SessionLab does great workshop planning. Butter takes it a step further with seamless execution. Transform your well-designed workshop plan into a dynamic, collaborative experience—all in one platform.
Let's be clear: SessionLab's great for planning your workshops and trainings. It's a facilitator favorite and a solid pick when you want to orchestrate your sessions down to the last detail.
But Butter? It offers the full experience—and goes from plan to performance as soon as your session starts. 🥳
It makes it easy to run the show by preloading your agenda with all the tools you need ahead of time so that when you’re in the session, you can just focus on guiding groups and keeping the energy high from start to finish. ✨ It has reusable rooms where you can design a different agenda for every session, all accessible with one link—making the logistics much easier to manage.
And did we mention you’d only need to pay for one tool?
Planning, running and recapping interactive sessions from one tool
Structured and detailed session planning
Free plan available, premium plans start at $14/month/user (inclusive of all the tools)
Free tier available; Pro plan starts at $15/month/user
Up to 200 people
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Built-in agenda planner that ties to live execution.
Plan your agenda and activities with preloaded tools — that you can start with one click during the session.
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Comprehensive agenda planning suite with collaborator mode and export function
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A complete suite for active facilitation. Keep it lively with reactions, sound effects, polls, breakouts, flashcards, music, and more.
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Primarily a planning tool, not for execution
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Flexible session management that allows you to create tools on the fly. And did we mention that your favorite faciitation tools like Miro, MURAL, and more are right at your fingertips?
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Prepare breakouts in advance and peek into rooms while it’s in progress!
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Rooms and agenda/activity templates that can be reused and refined
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Enjoy full, shareable recaps with summaries, transcripts, and participant insights
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That’s on your to-do, Tom
Up to 20 clones per month
Business, Technology
1 User
3 months
3 months
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Up to 20 clones per month
Business, Technology
1 User
3 months
3 months
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Up to 20 clones per month
Business, Technology
1 User
3 months
3 months
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Can Butter replace SessionLab?
Yes, Butter can effectively replace SessionLab's planning features, offering similar capabilities with the added benefit of built-in interactive session and recap tools. This means you can plan your agenda, run engaging sessions with participants, and recap it—without ever leaving the platform.
Can I import SessionLab agendas into Butter?
We don’t have this feature yet, but just contact us at friends@butter.us. We’d be happy to help you transition and move over your existing agendas—and even give you some ideas on how you can run more engaging sessions on Butter!
Can I test it first before making a decision?
Definitely! We have a free 7-day trial for the Butter Starter plan only for new users who’ve created a workspace. It comes with unlimited time in sessions, cloud recording, and your own logo in-session. 💪 You can even extend this by completing our ‘extend trial’ checklist.
Also, if you don’t want to purchase Butter paid plan at the end of the trial, you’ll automatically be downgraded to our free workspace—which you can continue to try with until you’re ready to make the jump to Butter. 😊 It comes with a 40-minute time cap for up to 10 participants max, only 1 hour of recording monthly, and a 7-day recap history limit.
Can I use it for various types of meetings, from one-on-ones to large trainings?
Yes, you can!
Butter is a tool for facilitating highly-collaborative sessions like workshops, trainings, bootcamps, courses, classes, events, interactive webinars, social events, or any other session where you need to keep people energized and productive.Of course, you can use Butter for everyday meetings too. But it’s so much more than a meeting tool.
Does Butter offer a more integrated experience for running workshops than SessionLab?
Absolutely. Butter integrates the planning, running, and recap stages of workshops into one platform, eliminating the need to switch between different tools. This all-in-one platform experience includes interactive elements like live polls, breakouts, and collaborative whiteboards like Miro and MURAL.
How do Butter's engagement analytics help me improve my session planning?
Butter offers real-time engagement data for your sessions. This allows facilitators to track participation, monitor which activities resonate most, and make data-driven decisions to improve future sessions!
How does Butter enhance the session plans I create in SessionLab?
You can use Butter's interactive features—such as live polls, breakout rooms, and more—to transform a static plan into a lively, interactive experience that keeps participants engaged and invested!
How does Butter's session planning capabilities compare with SessionLab?
Unlike SessionLab, which is solely focused on planning, Butter offers a comprehensive platform that not only help you structure your sessions in advance, but also seamlessly transitions into running your sessions smoothly with interactive tools, then recapping it instantly.
We offer a streamlined drag-and-drop agenda planner, pre-loaded tools, and reusable templates!
Is Butter free?
Pretty much! Our free plan lets you run sessions of up to 40 minutes with 10 participants max.
Our paid plans comes with no time limits, unlimited rooms, ability to record, and add custom logos and wallpapers to your sessions. Read all about our pricing here.
Can Butter integrate with my current workflow?
We have direct workflow integrations for Slack and Google Calendar, and you can embed collaboration tools like Miro, MURAL, Google Docs/Slides/Sheets directly into your Butter toolbox. You can read more about it here. You can also use Butter as the live session tool together with your favorite apps like:
- Scheduling: Calendly, Cal.com, Cron, Acuity
- Streaming: Streamyard
- Virtual presentation software: OBS, mmhmmm
- Event registration & management: Luma, Eventbrite
- Community tools: Circle, Disco
Can participants join a meeting easily? How many participants can join?
💯 They can join a Butter session directly from their browsers, no downloads or installs needed!It depends on the plan you’re on, but you can have up to 200 participants on a Butter Pro plan. Read all about participant limits and our pricing here.
I work with a lot of corporate clients. How does Butter deal with firewalls?
If you work with a company where you want to get Butter whitelisted, you can share this guide containing instructions to their ITs so you can avoid firewalls.
Is Butter GDPR compliant? How do you handle data privacy and security?
As a Danish company, we care a lot about privacy and we’re continuously striving to fulfill GDPR policies. We believe your data is your data. Period ✌️You can read all about our GDPR compliance efforts, privacy, and security.