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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Workspace

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Workspace enables teams of all sizes to connect, create and collaborate. It includes productivity and collaboration tools for work: Gmail for custom business email, Drive for cloud storage, Docs for word processing, Meet for video and voice conferencing, Chat for team messaging, Slides for presentation building, and shared Calendars.

    $6

    per month per user

    Splash

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASplash is an event marketing solution that helps to get event programs in front of the right people by helping users create engaging, branded experiences and optimize conversions at each stage of the event lifecycle. The solution empowers teams to execute events that bring in more leads, shorten the sales cycle, drive new business, and strengthen customer relationships. Splash is an event marketing platform that helps teams do all of this by building and hosting…

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    Pricing
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Editions & Modules
    Business Starter
    $6
    per user/per month
    Business Standard
    $12
    per user/per month
    Business Plus
    $18
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Free: For Personal Use and Occasional Small Business Events
    $0.00
    Pro: For More Design and Access Control
    Contact Sales
    per year
    Enterprise: For Solutions and Workflows at Scale
    Contact Sales
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Cvent
    Chose Splash
    The only other option we have internally is an internal CMS page creation that doesn't allow for any kind of creative freedom. SplashThat lets us use our imagination to create landing pages that fit our branding and event themes.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    64%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    57 Answers
    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Workspace and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.35 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings4.55 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Google Workspace and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Google Workspace and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Google Workspace and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    5.2
    5 Ratings
    49% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings4.34 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings5.35 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Google Workspace and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Branding options00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Attendee list export00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Google Workspace and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.1
    6 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Livestreaming00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Event recording00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Networking00 Ratings3.93 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings4.96 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Small Businesses
    Google Workspace Essentials
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apache OpenOffice
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Cvent Event Management
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (121 ratings)
    6.1
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    6.5
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.2
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google WorkspaceSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Workspace does offer several different plans that can match well with the stage of your business. As your business grows, the higher plans can provide the better tooling or expanded features/products to scale with your needs. It would probably become very complicated to swap over to, if you are deeply embedded with another competitor. But, it could be a nice platform to consolidate several disconnected systems under one roof.
    Incentivized
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    Cvent
    When we first started using Splash Event Marketing Platform, the platform showed great promise and worked well for our team’s needs. However, over the past year, we’ve encountered issue after issue—many of which are described by support as problems “no one else has ever experienced.” Unfortunately, this has happened frequently, making it difficult to trust the platform for consistent execution.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Google Calendar...amazing. I don't need to ask team members when they're busy anymore and play this game of bouncing times back and forth. All I need to do is enter their email address and it shows my calendar and theirs side by side and then select the day and time I find that works best for the both of us.
    • I actually prefer Google Meet over Zoom. Zoom bogs down my computer and I find their UI overcomplicated for what it actually does. Google Meet is simple and does practically everything Zoom does without needing to pay any extra money.
    • Sheets integrates with our CRM (Copper) so it's perfect for us. Being able to export information out of our CRM into sheets and then create pivot tables from that data makes our lives a million times better.
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    Cvent
    • Templates - Splash allowed Hubspot to create page templates for all of our Hubspot User Group Meet Up registration pages. So while we're just one city that hosts meet-ups, utilizing these templates helps ensure that every city's pages look the same and are able to be navigated in the same way.
    • Check In - Their app is really nice for check-in on the day of the event. I can have any co-worker log into the app on their phone and they're ready to help me manage the event. The app definitely makes our check-in process more simplified.
    • Managing RSVPs - The ability to cut off registration and start a wait list is critical for our events. We get a handful of cancellations in the week before the event (as I'm sure every other event marketer does) and we can start moving our way down the waitlist to fill our events up!
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    Cons
    Google
    • Pricing is a little bit higher than other services
    • The cost of each email inbox costs the same whether you want just email or all of the features. For example, we wanted a support email address that we could setup our support desk with. The cost of that added account is the same as the account I use with all of the features.
