Why is EventMobi’s end-to-end event management platform the best Swapcard alternative?

Swapcard has done a great job of building a virtual and hybrid event platform. Its users like the attendee matchmaking tools and appointment booking with conflict management.

But as you’re looking for a Swapcard alternative, you’re aware that there are a lot of downsides too. We’re here to tell you why EventMobi wins when it comes to event branding, platform usability, live streaming & video, and analytics.

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EventMobi vs Swapcard

Clearly, there are product and feature differences between EventMobi and Swapcard and we’ll talk about those in a moment.

But the key thing is: EventMobi is an end-to-end event management platform for event organizers who want to create beautiful, branded event experiences that delight attendees.

We’ve focused on making it easy to create great-looking event experiences complete with branded, professional live streams, in-depth analytics for organizers and easy-to-use customization to really ‘make it your own’.

Plus, EventMobi’s customer support is always there to help – even when the event is in full swing.

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Alex L.
Review via G2

“The platform itself is very user friendly. It was very easy for attendees to interact with one another whether it be through one-on-one meetings, the community boards or in sessions.”

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Victoria T.
Review via G2

“It is always great when your organization comments on how great the platform is and how easy it was to use. Our participants said ‘we can tell you did your homework and are working with outside help. Everything looks great and very professional.

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Jessica D.
Review via G2

“It's fun and rewarding to build out an event site that meets my client's unique needs with the guidance of the EventMobi team. I love working with EventMobi staff and have always felt supported and heard.

Top 6 reasons event organizers choose EventMobi over Swapcard for their event management platform

There are pros and cons to both products. But the EventMobi platform has been used by 10,000+ event planners in 72 countries around the world since 2009 and it’s rated higher than Swapcard on software review site G2 in almost every category.

So why are customers choosing EventMobi over Swapcard for their end-to-end event management platform?


CUSTOMIZATION AND BRANDING

1. Provide innovative attendee experiences with fully customizable virtual event spaces.

Both EventMobi and Swapcard offer customization options for event pages which is great. Because when you’re running an event for your company, you want everything to be on brand.

Swapcard offers the basic customization options.

But with EventMobi, you can create truly unique event experiences.

Create branded home page designs for your virtual space in minutes adding custom branded images for backgrounds, banners and widgets.

And give your attendees the tools they need for a delightful experience like personal agendas, leaderboards and countdown timers. These are all included in EventMobi so you don’t have to think about adding additional tools onto that budget.

Show off featured speaker headshots and those all important sponsor banners.

Need to upload? Drag and drop from your computer. And resize images directly in EventMobi.

And it’s easy. Here’s what Diane C. had to say:

I love that you can make changes instantly - whether on your own, or with assistance from customer support”

Plus: if you want to, you can even use your own URL.

You can’t do that with Swapcard.

EventMobi event space home screen with CMS tools and sponsor branding
An EventMobi Studio two-speaker session with examples of design tools

EASY LIVE STREAMING, NO HIDDEN COSTS

2. An all-in-one solution for live streams & video.

EventMobi provides an all-in-one solution to deliver live streams & videos to attendees.

With EventMobi Studio, you can easily create branded, professional live stream broadcasts in seconds. Or, use any RTMP or externally hosted video link to broadcast content live or on-demand into the native video player. 

But Swapcard doesn’t provide that flexibility. You have to rely on third-party services like Vimeo or YouTube to stream your videos.

We even integrate directly with Zoom.

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REAL TIME REPORTING AND ANALYTICS

3. Get real time insights into your event’s ROI with detailed event and video analytics.

You know the feeling: you put months of effort into planning your company’s event and then when you open the doors, the panic sets in.

How many people are attending? Are people engaging with the speakers? How do I prove ROI to my sponsors?

Swapcard provides basic analytics like the sessions with the most registered participants, the top videos and basic sponsor analytics.

And it’s true: they also have an API for analytics, which is great… if you’ve got the resources for a developer to build a custom reporting dashboard for each event you run.

