BigMarker vs Brella (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, BigMarker and Brella share a 1.8 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which platforms you need.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick BigMarker if
- Fits if your B2B marketing team runs on webinar leads and CRM data
- Works for running webinars and bigger hybrid events on one platform
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to see a price before talking to sales, as none is published
- Not for you if you're a small business that wants to sign up and start today
- Pricey if you sell tickets, since BigMarker takes 5% of each sale
- Tight if you're on Basic: 1 host, and no simulive, evergreen, ticketing or breakout rooms until Enterprise
- Watch out: plans renew yearly with storage for 100 on-demand webinars; extra hosts, channels and storage are add-ons
Pick Brella if
- Fits if your event is mainly about meetings between attendees
- Makes sense if you run sponsor and hosted-buyer programmes
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price on the page, as none is published
- Not for you if you want webinars, since livestreams are embedded from another tool
- Tight if you plan on a phone, because the admin panel suits a computer
- Watch out: some listed features, such as meeting ratings, are labelled beta
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABigMarkerWeak | 1.8GPABrellaWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices are published: Basic, Enterprise and Enterprise+ are all sold by quote, so there's nothing to set against GoTo Webinar or Zoom Webinars for a monthly 100-person webinar. No published price is a C by our rule. Ticket sales carry a 5% fee. | CNo price is published, so it sits in the middle. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free: no free plan, and trials or proofs of concept are arranged through sales. | FNo free plan or trial is listed; pricing goes through sales. |
| Features | CLive, recurring, simulive, evergreen and on-demand webinars, landing pages, pop-up offers, CRM sync, social streaming and up to 64 webcams. The gaps: simulive, evergreen, ticketing and breakout rooms start at Enterprise, and Basic has 1 host. | CMatchmaking, meetings, sponsors, schedule and analytics. Livestreams come from YouTube or Vimeo, and some features are marked beta. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. It starts with a sales call, then landing pages, emails, integrations and formats to set up. | CNo store rating on record. Organisers build an event in an admin panel that works best on a computer. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app listed, but native Salesforce, Pardot, HubSpot, Eloqua, Marketo, ActiveCampaign and Constant Contact integrations, plus Zapier and an API. | BWeb, iOS and Android, with an API. No desktop app. |
| Best for | B2B marketing webinars and big events | events built around attendee matchmaking and meetings |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: BigMarker and Brella. How we grade
Where they differ
- BigMarker also covers multistreaming.
- Brella also covers calendar.
In commonWebPublic APITicketingWebinars
At a glance
| BigMarker | Brella | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | BigMarker | Brella Ltd, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
BigMarker
- No prices are published: Basic, Enterprise and Enterprise+ are all sold by quote, and trials or proofs of concept are arranged through sales.
- Basic covers 1,000 live attendees and 1 host; simulive, evergreen webinars, ticketing and breakout rooms start at Enterprise.
- BigMarker takes a 5% transaction fee on ticket sales for paid events.
- Plans renew yearly and include storage for 100 on-demand webinars; extra hosts, channels and storage are add-ons.
Brella
- No prices are published; the pricing address redirects to a feature list, and pricing is given through the sales team.
- Livestreams are embedded from other services, so plan a separate streaming tool for webinar-style sessions.
- The Admin Panel for organizers runs in a browser, and the vendor recommends a computer rather than a phone or tablet.
- Some features on the feature list, such as meeting ratings, are labeled beta.
Key features
BigMarker
- Many webinar formats
- Unlimited live, recurring, simulive, evergreen, 24/7 and on-demand webinars, run from BigMarker's browser studio or streamed in over RTMP.
- Landing pages and emails
- Registration landing pages from 15 or more templates, embeddable registration, custom fields and UTM codes, and customizable invite and reminder emails.
- Audience engagement
- Chat, polls, Q&A, handouts, pop-up offers and post-session surveys, with up to 9 webcams on Basic and 64 on Enterprise, plus breakout rooms.
- CRM and marketing integrations
- Native integrations with Salesforce, Pardot, HubSpot, Eloqua, Marketo, ActiveCampaign and Constant Contact push registrant and engagement data back.
- Social live streaming
- Webinars can be streamed to Facebook Live, LinkedIn Live and YouTube Live with slides, videos, webcams and custom layouts.
- Ticketing and certificates
- Enterprise plans sell tickets through Stripe or Authorize.net and issue certificates of completion, with API access and a Zapier integration.
Brella
- AI matchmaking
- Suggests who attendees and sponsors should meet from interests, intent and activity on the platform, with interests the organizer can edit.
- Meetings
- One-to-one and group meetings with in-app video calls, automated table assignment, notifications and private messaging.
- Hosted buyer programs
- Organizers can design and sell managed-meeting packages such as hosted buyer programs or sponsor packages, with check-ins recording that each meeting happened.
- Sessions and schedule
- Multi-track schedules, embedded livestreams from services such as YouTube and Vimeo, and breakout rooms for up to 200 people.
- Sponsors and branding
- Sponsor booths, a sponsor admin panel and a white-label event app that can be customized from onboarding onward.
- Integrations and API
- A REST API, webhooks, native integrations and a managed integrations service. The vendor lists 500+ integrations.
Plans
BigMarker
Pricing could not be confirmed. See bigmarker.com.
Brella
Pricing could not be confirmed. See brella.io.
Ways to pay less
BigMarker
- Nonprofit
Education and nonprofit pricing on request
BigMarker's pricing FAQ says it prepares proposals with special pricing for nonprofits, NGOs and educational institutions that email its sales team.
Brella
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BigMarker or Brella?
As of Nov 12, 2026, BigMarker has no price we could confirm, and Brella has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, BigMarker or Brella?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither BigMarker nor Brella has a free plan.
Which platforms do BigMarker and Brella run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Brella lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.