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Hubilo vs WebEngage

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Hubilo

Webinars

The virtual and hybrid event platform

From
$450/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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WebEngage

Marketing

Customer engagement and retention automation for consumer businesses in India and Southeast Asia

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Hubilo service discontinued in September 2025; no longer available for new customers; WebEngage nothing about pricing is published, and since the entire commercial argument for WebEngage is that it undercuts Braze and CleverTap, you cannot evaluate the one thing that makes it interesting without entering a sales process.
  • They diverge on capability: Hubilo covers Virtual venue builder, WebEngage covers Journey designer.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hubilo and WebEngage actually diverge.

Attributes where Hubilo and WebEngage differ
AttributeHubiloWebEngage
Starting price$450/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS SDK, Android SDK, React Native, Flutter, API
CategoryWebinarsMarketing
Founded2015Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Hubilo

  • Virtual venue builder
  • Networking lounges
  • Gamification
  • Live streaming
  • Expo booths
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Marketo

Only in WebEngage

  • Journey designer
  • Behavioural segmentation
  • Push and in-app
  • WhatsApp
  • Analytics
  • Personalisation
  • On-site surveys
  • Customer data platform

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Hubilo

  • Event planningnot WebEngage
  • Ticket salesnot WebEngage
  • Attendee managementnot WebEngage
  • Virtual eventsnot WebEngage
  • Event marketingnot WebEngage

WebEngage

  • A consumer app in India or Southeast Asia with several million monthly users needs Braze-class journey automation at a price its marketing budget can absorb.not Hubilo
  • A fintech or edtech business needs WhatsApp as a primary retention channel rather than a secondary one, in a market where email open rates are low and WhatsApp is universal.not Hubilo
  • A media or ecommerce company wants behavioural segmentation and lifecycle journeys without building a customer data platform separately first.not Hubilo
  • A team wants funnels, cohorts and retention analysis in the same tool that sends the messages, so the analyst and the campaign manager are not reconciling two systems.not Hubilo

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Hubilo

  • Service discontinued in September 2025; no longer available for new customers
  • Minimum entry price of $15,000/year positioned it exclusively for enterprise customers

WebEngage

  • Nothing about pricing is published, and since the entire commercial argument for WebEngage is that it undercuts Braze and CleverTap, you cannot evaluate the one thing that makes it interesting without entering a sales process.
  • Message volumes across email, SMS and WhatsApp are metered separately from the platform fee, so a campaign that succeeds increases the bill in ways the monthly tracked user figure does not capture.
  • It requires genuine engineering investment to instrument events and user attributes correctly, and a poorly instrumented deployment produces segments that are wrong rather than merely incomplete, which is expensive to discover after launch.
  • Enterprise assurance is lighter than the American incumbents: procurement teams expecting extensive compliance documentation, regional data residency guarantees and 24 hour follow-the-sun support may find gaps.
  • Its centre of gravity is India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, so partner availability, agency expertise and support hours all favour those regions and a European or North American buyer is a peripheral customer.

Pricing, plan by plan

Hubilo

$450/month
  • Webinar+$450/month
    • Webinar hosting
    • Engagement tools
    • Basic analytics
  • Event+$1500/month
    • Virtual events
    • Expo hall
    • Networking
  • Enterprise$5000/month
    • Custom solutions
    • API access
    • Dedicated support

WebEngage

On request
  • WebEngage$undefined/year
    • Priced by monthly tracked users and channels enabled
    • Journeys, segmentation and analytics included
    • Email, SMS and WhatsApp volumes charged separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Hubilo if

  • You need virtual venue builder.
  • You also want networking lounges.
Hubilo review

Choose WebEngage if

  • You need journey designer.
  • You work on Web, iOS SDK, Android SDK, React Native, Flutter, API.
  • You also want behavioural segmentation.
WebEngage review

Questions people ask

Is Hubilo or WebEngage better?
Neither clearly leads. Hubilo starts at $450/month and WebEngage at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hubilo or WebEngage?
Hubilo starts at $450/month and WebEngage at On request.
Does Hubilo or WebEngage run on more platforms?
Hubilo runs on Web. WebEngage runs on Web, iOS SDK, Android SDK, React Native, Flutter, API.
What is Hubilo best used for?
Hubilo is most often used for event planning, ticket sales, attendee management, virtual events. Of those, event planning and ticket sales are not what WebEngage is typically brought in for.
What can Hubilo do that WebEngage cannot?
Hubilo covers Virtual venue builder, Networking lounges, Gamification, Live streaming. WebEngage covers Journey designer, Behavioural segmentation, Push and in-app, WhatsApp.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hubilo: What happened to Hubilo?

Hubilo was acquired by Brandlive in September 2025. Existing Hubilo customers were automatically migrated to Brandlive's new Virtual PRO platform.

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WebEngage: How much does WebEngage cost?

It does not publish pricing. It is quoted by monthly tracked users with message volumes charged separately, and it typically comes in below Braze and CleverTap for equivalent volumes.

Hubilo: What were Hubilo's pricing plans?

Hubilo offered tiered pricing: Pro 1 at $15,000/year (1 admin, 1,000 attendee cap), Pro 4 at $50,000/year (4 admins, 4,000 attendee cap), and Pro 10 at $125,000/year (10 admins, 10,000 attendee cap).

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WebEngage: Is it a CDP or a marketing automation tool?

Both, in practice. It assembles unified user profiles from event streams and then acts on them, though it is lighter than a dedicated CDP on data warehousing and identity resolution.

Hubilo: What platforms did Hubilo support?

Hubilo was available as a web-based platform supporting desktop, mobile, and tablet access for hosting and attending virtual events and webinars.

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WebEngage: Is WebEngage owned by anyone else?

No. It remains an independent Mumbai-based company.

Hubilo: What engagement features did Hubilo offer?

Hubilo provided live polls, Q&A sessions, chat rooms, AI-driven networking lounges, breakout sessions, and sponsor management tools with virtual booths for lead capture.

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WebEngage: Which channels does it support?

Mobile push, in-app, web push, email, SMS and WhatsApp, with WhatsApp treated as a first-class channel rather than an add-on.

Hubilo: Can new customers still sign up for Hubilo?

No. Hubilo was discontinued following the Brandlive acquisition in September 2025. New customers should evaluate Brandlive's Virtual PRO platform or alternative vendors.

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Hubilo: What is the lowest entry price for Hubilo?

The lowest Hubilo plan was Pro 1 at $15,000 per year, making it enterprise-focused with no SMB or starter tier.

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