The ON24 alternative built for health
HCP webinars, medical education and launches, with consent captured before entry and everything said searchable. Run it yourself, or let the Adelo team run it.
What is the difference between Adelo and ON24?
ON24 is an enterprise webinar and digital engagement platform used across many industries, including life sciences. It has been part of Cvent since April 2026.
Based on ON24’s own website.Adelo is the professional video event platform built only for health. Teams run webinars, meetings, 1-to-1 sessions and on-demand video. Consent, questions and the recording stay connected to each event.
- Built only for health
- Consent captured before entry
- Ask Adelo AI across every event
4 reasons teams choose Adelo over ON24.
Built only for health
Every feature is designed for health events. Consent capture and potential safety signals come with every plan. Your compliance team remains responsible for final decisions.
- Consent captured before entry
- Potential safety signals for authorized review
- Moderated questions and chat
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A clear experience for speakers
Speakers prepare, share information and rehearse before going live. Your audience joins in the browser, in one branded event room.
- Speakers rehearse before going live
- Your audience joins in the browser
- Polls, Q&A and resources in one room
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Intelligence your team can search
Every event gets a speaker-attributed transcript and a structured summary. Ask Adelo AI a question and go straight to the source moment.
- Speaker-attributed transcripts
- Structured summaries
- Answers that link to the source moment
Ask your events anything.
00:18:22Asked by an analyst · UK margin
00:41:07Answered by the CFO
00:52:40Follow-up on 2027 range31 sessionsMention fees
Fund update · Q2Where fees roseInvestor dayMost-asked momentStart with the next program
Our plans are published, so your team can see the options before a sales call. Every plan includes onboarding support.
- Published plans
- Onboarding on every plan
- Live and hybrid events when you need them
How do Adelo and ON24 compare?
| Compared on | ON24 | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Health only: pharma, medcomms and consumer health agencies, brands and associations | Many industries, with a life sciences offer |
| Event types | Webinars, meetings, 1-to-1 sessions and on-demand video. Live and hybrid events as a managed service | Webinars, virtual events and content hubs. Live, simulive, on-demand and hybrid |
| Compliance support | Consent before entry, moderated Q&A and chat, live flagging and a connected event record | Pre-approved templates and compliance support across regions |
| AI | Adelo AI searches transcripts, drafts summaries and clips, and surfaces potential safety signals for authorized review | Generative AI for content creation and campaign execution |
| CRM | Salesforce and Veeva integrations available on higher plans | Veeva Silver Certified Partner, with Salesforce and other CRM tools |
| Pricing | Plans published on our pricing page | Quote on request |
| Company | UK and US, built for health | Part of Cvent since April 2026 |
Information about ON24 comes from on24.com and Cvent’s press release of 1 April 2026, checked on 30 October 2026.
Questions to ask before you choose.
Ask these of every platform you compare. Here is how Adelo answers.
Who rehearses with your speakers?
Speakers prepare and rehearse on Adelo before they go live, and our team can rehearse with them.
How long until your first event?
Adelo is quick to set up, and every plan includes onboarding support.
Can you start with one program?
Yes. Our plans are published, so you can start with your next program.
Adelo and ON24, feature by feature.
What Adelo includes, next to what ON24 states on its own website. Where their website does not say, we say so rather than guess.
| Feature | ON24 | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Built only for health | Many industries, with a life sciences offer |
| Join in the browser | Yes. Nothing to install | Not stated on their website |
| Branded registration, invitations, event room and replay | Yes, on your own subdomain | Not stated on their website |
| Speaker preparation and rehearsal | Yes, before every event | Not stated on their website |
| Consent captured before entry | Yes, timestamped and kept in the event record | Pre-approved templates and compliance support across regions |
| Moderated Q&A and chat | Yes | Not stated on their website |
| Flag a contribution live | Yes | Not stated on their website |
| Potential safety signals surfaced for review | Yes, for authorized review. Your compliance team decides | Not stated on their website |
| Polls, feedback and resources | Yes, in the event room | Not stated on their website |
| Speaker-attributed transcript | Yes, every event | Not stated on their website |
| Structured summary | Yes, drafted for your team to review | Generative AI for content creation |
| Search across a program | Yes | Not stated on their website |
| Ask Adelo AI, with the source moment | Yes | Not stated on their website |
| Reviewed clips and on-demand library | Yes, access-controlled | Content hubs, on-demand |
| Meetings and 1-to-1 sessions | Yes, on the same platform | Not stated on their website |
| Advisory boards | Live, async or both | Not stated on their website |
| In-person and hybrid events | Yes, run by the Adelo team | Hybrid and simulive webinars |
| CRM | Salesforce and Veeva integrations on higher plans | Veeva Silver Certified Partner, with Salesforce and other CRM tools |
| How you buy | Published plans, 14-day free trial, onboarding on every plan | Quote on request |
Information about ON24 comes from on24.com and Cvent’s press release of 1 April 2026, checked on 30 October 2026.
What goes wrong with health events.
What HCPs complain about, and what health teams struggle with, whichever platform they use.
of senior clinicians say they have reduced or stopped engaging with a pharma company as a direct result of poor digital experiences.
Graphite Digital, 2026of the same clinicians want more control over what content they get and how often.
Graphite Digital, 2026What audiences complain about
The digital experience was poor.
Clunky logins, generic rooms and broken streams cost companies the relationship.
With Adelo: Every event is branded and designed, and people join in the browser with nothing to install.
It felt over-promotional.
Just over half of the clinicians surveyed said pharma digital communication is over-promotional and not helpful.
With Adelo: Run peer-led discussion, advisory boards and expert panels, with moderated Q&A.
It wasn’t relevant to me.
58% said digital content feels repetitive or irrelevant.
With Adelo: Let people choose live or on demand, and jump to the moments that matter to them.
What hosting teams struggle with
Insights from boards sit in slides.
What the experts said is hard to find a month later.
With Adelo: Every board gets a speaker-attributed transcript and a summary. Ask Adelo AI across a whole program.
Every output needs review.
Nothing goes out without approval.
With Adelo: Adelo AI drafts summaries and clips. Each one is labeled, and your team reviews it before use.
Experts can’t all meet at once.
Diaries and time zones rarely line up.
With Adelo: Run boards live, async or both, so experts contribute in their own time.
Sources: Graphite Digital, research with 225 senior clinicians in the UK, US and Germany, 2026 · pharmaphorum, on the same Graphite Digital research, February 2026.
Moving from ON24? Start with your next event.
You do not need to move everything at once. Most teams start with one event and grow from there.
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Bring your recordings
Upload replays from other platforms into the same on-demand library.
Run your next event
Run it yourself, or let the Adelo team run it. Onboarding is on every plan.
When ON24 may suit you better.
Every platform suits some teams better than others. If these sound like you, ON24 may be the better choice.
- You run large webinar programs across many industries, not only health, on one platform.
- You want webinars as part of a wider Cvent events contract.
Adelo and ON24: common questions.
Is Adelo an alternative to ON24 for HCP webinars?
Yes. Teams use Adelo for HCP education, launches, advisory boards and KOL engagement. Adelo helps your team check compliance, with consent captured before entry.
Can Adelo connect to Veeva or Salesforce?
Yes. Salesforce and Veeva integrations are available on higher plans.
Does Adelo run in-person and hybrid events?
Yes. Live and Hybrid Events is a managed production service alongside the platform. A central event can connect to remote locations.
How quickly can we start?
Adelo is quick to set up, and every plan includes onboarding support. Start with your next webinar, meeting or program.
See Adelo with your next event. Tell us what you are running and who it is for. We will show you how Adelo fits.