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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Zoom Events & Webinars

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AZoom Events and Webinars are part of Zoom’s event solutions that uses existing Zoom products to produce interactive and engaging virtual experiences. It combines Zoom Meetings, Chat, and Video Webinars in one solution that enables event organizers to produce ticketed, live events for internal or external audiences of any size.

    $89

    per month 300 attendees

    Zuora

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZuora is one of the best-known subscription billing platforms. Zuora is an enterprise-level product and, as such, provides comprehensive metrics, tax automation, and support for multiple currencies. It also offers Salesforce and NetSuite integration out-of the-box. It often replaces cumbersome ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems that does not focus exclusively on billing.N/A
    Pricing
    Zoom Events & WebinarsZuora
    Editions & Modules
    Zoom Webinars
    starting at $89
    per month starting with 300 attendees
    Zoom Events
    starting at $149
    per month starting with 100 attendees
    Zoom Webinars Plus
    starting at $99
    per month starting with 100 attendees
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Zoom Events & WebinarsZuora
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlans supporting up to 10k attendees available. Discount available for annual billing. Pay-per-attendee available for Zoom Webinars Plus and Zoom Events.—
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    Community Pulse
    Zoom Events & WebinarsZuora
    Considered Both Products
    Zoom
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    Zuora
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    44 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
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    Features
    Zoom Events & WebinarsZuora
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Zoom Events & Webinars and Zuora
    Feature
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    9.9
    33 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zuora
    -
    Ratings
    Branding options10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Zoom Events & Webinars and Zuora
    Feature
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    9.2
    7 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zuora
    -
    Ratings
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Livestreaming9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience engagement9.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event recording9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual booths8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Networking9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event analytics9.56 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Zoom Events & WebinarsZuora
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (87 ratings)
    8.0
    (135 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (13 ratings)
    7.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (7 ratings)
    1.0
    (13 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Zoom Events & WebinarsZuora
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Zoom
    Zoom is well-suited for all companies. The functionality can range from basic to supercharged with all the bells and whistles; it is just a matter of what package level works best for you and your company. Having used multiple iterations of Zoom, it really relies on you and your company’s use case.
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    Zuora
    Zuora is great for smaller subscription businesses that have a limited number of simple or basic products. As more products are added to the catalog, the ability to report on specific product performance has become more challenging. Similarly, as our number of customers has grown significantly over the past few years, the extraction of data through export files is more of a challenge to capture all data points.
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    Pros
    Zoom
    • Zoom calendar integration is a great way to see what calls are upcoming
    • Ease of use for screen sharing and video call settings
    • Zoom Workplace is reliable at blocking out external noise that should be muted from actual conversation taking place in calls
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    Zuora
    • The implementation of Zuora is very helpful. Their interactive training guides are one of the best I've used. It is very thorough and any salesperson can learn how to use it very quickly.
    • Their subscription management offers many ways to sell a subscription. These subscriptions can be evergreen (renewing every month) or termed subscriptions. The subscriptions can be amended to add/remove products very easily.
    • The ability to quickly pass through large amounts of usage data for our clients is allowing us to perform billing in a time-effective manner. Once usage data is loaded, a few clicks and all of the invoices for our client base can be generated. Invoices are clean and detailed which help us maintain a good customer experience even with our somewhat complex billing model. The reporting is extremely helpful in calculating the end of month commissions, recognizing and deferring revenue, and overall bookkeeping.
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    Cons
    Zoom
    • I wish there were more polling options available in Zoom in general, and this extends to both webinar polling and post-webinar surveys. Could certainly do with a more robust polling feature set.
    • Setting up Registration for Zoom webinars can be very tricky, and I usually advise against webinar registration. The fact that users have to manually download an .ics to add it to their O365 calendars after registering means lots of issues with users attempting to join after registering early.
    • I would have complained about lack of breakout rooms for webinars, or the fact that the practice room can't be turned back on after it was turned off, but Zoom recently implemented webinar breakout rooms plus the Backstage feature, so both of these common complaints are now fully addressed!
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    Zuora
    • User Interface - Zuora's UI is still a weak point, however, this is negated through the use of its API's. Zuora has done a lot of work in releasing new products to limit its UI experience and the addition of Orders allows for more functionality to reduce the UI issue.
    • Complex system - This is both a pro and a con, but in this instance, it is a con because we may not have taken the time to truly understand the implications of all the options that were available. the Flexibility is great however if you do not take the time to understand the product and what problem you are trying to solve, you can make life difficult for yourself later down the track. Take the time to map out your approach end to end and ensure your assumptions at the start are robust.
