Hybrid Events

Hybrid Event Platform for Onsite and Online Audiences

A hybrid event comes down to two things: getting every stage in front of the people watching from home, and letting the people at home meet the people in the room. Moostoo streams your stages in parallel from Vimeo, YouTube, Zoom or an RTMP feed from your production, and when someone online books a meeting with someone onsite, the meeting gets its own video link automatically.
Get a Demo
Hybrid event stage with a live stream, questions, an accepted meeting and a poll in the Moostoo app
4
Ways to Bring In a Stream

Vimeo, YouTube, Zoom, or RTMP straight from your production.

2
Ways to Attend, Chosen by Each Attendee

Each attendee picks onsite or online, and the event adapts around that choice.

1
Unique Video Link per Online Meeting

Created automatically when at least one person in the meeting is online.

8
Sponsor Frames per Video Room

Rotate up to eight sponsor layers around online meetings, by meeting slot or by time.

Hybrid Event Software That Runs Both Audiences as One Event

Most hybrid events end up as two events glued together: a venue with its own tools and a stream with its own tools. In Moostoo the remote attendee and the person at the badge desk are on the same list, see the same program and can book a meeting with each other.

How a Hybrid Event Works in Moostoo

The two parts that make a hybrid event work, then everything around them. Each links to its page or to the Admin Guide.

Stream Every Stage, in Parallel

Your main stage, the breakout hall and the workshop room can all stream at the same time. Connect each one to Vimeo, YouTube or Zoom, or send an RTMP feed straight from your production, and remote attendees watch the session from the program in the event app. They move between stages the way people in the building move between rooms, and a streamed session they saved shows up on their Online meetings screen.

  • Stream only the stages that need it; a hands-on workshop can stay in the room.
  • Your AV team or production company runs the cameras, and Moostoo carries the stream to the right people.
  • Who watched each session, and for how long, is recorded per person.

See agenda and session management →

Moostoo Locations list with an expo floor, stages and rooms alongside an Online Studio virtual room
Moostoo meeting session with room opening, grace period and wrap-up timing for online meetings

Onsite and Online People Meet Each Other

Every attendee chooses whether they're joining onsite or online. AI matchmaking suggests people from both groups, and attendees book meetings with each other exactly as they would at an in-person event. When at least one person in a meeting is online, Moostoo gives that meeting a unique link on its own video conferencing, so nobody swaps Zoom invites by email. When both are in the building, the meeting is seated at a table instead.

  • The video room opens 2 minutes before the meeting by default, stays open 5 minutes after, and warns everyone 1 minute before it closes.
  • Guests join the same video room as the two attendees.
  • The All meetings screen shows which online meetings are running and who hasn't joined.

See AI matchmaking and meetings →   See meeting room timing →

Video Calls That Get Through Corporate Firewalls

Nothing sinks a hybrid networking program faster than a meeting link that won't open on a company laptop. Every Join leads first to a waiting room, open at any time, where attendees test their camera, microphone and speaker and choose a background. The call itself needs a single web domain, so if a company blocks video entirely, its IT team only has to allow that one.

  • On a computer, a meeting opens in its own browser tab, and in Chrome and Edge it can float over other windows.
  • Attendees on a phone join from their mobile browser.
  • Chat inside the call is only for the people in the room and isn't kept after the call.

See how video meeting rooms work →

Attendee app booth meeting request screen offering an exhibitor's free time slots

Sponsors Reach the Online Audience Too

At online and hybrid events, exhibitors' booth meeting sessions get the same video room timing and sponsor frame settings as your own meeting sessions. Around every online meeting you can put a sponsor frame: a frame image, a logo, badge text and a link, drawn behind the video so it never covers a face or the call controls. Add several sponsors and they rotate, one meeting slot each by default.

  • Offer up to six branded virtual backgrounds; attendees choose theirs, or none.
  • A meeting session or a booth can carry its own frame instead of the event-wide one.
  • Onsite, the same exhibitors scan leads with their own phones.

See exhibitor and sponsor management →   See meeting room branding →

See Who Was in the Room and Who Watched From Home

Program Attendance lists, session by session, who saved it to their agenda, who was scanned in at the door and, for hybrid and online events, who watched the stream and for how long. Event check-in has its own column, because coming through the entrance isn't the same as sitting in a talk. Filter by any profile answer and export the lot, or hand leadership the post-event report as PDF, Excel or CSV.

  • Watching in two tabs at once isn't counted twice.
  • Online meetings record who joined and for how long.

See event analytics →

Moostoo Export report dialog with the Full Post-Event Report and PDF, Excel and CSV formats

What Onsite and Online Attendees Each Get

Same event, same list. Here's where the experience differs.

