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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Brightly Event Manager™

    Score4.4 out of 10
    N/ABrightly 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

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASlido 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
    Considered Both Products
    Brightly Software
    No answer on this topic
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    67 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    49 Answers
    Features
    Brightly Event Manager™Slido
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Brightly Event Manager™ and Slido
    Feature
    Brightly Event Manager™
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.18 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Brightly Event Manager™ and Slido
    Feature
    Brightly Event Manager™
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    7 Ratings
    7% 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 Brightly Event Manager™ and Slido
    Feature
    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 Brightly Event Manager™ and Slido
    Feature
    Brightly Event Manager™
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    6% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Audience Engagement
    Comparison of Audience Engagement features of Brightly Event Manager™ and Slido
    Feature
    Brightly Event Manager™
    -
    Ratings
    Slido
    9.1
    35 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Quizzes00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
    Survey Features00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Gamification Features00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Engagement Tracking Tools00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Brightly Event Manager™Slido
    Small Businesses
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mentimeter
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mentimeter
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Brightly Event Manager™Slido
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 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
    I find Slido a bit easier to use than Poll Everywhere and other live polling software that I've used. While other software offers similar features, I've found that Slido's setup is a bit more intuitive and makes it easier to duplicate polls you've made for reuse. You get the most bang for your buck with Slido's basic plan compared to other polling software's basic tier.
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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 helped us increase student engagement which resulted in improved academic results for our students
    • The Q&A feature helped us answer questions we received from parents and audeince during live events which resulted in increased admissions in our educational institution
    • The gamification of polls and surveys helped us attract a lot of audience and made the meetings interactive
    Incentivized
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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