EventUp Planner vs Hubilo: Which is a better fit?

Marilyn M: Hi, my name is Marilyn. I'm an association director. I give Hubilo a rating of five. For more reviews like this, click below. Before we chose Hubilo, we looked at about 30 other software programs. And at the time that we chose Hubilo, our primary concern was engagement. We're a small association and we really want everybody to get to know everybody else and not meeting face-to-face is a huge issue for us. So we wanted some way that people could really get social, and Hubilo answered that. Hubilo has a lot of features which are social. Hubilo was able to offer us many different ways of interacting. So there's an event feed, which is like Facebook. There's the list of attendees with the pictures. But not only is it list with pictures, they also have a matching strategy, which they allowed us to customize. So our topic was very specific and we were able to put in exactly what we wanted, we thought people would want to match on. So that really helps, I think, for people to find others who are interested in the same things. And we're also able to have a lounge, and we looked at a number of others where there was a lounge where we can sit down and somebody else can see us sitting there and sit down too. But this lounge allowed us to have an almost infinite number of tables, I think 50 tables or something. So that's great because we don't think our customers can find a different room. So if they have to go to another room to find their friends, I don't think they'll make it. So we really wanted everybody to be in the same lounge. So that's why we chose Hubilo. We are still working with Hubilo because we ... our conference will be in May, but it's been very easy to use. The dashboard that I have to use is quite easy and clear. I think that they need some help in the writing side, they've described it just very directly. They don't actually answer questions. So obviously the person who's doing the writing thinks it is totally clear and obvious and doesn't need to write anything and it'd be helpful if they got some people in there that are confused to help them figure out why people would be confused at what they need to know. But it's a new system and they'll get that down pretty soon. But it's really got all the features we want, as long as we can find them and really understand how to use them properly, it's the features are there. I think for other people that are using Hubilo that they probably will enjoy playing with it and using the different features, and Hubilo is constantly adding features. So anything I say now is probably out of date by the time you hear this. But I think that there's an awful lot there that can be done. We've really explored the contests and where we think that that will help people to engage. So posting a picture of themselves, fun facts, talking about things that they're willing to share with the other conference attendees, I think will help people to get social. So we're really hoping that people will form good relationships through this conference, even though it's not in-person.