Part of the eventOnsiteOnline
Getting inQR check-in at the door or a kiosk, badge printed on siteSign in to the event app in a browser or the iOS or Android app
SessionsSit in the room; a session scan records attendanceWatch any streamed stage live; watch time is recorded
1:1 meetingsAt a table, or on video when the other person is onlineAlways on video, through the meeting's own link
Finding peopleThe same directory and AI matchmaking for everyone, within your experience rules
SponsorsBooths, booth meetings and lead scanningBooth pages, booth meetings, sponsor frames on video
Announcements and pollsPushed to the same app, for everyone or a targeted group
The clockThe venue's time zone, for online attendees too

That last row catches people out. A hybrid event shows times on the venue's clock, so say the time zone in your invitations to online attendees.

Which Plan Runs a Hybrid Event?

Hybrid needs a program, so it lives on the full platform.

Moostoo Tickets

Ticket sales, badges, entrance check-in and email for the building. There's no program on this plan, so streamed sessions, matchmaking and video meeting rooms aren't part of it.

Event App, Corporate, Association & Portfolio

Everything on this page: the program with streamed sessions, AI matchmaking with tables and video rooms, meeting room branding, exhibitors, your own event app and website, and attendance for both audiences.

Compare the plans. Fully onsite? See in-person events. Fully online? See virtual events.

Rehearse Both Halves Before the Day

A sandbox event is filled with realistic fake attendees and runs like any other event, so you can walk your team through the program, check-in and badges before the day. Every email, text and push notification is captured instead of sent, so no real attendee gets a test message.

See how sandbox events work →

One Data Region for Both Audiences

Pick Canada (Montréal) or the EU (Frankfurt) when you set up your organization. Registrations, check-ins, watch time and everything else you store or process stay in that region, AI matchmaking and backups included.

Read about data residency →

How to Host a Hybrid Event in Moostoo

Six steps from an empty event to both doors open.

  1. Set the Format to Hybrid

    In event settings, choose Hybrid and set the time zone to the venue's. That turns on both the onsite and the online features.

  2. Let Attendees Choose Onsite or Online

    Each attendee picks how they're joining. If the two groups need different tickets, session access or badges, back that with attendee types too.

  3. Add Your Stages and Rooms

    List the stages and rooms with their capacities, so the program, the venue map and the streams all point at the same places.

  4. Build the Program and Connect the Streams

    Add sessions, then connect each streamed stage to Vimeo, YouTube or Zoom, or to the RTMP feed from your production.

  5. Open Meeting Sessions

    Open the windows when people can meet and add tables for the building. Meetings with someone online get their video link automatically; set the room timing and sponsor frames.

  6. Set Up the Door, Rehearse, Go Live

    Design badges, set up check-in and kiosks, rehearse in a sandbox and work through the go-live checklist.

Hybrid Event FAQs

What is a hybrid event?

A hybrid event has an audience in the room and an audience online at the same time, following one program. Onsite attendees come through the door and sit in the sessions; online attendees watch the stages as a live stream and take part online, including meetings with each other and with people at the venue.

What is a hybrid event platform?

Software that runs both audiences as one event. The two parts that matter most are streaming the stages to online attendees and letting onsite and online people meet. Around those sit registration, the program, onsite check-in and badges, and attendance reporting for both groups.

Can we stream several stages at the same time?

Yes. Stages can stream in parallel, each from its own source, so online attendees choose between the main stage and a breakout just like the people in the building do.

Which streaming sources can we connect?

Vimeo, YouTube and Zoom, or an RTMP feed straight from your production. Your AV team or production company produces the stream, and Moostoo shows it inside the session in the event app.

How do onsite and online attendees meet each other?

Each attendee chooses whether they're onsite or online, and they book meetings with each other as usual. If at least one person in the meeting is online, Moostoo creates a unique link for it on its own video conferencing; the onsite person joins from their laptop or phone browser. Two onsite attendees meet at a table.

Do online attendees need Zoom or another meeting tool?

No. One-to-one meetings run on Moostoo's own video conferencing, in the browser: in their own tab on a computer and in the mobile browser on a phone. The event app itself opens in any browser, or in the Moostoo app for iOS and Android.

What time zone do online attendees see?

The venue's. At a hybrid event times stay on the event's clock for everyone, so pick the venue's time zone and mention it in invitations to online attendees.

Can online attendees earn continuing-education credits?

Watch time is recorded per person and session and can be exported, which is useful evidence. Credits themselves are recorded today from staff badge scans at the session door, so plan online credits with that in mind.

Is a hybrid event platform worth it if online attendees only watch?

Maybe not. If your online audience only watches the talks and never meets anyone, a webinar tool next to your onsite setup may be enough. Moostoo pays off when online attendees should network, book meetings and visit sponsors like the people in the room.

Last updated October 2026. Product details are taken from the Moostoo Admin Guide.