The typical searcher already runs meetings on Zoom, added Webinars for a launch or a training series, and now finds that it is licensed per host seat in capacity bands while the features that matter for marketing sit one tier up. They move to dedicated webinar platforms with built-in registration pages, automation and analytics, or to tools that price by attendee instead of by host.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Zoom Webinars in our webinar software ranking are Livestorm, WebinarGeek and ClickMeeting. Choose Livestorm if many colleagues host sessions and you would rather pay for attendance than for host seats. All 11 alternatives below are ranked products from Best Webinar Software in 2026, and each says where it differs from Zoom Webinars.
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Pricing: Per licence per month, published tiers from 500 attendees upwards; annual billing cheaper
Established in: United States
Built for: Companies already on Zoom whose audience knows the client well
Not for: Lead generation that needs branded pages and nurture
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Why buyers look past Zoom Webinars
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The good features sit in the next plan
Zoom sells Webinars and Webinars Plus as separate plans, both per user per month and both listed for audiences up to 500 attendees. The pre-recorded (simulive) format, a private backstage space, pro layouts and richer analytics are listed under Webinars Plus only. A team that wants an automated webinar on a loop therefore pays for the higher plan before it gets there.
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Priced by host seat and audience band
The plans are licensed per user, with the attendee ceiling fixed by the plan. That suits a few named presenters running big sessions. It suits a marketing team badly, where many people run small sessions and the cost follows headcount instead of the audience actually reached. Livestorm says on its own pricing page that Zoom charges for team members while Livestorm does not.
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A meeting tool first, a marketing tool second
Zoom Webinars is built on the meeting platform, which explains the reliability and the familiar interface for attendees. The reverse side is that registration pages, follow-up emails and funnel reporting come as connections to marketing tools, where the specialist platforms treat them as the product.
Per host per year, published from $190 with capacity upgrades to 1,500; team licences quoted
Persistent rooms with custom layouts, from the virtual classroom world
you run training or regulated events and want rooms, an LMS link and deployment choice
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What each one does differently
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Livestorm
France · Free plan up to 30 attendees; Pro published per attendee credit, bought as a yearly pack
Browser-based and priced by attendee credit (EUR 2.50 per attendee on the Pro price shown at 400 credits) with unlimited team members, who do not consume credits. Pro events run up to 4 hours and up to 3,000 live attendees. Enterprise is quoted. The credit pack is bought yearly.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if many colleagues host sessions and you would rather pay for attendance than for host seats.
Netherlands · Per month, published tiers by audience size; annual billing cheaper
Dutch vendor with tiers by viewer count: Premium from EUR 59 per month billed yearly (EUR 99 monthly) for 75 to 1,000 viewers, and a higher annual-contract tier from EUR 349 per month for 500 to 5,000. Premium lists live, on-demand, automated and hybrid webinars, 100 presenters on stage and 8-hour sessions.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you run live, automated and hybrid webinars from one tool and want a European vendor.
Poland · Per month, published Live and Automated plans by attendee count; 14-day free trial; enterprise quoted
Combines meetings, webinars and automated webinars in one account, with paid-webinar tools such as paywall, discount codes and payment integrations. It offers a 14-day trial limited to 25 attendees, a saving of up to 20% on annual billing, and white-label options on the Enterprise service.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you sell access to webinars or courses and want payments built into the platform.
United States · Per host per month, published tiers by attendee room; 30% off billed annually; 14-day trial
Plans are priced per host with an attendee room of 50 on Starter ($45 per month, paid yearly), then 150 to 3,000 on Growth. Annual billing saves 30% and there is a 14-day trial capped at 20 attendees. It is part of Banzai, and a second simultaneous event needs a second host.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if a small marketing team runs one webinar at a time and wants a plain browser tool.
Canada · Per month, published tiers by active eWebinars and monthly registrants; 14-day free trial; live sessions not included
Built for automated, evergreen webinars rather than live broadcasts. It prices by active eWebinars and monthly registrants ($99 for 1 active eWebinar and 1,000 registrants, $199 for 5 and 3,000, $299 for 15 and 5,000) with unlimited team members, and self-adjusts levels. The Canadian company offers a 14-day trial.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if your webinar is a recorded demo or onboarding session that should run on demand.
Germany · Per month, published tiers by participant capacity; up to 45% off billed annually
German company in Aachen with published monthly tiers by capacity: Creator at EUR 29 (30 participants), Starter at EUR 119 (100) and Premium at EUR 299 (500, with branding and API access), up to 45% off billed annually. Enterprise is quoted. Session length is capped at 2 hours on Creator.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you run small trainings and need a published low entry price with a German vendor.
