Brella vs Meetcatcher
How Brella connects attendees
Brella is an event platform that conference and trade show organisers use to help attendees meet. Before and during the event, its AI matchmaking suggests people with shared interests and goals, attendees send meeting requests, and accepted meetings get a time and a place in the networking area. Sponsors get lead scanning and booth meetings. Meetcatcher takes the same idea beyond the event calendar: matched business calls, online, any week of the year.
Where Brella shines
Brella is at its best at a large in-person event. A fintech founder heading to a payments conference can set goals in the app, accept a few suggested matches and arrive with a schedule of short meetings at fixed tables, rather than hoping to bump into the right people at the coffee break. For organisers, it turns networking into something they can measure and offer to sponsors.
What the event model involves
Brella is tied to an event: you need a ticket, travel and days away from work, and the pool of people is whoever registered. When the event ends, so does the matching until the next one. Our comparison of networking online and offline looks at what each format does well, and knowing what goes into acquisition cost helps you price a trip.
An always-on version of event networking
Meetcatcher matches B2B companies all year round, online and on demand. It suggests businesses that could become clients, suppliers or referral partners, you invite the ones you like, and a ten minute video call fits between other work with no travel at all. Clear rules on cancelling and no-shows mean the people you meet tend to turn up. It is a direct and quick way to meet new B2B clients and partners without waiting for the next conference.
Before, after and between events
Brella is not something you buy for your own sales: it comes with the events that use it. Go to the conferences where your market gathers and use the app there, then keep meeting decision makers every week on Meetcatcher in between. If the format is new to you, read how business speed networking works and how it translates online.
