Zoom Alternative for Your Webinars

Zoom vs LiveWebinar comparison

Zoom alternative 

Find out the best Zoom alternative by comparing it with LiveWebinar. Analyze and decide which webinar platform is the best for you by evaluating their features, customer reviews, and cost plans. 

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Quick Overview

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LiveWebinar
Zoom
Review * 9.2 7.6
Free Plan 
Free Trial   7 days free trial
Starting price 

Starter - FREE  

Pro Plan – $17.99 /mo 

$14.99 /mo  

Zoom One, Basic Plan 

$79.99 /mo  

Zoom Webinars, minimum number of attendees: 500 

Charged per  

Plan  

Plan or Attendee 

Number of participants 

1 – 1000+ 

1– 1000 with Zoom One 

Up to10.000 with Zoom Webinar  

Key functions 

Alerts/Notifications 

Customizable Branding 

Event Management 

Live Chat  

Closed Captioning 

Polls/Voting 

Q & A 

Reporting/Analytics 

Screen Sharing 

Social Media Promotion 

Paid Webinars  

Language Interpretation  

✔Classroom Mode 

Classroom Mode  

Instant Meeting  

Evergreen Webinars  

 

Alerts/Notifications 

Customizable Branding 

Event Management 

Live Chat 

Closed Captioning (only as add-on) 

Polls/Voting 

Q & A 

Reporting/Analytics 

Screen Sharing 

Social Media Promotion 

Paid Webinars (Only in Zoom Events Plan) 

Language Interpretation  

 Edu Mode  

Instant Meeting 

Evergreen webinars  

* Based on the reviews from: Capterra, G2, Trustpilot, Gartner

Pricing

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LiveWebinar
Zoom

100 Attendees 

Starting Price

$17.99 (Pro Plan) 

per month

Starting Price

$14.99  

monthly 

Zoom One, Basic Plan 

Zoom Sessions  

$99 /mo 

 

Zoom Events 

$149 /mo 

100 attendees 

300 – 500 attendees 

Business Plan 

$143 

monthly 

 

Zoom One 

Business Plan 

$18.99 

monthly 

 

Zoom One 

Business Plus  

Contact sales  

Up to 300 attendees per meeting / participant capacity 

 

Zoom Webinars  

$79 /mo 


1000 attendees 

Business Plus  

$275 

monthly  

 

Zoom Webinars 

$340 month/license 

 

Enterpris

Enterprise 

Upon request

Fully customizable 

Under your own domain 

Enterprise

Upon request

Detailed Comparison

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LiveWebinar
Zoom
Browser based Only on selected browsers 
Mobile access 

✔ 

✔ 

Device versatility  

✔ 

✔ 

Panel language versions 

28 

15 

Closed Captionin 

✔ 

In any paid plan  

✔ 

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed, with desktop app) 

Cloud storage  

✔ 

Only as an add-on, price starting from $10 per year 

CTAs 

Language interpretation  

Whiteboard 

Phone Bridge / Dial in 

(As add-on starting from the lowest paid plan)

(Only with separate product: Zoom Phone)

Customizable webinar branding settings  

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed)

Chat  

Webinar registration tracking links  

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed)

Company branding  

Instant meeting

Webinar recording

Branded registration and event pages 

(Zoom Sessions add-on needed)

Screen Sharing

Breakout Rooms 

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed)

Customizable e-mails 

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed)

Webinar livestreaming  

Emoji reactions  

Paid webinars  

(As add-on starting from the lowest paid plan)

(Only in Zoom Events Plan )

On-demand webinars  

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed)

Polling for webinars  

(Zoom Webinars add-on needed)

Certificate of Attendance  

Virtual backgrounds  

Quick Summary

Comparing Zoom to its alternative, LiveWebinar, is not easy for several reasons. Zoom has a completely different segmentation of various plans and subscriptions. Essentially, there are several distinct services within Zoom: Zoom Webinars, Zoom Events, Zoom Phone, Zoom Rooms, Zoom Sessions, and Zoom Whiteboard. The choice is broad, but you always need to know exactly what you want and which functions will be useful to you because they differ depending on the plan. Therefore, it is not a comprehensive and multifunctional solution, unlike LiveWebinar, which offers simpler and, at the same time, more comprehensive plans. 

For instance, if you want to host webinars for 100 participants, this is possible with the Zoom Events and Zoom Sessions options. However, you should know that these plans are much more expensive compared to the LiveWebinar offering. Specifically, Zoom charges $99 for 100 participants for the Zoom Sessions option and $149 for 100 participants for Zoom Events. (The LiveWebinar plan for 100 participants, Pro Plan, costs $17.99 per month). It's also worth noting that the aforementioned Zoom options do not allow for meetings with more than 100 people. This proves once again that Zoom's plans are inflexible and, ultimately, simply more expensive. 

For the purposes of this comparison, we have analyzed two of Zoom's plans: Zoom Webinars and Zoom One. They correspond most closely to the functionalities and purposes of LiveWebinar. But you need to remember that as a rule, to be able to use the Zoom Webinar plan, you must buy a Zoom One subscription first. 

Regarding purpose, the Zoom Webinar plan is intended for those who want to conduct webinars. It is significant, however, that this product is only available for 500+ attendees. This makes it a poor option for those organizing webinars on a smaller scale. LiveWebinar is more flexible in this regard. It allows for organizing webinars for 100 participants in the cheapest paid plan. And if you need more participants, you can always purchase an additional number as an add-on for $12 for 50 participants. This makes LiveWebinar a more flexible solution that can cater to the needs of various organizers. 

A further drawback of Zoom is that all participants, including the host, typically need to install the Zoom app to access the webinar. This can create a barrier for those organizing marketing webinars, as the need to download and install the app might discourage potential attendees from taking part in the event. Although joining a meeting from the browser is possible, this option doesn’t apply to all browsers, and seems a little bit more complicated. While Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers allow you to choose to always have Zoom application links open, this option is currently not available in the Safari browser. In contrast, LiveWebinar is fully browser-based and accessible on all browsers. Users do not have to install any applications, which makes creating and joining a meeting easy and quick.   

Moreover, you can also observe that Zoom Webinar is probably not designed for hosting marketing webinars. Tracking registration conversions is complicated, and you cannot create CTAs (Call to Actions). 

LiveWebinar, on the other hand, offers a broad set of options that enable you to sell webinars, easily earn money from them, convert leads into customers, and promote your content on social media. Features such as the advanced Summary Dashboard allow organizers to collect necessary information on registration rates and many other factors used in marketing. Additionally, customization options at LiveWebinar are vast, encompassing personalized emails, landing pages, and registration forms integrated into one tool. 


Zoom alternative – LiveWebinar 

LiveWebinar is a browser-based, real-time communication platform designed to host online conferences, webinars, lessons, training sessions, and plenty more.  

Features such as breakout rooms, screen sharing, whiteboards, polls and tests help you create and manage a highly interactive event for your audience.  

Planning an event only takes a few clicks. Joining an event is even simpler – there are no downloads or plugins required, so you can attend a webinar anytime and anywhere.  

LiveWebinar allows you to record your event and send it to attendees afterward, or to create on-demand, evergreen content. You can also host free or paid events.  

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