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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

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    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
    SlackSplash
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    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
    SlackSplash
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.—
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    Community Pulse
    SlackSplash
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Cvent
    Chose Splash
    I prefer Splash to Eventbrite because the UI is so much more beautiful. With Splash it's as if you hired a website designer to create a custom landing page for every event. It also has the ability to run virtual events with its integration with Zoom. Event brite's UI is just a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Splash
    We appreciated Splash's robust platform and ability to customize to our unique needs. The platform has helped us scale our efforts both internally and within our global networks.

    We chose to go with the Splash Event hub rather than the Eventbrite Community because of cost for …
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Splash
    We actually use it as a standard for the company and it has proved to be really useful for all of us, as well as efficient.
    Incentivized
    Chose Splash
    The only other event platform that I used was Eventbrite.The huge advantage of Splash was its design capabilities. Eventbrite gives a very generic invitation, whereas Splash is much more versatile design-wise.
    Incentivized
    Chose Splash
    I have not tried other integrated solutions for organizing corporate events, only spreadsheets, Google Docs and other adapted tools. Splash was subscribed to by the global team and presented to us as a possible, but not obligatory, solution. After a few months, everyone was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Splash
    HubSpot cost more and had fewer features. We used to use HubSpot for a mixture of CRM and newsletter development and occasional invitations for events, but Splash is a far better event tool and we can also hack it to send out newsletters.
    Incentivized
    Chose Splash
    Previously we used different platforms for sending out event emails, setting up landing pages and tracking event attendence. Splash does it all in one!
    Incentivized
    Chose Splash
    Eventbrite & Cvent are not design-first. They are heavy lifting and powerful platforms, but they fall so short on the actual aesthetic of the design. This is the most important aspect of organizing an event - creating a beautiful page that encourages visitors to buy a ticket. …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    64%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    SlackSplash
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management7.6430 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.961 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.8363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.0396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.4601 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.2608 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.3275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.6635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.7632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.2620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.1413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase7.8412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting8.9110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.7182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.2326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.2541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.4527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.9429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.3411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.3362 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.0211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.0455 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    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
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    SlackSplash
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SlackSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    6.1
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    6.5
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SlackSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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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
    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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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
    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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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
    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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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
    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Cvent
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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    Cvent
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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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
    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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    Cvent
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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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
    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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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.