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ON24 vs SparkToro

Last updated: February 2026 · By AI-Ready CMO Editorial Team

data-analytics

Strategic Summary

ON24 and SparkToro both serve the data-analytics space, but they target different segments of the market and solve fundamentally different problems. ON24 positions as a enterprise-tier solution, while SparkToro aims at the growth segment.

ON24: Run webinars with built-in audience intelligence — ON24 captures engagement data and content performance without bolting on separate analytics tools.

SparkToro: Audience intelligence platform that reveals where your customers actually spend time and what they care about—cutting through the noise of assumed personas.

In our 9-dimension evaluation, ON24 scores 78/100 and SparkToro scores 7.8/100. ON24 pulls ahead with stronger scores across strategic fit, reliability, and ROI dimensions.

ON24's key advantage: Run webinars with built-in audience intelligence — ON24 captures engagement data and content perform

SparkToro's key advantage: Reveals actual audience behavior across search, social, and content consumption—not assumptions—enabling more targeted content strategy decisions with measurable confidence.

Our take on ON24: The enterprise webinar standard. The AI audience intelligence provides genuine value for B2B event programs.

Our take on SparkToro: Replaces days of manual audience research. The most efficient way to understand where your audience actually pays attention.

Choose ON24 if your team focuses on enterprise teams, data & analytics workflows. Choose SparkToro if you prioritize b2b saas companies defining content strategy for new market segments, thought leadership and personal brand builders validating audience interests.

Watch out: ON24 — Newer entry — full review in progress. SparkToro — Data is aggregated from public sources only—cannot access first-party customer data, limiting accuracy for niche or highly specialized B2B audiences w.

Our Recommendation: SparkToro

SparkToro wins this comparison with a score of 7.8/100 vs 78/100. Key differentiator: Reveals actual audience behavior across search, social, and content consumption—not assumptions—enabling more targeted content strategy decisions with measurable confidence. Replaces days of manual audience research. The most efficient way to understand where your audience actually pays attention.

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Choose ON24 when...

Choose ON24 if your team needs enterprise-level data & analytics capabilities. The enterprise webinar standard. The AI audience intelligence provides genuine value for B2B event programs.

Choose SparkToro when...

Choose SparkToro if your team needs growth-level data & analytics capabilities. Replaces days of manual audience research. The most efficient way to understand where your audience actually pays attention.

Score Breakdown

Strategic Fit
8.5
8.5
Reliability
8
7.5
Compliance
7.5
7
Integration
8
6.5
Ethical AI
7
7.5
Scalability
8.5
8
Support
7.5
7.5
ROI
7.5
8
User Experience
7.5
8.5
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