United States · Per month, published tiers by attendee count; annual billing cheaper; $1 14-day trial
Built for creators who sell, with live offer displays, an email and SMS system and automated webinars. Plans are priced by attendee count: Starter $49 for 100 attendees, Basic $99 for 500, with annual billing cheaper. Session length is capped, at 1 hour on Starter and 2 hours on Basic.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you sell a course or offer from the webinar and want the sales tools inside it.
United States · Per month, published webinar plans; events and managed services quoted
Aims at both webinars and multi-track events, which Zoom splits across Webinars and Events plans. Webinars start from 100 attendees per webinar and scale up to 10,000, with simulive, on-demand and networking. Pricing is published as a starting price, and event pricing is built as a quote.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if your programme mixes webinars with conferences that need parallel tracks and networking.
United States · Quoted per organisation, annual contract
Pricing is not published: all plans (Basic up to 1,000 live attendees, Enterprise up to 10,000, Enterprise+ up to 500,000) are quoted on an annual subscription. White-label domains and SSO sit on Enterprise+. Expect a sales conversation instead of a card checkout.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you need a large audience ceiling or white-labelling and accept negotiated annual terms.
United States · Per month with one organiser seat, published Reach tier up to 500 participants; monthly or annual; Elevate and Complete through sales
The closest like-for-like competitor: an established webinar product with Reach, Elevate and Unlimited plans, simulive webinars, branded registration pages and payment processing, and CRM integrations such as HubSpot and Salesforce. Its current prices and attendee limits could not be read from the vendor site during this review.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you want a conventional webinar vendor that is not part of a meeting suite.
United States · Per host per year, published from $190 with capacity upgrades to 1,500; team licences quoted
Virtual rooms with simulated live webinars, engagement scoring and a link to Adobe Learning Manager for blended learning. Adobe lists DoD IL-4 and FedRAMP High environments and flexible deployment and data residency. Pricing is not on the page we could read, so cost is a question for Adobe.
Switch from Zoom Webinars if you run training or regulated events and want rooms, an LMS link and deployment choice.
Zoom Webinars remains the right choice when your presenters and attendees already live in Zoom, when reliability for large audiences matters more than marketing tooling, and when a small number of named hosts run the sessions. Attendees need nothing new to learn, the standard plan covers chat, reactions, polls and Q&A, and Webinars Plus adds pre-recorded sessions, backstage and layouts if you need them. A dedicated platform is worth the move only if your problem is registration, follow-up and reporting.
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What moving off Zoom Webinars involves
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Registrant lists and recordings
Export registrant lists, attendance reports and recordings before the licence ends, since each platform keeps its own history and cannot import another's attendance. Recordings can be re-uploaded as on-demand content on most alternatives, but check the upload limits and format on the target first.
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Rebuild the registration and email flow
The registration page, confirmation and reminder emails and any CRM sync have to be rebuilt in the new tool. Most of the specialist platforms ship templates, so the work is mostly mapping fields and reconnecting the marketing stack. Run a test webinar with internal attendees before the first public date.
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Questions about replacing Zoom Webinars
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Why do people look for a Zoom Webinars alternative?
Usually one of three reasons: the per-user licence with a fixed attendee ceiling, the split between Webinars and Webinars Plus (pre-recorded sessions and richer analytics are on the higher plan), or a wish for registration and follow-up features that sit inside the product instead of in separate marketing tools.
Which alternative charges per attendee instead of per host?
Livestorm sells yearly packs of attendee credits, one credit per unique attendee per session, and does not count team members. WebinarJam, edudip and WebinarGeek instead tier by audience size. Demio prices per host with an attendee room, which is closer to Zoom's model.
Which alternatives are good for automated or evergreen webinars?
eWebinar is built around automated sessions, and WebinarGeek lists automated and hybrid webinars on its Premium plan. WebinarJam and ClickMeeting list automated webinars too. Zoom supports a pre-recorded format as well, but its Simulive feature is listed under Webinars Plus.
Which alternatives are based in Europe?
Livestorm (France), WebinarGeek (Netherlands) and edudip (Germany) are the ones we confirmed on the vendor sites. ClickMeeting is also listed as European in our directory, but we could not confirm its location from the pages we read.
Do any of these publish all their prices?
Most publish at least entry tiers: Livestorm, WebinarGeek, edudip, eWebinar, Demio and WebinarJam show prices on their pricing pages. BigMarker is quoted for every plan, and enterprise tiers are quoted at most vendors.
Can I keep Zoom for meetings and only move the webinars?
Yes. Webinars are licensed separately from meetings, and the alternatives are standalone products. Many teams keep Zoom for internal meetings and run public webinars elsewhere.
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Sources
Checked 8 October 2026
Zoom Webinars and Events plans: Webinars, Webinars Plus and Events plans, per user per month, up to 500 attendees, Simulive and backstage on Plus, US company.
Livestorm pricing: attendee credits, EUR 2.50 at 400 credits, 3,000 live attendees, 4 and 12 hour limits, team members free, statement on Zoom team members.
