BigMarker vs. WebinarJam

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BigMarker
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
BigMarker is a cloud-based webinar platform that provides webinar hosting for up to 1,000 attendees, with no downloads required, featuring HD audio and video conferencing, screen sharing, and recording. It is also can integrate a Twitter chat into a webinar. BigMarker provides hosts with tools to promote webinars, and a channel to build a community around their content. Hosts can choose between free webinars or selling tickets to monetize their content. For learners and knowledge seekers,…N/A
WebinarJam
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
WebinarJam is designed to allow users to host online events with HD streaming, interactive features like polls and chat, integrations, analytics, and payment processing that are intended to help maximize online growth.
$39
per month for 1 presenter and 100 attendees
Pricing
BigMarkerWebinarJam
Editions & Modules
Basic Webinar Software
Custom Quote
Enterprise Webinar Software
Custom Quote
Event Packages
Custom Quote
Starter
$39
per month for 1 presenter and 100 attendees
Basic
$79
per month for 2 presenters and 500 attendees
Professional
$229
per month for 4 presenters and 2000 attendees
Enterprise
$379
per month for 6 presenters and 5000 attendees
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BigMarkerWebinarJam
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BigMarkerWebinarJam
Considered Both Products
BigMarker
Chose BigMarker
None of the other software we tested before choosing BigMarker had a full feature list that worked so well for events. Zoom, which is the go to software for many of our competitors was very limiting, although there was some effort needed to educate our client that there was a …
Chose BigMarker
I've been using this for so long I honestly don't know what else is out there. I am THAT satisfied!
WebinarJam
Chose WebinarJam
We don't run webinars that often so the price of WebinarJam was very attractive. Other than price, WebinarJam lacks numerous features that other platforms provide, and most importantly, their system reliability is decent at best.
Chose WebinarJam
WebinarJam all around gives us more options, integrations, marketing abilities, and attendance abilities and the price is reasonable for everything we get. We use Zoom for some smaller training courses and when we need to do breakout-style training but other than that, …
Chose WebinarJam
We had previously used GoToWebinar and found WebinarJam to provide overall better quality of audio, and it was less expensive. We now use Whereby.com for our staff meetings and for recording training sessions because it is much cheaper and easier to use because it does not …
Chose WebinarJam
WebinarJam is quite a bit cheaper. The functionality of GoToWebinar is a tad easier to understand, but the cost is too much!
Chose WebinarJam
WebinarJam beats all the other services I have used (Webex, GotoWebinar, Join.Me) because I get a better looking system, for a better price. Join.Me had some connectivity issues when presenting from the USA to Canada, and Webex/GotoMeeting always looked outdated to me. …
Chose WebinarJam
I prefer WebinarJam due to its super-easy setup and great integration options. It works well with other tools like ClickFunnels, Hubspot and Mailchimp. From the tools we tried, this one seems to work the best for our company and clients!
Chose WebinarJam
WebinarJam is more specific and catered for webinars with the Q&A features and the polling. It also has better permissions than just host and viewer, which makes it easier to interact with the audience and who is presenting.
Features
BigMarkerWebinarJam
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
BigMarker
9.2
Ratings
4% above category average
WebinarJam
2.4
Ratings
105% below category average
Branding options9.40 Ratings2.50 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BigMarker
-
Ratings
WebinarJam
4.8
Ratings
44% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings2.50 Ratings
Data exportability00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
BigMarker
-
Ratings
WebinarJam
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
BigMarker
-
Ratings
WebinarJam
6.1
Ratings
28% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings3.20 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings3.20 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BigMarker
-
Ratings
WebinarJam
7.3
Ratings
13% below category average
Audience polling00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings4.70 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
BigMarker
-
Ratings
WebinarJam
10.0
Ratings
19% above category average
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BigMarkerWebinarJam
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(0 ratings)
3.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(0 ratings)
3.1
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(0 ratings)
3.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BigMarkerWebinarJam
Likelihood to Recommend
Being a user of BigMarker I am fully satisfied
with their program and the features they are offering to me. Clear UI with easy
to use interface helping me a lot to set up everything in minutes. Definitely
recommend this masterpiece to other business to use it for effective virtual
collaborations.
