Event Intro
EventIntro vs Airmeet
EventIntro and Airmeet differ on whether the platform hosts the event itself or sits above it. Airmeet provides virtual venue tooling — networking tables, broadcast sessions, video infrastructure. EventIntro provides matchmaking and is video-tool-agnostic. Choose Airmeet if you need built-in virtual venue tooling; choose EventIntro if you'd rather use Zoom and add a matching layer.
What is Airmeet?
Airmeet is a virtual and hybrid events platform that combines video infrastructure (broadcast sessions, virtual networking tables) with attendee management. Its hallmark feature is the \"social lounge\" — a virtual table layout where attendees join and leave conversations in real time airmeet.com.
How does EventIntro differ from Airmeet?
The two products operate at different layers. Airmeet is a virtual venue with networking features bundled in; EventIntro is a matching layer that runs alongside whatever video tool you use. If your event is virtual, you'll likely use Zoom or Teams for the actual video; EventIntro tells you who should be in which Zoom breakout. Airmeet is the alternative pattern: the video and the networking happen inside the same platform.
Where the matchmaking is concerned, Airmeet uses tag-based attendee suggestions and lets attendees self-select into virtual tables; EventIntro's pipeline is embedding-based and produces pre-formed pairings. The Airmeet pattern relies on attendees doing the matchmaking themselves at the virtual table; the EventIntro pattern does it for them.
Feature comparison
| Feature | EventIntro | Airmeet |
|---|---|---|
| Video infrastructure | Use Zoom/Teams/Meet | Built-in airmeet.com |
| Virtual tables | — | Social lounge feature |
| Matchmaking | Embedding-based, complementary | Tag-based + self-select tables |
| Cohort persistence | Cohort-first model | Event-bound |
| Pricing | $500/yr per cohort | Tiered, sales-led airmeet.com/pricing |
When to pick Airmeet over EventIntro
Pick Airmeet if you need built-in virtual venue tooling. Recurring webinars, sponsored virtual conferences, all-virtual product launches — events where the video infrastructure is part of the value proposition and you'd rather not stitch together Zoom plus networking software. Airmeet's virtual tables are a useful UX for free-form mingling; EventIntro doesn't replace them.
When to pick EventIntro over Airmeet
Pick EventIntro when the matching matters more than the venue. Most cohort events are run on tools the host already pays for — Zoom, Slack, an existing CRM. Bringing in a new virtual-venue platform for the matching alone is overkill; bringing in a matching layer above the existing tools is the right shape. EventIntro is built for that pattern.