Virtual event platforms are virtual event venues with event technology tools that streamline event processes in one single platform. These tools are designed to simplify, automate, promote, and make any event experience engaging and localized to its target audience. As a result, virtual event platforms are preferred event solutions rather than an alternative to physical events.  

When choosing the right virtual event platform for your events, your criteria should be narrowed down to the following factors:  

• Ensure that your preferred virtual event platform is fit for your event needs. Can your preferred virtual event platform execute your event programs or event scenarios? 
• Since most event software vendors provide their services as “SaaS”, event vendors should cover implementation services and after-sales support.
•  Is your virtual event platform reliable and stable even when hosting for cross-border events? Can your virtual event platform hold a huge amount of users all at once? 

The “best” virtual event platform should be able to cover your event needs. That’s why it’s crucial to understand your event software vendor’s event technology tools and their service support. Nonetheless, when deciding what’s the “best” virtual event platform, look for advanced features that can manage and host multi-faceted event programs, event types with interactive features that keep your attendees, speakers, and exhibitors engaged as in-person events. 

Any event that takes place at a physical venue can be transformed into a virtual event, however, the most common virtual events that help companies achieve business goals are conferences, virtual, seminars, corporate meetings, trade shows/ expos, networking events, galas, product launches, VIP events and recruiting events.

Virtual meetings replace physical meetings through event technology tools usually from video conferencing providers. It allows its users to create a unique virtual venue where all attendees can communicate in real-time via video and audio, using an internet connection.

While you can explore different types of event programs like live-streaming and webinars to keep your attendees engaged it’s best to also pre-record some sessions to minimize technical issues during the event. In terms of marketing events, it’s best to choose a virtual event platform that can also localize your event to different markets like Asia and China so you can reach more audiences.

EventXtra is an all-in-one event management software where you can streamline your pre-event and event hosting that’s backed by our in-house tech support and local customer support. In our virtual events platform, you can host a mix of in-person events, virtual events and seamlessly multi-host different types of events such as conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, and fairs with live-streaming, webinars, and virtual booths. As Asia’s #1 virtual event software, we’ve built local events for Fortune 500 companies like Apple, Alibaba, Economist, and Deloitte with over 4 million attendees worldwide.

EventXtra provides in-house local language support in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Bahasa. Our Event Registration System (EMS) can also localize your event registration forms in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Our virtual event hosting framework is adopted from AWS Auto Scaling so when you host your virtual events with us your event database can handle large traffic up to 10,000 attendees at a time. 

When you host events with us, a dedicated event manager will be assigned to support your event-setup. During your virtual event, we’ll have our technical team on standby to ensure that your events run smoothly.