/// EVENTS · HYBRIDHybrid Event Platform & Software
Hybrid event and conference platforms where the remote audience takes part instead of watching — one Q&A, networking across both audiences, virtual booths and an on-demand library afterwards.
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A hybrid event runs for two audiences at once: people in the room and people taking part remotely. Most hybrid events treat the second audience as an afterthought — a livestream of a stage, with questions nobody reads.
Sodio builds hybrid event platforms and software that bring both audiences into the same event: one queue for questions and polls, networking between remote and in-person attendees, sponsors who can reach both, and recordings that keep earning after the doors close.
/// IS CUSTOM RIGHT FOR YOU?
When an Established Hybrid Platform Is the Right Answer
Cvent, Bizzabo, ON24 and Zoom Events all run hybrid events well, and for a one-off or standard conference one of them is usually the right choice. A custom hybrid conference platform earns its place when the event is a lasting asset.
An established platform fits when
- The event is a one-off or follows a standard format
- Attendee data can live in the platform
- Standard sponsor packages are enough
- You run a few events a year
A custom hybrid platform fits when
- It is a recurring flagship event with its own brand and audience
- Attendee and engagement data must flow into your CRM or membership system
- Sponsorship and on-demand content are major sources of revenue
- You run many events, or build event technology for others
/// WHAT IT COVERS
What a Hybrid Event Platform Covers
Hybrid event solutions have one job above all: making the remote audience part of the event rather than spectators of it.
Live streaming
One Q&A for both audiences
Networking across audiences
Virtual booths and sponsor placements
Personal agendas
On-demand library
Ticketing by attendance type
Captions and live translation
Engagement analytics
One event app
/// ONE EVENT, TWO AUDIENCES
One Event, Two Audiences, From Registration to Replay
Attendees register
In-person or virtual pass chosen; agenda and matches suggested
Sessions run
Stage streamed; one Q&A and poll queue for both audiences
Attendees meet
Booth visits and video meetings across both audiences
The event ends
Recordings in the on-demand library; certificates issued
Results are reviewed
Engagement data for both audiences passed to sponsors and the CRM
Content lives on
Sessions repackaged as a paid library or promotion for the next event
/// MAKING THE REMOTE AUDIENCE COUNT
Making the Remote Audience Count
Remote attendees disengage fastest when they can see the event but cannot affect it.
///AI AT HYBRID EVENTS
Where AI Helps Hybrid Events
AI is especially useful at hybrid events, because so much of the event happens on screens it can read.
Matching across audiences
Remote and in-person attendees introduced by shared interests, so networking is not limited to whoever is in the room.
Agendas that fit each attendee
Sessions recommended from each attendee’s interests and behaviour, in their own time zone.
Summaries and highlights
Session summaries, clips and highlights produced from recordings and reviewed before publishing.
Remote and in-person attendees introduced by shared interests, so networking is not limited to whoever is in the room.
Sessions recommended from each attendee’s interests and behaviour, in their own time zone.
Session summaries, clips and highlights produced from recordings and reviewed before publishing.
/// COMPARE
Hybrid Event Technology: Three Ways to Run It
/// COST AND TIMELINE
What Drives the Cost and Timeline
A working hybrid platform for one event typically arrives within 30 days, with a production platform in 90. For a fixed event date, the build is planned backwards from opening day, with a full rehearsal of the streams and Q&A in advance.
The cost moves with six things: how many people watch at once; how many sessions need low-latency streaming; the systems it connects to, such as registration, CRM and membership databases; how closely it works with the production team’s equipment; the on-demand library and how it is sold; and the languages offered.
/// FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
A hybrid event has two audiences at the same time: people in the room and people taking part remotely. Both can watch the sessions, ask questions, meet other attendees and visit exhibitors. Done well, the remote audience takes part in the event; done badly, they simply watch a livestream of a stage.
A hybrid event platform is the software that connects the two audiences. It handles registration for both types of attendee, streams the sessions, brings questions and polls from the room and from remote attendees together, supports networking across both groups, gives sponsors visibility with each, and keeps the recordings available afterwards.
By treating them as attendees, not viewers. Their questions go into the same queue as the room's, interactive sessions use low-latency streaming so they can join in as it happens, they are matched with in-person attendees for meetings, and sponsors can reach them too. Remote attendees disengage fastest when they can see the event but cannot affect it.
It depends on the event. For most conferences, established platforms such as Cvent, Bizzabo, ON24 and Zoom Events are a sensible choice, and we will say so. A custom hybrid platform is worth it for recurring flagship events where the brand, the attendee data and the sponsorship revenue belong to you — often associations, large conferences and event companies running many events.
Standard streaming usually runs many seconds behind the room, which is fine for watching a keynote but poor for live questions. Interactive sessions use low-latency streaming so remote attendees can take part in the moment, and standard streaming is kept for large audiences that are mainly watching.
Yes. Virtual passes, upgrades from virtual to in-person, and paid access to the on-demand library can all be sold alongside in-person tickets, giving the event revenue from people who could never have travelled to it.
/// RELATED SERVICES
Related Industries and Services
Routes where scope overlaps with hybrid event platforms.
/// GET STARTED
Start With Your Next Flagship Event
Tell us how many people attend in the room and how many could join remotely, and what remote attendees got last time. We will prepare a free solution architecture for a platform that brings both audiences into the same event — planned backwards from your date.