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    RingCentral Events

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Events (formerly Hopin) is an online events platform that provides tools for virtual events, or hybrid events, like ticketing and registration, limitless event rooms, an expo hall, chat, and networking, as well as event branding and attendee engagement tools. Integrations with online registration tools - such as Cvent, Marketo, Pardot, Eloqua, and Eventbrite.

    $119

    per month per seat

    Splash

    Score7.8 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
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Editions & Modules
    Events Free Trial
    $0
    per month
    Events Pro
    $119
    per month per seat
    Events Pro+
    $239
    per month per seat
    Events Enterprise
    $359
    per year per seat
    Free: For Personal Use and Occasional Small Business Events
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    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
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEach event license comes with unlimited registrations for all of events, and can run unlimited webinars and events with an annual plan. A discount is available for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Considered Both Products
    RingCentral
    Chose RingCentral Events
    Hopin is an all in one platform, that requires little integration. They are building and updating the product more and more each day so that it's the platform has all the features that you need. From registration to hosting the event, to post-event reporting, Hopin has it all. …
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    Cvent
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    64%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of RingCentral Events and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    4.8
    5 Ratings
    57% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings4.45 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of RingCentral Events and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.03 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 RingCentral Events and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    RingCentral Events
    -
    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 RingCentral Events and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    RingCentral Events
    -
    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 RingCentral Events and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Branding options00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Attendee list export00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of RingCentral Events and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.1
    6 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Livestreaming00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Event recording00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Networking00 Ratings3.93 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings4.86 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Small Businesses
    BigMarker
    Score6 out of 10
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cvent Event Management
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (35 ratings)
    6.2
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    6.5
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RingCentral EventsSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    RingCentral
    Hopin is very suitable for large events involving 100+ people where there are only a couple of people speaking. You can have a bunch of features such as networking and all in all, is quite a professional experience to use. For smaller groups, It takes too much effort to set up and isn't worth using over Google Meet or Zoom.
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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
    RingCentral
    • Awesome for managing several sets of panelists
    • Very easy to manage event attendees
    • Love the chat functionality during the events, enabling the audience to connect with each other
    • Hugely simple for anyone with little tech knowledge to design and run an event
    • Cost effective for the volume of events we run, where we need scale and quality
    • Live streaming an event is also very well catered for
    • Branding across the platform is simple to implement
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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
    RingCentral
    • The biggest hangup we've encountered is from guest speakers who need to join us on either tablets or smartphones. Hopin doesn't play well with mobile devices for onscreen guests.
    • I'd like to see the broadcasts in vendor booths be recordable in the way broadcasts in the sessions or on the stage are.
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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
    RingCentral
    We most likely will, but with such a high annual renewal rate, we are forced to look at alternative solutions yearly when that license fee comes due
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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
    RingCentral
    I'm a pretty tech-savvy person but I still feel that Hopin was pretty user-friendly even for those of you who are less tech-savvy. Great thing is, you can play around and test the platform with the free version which allows you to get familiar with it before committing to the paid. I learned most of it on the free version which then made me more confident when deciding to use the paid version. Not only did it help me on the setup side, but it also proved to me that this was what we needed to do what we needed to do.
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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
    RingCentral
    For the most part you're able to get a response from a support person within a few minutes, but there was a stretch when Hopin was reshuffling its staff that it sometimes took 24-48 hours, which is too long. However, as long as the staff remains stable - which seems likely - then its Support team is usually quite responsive.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    RingCentral
    We were with a company before Hopin - we explored elsewhere due to cost. Pros were design and custom look. We moved to Hopin, it was innovative at the time, although the design wasn't strong the features were. The majority now have the same features. So we did leave Hopin for another platform again because we wanted a custom look, and we were preparing for hybrid. Hopin wasn't ready. We soon realised other platforms we came across are complex, difficult to use. We left and came back to Hopin.
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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
    RingCentral
    • Without Hopin, it would have been impossible to host an event at the scale and user interface that we did, with the staff limitations we have. Hopin enabled us to execute a very high standard with limited resources. For example, before Hopin, we could only attract about 100-200 attendees. With Hopin, we 3x our registrations and attendees.
    • The data collected from their system on attendees allows us to more accurately speak to our target market based on their tracked habits during the event.
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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

    RingCentral Events Screenshots

    Screenshot of a session of RingCentral Events - with company branding, logo, and colors throughout.Screenshot of the event venue of RingCentral Events. This page is the reception, that displays the event description, speakers, and schedule. Attendees can navigate throughout the event by clicking on the tabs on the left.Screenshot of an example of event analytics available with each event. Organizers can see how the event performed but seeing live view of attendance, and see how each attendee engaged.Screenshot of the production studio available within RingCentral Events. This offers the ability to customize speaker layouts, preupload videos/slides, add or remove speakers from stage, and add branding to the video streams.Screenshot of the lead retrieval capability that allows for scanning for leads for on-site events.

    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.