Splash Event Marketing Platform vs. Webex Webinars

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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…
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Webex Webinars
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Webex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.N/A
Pricing
Splash Event Marketing PlatformWebex Webinars
Editions & Modules
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
Webex Events
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SplashWebex Webinars
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Splash Event Marketing PlatformWebex Webinars
Features
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Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
5.4
5 Ratings
42% below category average
Webex Webinars
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access5.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application4.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
7.3
5 Ratings
14% below category average
Webex Webinars
9.0
67 Ratings
10% above category average
Calendar integration7.94 Ratings9.160 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.01 Ratings8.966 Ratings
Slideshows7.01 Ratings9.363 Ratings
Event registration6.75 Ratings8.863 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
6.8
4 Ratings
17% below category average
Webex Webinars
8.9
66 Ratings
5% above category average
Live chat6.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling7.02 Ratings9.165 Ratings
Q&A6.92 Ratings8.863 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
5.1
5 Ratings
49% below category average
Webex Webinars
8.9
64 Ratings
6% above category average
User authentication4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions5.35 Ratings9.164 Ratings
Confidential attendee list5.84 Ratings8.858 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
7.1
6 Ratings
15% below category average
Webex Webinars
8.7
54 Ratings
9% above category average
Branding options7.54 Ratings8.752 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation6.74 Ratings8.748 Ratings
Attendee list export6.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
6.1
6 Ratings
26% below category average
Webex Webinars
-
Ratings
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing7.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Livestreaming5.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience engagement7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Event recording6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Networking3.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Event analytics5.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
-
Ratings
Webex Webinars
8.7
62 Ratings
12% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.758 Ratings
Data exportability00 Ratings8.858 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Splash Event Marketing Platform
-
Ratings
Webex Webinars
8.6
68 Ratings
5% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings9.168 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings8.263 Ratings
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Splash Event Marketing PlatformWebex Webinars
Likelihood to Recommend
5.6
(54 ratings)
8.5
(70 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Usability
6.7
(6 ratings)
9.0
(26 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(4 ratings)
5.9
(26 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Splash Event Marketing PlatformWebex Webinars
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Cisco
I'd say mainly well suited for larger audiences. I think there's probably some products that are a little more economical for smaller audiences, but if you need a solid, reliable platform for larger audiences, say more than a hundred people. So this is the best product for that or at least top two.
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Pros
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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Cisco
  • Cisco Webex Events is very straightforward and easy to use. Setting up an event within the platform is quite simple - anyone can do it.
  • Webex Events is a great add-on feature to the Webex conferencing platform to allow a one-way broadcast of information, rather than worrying about attendees being able to interrupt the presentation.
  • Recording a session is fairly simple and accessing the recordings post-event is quite reliable. I believe you can also upload .mp4 files into the Webex Events platform to serve as a host.
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Cons
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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Cisco
  • There always seems to be room for video quality improvement (not a necessity, but would be nice)
  • Mobile screensharing from iOS/Android (and other mobile) devices would be a great feature
  • The mobile app should be able to track meetings a user has been invited to, but does not do so (yet)
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Cisco
Webex Webinars continues to provide exceptional value as a community engagement and professional education platform. As long as there are a multitude of event offerings and the product continues to be supported with periodic software and security updates, I can anticipate using Webex Webinars for the foreseeable future. Overall a great product!
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Usability
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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Cisco
My experience with this software is fantastic; it's so satisfying that it only took me a week to go through an internal training program to use this software, actually, I don't think this training program was necessary. Usability is one of the most fantastic features to guarantee the increase of members in remote events.
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Reliability and Availability
Cvent
No answers on this topic
Cisco
Webex Webinars are available 24/7 and is based on your license purchase and usage. Webex Webinars needs maximum bandwidth consumption for sending and receiving videos and listed below are some examples. High-Definition Video: 2.5 Mbps (Receive) and 3.0 Mbps (Send)· High Quality Video: 1.0 Mbps (Receive) and 1.5 Mbps (Send)· Standard Quality Video: 0.5 Mbps (Receive) and 0.5 Mbps (Send) Webex Webinars makes it easy to analyze attendance statistics, send participants to a post-webinar landing page, and integrate data into CRMs and marketing automation.
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Performance
Cvent
No answers on this topic
Cisco
You can turn around WebEx Attendance reports within 24 hours. Sign in to Webex Site Administration and go to Reports - Access Anywhere. Select the beginning and ending dates for the report. Report data is available only for sessions conducted up to three months before the current date depending on your administration set-up. From the Sort results by drop-down list, select the sort order criteria for the report. After hosting a WebEx Webinar, you have the ability to create a report of all of the participants and the times that they entered and left the meeting. Reports cannot track emoji's or reactions. Best practice for Q&A and tracking you can integrate SLIDO. You cannot save individual polling results. Also the polling report does not include who asked and answered the questions. This limitation does not apply to SLIDO. Closed captions and transcriptions are only saved if the Webinar is recorded. If you face problems during a webinar, you can hit then button which creates and send a report to Cisco who will then look into the problems to avoid future occurrences
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Support Rating
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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Cisco
I love the control that this product gives to those running the meetings. It allows you to assign presenter roles to people and everyone else that is an attendee can be totally controlled, like whether they can unmute, use video or just sit there and watch. It really gives control of the meeting to those who are running it. And we love that ability for those meetings that we are trying to make sure people are listening in on instead of trying to participate.
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Online Training
Cvent
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It was a good training to understand not only webinars but the entire platform.
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Implementation Rating
Cvent
No answers on this topic
Cisco
The implementation process was fairly simple and straightforward
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Alternatives Considered
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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Cisco
ON24 has a lot more bells and whistles, which is great when you need them but when you're looking for a straight up platform to host a stand alone webinar, Webex Webinars is a good alternative. We've selected Webex Webinars when we don't need such a customized webinar console.
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Scalability
Cvent
No answers on this topic
Cisco
Webex Webinars is a scalable platform designed for interactive experiences. It can accommodate attendees from 100 up to 100,000 attendees depending on the purchase of your license. The scalability is based on each company's requirements and usage. Webex Webinars can offer key features like real-time translations, moderated Q&A, live polling, and chat, making it suitable for both small and large audiences and can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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Return on Investment
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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Cisco
  • Allowed us to keep our product development moving forward during the pandemic.
  • Reduced our travel costs by hosting virtual events.
  • Allows us to host more events because of reduced cost over in-person events.
  • Helps us with faster time to market on features as we can quickly set up and host a focus group.
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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.