Airmeet vs. RingCentral Events

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Airmeet
Score 2.8 out of 10
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Airmeet, from the company of the same name, is an all-in-one platform for community managers to host interactive virtual events, conferences & workshops aimed at providing a real networking experience. Airmeet has a free plan to support relatively small scale workshops and seminars, and a paid plan available at $99 per month aimed at supporting large scale multi stage, and parallel session conferences with dedicated sponsorship opportunities & booths.
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RingCentral Events
Score 5.9 out of 10
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RingCentral 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.
$0
per month
Pricing
AirmeetRingCentral Events
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
One Time Event - Airmeet Professional
$5,000
one-time fee 300 attendees
Starter
$6000/year
per year
Professional
$18000/year
per year
Enterprise
Custom Quote
per year
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
AirmeetRingCentral Events
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEach 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
AirmeetRingCentral Events
Features
AirmeetRingCentral Events
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Airmeet
1.0
Ratings
155% below category average
RingCentral Events
-
Ratings
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Livestreaming1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience engagement1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
AirmeetRingCentral Events
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AirmeetRingCentral Events
Likelihood to Recommend
It's good if you want to use an online platform for events and you don't mind paying high annual fees. Not suitable for SMEs or startups.
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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
  • Networking
  • Engagement
  • Native streaming
  • Ease of use login for attendees.
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  • Hopin constantly is iterating to create a really user-friendly back-end system. As a company, it recognizes that event managers are being faced with the challenge of becoming virtual production technicians and mak[ing] that change easier to manage.
  • Hopin's back-end studio broadcast system makes it easy to create a seamless stream between pre-recorded and live presentations, with additional branding assets to make the overall stream look more professional and put together.
  • Hopin's networking and polling functionalities create great engagement within the platform that is measurable.
  • Hopin's ability to integrate with Salesforce and Marketo makes the lead flow process automatic and saves Event Managers from having to transfer that data manually.
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Cons
  • Regular pricing is very expensive for what it does
  • Support is somewhat lacking
  • Sometimes video is unreliable
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  • The customizing capability of their landing pages and event is extensive but difficult to do without a background in design. Although designed to be user-friendly, it still takes a large investment of time and learning to do well.
  • The registrant join flow for their embedded registration form is lengthy and clunky. Thankfully if you utilize one of their many automation integrations, this isn't a necessary function.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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
It was always a bit cumbersome to use. It was a great concept but poorly executed.
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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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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
We actually don’t use Airmeet because of usability and (now) pricing. You can spend $4,000 on Airmeet or $200 on major platforms and be just as satisfied.
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Hopin has always topped our evaluations as the best platform providing the most complete range of desired features for the price they offer. For us, they lead the way in events platforms, and unless the group of people is small, we will use them as our first option for events at scale.
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Return on Investment
  • Increased our reach to more than 70 countries.
  • Increased the number of attendees from a maximum of 100 to 800.
  • Designated office space has led tot he team bonding better and more seamless communication.
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  • Hopin has allowed us to extend our reach and become a go-to option for event organizers in the genre fiction space.
  • We are able to host multiple events per month, some of which would require a mix of paid staff and volunteers with 10 times (or more! I've been on those teams in the past!) the number of people we need using the tools and automation in Hopin.
  • The immersive experience converts 87% of attendees--either future event registrations or other products and services from us/our event partners.
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ScreenShots

Airmeet Screenshots

Screenshot of Reception - Curate a warm reception area for attendees.Screenshot of Live Stage - Make the event stage live and interactive.Screenshot of Fluid Space - Help attendees break the ice by entering the fluid space to have informal conversations.Screenshot of Breakout Rooms - Let organizers, speakers, and attendees have in-depth conversations through breakout rooms.Screenshot of Booths - Build a vivid experience for event attendees with interactive booths.Screenshot of Leaderboard - Track, reward, and gamify the event experience.

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.