Rich Pusateri
Content Marketing Manager
The momentum behind engaging virtual event platforms has only gained speed—when we can't meet face-to-face, it's still crucial that people have the ability to get together and connect. However, choosing a platform to accommodate the goals of your business is more critical than ever.
Features such as video conferencing, conducting chats, and sharing screens are skin and bones compared to what the modern-day virtual event platform can accomplish. Read on to learn more about what we believe to be the ten best virtual event platforms.
Airmeet
Many have found Airmeet to be their platform of choice for virtual summits, meetups & workshops. Airmeet offers one-to-one speed networking, chatrooms, and virtual networking tables. It has an intuitive user interface for both attendees and event hosts. The best part is that you can integrate with most of the commonly used platforms and apps. For instance, events can include payment processors such as Stripe and the ability to host sessions live on YouTube, Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter. A single live virtual session on Airmeet can host up to 100,000 attendees with hundreds of sponsors.
Eventcube
Eventcube was launched in 2014 as an Eventbrite competitor. It first started by offering event ticketing and solutions to registering for events such as corporate conferences and music festivals. It now has a broader solution that includes features for event management, gyms, and membership clubs, among other tools.
InEvent
InEvent is another platform that enables you to customize the virtual event to your liking. They offer customizable virtual environments, email invites, and video streaming. Many large organizations that host numerous virtual events each year trust InEvent as their platform of choice. If you want to monetize or manage an event, there are hundreds of features to take advantage of via registration, live navigation, promotion, networking, reporting the analysis.In addition to enabling users to have control over everything, InEvent offers a variety of service providers to help you with anything you'd like to add or integrate.
Postal
Apart from creating your own virtual events, the Postal platform lets you select from a variety of experiences ready to go out of the box. They are all sorted by budget, type, number of attended, and lead time.From sourcing and booking talent to managing logistics of event kits and capturing registration, Postal has you covered. Postal Events makes it easy for sales and customer success teams to seamlessly invite their contacts to upcoming marketing events. Marketing has access to updated and accurate registration and shipping information as well.
With Postal, you can invite and track the invitations, schedule custom meetings with giveaways, build landing pages for invitation and registration, and more. Chatrooms can be included as well depending on whether you need breakout sessions or to handle private matters. The platform streamlines the creation of custom-branded landing pages and email invites, which will include everything from reminder emails to shipping notifications.
Accelevents
Accelevents focuses on building virtual events that create connections and a loyal community that will sustain long-term growth. It’s another empowering platform for field marketers and event organizers. This robust hybrid virtual event platform amplifies the attendee experience while reducing the complexities typically associated with event technology.
Attendees have the ability to engage with keynote speakers, interact in workshops, network with groups and individuals, among other possibilities. Live chatting and polls are two other popular features on the Accelevents platform.
Orbits
Orbits offers a solution that you've likely seen only in virtual reality gaming environments. Simply put, their platform allows you to walk around as if you're there in person and interact with others at the digital venue. Whether it's a virtual coffee machine or a sponsorship booth that enables you to interact with those available, the platform provides an environment that leaves unforgettable impressions.
The combination of simulating real-life-like venues and upgrading the tools for sponsoring virtual events is groundbreaking. Customers report significantly higher returns on investments in comparison with traditional event platforms.
Zoom
Zoom is the well-known conferencing tool that seems to add new features every day. The platform is accessible to about everyone, it’s easy to use, and you can invite anyone even when they don’t have an account. All you need to do is send a link. Once the recipient clicks on the link, they'll get access to the virtual meeting and see the rest of the attendees. Free Zoom accounts let users host up to 100 people.
Toasty
Toasty offers a collaborative way to host virtual meetings and is enabled by features such as workshops, conversation cards, icebreaker questions, and poll capabilities. It's easy for the audience to get involved by hosting an interactive meeting and set a plan before the participants follow through. That way, attendees are aware of the schedule and can know what's going to happen next. The platform is Jitsi and AWS-based, making it secure, easy to access (which also applies to connections), and stable.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a direct competitor with Zoom. It’s another excellent platform if you're looking to host events for a smaller audience. Unlike Zoom, the breakout sessions with Microsoft Teams tend to be less advanced. If more than 100 people are in attendance, you may need to host parallel sessions or multiple virtual events.
ON24
Lastly, ON24 accommodates most of the virtual meetups held across the globe. People who are familiar with ON24 will tell you it’s more of a webinar platform than anything. However, ON24 can host audiences of up to 5,000 people and attendees are given tools they need for networking and airing views, including gamification. ON24 allows you to sync the data with your automation systems, a feature that's extended from the webinar side.
Conclusion
Before investing in a virtual events platform, it's wise to conduct due diligence based on features and capabilities that align with the goals of your organization. However, these ten suggestions are a great place to start if you're looking for a solution that engages audiences and enables sales to follow up efficiently.
