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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ON24

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AON24 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

    Whova

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AWhova, headquartered in San Diego, provides what they describe as Intelligent Event Technology Solutions by creating authentic audience participation and engagement and simplifying the entire event process from planning to registration, networking, and follow-up. Whova's mobile engagement apps support both on-location events and virtual events.N/A
    Pricing
    ON24Whova
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ON24Whova
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Whova offers discounts for multi-event packages.
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    Features
    ON24Whova
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of ON24 and Whova
    Feature
    ON24
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Whova
    8.4
    71 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings7.756 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.01 Ratings9.070 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings8.559 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of ON24 and Whova
    Feature
    ON24
    8.3
    413 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Whova
    8.2
    68 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Calendar integration8.1356 Ratings8.650 Ratings
    Meeting initiation10.04 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Integrates with social media10.03 Ratings8.449 Ratings
    Record meetings / events7.1395 Ratings7.131 Ratings
    Slideshows7.2392 Ratings8.236 Ratings
    Event registration7.4389 Ratings8.755 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of ON24 and Whova
    Feature
    ON24
    8.3
    416 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Whova
    8.2
    65 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Live chat10.04 Ratings7.639 Ratings
    Audience polling6.8377 Ratings8.754 Ratings
    Q&A8.1413 Ratings8.261 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of ON24 and Whova
    Feature
    ON24
    9.0
    384 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Whova
    8.8
    42 Ratings
    3% above category average
    User authentication10.03 Ratings8.939 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions8.9374 Ratings8.836 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list8.0357 Ratings8.630 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of ON24 and Whova
    Feature
    ON24
    8.0
    390 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Whova
    6.9
    46 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Branding options8.5382 Ratings7.036 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation7.9335 Ratings7.230 Ratings
    Attendee list export7.638 Ratings6.637 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of ON24 and Whova
    Feature
    ON24
    8.8
    42 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Whova
    8.2
    82 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing10.01 Ratings8.863 Ratings
    Email marketing6.538 Ratings7.649 Ratings
    Livestreaming10.01 Ratings7.932 Ratings
    Audience engagement8.042 Ratings8.871 Ratings
    Event recording10.01 Ratings8.132 Ratings
    Virtual booths10.01 Ratings7.023 Ratings
    Networking9.01 Ratings8.976 Ratings
    Event analytics7.242 Ratings8.944 Ratings
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    ON24Whova
    Small Businesses
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Cvent Event Management
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ON24Whova
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (461 ratings)
    9.6
    (276 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (44 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (28 ratings)
    9.6
    (40 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (210 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (33 ratings)
    7.4
    (95 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    3.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.5
    (12 ratings)
    8.1
    (62 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (231 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ON24Whova
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    I think it works really well as a way to organize yourself while at a conference. As well, to network with said attendees I found it very valuable to remember names. Having an automatic rolodex with everyone I met and ensure I had their info to connect later
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    Pros
    Cvent
    • 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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    Whova
    • facilitated the sharing of research, perspectives, and resources on topics of interest
    • enabled easier connection to new and existing relationships with conference delegates and speakers
    • allowed me to catch up on content I missed due to time conflicts for concurrent sessions
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    Cons
    Cvent
    • 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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    Whova
    • Literature and pictures uploaded but no easy way to download the collection.
    • No easy way to access information after the period after the conference ended.
    • No easy way to access the list of participants and contact information - could be pdf'd.
    • There was a little connectivity issues but not much.
    • Some of the meetings were scheduled while we slept.
    • The cost of using Whova for small meetings.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    We already registered with Whova for our 2024 event and we will continue to use Whova for the foreseeable future as long as the price doesn't rise too high. It was a bit of a shock to see the difference between last year's price and this year's price - nearly 2k increase! We were able to negotiate, thankfully, to lower the price.
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    Usability
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    Most of Whova's functions are intuitive and you can self-teach about 80% of it with ease. I really was impressive with the messaging, follow up meet-up capabilities and sharing of contact information. My only few concerns were about the lack of an archive or back up, [perhaps cloud-based?] of the meeting room and round-table's presentations
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    We had no availability issues!
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    Performance
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    We had no performance issues with our event delivery. We did have some meet-ups that had some glitches for some attendees, but I believe they were quickly resolved and were more on the part of user error than anything. Once they got the hang of it, their meet-ups went more smoothly.
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    Support Rating
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    I only had a single issue regarding a photograph that was handled immediately and a colleague somehow ended up with two profiles which was also handled right away. Those two instances are all I have to go by. Other than that it was smooth but I did have ample information regarding who to contact if I experienced an issue
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    In-Person Training
    Cvent
    Great communication and clarity
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    Whova
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    I found Whova to be similar to many social media apps that I already use. It was easy to navigate. This was my second experience using Whova in my presenter role. I liked the icebreaker section to connect with other participants before the event started. I look forward to next year’s event.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    We selected Whova for price, and ease of use. We would have chosen GoToWebinar but they did not have as many options for sponsor recognition. We will most likely use Event Rebels in the future for our needs. Tracking time and sessions viewed is a must for our industry as attendees rely on us to earn CEs to renew their licensing.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cvent
    No answers on this topic
    Whova
    I especially liked the ease of communication, the ability to ask hard questions easily, and afterward the ability to survey all participants to see what we (and/or Whova) could do better going forward.
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    Scalability
    Cvent
    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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    Whova
    Everyone on our team had their assigned tasks to complete in Whova on a weekly basis and did so with ease and confidence.
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    Return on Investment
    Cvent
    • 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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    Whova
    • Whova made our virtual and hybrid events possible! Our virtual attendees loved the ability to interact and engage with each other, the exhibitors, the speakers and organizers of the event. It also allowed our in-person attendees to do the same, and navigate the conference on-site.
    • Whova made organizing the conference possible for our small staffed organization! We only have 1.25 FTEs and were able to pull off a hybrid conference in 2022. It wouldn’t have been possible without Whova!
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    Whova Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Mobile Event AppScreenshot of Sponsor & Exhibitor Tools