    • Reporting - reporting is weak as such we have moved away to our own reporting data warehouse.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Zoom
    We will be renewing with Zoom as long as it continues to meet our needs for client and lead outreach needs in a robust manner. With little error and an easy to use interface, Zoom has met our needs and exceeded our expectations. The cost is right and with a short learning curve, Zoom has been an easy decision to make and maintain.
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    Zuora
    Our business is now, more than ever, focused on our core business rather than homegrown support tools for quoting, contracts, billing, invoicing, payments and the rest of the subscription economy. We evaluated other solutions and found this the best and most viable solution given the strong ties to Salesforce and it's integration. Zuora works, and it works well.
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    Usability
    Zoom
    Zoom Events is complex, but gets "almost easy" with experience and good guidance. I tell people, "Hosting a meeting is like driving a car; hosting a webinar is like driving an 18-wheeler; and hosting a Zoom Event is like flying a commercial airliner." You need experience, training, and ongoing guidance to be good at Zoom Events. Zoom has staff that knows everything there is to know about Zoom Events, but finding them and reaching them isn't easy. There aren't many consultants out there that are affordable and experienced.
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    Zuora
    I had 20+ years of accounting experience before taking on the revenue role. I had several things to [learn] but was able to easily master the software in a matter of weeks. Zuora is our preferred billing platform that we currently use - very efficient and much more automated than our other platform/process.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Zuora
    There have only been a few days/instances in the past 2.5 years of using zuora that I, personally have had issues or been notified of issues relating to Zuora.
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    Performance
    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Zuora
    Zuora does a superb job for all the tasks I use it for. Billing - it is trustworthy and accurate. Customer data- it holds it and keeps past records for even cancelled accounts, and subscription builds - it has the ability to make very difficult subscriptions seem easy.
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    Support Rating
    Zoom
    Zoom [Video Webinar] has online web portal where user can take control of the meetings and their settings. It provides details of all the meeting happened and also provides participants list. It has support for webinars and recording also. Zoom [Video Webinar] gave special cloud permissions for paid users also from web portal and that can help in saving disk space.
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    Zuora
    A support request is emailed to their support team, then an automated response is sent to you in a couple hours saying "Hey, someone will take a look at your support request soon". Then somewhere around 12-18 hours later, an actual support member responds with "Have you checked out our tutorials? Here's one that sounds like it might help you". I don't want a tutorial given to me that I've already read through that only exists because of the terrible user design of Zuora's user interface
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    In-Person Training
    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Zuora
    The onsite was so helpful and worth the hours spent. All three people that came to represent Zuora had a lot to offer.
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    Online Training
    Zoom
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    Zuora
    It was reliable.
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    Implementation Rating
    Zoom
    Implementation was very feasible during our initial usage of the Zoom after COVID-19.
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    Zuora
    I think Zuora did a great job. However, they could have provided more guidance on how to deal with out Payment Gateway and Processor provider, as well as guidance around providing a Mobile Responsive experience for sites using the Zuora HPM.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Zoom
    Zoom Workplace stacks up better than Microsoft Teams in terms of general meeting capabilities, webinar and live event capabilities, user experience, and how slick it is generally - it's a nicer environment where things feel more intuitive and professional. Teams is laggy and slow, feels outdated. Google Meet doesn't have as many filtering options and nuanced capabilities. Zoom integrates well with a wider tech stack.
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    Zuora
    Zuora provides way more functionality than Recurly or SaaSOptics as a billing engine. However, it is not a general ledger system like NetSuite ERP, it is still designed to be primarily a billing function that feeds into a general ledger via automated general entries. It has simplified our invoice management and automated billing while connecting with Salesforce for high-powered reporting and cross-departmental collaboration. The automation of revenue recognition has the potential to significantly reduce the time spent on accounting close by a few days.
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    Scalability
    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Zuora
    The product is capable of a lot, small companies and large companies can utilize it with ease
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    Return on Investment
    Zoom
    • Being able to quickly set up and run webinars for our teammates using the templates saves us time which equals money.
    • Using our saved Webinar templates ensures we are keeping on brand and adding the items requested by our legal and branding teams which saves time and frustration for all involved.
    • Webinars allow us to upskill our teammates faster without having to create a stand alone training. We can invite them to a hot topic webinar where they can learn, ask questions, and immediately take action on the topic.
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    Zuora
    • Poor support has slowed down our implementation of features and resolution of issues
    • Lack of flexibility has led to some complex and unwieldy workaround solutions
    • No useful built in AR reporting so we had to come up with our own solution
    • Challenges with finance due to unreliability of Salesforce sync
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