The Bizzabo user’s pain
“There were various bugs that meant our experience wasn't very smooth. We had multiple clients who had trouble joining virtual sessions and some attendees mentioned it was a hard platform to navigate in our post‑event survey.” G2
Why this matters to event organizers
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Lost minutes = lost engagement: If attendees struggle to enter sessions, you’ll see drop‑offs, lower session attendance, and frustrated sponsors.
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Support overload at go‑live: Access issues convert your ops team into a help desk right when they should be running the show.
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Experience memory effect: A clunky first impression affects NPS, survey scores, and re‑registration rates for next year.
How Dryfta addresses this
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Purpose‑built live meeting and webinar modes: For interactive sessions, run a Live Meeting (speakers/moderators/attendees on cam/mic as needed). For scale, switch to Webinar mode: up to 100 speakers on the live meeting, with up to 20,000 viewers (and 8,000 concurrent) watching the livestream. When a viewer wants to ask a question, Live Q&A seamlessly closes the stream and moves them into the live meeting to speak, then returns them to the stream afterward. This flow reduces confusion about where to join and when.
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Simple moderator controls: Moderators see the auto‑generated RTMP key right inside the session. They paste it into their meeting controls, start the stream, and Dryfta handles the switchboard. For attendees it’s a single point of entry instead of fragmented links.
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Simple attendee journey: Attendees land on the session page, watch the stream, and use Q&A/chat without hunting through tabs. When they click Live Q&A, Dryfta guides them into the live room and back, minimizing confusing moments.
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Scales without workarounds: Because the livestream and the live meeting are integrated, organizers avoid cumbersome, multi‑tool handoffs that often cause those “I can’t get in” moments during peak load.
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On‑premise option for enterprises: If your compliance require it, Dryfta’s on‑premise deployment lets you host virtual events inside a dedicated AWS private instance for maximum control, performance tuning, and integration, which in turn reduces points of external failure.
Quick organizer checklist (use this in Dryfta before go‑live)
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Create sessions in Webinar mode for large audiences; reserve Live Meeting for interactive segments.
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Share the single session link in calendar invites and reminders; avoid sending alternate links.
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Have moderators copy the RTMP key from the session console and do a 5‑minute pre‑flight stream test.
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Enable Live Q&A only when ready, so viewers transition at the right moment.
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Keep a brief “How to ask a live question” blurb on the session page for first‑timers.
Transparency & fairness note: The quote above is taken directly from a G2 review page. It represents that reviewer’s experience at a point in time; Bizzabo may have since improved the areas mentioned. Our comparison focuses on how Dryfta’s current features and workflows can mitigate the same pain.