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StarChapter vs HeySummit: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 15th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 7,314 reviews from Event Management users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Real-Time Data
NA
Agenda Management
NA
Registration Management
3.9
Event Scheduling
4.1
Attendee Management
3.7
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Real-Time Data
NA
Agenda Management
NA
Registration Management
4.9
Event Scheduling
4.6
Attendee Management
4.6
User satisfaction
4.2
User reviews634
Ease of use
3.7
Functionality
3.8
Value for money
4.1
Customer support
4.3
4.6
User reviews33
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.5
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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StarChapter works directly with local chapter leaders, national associations, association management companies (AMC), and other membership-based organizations.

From creators to consultants, educators to global brands - over 10,000 choose HeySummit as their trusted platform for extraordinary events.

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pros & cons
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Mary G
Director of Education
2.0

Mary G.: Hi, my name's Mary, I am a director of social media. And I am giving a two star rating for StarChapter today. For more ratings, see below. So I use StarChapter right now for email messaging to our members and to manage our chapter website as well. And we also use it a little bit for managing event registration as well. So the one really nice thing about StarChapter is having everything all in one place. There's one centralized source to have all of your membership, marketing, communications, website, everything at the touch of a finger. The pain points that I'm finding with star chapter is primarily related to ease of use. The system is not intuitive and not designed with the user in mind. There's a lot of training that needs to happen for anyone using the system that's a newbie. And my other pain point is it's not very customizable, especially for email marketing. It does not have any of the drag and drop features. It doesn't have any of the cool tech to make an email really splash or really look cool to the end receiver. It's very basic and just not, I guess, not as elevated as I would like to see.

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P W
Owner
5.0

Peter W.: Hey. I'm Peter and I'm a principal solutions architect who works with customers and partners to understand, enable and acquisition technology. And I give HeySummit a score of five out of five. So before using HeySummit, I was using other webinar platforms that didn't have the same degree of capability to run a summit event. So I was using Zoom or LiveWebinar, other tools like that. And HeySummit made a massive difference to help me run live events and recorded events for my customers and my partners for minimal effort and energy and confusion for me and for them. Why did I choose HeySummit over all of the other options out there? Well I actually am a fan of supporting new developing platforms and through one of the programs that I'm involved in, I came across HeySummit. It wasn't something I had searched for, but the answer was glaringly there in front of me. So I joined HeySummit and since then have enjoyed the benefits and the value of using that platform compared to what I was trying before. To start with, I had to learn to rethink what a summit was and how to run it because I hadn't had a platform like HeySummit to deliver that. So initially I found it a little bit confusing only because I didn't understand how it worked and what could be achieved. But welcome to technology. That's frequently the case, right? And humans, we need to understand, relearn and reenable ourselves. And once I had some basic understanding of HeySummit, I was flying around and it made delivering my summit so much easier. Just some ideas for you if you are starting to use HeySummit or thinking about using HeySummit. Make sure you choose a good engine to sit behind it that is able to do multiple sessions. I chose LiveWebinar, which is a good platform to use with HeySummit. My challenge came with LiveWebinar becoming unable to back to book sessions. So the LiveWebinar platform meant I had to put delays between my sessions. So I'd suggest that whatever webinar engine you choose, make sure if you want to go back to back sessions, you have more than one live webinar session you can run at that time. It's a bit of a gotcha. It just created some agenda timetable hassles for my attendees. They never knew, but it would've made my life a whole lot easier.

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Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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Access Control
207
Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

StarChapter

22/44
  • Access Control
  • Agenda Management
  • Audience Engagement
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Budget Management
  • Conferences/Conventions
  • Drag & Drop
  • Exhibit/Vendor Management
  • For Virtual Events
  • Gamification
  • Guest List Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Room Block Management
  • Seating Map
  • Social Promotion
  • Speaker Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Venue Management
  • Volunteer Management
  • Weddings/Parties
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Attendee Management
  • Badge Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Contact Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Discount Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Event Scheduling
  • Mobile Access
  • Payment Processing
  • Registration Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Sponsorship Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Ticketing
  • Website Management
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HeySummit

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StarChapter
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
HeySummit
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
StarChapter
  • By Star Chapter
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2008
HeySummit
  • By HeySummit
  • Located in United Kingdom
  • Founded in 2019
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