BigMarker vs Eventbrite

BigMarker is a browser-based webinar and event platform from Chicago, developed in 2010 by founder Zhu-Song Mei. It runs live, automated and on-demand webinars, virtual conferences and the digital side of in-person and hybrid events. Most customers are B2B marketing teams that treat webinars as a pipeline channel.

Webinars run without downloads, with chat, Q&A, polls, handouts, offers, breakout rooms and simulive or evergreen replays. The event suite adds custom registration, a mobile event app, badge printing and check-in, while Media Hubs turn recordings into on-demand video, learning and resource libraries. BigMarker AI creates derivative content and scores leads, and native integrations push data to Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo and Eloqua. Pricing is quote-based: webcast plans (Basic, Professional, Enterprise) differ mainly by host licenses, and event, mobile app and media hub licenses are priced separately.

BigMarker fits mid-market and enterprise teams that run frequent webinars plus a few large virtual or hybrid events and want both on one platform with CRM sync. It is too much for occasional small webinars, and the lack of public pricing makes quick comparisons hard. Demio is simpler and transparently priced for SMB webinars, Livestorm is a clean European option with self-serve plans, and Zoom Events suits companies already standardized on Zoom.

Buying tip: BigMarker does not publish list prices, and trials or proofs of concept are arranged through sales. Get a written quote covering host seats, audience size and add-ons.

Eventbrite is one of the largest self-service ticketing and event discovery platforms, founded in San Francisco in 2006. After years as a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it was acquired by the Italian software group Bending Spoons in a deal that closed in March 2026. Organisers build an event page, set ticket types, prices and capacity, collect payments and registration data, and check attendees in with the Organizer app. Every public event also appears in Eventbrite's marketplace, where the platform recommends events to people based on location and interests.

Under Eventbrite's current published pricing, free events carry no fees, and an optional Pro subscription adds marketing tools. Paid tickets also include a per-ticket service fee plus payment processing, which organisers can pass on to buyers; rates differ by country. Paid tools add email campaigns to past attendees, social and on-platform ads, reserved seating, discount codes, ticket tiers, waitlists, embedded checkout and reporting, and an API connects attendee data with CRMs and marketing tools.

Eventbrite works well for workshops, meetups, classes, concerts and conferences that benefit from discovery and want reliable ticketing without building anything. The trade-offs are fees on paid tickets, limited control over branding and buyer data, and discovery that brings an audience for some categories but not all. Luma is popular for community and tech events with a cleaner design, Tito and Ticket Tailor offer lower fees and more control, and Meetup suits recurring groups.