Highbar vs. Eventmobi: A modern alternative to traditional event app

Choosing the right event app platform comes down to how fast you can launch, how engaging the experience is for attendees, and how much operational overhead your team has to manage.

Eventmobi is a long‑standing event app platform designed primarily for conferences and trade shows. It offers a wide range of modules—agenda, speakers, sponsors, networking, and gamification—configured through a traditional admin dashboard. Eventmobi competes with other legacy event app platforms like Whova, Cvent Attendee Hub, and Bizzabo.

Highbar, on the other hand, represents a new category of event experience. Instead of forcing attendees into rigid menus and screens, Highbar delivers an AI‑native, conversational event app that feels more like chatting with a smart assistant than navigating software. Highbar competes with legacy event apps by replacing complexity with speed, automation, and a modern UX.

Winner: Highbar — dramatically faster setup with zero complexity.

Experience

Eventmobi: Traditional Event App UX

Eventmobi delivers what attendees expect from a classic event app:

• Menu‑based navigation
• Icons, grids, and static pages
• Separate sections for agenda, speakers, networking, and sponsors

While functional, this experience can feel overwhelming and outdated. Attendees often struggle to find information quickly and must manually search through multiple screens.

Highbar: AI‑Native, Conversational Experience

Highbar replaces menus and grids with a chatbot‑style interface powered by AI.

Attendees can:

• Ask natural language questions
• Instantly get personalized answers
• Discover sessions, speakers, and logistics without searching

Instead of learning how to use an app, attendees simply interact with it—making the experience more intuitive, more engaging, and far more modern.

Pricing

Eventmobi Pricing

Eventmobi uses tiered pricing that scales based on the number of attendees, selected feature add-ons, and access to advanced modules and integrations, but many teams encounter:

• Higher costs as attendee counts increase
• Less predictable pricing for larger events
• Additional charges for premium features

While functional, this experience can feel overwhelming and outdated. Attendees often struggle to find information quickly and must manually search through multiple screens.

Highbar Pricing

Highbar offers simple, transparent pricing designed for speed and clarity.

Our most popular plan:

• $2,500 flat rate
• No per‑attendee fees
• No hidden add‑ons
• Full access to the AI‑powered experience

Choosing the right event app platform comes down to how fast you can launch, how engaging the experience is for attendees, and how much operational overhead your team has to manage.

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Eventmobi is a long‑standing event app platform designed primarily for conferences and trade shows. It offers a wide range of modules—agenda, speakers, sponsors, networking, and gamification—configured through a traditional admin dashboard. Eventmobi competes with other legacy event app platforms like Whova, Cvent Attendee Hub, and Bizzabo.

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Highbar, on the other hand, represents a new category of event experience. Instead of forcing attendees into rigid menus and screens, Highbar delivers an AI‑native, conversational event app that feels more like chatting with a smart assistant than navigating software. Highbar competes with legacy event apps by replacing complexity with speed, automation, and a modern UX.