But why would you do that when EventMobi allows you to do powerful analysis without additional spending on developers?

You can drill down into more data points and get comprehensive reports, answering questions like:

How many clicked a sponsor’s banner ad vs didn’t click it? Who viewed which sponsor’s video, when and for how long? What were the most popular sessions? Who viewed which pages in the event space? They could be sales prospects for your sponsors and exhibitors.

And that’s really valuable!

It’s important to be able to track the ROI of your business event program. EventMobi makes this easy right out of the box.

EventMobi's event space analytics, including sections and sessions, top videos, logins, and page views
A networking session in the EventMobi event space with examples of attendee chat, an attendee profile, and 1 on 1 video meeting invite

ATTENDEE NETWORKING

4. Help your attendees make new business connections.

How many profitable business relationships are being made at events? A lot!

Offering valuable networking opportunities is a key part of event management.

That’s why EventMobi has a vast array of features to facilitate attendee networking and building productive relationships:

  • Customizable personal profiles
  • Interactive breakout rooms
  • Live session chat 
  • Group discussions
  • Appointment booking
  • 1-to-1 video meetings and text chat
  • Activity feed
  • Moderation for group discussions & activity feed
  • Gamification
  • Track engagement with usage reports

These features mean that when an attendee comes to your event, it’ll be easier for them to leave with that ‘great event feeling’.

They learned something and made valuable new relationships with peers.

USER INTERFACE AND NAVIGATION

5. Give your attendees an intuitive and delightful experience.

We consistently hear from customers that one of the things they love is how intuitive and delightful EventMobi is. Here’s one testimonial that jumps out form Alex L. on G2:

“The platform itself is very user friendly, a lot of attendees complimented this feature. Very manageable and easy to navigate in the back-end. The platform integrated easily with our Zoom accounts. We were able to get the look and feel we wanted with the EventMobi platform. It was very easy for attendees to interact with one another whether it be through one-on-one meetings, the community boards or in sessions. It was very easy to achieve our goals of creating a space for our network to share, participate and reconnect.

Meanwhile, the customer reviews for Swapcard often highlight problems with their product. For example:

“In our last events, we have found a series of bugs that harmed our customers and clients' experience. Also, the customer support, if not dedicated, is quite slow/ineffective.
– Administrator in Events Services on G2

A unique feature of Swapcard is the ability for the video of a session to persist with a picture-in-picture frame while attendees navigate away from the session page.

But where Swapcard doesn’t excel: the 3 column layout of Swapcard is quite restrictive. EventMobi is able to present a more immersive experience with the flexibility of the layout, collapsible navigation menu and available real estate for main content.

After all, it’s the event content that you’re looking to make visible, right?

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RESPONSIVE CUSTOMER SUPPORT

6. Fantastic customer support and event services.

So frequently, our customers tell us that one of the things they love most about EventMobi is the customer service.

Struggling to get something done? Need technical support? Our dedicated customer support team can help!

In addition, we provide a whole range of event management services such as GoLive! – so you can include broadcast quality live streams in your event, without doing any of the work yourself.

You can also book custom visuals from our design team or enlist the technical expertise of our integrations experts to sync the EventMobi platform with your existing tools.

We can even provide you with on-site Event App support for your in-person events. 

Here’s what our customers have to say:

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Mallory L.
Review via G2

“Event Mobi is an incredible company. Their team is incredibly knowledgeable, creative, friendly and they genuinely understand events.

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Richard M.
Review via G2

Outstanding staff, friendliness and customer service. I cannot say it enough, their service and attention to our fears and concerns was outstanding.”

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Cheryl S.
Review via G2

"My favourite thing about Eventmobi is their outstanding customer service. Everyone is so friendly and responsive. They need to write the customer service training manual for all event vendors!”

Create the virtual event you really want with EventMobi’s end-to-end event management platform

Design unique, custom virtual event pages.
Easily create professional, branded live streams in seconds.
Get real time insights into engagement and attendee activity with detailed analytics.
And most of all: make your next event as memorable as it deserves to be.

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