    • They removed their free tier for small organizations like mine and restricted the free tier from adding new domain names. This was likely due to abuse, but everyone lost the privilege of the free service.
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    Cvent
    • When designing a landing page for an event, the functionality of the layout page is quite finicky. I would love to see the ability to add features to certain text boxes become more fluid.
    • The formatting across the layout page is not always consistent, specifically text sizing.
    • I had an issue with an account, and the support team took an extremely long time (2+ months) to produce a remedy for the issue I was experiencing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    There is no better solution for cloud storage and real time collaboration. The amount of features included in G Suite is unmatched and out of other things we’ve tried over the years, nothing comes close to being as great of a tool.
    Incentivized
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    Cvent
    Because easy to interface and easy to manage Splash platform and individual event platform and easy to integrate with third party software such as Adobe Marketo and others softwares. Easy to maintain status and easy to relate with Salesforce campaign through Marketo . Useful in lead capturing and generation and so on we can enable business through splash.
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    Usability
    Google
    Google Workspace is incredibly intuitive and user friendly. It's easy to adopt through simple features, for example the prompts to enable Gemini on each call for note taking is reliable, and helps to stop you forgetting to use the feature. The main reason for a strong rating is the consistency and reliability, whilst there's definitely areas for improvement, for example additional calendar features (sharing), or deeper functionality in sheets. The level that it provides means that anyone adopting it will be able to take full use of features within a day or two. Gmail, calendar and the documentation suite contain all the basic features for a small / medium business to run at a high level day to day, with minimal downtime or learning curves.
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    Cvent
    The platform works, and it is a good system. I think there is always room for improvement. and I would like to see them up their client resolutions when it comes to problems with using the system. and see them take a more aggressive approach to addressing the clients changing needs
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    Support Rating
    Google
    My experiences of getting support have been positive. Calling in is not overly difficult, but it does require getting a PIN. The knowledge of those responding to the calls has been impressive. I have managed to work with them to fix two Google bugs that I had identified. These bugs required a some technical expertise and the support staff were able to understand the issue and forward the concerns to the appropriate persons. The first bug was fixed with 24 hours. The second bug took a little longer, but it was also more complicated to reproduce.
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    Cvent
    We love working with our account manager and priority support to answer questions efficiently and speedily. Our account manager works with us on larger and bigger picture initiatives for our instance, where the priority support is always there when you're stuck with a feature or setup, it's been great to share this resource with our global network of hosts internal and external to the company.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    nothing to say
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    Cvent
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    There are lots of competitors to various tools in Workspace, like Meet versus Zoom. However, Microsoft is the other big competitor I can think of for Google Workspace as a whole. To me, at least, the strength of Workspace is how easy it is to share and collaborate with others. For items that I only need for myself and can keep on my own computer, I typically rely on Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. For items that I need to share, I turn to Workspace a lot. Being able to collaborate in real-time and not having to send documents back and forth is so amazing, and such a time saver. And I love that Workspace is also a built-in tool with Dropbox now.
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    Cvent
    Despite not being a very old company, Splash does not feel like a buggy-startup in Beta. I've used other platforms like Eventbrite that don't have the functionality Splash does, and other comparable companies to Splash that are painful to use on the backend. I would also say that the Splash team and culture is a plus. They offer a lot of training tutorials and every call is always a fun one with their team.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Zero to no time managing tools allows us to focus on work saving us time and money
    • Google Workspace allowed us to seamlessly transition to a fully remote workforce when the Coronavirus pandemic started - no lost time or productivity.
    • Easily able to extend our workspace and add features, e.g. Voice, saving us time implementing other services.
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    Cvent
    • It helps me manage a number of events that I would not otherwise be able to make invitations for, manage rsvps, and do check ins. We used a more expensive product previously but it had fewer features so this is definitely an upgrade.
    • Using Splash saves me time from needing to follow up with guests. I also love the "send later" feature for email.
    • The support staff make this product super valuable as I am able to accomplish more with their help.
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    ScreenShots

    Splash Screenshots

    Screenshot of customized and on-brand event programs - from the first invitation to post-event follow-up.Screenshot of an example of a personalized email campaign built from on-brand templates. These can be scheduled to be sent to targeted lists.Screenshot of actionable segments created from a guest list, with advanced tag management and list building. This displays every response, status change, and answers to registration questions as they happen.Screenshot of the available integrations for event programs, with Salesforce, Slack, Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Greenhouse, Zapier,  and Zoom.Screenshot of the real-time data and analytics that provide the insights to prove success and build better programs.Screenshot of Splash's Host app, which is used to run the door. Fast search and one-click check-in keeps the traffic flowing, which frees up users to capture info from walk-ins all while syncing the list across devices and to a connected CRM in real-time.