ON24

Avantages

On-demand is ideal when you have attended a webinar and all communications have been planned in advance, this way you know your users will get the information they need to view the video files on-demand. We can modify the on-demand video hosting platform, add new content, etc. is very helpful. The organization of the webinar is simple. The design of the program is simplified if you use the widget system, as you can create it as you wish and give it the shape you want. In addition, it is possible to control and edit the messages coming from the ON24 system. We have a diverse set of people using the application across different generations, skills and countries, and it is simple to use for all of them.

Inconvénients

There needs to be a checklist that includes every webinar you plan to ensure you have all the necessary implements. The interface for the organization could be more modern, however, it works well. It could use tweaking to make it simpler and look more modern.

Avantages

I like the analytics feature the most about ON24. With a lot of data collected each show, it is very important to use the data and drive results and inferences from it. You can see how the users interacted with the show, how long they have attended, what buttons they have clicked on, questions they have asked, and quiz answers. There are a lot of widgets interact with and it allows ON24 to process a lot of useful analytics that will be helpful for business development and marketing. I also like the customizability of the software. The audience screen is customizable any way that you want and it allows full control of your own company to do any creative things that you want.

Inconvénients

One thing that I think can be improved is the rigid rules in place for some customization of the software. A lot of the interactive pieces on the console have only 1 or 2 options that may not be right for what your company is trying to do. Also, ON24 is more of a recording software rather that recording and video editing software. If you are doing a recording and you mess up, it is very hard to edit the video, meaning you will need to restart the recording and do it over again. Editing the video is fine, but you will need a 3rd party software, download the video, edit it, and then re-upload the video again.

Avantages

The ease of using and understanding the platform. The integration and reporting was also very impressive compared to other platforms.

Inconvénients

They tended to lose connection during live events and webinars. We would have about 3-4 digital events a qrter have connection issues. They told us there was nothing they could do. They also had issues with firewalls - this is a common problem with digital platforms, but many enterprise companies were not able to register due to their company's firewall and this caused issues for us.

Avantages

simu-live and on-demand options allow us to mitigate the risks involved with live presenting on this platform.

Inconvénients

the "best practices" where presenters need a wired internet connection, clear cookies, restart the computer and have no other apps going--are you kidding me? What year is it? The customer service is poor, not for lack of CSM's trying, but because there is no follow through from the product team, and CSM's often don't have access to the latest information, leaving them set up for failure.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir ON24 

Logiciel antérieur 

Avantages

One of the only platforms out there that has been established since way before the pandemic. When we purchased it was affordable and catered to what we needed in an events platform. One that allowed individual events and served as a conference platform for multiple events. It allowed to have a conference feel without spending a lot on the virtual world looking platforms.

Inconvénients

The onboarding for the system was horrible. There are several areas on this platform and with each section there is a different ON24 person to lead you through the process. We spent half the time explaining our event over and over again to different people for each section. The team would quickly show us the platform and ask if we had questions, however, since it was our first time we did not know the right questions to ask and missed a lot of good information because of it. We ended up learning the platform ourselves through their library of resource help. By the end of our first event, I knew more about the platform and how it worked better than their "expert help" staff team.

Avantages

We use On24 in our marketing department to attract new leads for our sales team. We use On24's Simulive feature. This allows us to pre-record our speaker and slides. Then the day of the live webinar the attendees watch the edited video then our speakers are pushed into a live conversation to take questions that have came in. On24 is maybe the only webinar platform that can do this. All others are more of a screenshare system. Simulive gives us the most flexiblity to have a seamless webinar​ without any sound or speaker problems.

Inconvénients

On24 audience console allows us to put up different resources, surveys and links, but it is limited in its customizability​. I'd like to see more console customization when it comes to menu format and colors. Also being able to upload your branded font would be great too.

Alternatives envisagées 

Logiciel antérieur 

Pourquoi passer à ON24

Avantages

Responsive technical team
Continuous improvement to platform
Excellent initial and ongoing training
Highly customizable screens to promote our brand

Inconvénients

Infrequent technical difficulties with firewalls and unique audience configurations are sometime difficult to overcome during a live webinar which annoy customers

Avantages

Flexibility, I have the ability to produce live presentations or pre-recorded presentations that are broadcasted as if they are live. My KOL's love this option. Once recorded On24 software is incredibly intuitive and easy to use, and the analytics we get post the live broadcast date are incredibly useful. They've allowed our company to have almost a "netflix esq" type of webinar service, where visitors can view any webinar we've done at any time all housed in one central location.

