Zoom is known for its video meeting space credentials but expanded its offering into virtual events last year.

Zoom Events is an online solution for internal conferences, external events, and webinars that supports 500-10,000+ attendees. It has features that streamline the experience for event hosts, participants, and those in attendance.

Originally known as OnZoom when in beta, Zoom focusses Zoom Events on small businesses, giving them the opportunity to monetize events such as fitness classes and lessons.

Here’s a round-up of Zoom Event’s key focuses

  • Event streamlining for SMBs – Small to medium-sized enterprises can construct a “hub” where all of their events are posted, along with associated ideas and information for each experience.
  • Large event hosting – It enables smooth management and hosting of internal events such as all-hands meetings and sales summits and external events such as consumer events and user conferences for bigger enterprises.
  • Networking and exhibitions – Event organizers have the option to design multi-session events, such as conferences, in which participants may network in a virtual lobby.
  • Better visibility – Allows businesses to categorize internal events and make them readily discoverable to workers or to manage ticket sales and attendance for external events.

Since its launch, Zoom has added new features to Zoom Events, including multi-session conference functionality, support for sponsored events and Zoom Events Expo. Expo is included with Zoom Events licenses.

Zoom Expo is a virtual booth feature for events on the video conferencing platform. Users can enter designated virtual spaces to network with attendees, chat with individuals 1-on-1, and participate in thematic conversations. A single booth can have multiple concurrent discussions at any time, and attendees can preview these ongoing conversations before joining in.

Key Features of a Zoom Events License

  • A platform for event management (agenda builder, speaker list, registration)
  • Over a hundred interactive video panelists, with 49 on screen at one time
  • Customizable registration and email reminders before and after the event
  • Polling and results in real-time
  • Practice session for panelists preparation before the event
  • Support for live transcription and language interpretation
  • Recordings in the cloud and text transcripts
  • In the event lobby, attendees may network and watch live streaming previews.
  • Sponsorship assistance and exhibition booths
  • Reports on ticketing (paid/free) and crowd engagement

Licensing Options

There are two main licensing options – Zoom Webinar and Zoom Events.

The latter also the full suite of webinar capabilities. In addition, organizations can add on Zoom Event Services, where the company will provide expert professionals to maximize event opportunities. Businesses can also subscribe to up to 3TB of cloud storage to store and host event-related files.

Organizations or individuals need to procure a Zoom Events license to get started with Zoom Events. The platform supports monthly  billing, starting from $99 per month per license for up to 500 event attendees. You could choose the webinar license for internal events, which starts at $79 per month per license.

Yearly pricing is also available. Zoom Webinar costs $690 for a one-year license, while Zoom Events costs $890. Zoom offers a detailed comparison of the two products on its website (see below).

Zoom events comparison

Add-Ons

There is also a selection of add-on packages that businesses can add on:

  • Audio conferencing: This lets attendees call into events free of charge, although the organisation must commit to £1,200 in spend. Calls are charged at set rates and businesses will be charged more if they go over the initial cost.
  • Cloud storage: Organisers can store and download recorded sessions, with 5tb or storage costing £88.80
  • Services support: Event organisers can work with Zoom experts for $300 per hour
  • Premier developer support: Organizations can get preferential support from Zoom engineers with set response times, helping to reduce downtime and improved support for app development

App Integrations

One of the key advantages of Zoom Events is that it supports integrations with popular business applications. For example, organizations can connect the offering to their existing customer relationship management (CRM) solution to fetch attendee data. This lets them personalize communication to attendees. To gain from these capabilities, organiszations should subscribe to the company’s professional services, which start at $600 per event.

Zoom has put all the essentials of event hosting and management into a simple, transparently priced, and easy-to-use package. Customers can opt for as few or as many features as they need, with localized and tiered pricing for 500, 1000, 3000, 5000, 10,000, and 10,000+ attendees. As a result, companies receive a tailored solution for their needs.

 

 



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