShots

Brightly Event Manager™ Screenshots

Screenshot of Community CalendarScreenshot of Event DashboardScreenshot of Event Reporting