Inconvénients

I have very few negative things to say about On24.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir ON24 

Logiciel antérieur 

Pourquoi passer à ON24

Avantages

I love that we can customize the console to have the look and feel we want. I also like that you can use it in many different ways - for training, marketing, making a show out of your sessions etc. You can conduct courses, certifications as well which is very convenient - no need to use additional tools for this purpose.

Inconvénients

Perhaps that it glitches sometimes and it can be nerve-wracking during live sessions.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à ON24

Avantages

Customizable, easy to duplicate events, tracking is great and recording link also available shortly afterwards.

Inconvénients

Does not allow the presenter to break out the participants in small groups for discussion. This tool is really meant to be unidirectional; me presenting with very little interaction with the audience. I would hope something better link Adobe Connect which is better tailored for virtual classes.

Avantages

When I've invited national speakers onto webinars, they are always impressed to hear we use on24. It has name recognition and speakers are familiar with how it works. Some integrations are available (for an extra cost). The platform is fairly customizable. We are able to add certain kinds of content into the webinar that provide us with extra value.

Inconvénients

It's a bit cumbersome. The UX is fairly dated. It's almost since this has been around so long, it's harder to updated and modernize. While it's customizable, branding options are a bit limited. You can add a logo and some customer colors, but that's about the extent of it. Building our the registration page requires entering data in multiple places. Integration with CRMs are available, but at a steeper cost.

Avantages

There are many features of the software and this makes it easy to customize each webinar. Functionality is great and ease of use by the users and attendees of the webinars. Love being able to customize the look and feel of your webinars and all the elements you can add.

Inconvénients

We have had many issues with Screen Share and with attendees being about the hear or view the Live Presentations. Many times we can correct the issues that the attendees are having and most of the time it is a browser issue but there have been times that we have gotten complaints.

Avantages

We do over 250+ webinars a year and ON24 allows us to scale our webinar program while still making every webinar fun and interactive. They have multiple webinar types (On-Demand, SimuLive, Live) which makes planning for a large number of webinars much easier. We can use the SimuLive feature to still host webinars when we don't have any presenters available. They also have lots of "widgets" that you can add to the audiences view of the webinar that allows them to customize and click on different items during the webinars.

Inconvénients

There is not to much that we don't like about the software. Reporting could be better and have an aggregate reporting pulling feature.

Avantages

Easy to use, professional, lots of capabilities and features. Great reporting, interactivity, and integrations into our marketing tech stack. Helpful and professional team members and lots of options for support (live chat, tickets, help center, community).

Inconvénients

Some of the user interface and experience could be improved, and the different "parts" of the platform are a little confusing (where you set up a webinar vs. run it). Help documentation has improved but could still be added to and updated.

Avantages

They were always available to us, and when we had a webinar, they were there on the phone trying to support us, so kudos for trying.

Inconvénients

We hosted a total of six webinars for them, and each one had a technical issue. And we get it, our firewall might have made things a little more difficult. But even with them trying to help us at every turn, our whole department was stressed out on webinar days, knowing that chances were high that something would go wrong. And something ALWAYS went wrong: sound not working, video feeds cutting out ... after three months, we paid a certain amount to On24 to have live tech help during a webinar, and even then we had no sound on our end (only our presenter had sound). When that was finally solved, we lost our live video feed - so that was a waste of money, and our presenter let us know that they were very unhappy with how the webinar went. These problems kept coming, and we were always told to just tell the attendees to refresh their web page. ADDITIONALLY, they told us On24 had seamless integration with Salesforce - but they overpromised and under-delivered: we never were able to integrate with Salesforce at all. SALESFORCE, the #1 CRM platform in the world! After six months of this, we couldn't go on, and we tried to cancel our contract - BUT THEY WON'T LET US OUT. So now we're paying for a service we don't use. Our advice: stay away.

Avantages

Ease of use. Anyone can use it. Easy to set up events and run them with very little experience.

Inconvénients

Customer support tier 1 is useless. Just submit a ticket. Still not flash free.

