VIRTUAL EVENTS GROUP

PLATFORMS

What

is a Platform?

A platform is capable of holding a full virtual event from soup to nuts including registration and metrics. The benefits of a platform solution are that the pieces are all there for you. The downside is that that they tend to look somewhat vanilla. If you want to do special things on your platform look carefully at its integration capabilities.

How We Rate

Taxonomy

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MetaMeetings
by MAP Digital

MAP Digital is a global digital events agency with the only complete conference cloud platform readymade for the Events 3.0 era. Its ...

Metavent

Immersive and 3D "cinematic" environments for virtual events. Has many features designed to increase attendee engagement, and provides ...

Touchcast

A high production-value event platform, Touchcast provides a multi-camera experience for virtual presentations in a lavish 3D setting. ...

Whereby

Designed as a Zoom alternative, you get a permanent "meeting room" URL address that works straight in your browser with nothing to ...

Banty

A full featured platform that began as as a patient-centered video conferencing for doctors and patients has bloomed into a full service. ...

Reactiv SUITE by Vizetto

Part of a suite of products. From the website: "Reactiv SUITE is a digital workspace where multimedia content can be displayed, ...

BigBlueButton

This is not so much an event platform as it is a virtual learning system for teachers and schools. It is an Open Source project, and ...

Tame

A suite of products including a virtual event platform suitable for conferences and trade shows. Versatile design options let you create ...

VirtuOz

A full platform for creating virtual events in a 3D navigable environment. Includes a customized lobby area, TV-like video production and ...

Around

A video meeting platform that levels the divide between on site and remote participants, Around automatically tracks your face and cuts ...

Kaltura

Kaltura has its roots in the video world and now offers a fledged events platform. Its strength is in real time and on demand video ...

RainFocus

Designed as an end to end platform for use at large scale B2B meetings the offerings are neatly divided up into modules fro exhibits, ...

How We Rated the Platforms

For now, the platforms are listed alphabetically and rated. Ratings are subjective and based on reviews from event organizers and attendees that we found scrapping the web for Featured Customers and Event Manager Blogs. Ratings are based on compiling numbers from these sources, with the average taken. Your comments based on your familiarity with the platforms will add to the ongoing ratings.

How We Categorize the Platforms

Platforms come with a wide range of features and functions and no single platform is the perfect solution for all events. In order to help you find a good platform for your event, we have come up with a system of five categories based on the type of event: Video Conference, Webinar, Networking Event, Conference, and Trade Show.

We compare each platform’s offering with the attributes listed in the table below. Based on this process, we identify the primary mission and best use for each platform and assign it to that category. In some cases, we may also assign a secondary category for platforms that may be suitable for another use even though it is not its primary mission.

These assignments are based on our independent judgment using the best information available to us at the time. If you have a comment about the choice for a certain platform, please contact us and let us know why you think the categorization should be different.