BrightTALK vs. webinar.net

We've found the suggested training to be pretty spot on, and the speakers have been good so far. The pacing is usually good to slightly fast. Most professionals don't have time to take a couple of hours a week on training or learning about new products, so we've also found the length of the meetings to be very good. The suggested classes/webinars have been good so far-- too many companies ask you to fill out a questionnaire about what you use or what you're interested in and then pigeonhole in those couple of suggestions forever. So far, we have not seen that with BrightTALK.

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If price is not an object, I would always prefer ON24 rather than webinar.net. However, ON24 is much more expensive. Webinar.net is owned by 6Connex, so the integration of webinar.net in 6Connex is recommended if you need to host a webinar in a 6Connex environment. Support staff is nice, but not knowledgeable enough and takes too long. When a presenter plays a video they get muted automatically, even if the video has no sound! So you then have to either unmute the speaker yourself or having him/her doing it which adds to the stress of the moment. We have had a few cases when email reminders didn't go out, even if programmed and saved correctly.

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• It expands our audience by allowing us to tap into their database of users.
• It is easy to use and is reliable. We don't have any technical issues.
• It has robust reporting that provides a lot of data on attendees.

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• calendar tool on the registration page
• being able to embed videos on the registration page
• note tool for presenters
• large number of attendees allowed

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• The user interface can be a bit tricky at times, as you have to dig down to find certain information. However, it is a robust interface and the information is there.
• Some features, like adding questions or resources, have cut-off windows, so you cannot make last-minute additions or changes.
• The bridge occasionally drops speakers, and this can be disconcerting to presenters. However, it does not happen too often.

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• connectivity for presenters is not easy and not user friendly enough
• you can't just choose CET time, you need to display a city in CET time
• no blurred background
• no virtual background

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BrightTalk has an excellent usability and is intuitive with its design. The registration of events is secure, and the connectivity to webinars is seamless

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The audience screen doesn't adjust automatically, not even on mobile phones; connection for presenters is difficult, taking time to support them and many times leaving them a bit frustrated. For us, it is not ideal the time it takes to publish content and also the time and quality of the support team replies. However, it has great potential for improvement.

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We have not had to contact support.

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They are very kind and readily available online and off-line; however they hardly know the answers and always need to check, making it very lengthy process and sometimes it feels like a bit of a waste of time too. I would suggest they are given more training to start with

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BrightTalk has an improved webinar repository and has an excellent use of registration for live events that allows for strict moderation of who may be joining the events. I selected BrightTalk because it seems more secure and provides an ease of use when utilizing it for registration and webinar purposes.

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webinar.net was adopted by our company to replace ON24 since it is much cheaper. We use it in combination with Slido, sometimes. It serves large one-way webinars (up to 1,000 attendees) with limited interaction (polls and Q&A), while for smaller and more interactive online events we keep using Microsoft Teams Meetings or Webinars and Zoom Meetings.

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• Because of its utility and onboarding new talent, our HR costs of talent acquisition and retention are reduced.
• The live networking events have been useful in producing new leads
• More targeted use of our funds for security and Cloud because of the knowledge we've gained, so reduced costs in those areas.

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• higher number of attendees
• repeating clients
• more likelihood to create a series of events vs a standalone event

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