Brightly Event Manager™ vs. Slido

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
Slido
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Slido is an audience interaction platform that helps users to get the most out of meetings and events by crowdsourcing top questions and engaging participants with live polls and quizzes. From internal communications professionals to team leaders, conference organizers, and individual presenters, Slido can be used by those looking to enable open conversation at a live or virtual meeting. Slido works with popular video conferencing and presentation platforms and integrates with Microsoft…
$49
Pricing
Brightly Event Manager™Slido
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Engage (one-time)
$49.00
Engage (EDU annual)
$72.00
Professional (EDU annual)
$120.00
Engage (annual)
$144.00
Professional (one-time)
$199.00
Professional (annual)
$720.00
Institution (EDU annual)
$720.00
Premium (one-time)
$999.00
Enterprise (annual)
$2400.00
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Brightly Event Manager™Slido
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$144 per year
Additional DetailsAdditional users are extra $100.00 - $600.00
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Brightly Event Manager™Slido
Features
Brightly Event Manager™Slido
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
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Ratings
Slido
9.0
8 Ratings
3% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
Slido
9.1
7 Ratings
5% above category average
Integrates with social media00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
Slido
9.1
9 Ratings
4% above category average
Live chat00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Presentation Streaming00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
Slido
8.8
7 Ratings
5% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Audience Engagement
Comparison of Audience Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Brightly Event Manager™
-
Ratings
Slido
9.2
30 Ratings
3% above category average
Quizzes00 Ratings10.030 Ratings
Survey Features00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
Gamification Features00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Engagement Tracking Tools00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
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User Ratings
Brightly Event Manager™Slido
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Brightly Event Manager™Slido
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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Cisco
How was it well suited to me? - The leaderboard and freedom to edit the quiz. The fastest finger quiz to announce the winner based on fairness. The ease of login through QR Scanner. Also, it did not pinch my pocket at all. The best part is this $25 earning opportunity via feedback :-). And the list goes on... The less appropriate part was mentioned earlier in ways that I see improvements with Slido, coming to utilize Slido everywhere and in various ways. Overall, I love the AI suggestions.
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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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Cisco
  • Slido integrates well with Microsoft PowerPoint which is very much useful for us.
  • The post poll dashboard reports are very much insightful.
  • Shareable links are created easily with Slido. Also, this saves a lot of time and manual effort for us.
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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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Cisco
  • I miss the Slack integration; they used to have this and they deprecated it in the last year or so.
  • I believe they have a nice integration for PowerPoint, would be nice if they had something similar with google slides since that is what we typically use internally.
  • We use the word cloud feature often and sometimes answers seem to get lost (as in don't show up at all) on the screen. for example, an answer will be there, then as more answers come in it disappears, and when we get to a certain threshold of answers it somehow pops back up again. It's not the worst but sometimes someone will ping me that their submission didn't make the word cloud and they're bummed.
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Likelihood to Renew
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It gives High engagement of audience or trainees during live workshops and easily connect with other software. Ease of use for both participants and host for live interaction and workshops. Since it doesn't require any app to download and can be used via browser. It understands the issue of users and gives updates time to time.
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Usability
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
Overall, it is a handy tool. We do not use it too often in meetings; we started using it creatively for quizzes and Q&A with radio/TV audiences. Producers or Sponsors often explicitly request the option to include this particular type of interaction, and we are happy to do so. It helps that the setup is easy, so is copying events, etc. I sometimes miss Switcher (for our live events), but I understand the reasons it was phased out
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Reliability and Availability
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It is available all the time as it doesn't create issues while using.
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Performance
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It's great working and doing collaboration. Require more working on page reloading
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Support Rating
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
I had to use the support for this tool only once. The response was very rapid, very professional and fulfilled my needs immediately. Online support services are sometimes advertised only to lure people into buying the product but and non-existent or difficult to use afterwards. Not with Slido. This was not an automated chatbot and the direct contact really helped me
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In-Person Training
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It was very helpful knowing the software and its features.
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Online Training
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
I find that training is very informative as it helps understanding the software usages and implementation. It gives the usgaes area and how to create gamification and live Q&A section so that you can use in live team meetings and workshops. It is very useful in training and webinars where a large pool of people are there.
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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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Cisco
Slido has various upsides when compared to Kahoot or Quizizz. Firstly, Slido offers live video integration so people don't have to switch tabs to interact with us during events or webinars. Secondly, Slido has multiple options like MCQs, rating and ranking for polls which increases its use case. Lastly, its user interface is way easier to navigate for the audeince and the results are in real time. The analytics provided after the meetings are also very helpful.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
No everything is working perfectly fine
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Scalability
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It very scalable to large pool audiences during live townhall or meetings.
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Professional Services
Brightly Software
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It's effective
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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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Cisco
  • Slido has helped us analyze essential data from our CAB meetings, such as the participants' up or down voting in Q&A and the specified poll insights
  • Our teams have been able to collect relevant information from larger groups within our organization
  • We've seen more people interacting with us now we use Slido than before
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ScreenShots

Brightly Event Manager™ Screenshots

Screenshot of Community CalendarScreenshot of Event DashboardScreenshot of Event Reporting

Slido Screenshots

Screenshot of Slido Live pollsScreenshot of Slido Event analyticsScreenshot of Slido Audience Q&AScreenshot of Slido Live pollsScreenshot of Slido QuizzesScreenshot of Slido for remote setup