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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CrowdCompass

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ACrowdCompass is an event management software system offered by Cvent.N/A

    RingCentral Events

    Score5.8 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Events (formerly Hopin) is an online events platform that provides tools for virtual events, or hybrid events, like ticketing and registration, limitless event rooms, an expo hall, chat, and networking, as well as event branding and attendee engagement tools. Integrations with online registration tools - such as Cvent, Marketo, Pardot, Eloqua, and Eventbrite.

    $119

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    CrowdCompassRingCentral Events
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Events Free Trial
    $0
    per month
    Events Pro
    $119
    per month per seat
    Events Pro+
    $239
    per month per seat
    Events Enterprise
    $359
    per year per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CrowdCompassRingCentral Events
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Each event license comes with unlimited registrations for all of events, and can run unlimited webinars and events with an annual plan.
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    Community Pulse
    CrowdCompassRingCentral Events
    Considered Both Products
    Cvent
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
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    User Ratings
    CrowdCompassRingCentral Events
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (103 ratings)
    8.4
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    CrowdCompassRingCentral Events
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cvent
    CrowdCompass was the best part of Cvent each time I used it, from the ease of use to the customer service and handholding. I would recommend it for anyone using Cvent Event Management for an in-person event. I know Cvent just rolled out their virtual event hub though, so for virtual and hybrid events that are employing the Cvent family of tools, I would probably say CrowdCompass is unnecessary.
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    RingCentral
    Hopin is very suitable for large events involving 100+ people where there are only a couple of people speaking. You can have a bunch of features such as networking and all in all, is quite a professional experience to use. For smaller groups, It takes too much effort to set up and isn't worth using over Google Meet or Zoom.
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    Pros
    Cvent
    • Provides attendees with their personalized schedules at their fingertips.
    • Facilitates networking through the ability to set appointments and send messages with other attendees, and inspires competition with The Game and Click challenges.
    • Gives attendees the ability to view handouts, take notes and download the information to their personal computers when they get back to their offices.
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    RingCentral
    • Awesome for managing several sets of panelists
    • Very easy to manage event attendees
    • Love the chat functionality during the events, enabling the audience to connect with each other
    • Hugely simple for anyone with little tech knowledge to design and run an event
    • Cost effective for the volume of events we run, where we need scale and quality
    • Live streaming an event is also very well catered for
    • Branding across the platform is simple to implement
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    Cons
    Cvent
    • Last year, the gamification did not allow much customization, which was a shame. I hope that by the time I am ready to build my 2020 app, this function has been expanded
    • The app to upload/edit push notifications was only available on iPhone so I had to have another team member handle that seems I have an android phone.
    • Emails (invites, etc.) often go to junk.
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    RingCentral
    • The biggest hangup we've encountered is from guest speakers who need to join us on either tablets or smartphones. Hopin doesn't play well with mobile devices for onscreen guests.
    • I'd like to see the broadcasts in vendor booths be recordable in the way broadcasts in the sessions or on the stage are.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cvent
    We have been using CrowdCompass for 3 years and it has all of the capabilities and functionality that we need, it's easy to use, and Cvent is always implementing new features and enhancements to keep up with the latest trends and technology.
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    RingCentral
    We most likely will, but with such a high annual renewal rate, we are forced to look at alternative solutions yearly when that license fee comes due
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    Usability
    Cvent
    It is very easy to use as everything is very intuitive. Configurating an app does not take too much time at the end, especially as soon as you already have done one as you can dupplicate the entire content. This is very practical when you use the app for annual events. Also few elements are not updatable once the app is published. Of course you can't change the entire design and the security settings which is a good thing anyway, but the entire content can be updated which allows you to publish your app quite early in advance to boost the engagement without having to wait to have everything in your hands (for instance the speakers bios or abstracts). Plus by adding more content regularly it encourage your audience to come back also regularly to check what is going on before the event.
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    RingCentral
    I'm a pretty tech-savvy person but I still feel that Hopin was pretty user-friendly even for those of you who are less tech-savvy. Great thing is, you can play around and test the platform with the free version which allows you to get familiar with it before committing to the paid. I learned most of it on the free version which then made me more confident when deciding to use the paid version. Not only did it help me on the setup side, but it also proved to me that this was what we needed to do what we needed to do.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cvent
    Have not had any issues with availability
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Cvent
    Have had no issues
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Cvent
    Once we paid for our apps, I felt like I was left to learn on my own. There are plenty of Help articles available, but no training sessions. I'm a visual learner and having to poke around and use trial and error to build the apps took way too much valuable time away from other parts of my job. It was frustrating and I brought it up with my CrowdCompass contact, but was told that they don't provide any training sessions and if I had questions I should refer to the Help articles or call support.
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    RingCentral
    For the most part you're able to get a response from a support person within a few minutes, but there was a stretch when Hopin was reshuffling its staff that it sometimes took 24-48 hours, which is too long. However, as long as the staff remains stable - which seems likely - then its Support team is usually quite responsive.
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    Online Training
    Cvent
    Our training team walked us through the first set up which really helped me to learn where everything is located as well as all of the features available
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cvent
    Don't wait to register with Apple and Google. You can do a lot of prep work prior to setting up CrowdCompass for integration.
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Cvent
    Easier to use interface that directly links with our Cvent registration system. We switched due to this integration, the gamification improvements, the benefits for on-site check-in and session selections, and ease of design/use for our builder team. We have especially enjoyed the New Attendee experience over the look/interface of our previous apps
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    RingCentral
    We were with a company before Hopin - we explored elsewhere due to cost. Pros were design and custom look. We moved to Hopin, it was innovative at the time, although the design wasn't strong the features were. The majority now have the same features. So we did leave Hopin for another platform again because we wanted a custom look, and we were preparing for hybrid. Hopin wasn't ready. We soon realised other platforms we came across are complex, difficult to use. We left and came back to Hopin.
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    Scalability
    Cvent
    works great no matter what type of program or how many people attending
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cvent
    • Positive - CrowdCompass has allowed us to eliminate paper programs thus saving thousands of dollars in printing and labor
    • Positive - the ability to send push notifications when there is a change to the schedule is something a paper program could never do
    • Positive - adoption rates have been so high we are looking into using the program for more and more events
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    RingCentral
    • Without Hopin, it would have been impossible to host an event at the scale and user interface that we did, with the staff limitations we have. Hopin enabled us to execute a very high standard with limited resources. For example, before Hopin, we could only attract about 100-200 attendees. With Hopin, we 3x our registrations and attendees.
    • The data collected from their system on attendees allows us to more accurately speak to our target market based on their tracked habits during the event.
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    ScreenShots

    RingCentral Events Screenshots

    Screenshot of a session of RingCentral Events - with company branding, logo, and colors throughout.Screenshot of the event venue of RingCentral Events. This page is the reception, that displays the event description, speakers, and schedule. Attendees can navigate throughout the event by clicking on the tabs on the left.Screenshot of an example of event analytics available with each event. Organizers can see how the event performed but seeing live view of attendance, and see how each attendee engaged.Screenshot of the production studio available within RingCentral Events. This offers the ability to customize speaker layouts, preupload videos/slides, add or remove speakers from stage, and add branding to the video streams.Screenshot of the lead retrieval capability that allows for scanning for leads for on-site events.