Arena
Arena adds live blogs, chat, polls, comments, and monetization tools to websites and apps.
About Arena
Arena is an engagement suite for publishers, sports and entertainment organizations, brands, and commerce teams that want audience interaction to happen on their own website or app. It combines comments, AI polls, live blogs, group chat, and advertising tools in one product. Teams use it to cover events in near real time, host conversations, collect first-party interaction data, and create monetization or lead-capture paths. The Free plan supports basic live engagement, while paid tiers add social content streams, AI assistance, customization, conversion cards, and advertising revenue sharing. Enterprise buyers can discuss advanced customization, full API access, dedicated private servers, and account management. Plan choice matters because listed monthly pageview allowances and customization levels differ, and Enterprise pricing requires a sales conversation.
Best for
Best use cases
During a live event, editors publish updates while visitors read and respond on the same page.
When a site wants community discussion, teams embed chat, comments, polls, or Q&As into its pages.
When audience traffic needs to produce revenue, operators add ads or conversion cards to engaged sessions.
Compare before choosing
Choose the Free plan when basic Live Blog, Group Chat, and RSS automation cover a small team’s workflow.
Choose Starter or Professional when AI assistance, social streams, customization, or conversion tools justify a monthly fee.
Discuss Enterprise when full API access, private servers, advanced customization, or dedicated support are required.
Features
Live event coverage
Publish near-real-time updates through a Live Blog while readers follow an event on the same page.
On-site community chat
Add Group Chat, comments, polls, and Q&As so visitors can interact without leaving the website.
Audience monetization
Use ads and conversion cards to turn on-site engagement into advertising revenue or lead capture.
Pros
- The $0 plan lets small teams launch basic Live Blog, Group Chat, and RSS-driven engagement without a subscription fee.
- One suite covers comments, polls, live coverage, chat, ads, and conversion tools, reducing the need to assemble separate widgets.
- Higher tiers add UI customization, AI features, revenue sharing, and Enterprise API access for more demanding workflows.
Cons
- Starter begins at $49 per month and Professional at $249 per month, so advanced workflows require a meaningful recurring budget.
- Monthly pageview allowances vary by plan, which can force growing publishers to upgrade as audience traffic increases.
- Full API access and dedicated private servers are reserved for custom-priced Enterprise deployments that require sales contact.
Pricing Plans
Free
- Live Blog
- Group Chat
- Auto RSS Feed
Starter
- Free plan features
- Social Networks content stream
- AI Summary
- AI Polls
- AI Search Assistant
- AI Chat Moderation
- Q&As
Professional
- Starter plan features
- UI Customization
- Conversion Cards
- Ads Revenue Share
Enterprise
- Professional plan features
- Advanced Customizations
- Full API Access
- Dedicated Private Servers
- Dedicated Account Manager
- Ads Revenue Share
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Arena's official website.