Slido vs. Splash Event Marketing Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Slido
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Slido 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
Splash
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Splash 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 virtual, in-person, and hybrid events. By marrying data and…
$0
Pricing
SlidoSplash Event Marketing Platform
Editions & Modules
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
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
SlidoSplash
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$144 per yearNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAdditional users are extra $100.00 - $600.00
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SlidoSplash Event Marketing Platform
Features
SlidoSplash Event Marketing Platform
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Slido
8.9
8 Ratings
2% above category average
Splash Event Marketing Platform
5.4
5 Ratings
42% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.98 Ratings5.95 Ratings
Mobile Application8.97 Ratings4.95 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Slido
9.1
7 Ratings
5% above category average
Splash Event Marketing Platform
7.3
5 Ratings
14% below category average
Integrates with social media9.27 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Record meetings / events9.45 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Event registration8.84 Ratings6.75 Ratings
Calendar integration00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Slido
9.1
9 Ratings
4% above category average
Splash Event Marketing Platform
6.8
4 Ratings
17% below category average
Live chat9.18 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Audience polling9.29 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Q&A9.29 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Presentation Streaming8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Slido
8.8
7 Ratings
5% above category average
Splash Event Marketing Platform
5.1
5 Ratings
49% below category average
User authentication8.45 Ratings4.14 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.26 Ratings5.35 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings5.84 Ratings
Audience Engagement
Comparison of Audience Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Slido
9.2
26 Ratings
3% above category average
Splash Event Marketing Platform
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Ratings
Quizzes10.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Features9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification Features8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement Tracking Tools8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Slido
-
Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
7.1
6 Ratings
15% below category average
Branding options00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
Attendee list export00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Slido
-
Ratings
Splash Event Marketing Platform
6.1
6 Ratings
26% below category average
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
Livestreaming00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
Audience engagement00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Event recording00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
Networking00 Ratings3.53 Ratings
Event analytics00 Ratings5.26 Ratings
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
SlidoSplash Event Marketing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(59 ratings)
5.6
(54 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
6.7
(6 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(6 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SlidoSplash Event Marketing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
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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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
Cisco
The one reason I choose a tool for my workshop over other tools is their usability. I need a tool that my audience will be able to use adequately very rapidly. The learning curve has to be very steep. I never have the time to "train" my client on a new tool. They are always in a rush and there should not be anytime wasted in learning how to use a new tool. Slido provides me with great functionalities that are easyly learned in a live environment , be it virtual or in a face to face situation.
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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
Cisco
It is available all the time as it doesn't create issues while using.
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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Performance
Cisco
It's great working and doing collaboration. Require more working on page reloading
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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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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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In-Person Training
Cisco
It was very helpful knowing the software and its features.
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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco
Slido has various upsides when compared to Kahoot or Quizizz. Firstly, Slido offers live video integration so people don't have to switch tabs to interact with us during events or webinars. Secondly, Slido has multiple options like MCQs, rating and ranking for polls which increases its use case. Lastly, its user interface is way easier to navigate for the audeince and the results are in real time. The analytics provided after the meetings are also very helpful.
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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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Cisco
No everything is working perfectly fine
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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Cisco
It very scalable to large pool audiences during live townhall or meetings.
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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Cisco
It's effective
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Cvent
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Slido has helped us analyze essential data from our CAB meetings, such as the participants' up or down voting in Q&A and the specified poll insights
  • Our teams have been able to collect relevant information from larger groups within our organization
  • We've seen more people interacting with us now we use Slido than before
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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

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

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.