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WebinarJam is a great tool if you are a small to mid-sized company and want to set up/schedule webinars and let the software do its job (capture your presentation and analytics). It looks professional, is used by many professionals/leaders, and is a fraction of the cost of other well-known brands. If cost doesn't matter to you, then you might as well go with a higher paying product. Also, WebinarJam audio is only accessed via the internet, there is not a conference call phone line system
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Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Great user interface
  • A lot of integrations
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  • Easy to set up.
  • Easy to integrate with other platforms.
  • Easy to look professional and tech-savvy.
  • Duplicating successful webinars is simple.
  • Moving from the two platforms means we have tools for live and evergreen streaming.
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Cons
  • The biggest drawback that I am facing for a long time is that BigMarker is not very effective while integrating with other third-party software [in my experience]. It was not an easy task to set up with other meeting platforms that I was using already in the organization.
  • Secondly, the audio starts lagging, and sometimes the audience cannot listen to the audio which [I feel] needs to be fixed on an urgent basis.
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  • Landing pages. The designs are pretty limited and repetitive, our company is always using our own designs.
  • Text limitations. You don't have a lot of room when it comes to text and webinar descriptions during the setup. If you stay away from long titles you should be good.
  • Pricing. The tool is definitely not cheap. If you're not planning to have regular webinars on it, you should look into something smaller and more budget-friendly.
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Usability
BigMarker is a great piece of software and provides a good solution for our live streaming service.
Its very usable and due to its full feature set, we are able to quote on jobs quickly knowing that BigMarker is capable of meeting the clients needs. We find the remote guest feature to be somewhat limiting, but only because we are looking to provide very polished video to our clients, we use external software to stream direct to BigMarker.
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The platform is really hard to use and they have a habit of pushing out updates without telling their users first. The last update completely reverted all of our customizations back to the default EverWebinar layout. I only found out about this after a lead kindly send an email to the firm letting us know that [our] registration confirmation page was showing lorem ipsum script. Customization is lacking as well
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Support Rating
The support staff is exceptionally doing well. They
are always available for the solution of queries. Listen to my queries very
patiently and provide a solution of problems in the limited time duration and
solve the query. The technical staff is also working well. I recently faced some
errors in handling the progress of tasks and I send the feedback to their team,
they responded to that feedback and corrected these errors and bugs immediately.
Always welcome to feedback them about their platform.
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The support overall is good. In the early days, it wasn't the best but they have definitely stepped it up lately. If you have questions about the platform, issues, setup, etc, and don't mind waiting 24 hours to get a response then it's good. They may have faster response times now but when they updated to 4.0 it took a while as they were getting hammered with emails cause there were issues. It seems like they have worked out some of the kinks so I imagine their support can respond much faster now. There is no phone number to call so there is no way to get immediate help or answers which can be frustrating when you have issues right before or during your webinar
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Alternatives Considered
None of the other software we tested before choosing BigMarker had a full feature list that worked so well for events. Zoom, which is the go to software for many of our competitors was very limiting, although there was some effort needed to educate our client that there was a better way. We also use Vimeo, but this is only for simple live stream video delivery, Vimeos Q and A and other features are very basic in comparison. GoToWebinar doesn't compete
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WebinarJam all around gives us more options, integrations, marketing abilities, and attendance abilities and the price is reasonable for everything we get. We use Zoom for some smaller training courses and when we need to do breakout-style training but other than that, WebinarJam is out goto. We selected WebinarJam for all the above reasons and to this date haven't had any reason to switch to anything else.
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Return on Investment
  • BigMarker has helped tremendously with ROI, helping members to find me and join our organization!
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  • WebinarJam has very little impact on our overall business objectives, as we rarely use it for the things we focus on most now.
  • We feel we never did get our money worth from the original purchase, so that is a negative impact on ROI.
  • The difficulties we encountered made us realize the importance of distinguishing the difference between using a product designed for the Marketing Industry versus the Education and Training Industries.
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