Brightly Event Manager™ vs. ON24

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Brightly Event Manager™
Score 4.4 out of 10
N/A
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
ON24
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
ON24 is an intelligent engagement platform, that enables customers to continuously engage audiences with AI-powered, hyper-personalized webinar, virtual event and content experiences.N/A
Pricing
Brightly Event Manager™ON24
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Brightly Event Manager™ON24
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Brightly Event Manager™ON24
Features
Brightly Event Manager™ON24
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
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Ratings
ON24
6.7
411 Ratings
22% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.5354 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.7393 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings7.8390 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings7.3387 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
ON24
8.0
414 Ratings
1% below category average
Live chat00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings8.1375 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings8.8411 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
ON24
8.3
383 Ratings
2% below category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.4373 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.5356 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
ON24
7.6
388 Ratings
8% below category average
Branding options00 Ratings8.2380 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings7.7333 Ratings
Attendee list export00 Ratings7.036 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
ON24
7.7
40 Ratings
3% below category average
Email marketing00 Ratings7.536 Ratings
Audience engagement00 Ratings7.340 Ratings
Event analytics00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
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User Ratings
Brightly Event Manager™ON24
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(458 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(43 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(27 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(209 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
3.1
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(32 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
2.7
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(4 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(228 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Brightly Event Manager™ON24
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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ON24
I find that ON24 caters for all types of organisations, having it allows for more choice/options. The experience around virtual events if fantastic and the ON24 team is constantly improving the platform. If you want to run a virtual events programme where you want to generate leads and track engagement, then ON24 is the platform for you
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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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ON24
  • Registration pages are easy to build and look clean
  • Console (audience view) offers many tools to use for presentations and to engage the audience
  • Reporting and analytics are robust and provide detailed reports that help us process attendees in our marketing database
  • Support team and responsive and helpful
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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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ON24
  • There was a recent update within the past year where the UX designer or developer thought it would be best to wide all titles from the audience view until they placed their mouse on top of the window. That was the worst mistake, as we have a moderator script where we tell the audience what each of the tool bars are and they can’t grasp what the tool is without putting their mouse there. From an accessibility standpoint point, it’s back to 1999 when there was no laws about accessibility.
  • Number one above is a major pain point.
  • ON24 needs to do a better job of introducing features and soliciting feedback from their customers vs making a high impactful change like #1 described above.
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Likelihood to Renew
Brightly Software
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ON24
ON24 is everything we expected and everything we needed. It's simple to use, extremely customizable, and scales very easily. The integration to our CRM makes ON24 major lead generator for our sales team from our established webinars series. We can automate lead delivery to our sales team as well. If anything, we will look to expand our partnership in the future.
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Usability
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
ON24
97% of our attendees say it is the best trainings they have every attended. But they other 3% have a horrible experience (while watching the event live) interesting fact. On24 uses two different encoders for live vs OnDemand. I have never had issues with the On-Demand experience. My only complaints come during live events
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Reliability and Availability
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
ON24
ON24 is always available when I have a question about a new feature, if I'm having issues during a live webinar, or if I'm having issues with a webinar on the backend. Our client support specialist, Heather Haines, has always been incredibly consistent with getting me the answers I need when I need them.
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Performance
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
ON24
Sometimes (it may be my computer) i cant login to ON24. I create a new PW and then i still cant get in. I clear cache/try new browser etc. and nothing works. I come back in a few hours and its like the problem never existed, its the strangest thing. Outside of that everything works pretty seamless. We've ran into a few bumps with Marketo talking to ON24 and passing reg through but have that figured out now. Not being able to be on a VPN when connecting to webcam on the presenter side does cause issues for our government speakers.
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Support Rating
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
ON24
ON24 support is really good with the 24/5 support chat line, where someone actually responds within 30 seconds. The customers success team is also really good and our rep is very helpful with all our questions. Whenever we have more technical questions, she will bring on a IT designer or a tech specialist on our calls for additional comments and help.
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In-Person Training
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
ON24
Most points of relevance were covered as far as I can remember.
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Online Training
Brightly Software
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ON24
On24 has amazing ON-Demand trainings that you can use at anytime and they walk you through step by step on different topics/ they are always updating and innovating and putting out new trainings. I would highly reccomend the trainings and reading the documents they have created. They also do live webinars on a rolling basis that are filled with so much knowledge and Information
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Implementation Rating
Brightly Software
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ON24
We had a few training's, which were broken up, and focused on specific areas of how to use the platform. Mostly though, a lot of it is just dedicating your time to learning and exploring what the possibilities are for enhancing your webinars
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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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ON24
From what I've seen, ON24 is built specifically to meet the needs of event marketing (or marketing generally), versus the other platforms which are more about simply providing a mechanism to hold virtual meetings. The integration with sales and marketing systems is really valuable. I don't know about pricing differences, but if the competitors were comparable, I would still select ON24.
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Scalability
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
ON24
The ON24 platform is straightforward to use and train clients on, which is a huge plus. Clients appreciate its features and simplicity. Internally, we receive valuable analytical data from webinar events, enabling the organization to make data-driven decisions. This helps us optimize strategies and drive success for B2B businesses effectively.
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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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ON24
  • We get a lot of MQLs from our webinars. The integration with SFDC is a game changer over platforms that don't offer that integration.
  • The addition of emojis and chat to our event consoles has greatly increased our engagement.
  • We love marketing the fact that on-demand viewers can still submit questions and we'll answer them by email. Who else can say that?
  • We would like to be able to make changes to all console elements after events have taken place. Sometimes stuff just needs to be updated.
  • As we improve our audience segmentation, we are looking forward to the segment customization options that are now available on the console.
  • The webinars ON24 sponsors provide us with some great ideas for improving our overall strategic marketing.
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ScreenShots

Brightly Event Manager™ Screenshots

Screenshot of Community CalendarScreenshot of Event DashboardScreenshot of Event Reporting

ON24 Screenshots

Screenshot of Red Whale creates webinar series, Deep Dives, to engage General Practitioners.Screenshot of SAP Concur takes its customer activation workshops virtual with ON24.Screenshot of Atheanhealth broadcasts an authentic conversation with industry thought leaders to its audience.Screenshot of SAS creates webinar series, Analytics in 20, to education product best practices in short amount of time.Screenshot of NVIDIA creates always-on content library filled with webinars with ON24 Engagement Hub, segmented by different languages and geo-locations.Screenshot of ADP, using ON24 Target, creates personalized landing pages to encourage and accelerate ADP benefit enrollment.  This resource page has on-demand webinars, help articles and ways to immediately enroll.