Creating a venue requires an Enterprise account with the Events add-on.
Vimeo offers a range of virtual event capabilities that in turn support multiple types of events. This article provides an overview of each event type as well as a detailed breakdown of which features are available for each one.
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Live broadcasts
Recommended uses: Live or pre-recorded presentations, faith services, live performances
Reach the widest audience with a single stream.
Live broadcasts enable you to scale your stream to thousands of viewers with the highest quality video. With this event type, you can also distribute your event to social platforms and reach your audience through a state-of-the-art player.
With an Enterprise account, you can host your live broadcast on a showcase. Showcases provide more customization options, such as adding your own logo, setting a custom domain, and uploading additional videos to the page.
Overview: Create and go live to an event / Live events for Showcases
Webinars
Recommended uses: Conferences, seminars, product demonstrations
Learn more about your attendees with viewer analytics and sync with your CRM or MAP.
If you want your event to require viewers to register in order to attend, we recommend using a webinar. Webinars give you the ability to gate your event to drive leads, build brand awareness and educate customers. You can integrate your webinar with top CRMs and marketing automation platforms to action on leads through detailed attendee analytics.
Create and configure a webinar
Venues
Recommended uses: Town hall meetings, viewing parties, fundraisers, networking events
Engage your audience within multiple virtual rooms for a versatile and interactive experience.
A venue is a destination for your single or multi-track events designed to foster richly interactive and engaging experiences with your attendees. Audience reactions, widgets, and chat options make your virtual event more interactive than a live broadcast or webinar.
Best practices: How should I set up my virtual venue?
Full event type comparison
You can find the specific features available with each event type on Vimeo in the table below.
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Live broadcast |
Webinar |
Venue |
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Technical specifications |
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Embeddable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Supports RTMP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Streaming latency |
Can range from low latency (~5 seconds) to standard latency (~20 seconds; rtmp) to high latency/fail-safe streaming (~75 seconds; mpeg-dash) |
Standard latency (~20 seconds; rtmp) or high latency/fail-safe streaming (~75 seconds; mpeg-dash) |
Ultra-low latency (<0.5s) via WebRTC |
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Privacy options |
Event-level privacy settings |
Gated by email |
SSO registration Attendee login via Vimeo, Facebook, Google, Apple |
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Streaming quality |
1080p Adaptive Quality Adaptive delivery means that Vimeo can choose from all the video qualities available, factoring in your viewer’s internet connection speed and screen size, to make sure that playback is always the best it can be and is never interrupted. |
1080p Adaptive Quality Adaptive delivery means that Vimeo can choose from all the video qualities available, factoring in your viewer’s internet connection speed and screen size, to make sure that playback is always the best it can be and is never interrupted. |
720p Recommended You must choose one resolution to send to stream; this means that it’s ideal to pick an average resolution that will comfortably load on all average consumer devices/internet speeds. 1080p is not advised for this reason. |
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Performance mode |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Number of viewers/attendees |
100,000s |
Premium/Advanced: 100 Enterprise: 500 |
3,000 |
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Number of concurrent speakers |
7 |
7 |
45 per space ** |
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Backup stream |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Duration limit |
12 hours (24 hours with Livestream.com) |
12 hours |
Unlimited |
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Simulcasting to social platforms |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Admin features |
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Registration workflow |
No |
Bi-directional syncing to CRM/Marketing Automation; Import / Export |
Venues-specific forms |
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UTM parameters |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Spaces |
No |
No |
Yes Structure your Venue by creating an unlimited number of ‘spaces’ for things like: Stages Breakout rooms Video chats/group networking Sponsor booths Private or back-stage conversations |
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Live auto-closed captions |
Yes - Native Yes - 3rd party support |
Yes - Native Yes - 3rd party support |
No |
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Session recording and VOD |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Viewer-level analytics |
No |
Yes Name, email, attendance, watch time, Q&A & polls interaction |
Yes |
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Event-level analytics |
No |
Yes |
Yes Total registrants, total attendees, turnout (%), peak attendance, average time spent |
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Add to showcase |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Audience engagement |
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Display virtual attendees in the theatre |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Group chat |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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1:1 chat |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Video chat |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Reactions |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Polls & QA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Multiple rooms |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Third-party widgets |
No |
No |
Yes Embed 3rd party iFrames (i.e. Slido) |
Visible attendee profiles during an event |
No |
No |
Yes Attendees can record a greeting, use customizable registration fields, and upload an avatar |
** Upto 45 users can have their cam/mic enabled simultaneously. However, viewers will see the top 16 most active participants with their cameras active. The top 16 list updates frequently to show people who unmute their microphones.