Avantages

This is so easy to use. Our presenters are always happy with the presentation manager.

Inconvénients

It is a lot more expensive than a lot of alternative programs out there.

Avantages

How much do you love your whiteboard? I use mine for organizing information and presenting it to those who collaborate with me in my office - and that's also how I use On24. Unlike other "single-content" webinar experiences, On24 lets me design a wall of information to present the full story of a project to my collaborators or prospects all at once. I love that the Simulive replays let me set up my polls, presentation, video, and downloads, feeds, etc all on one screen, so that I can schedule pre-recorded presentations where attendees can "discover" my content and have a rich, interactive, all-hands-on-deck experience.

Inconvénients

Previously, most of our prospects and collaborators are working in corporate offices with great internet bandwidth. Recently, as more people have transitioned to work from home due to the Coronavirus, we are finding that those with lower-bandwidth connections are experiencing choppiness or freezing.

Avantages

Integration with our MAP (Marketo). Relatively easy to train presenters on who to use the Presentation Manager.

Inconvénients

The platform itself is glitchy. The console builder is slow and the same widgets have to be configured each time even though they never change. Have had many issues with the platform 'freezing' on presenters, causing disruption to the follow of their presentations. We have also had major issues with the resolution of our presentation and the only solution was to size all of our decks to 20 x 11.26 inches. What?

Analytics can be lacking and slow to update. We have to use their legacy analytics just to be able to download actionable reports. Also, there is no option to sync survey and polling results directly to our MAP (Marketo). Data must be download and then uploaded which delays leads getting to our sales team.

It does not seem like they are innovating at the pace of their price increases.

Avantages

ON24 provides a robust set of analytics so that our team is able to assess webinar performance. It also integrates with our CRM and marketing automation software. As a result, we are able to easy pass information on webinar attendance and interest to our sales team. On24's audience console builder allows us to tailor our webinar experience to be more interactive and engaging to our audience.

Inconvénients

There is a learning curve with this software because it is different in many ways from GoToWebinar or WebEx. We only use this for large scale demand gen webinars. There was some trial and error with integrations but, fortunately, ON24 has team members dedicated to integration assistance.

Avantages

It's straight forward and easy to use. Most of the time it works great.

Inconvénients

Somedays it is very slow. I think it runs into a lot of issues with browsers. For example some functions/capabilities work on Chrome and some don't. So I usually have to switch browsers for reporting. Small issues like polling questions not saving or unable to access a replay within 4 hours of the event ending are a pain.

Avantages

This platform provides excellent analysis on audience engagement, how and when they view live or On Demand webinars and as a Marketer I am able to track where the audience comes from for additional analysis and lead scoring. It also integrates with other technology we are using.

Inconvénients

When it comes to the software it typically works with ease and with limited issues. When there is a more complex project that requires On24 support I find the customer service to be lacking. I'm not sure if additional personal/support is needed but the response to urgent requests are often delayed and communication is sporadic.

Avantages

I love that the tool is flexible to accommodate the needs of presenters by pre-recording presentations. Simu-live allows me to reach audiences in timezones around the world. Presentation subtitles are also allowing me to translate presentations into different languages. As I find webinars to be a powerful way to deliver key messages to audiences around the world, ON24 adds more value by tracking engagement and integrating that data into my CRM. ON24 is a high value platform for webinars.

Inconvénients

I've had some issues with running screenshare applications behind certain firewalls, especially in countries outside the US.

Avantages

Browser-based platform, interactive features to boost audience engagement, ability to mute audience audio, email notifications, on-demand & multiple event-type options, and Analytics Dashboard! These features have been extremely beneficial in communicating to/training our Target Audience (Sales team).

Inconvénients

Mobile view, finicky Console Builder, accessing PMXD from mobile devices. Our audience (almost 5,000 sales team members) rely on mobile-friendly viewing, which is currently limited.

Additional suggestions:
- Enable ability to group hide slides in PMXD Storyboard
- Enable ability to enlarge storyboard thumbnails (ex. zoom bar)

Avantages

Fantastic interface with simple tools to fine tune your presentation for both the presenters and your audience as well - highly recommend!

Inconvénients

Every time I used this software I left satisfied - never any issues at all!