Compare Conferences io и Rota Horizon

Benefits:

From a brand and messaging perspective what I like most is the flexibility to control every aspect of the interface's look and feel. Don't like the... Read more

From a brand and messaging perspective what I like most is the flexibility to control every aspect of the interface's look and feel. Don't like the way something looks or is worded then change it! Don't know how? Support will show you or do it for you! By the way, Conference IO's support has been outstanding, like having your own virtual team on call. From an administrative perspective what I like that it's fast and easy to configure for different customer needs and the interactivity like Social Q&A and word cloud polling provides a level of virtual interaction that is a perk with participants.

Drawbacks:

What I like least is the same CSS file that allows the wonderful brand flexibility in the product is also tied to the administrative backend. Make ... Read more

What I like least is the same CSS file that allows the wonderful brand flexibility in the product is also tied to the administrative backend. Make a poor choice in the code and it could create an unfortunate consequence in the administrator interface. Luckily if that happens it is recoverable, but ideally the user and administrative interfaces should be independently managed.

Summary:

Overall Conferences IO has been a great experience. The products work as advertised, are simple to use and come with surprising flexibilities. Feat... Read more

Overall Conferences IO has been a great experience. The products work as advertised, are simple to use and come with surprising flexibilities. Features like Social Q&A have revolutionized they way we collect and address feedback. Employee, customer, and supplier events have become more efficient and productive.

Benefits:

It's a very cost-effective option for building in audience polling and question & answer functionality into our live educational offerings. Staff c... Read more

It's a very cost-effective option for building in audience polling and question & answer functionality into our live educational offerings. Staff can manage the setup and operation of the system because it's simple to use. The question and answer function is very user friendly for attendees and faculty.

Drawbacks:

Programming the polls into presentations can be labor intensive. When we use the system for session evaluations there's a limited amount of customi... Read more

Programming the polls into presentations can be labor intensive. When we use the system for session evaluations there's a limited amount of customization that can be incorporated from session to session in our larger conferences.

Summary:

Using Conferences i/o has helped us to better engage our learners in large conference sessions. We've seen steady increases in the numbers of atten... Read more

Using Conferences i/o has helped us to better engage our learners in large conference sessions. We've seen steady increases in the numbers of attendees responding to polls, submitting questions to speakers, and evaluating the sessions each year. It's given us better data to assess the outcomes of our programs.

Benefits:

Our biggest pro in using conferences i/o is the ease of use from the attendee's perspective. Attendees and presenters are always impressed at how... Read more

Our biggest pro in using conferences i/o is the ease of use from the attendee's perspective. Attendees and presenters are always impressed at how easy it is to use and how the results display.

Drawbacks:

Our biggest con is that we feel the need to hard-wire the presenter's laptop when using the platform, especially in settings where the attendee num... Read more

Our biggest con is that we feel the need to hard-wire the presenter's laptop when using the platform, especially in settings where the attendee number is large (100+). With wifi strengths varying in conference centers and hotels, we find it necessary to use a hard wire to ensure the software works properly and in a timely fashion for presenters. This has added a significant cost for us to use the platform.

Summary:

Overall, we are happy with conference i/o and continue to use them even though our costs have increased.

Benefits:

This product was designed so anyone can set it up and anyone can use it! The software is relatively simple and intuitive. As someone who designs ... Read more

This product was designed so anyone can set it up and anyone can use it! The software is relatively simple and intuitive. As someone who designs live courses, I also really like using polling, Team Battle and Social Q&A as it makes the course more engaging and the participants have fun while learning! It also is very reasonably priced!

Drawbacks:

I honestly can't think of a con for the product.

Summary:

Currently, we are integrating the software with our LMS and the company is so very helpful at making sure we understand everything the software can... Read more

Currently, we are integrating the software with our LMS and the company is so very helpful at making sure we understand everything the software can do for us and helping us work through the pain points in our processes (which aren't issues with the software). They really go above and beyond! Highly recommend the product and the company!