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Alternatives to Riverside
21 webinar & virtual events tools sit alongside Riverside in this directory. Below is what separates each from Riverside on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Riverside starts at
- Free, then $15/month
Why people look past Riverside
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Riverside entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Riverside publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to $39/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Riverside pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Where event planners thrive
- 2 tiers to Riverside's 4.
Virtual and hybrid events at scale
- Starts $84 a month dearer, at $99/month.
The Event Experience Operating System
- No free tier, where Riverside has one.
- Starts $484 a month dearer, at $499/month.
The leading enterprise video conferencing platform
- 3 tiers to Riverside's 4.
Modern webinar platform with podcast-style production quality
- 3 tiers to Riverside's 4.
Get on a video call in seconds
- Starts $11.6 a month cheaper, at €3.4/month.
Every Riverside alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside (this page) | Free, then $15/month | Freemium | 4 | |
| EventbriteWhere event planners thrive | Free, then $15/month | - | 2 | vs Riverside |
| HopinVirtual and hybrid events at scale | Free, then $99/month | - | - | vs Riverside |
| BizzaboThe Event Experience Operating System | $499/month | - | - | vs Riverside |
| Cisco WebexThe leading enterprise video conferencing platform | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Contrast | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Google Meet | Free, then €3.4/month | Freemium | - | vs Riverside |
| Anchorfree | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Riverside |
| GoToMeeting | Free, then $14/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Riverside |
| ClickMeeting | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Goldcast | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| BigMarker | $99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| EverWebinar | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Crowdstream | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Citrix ShareFile | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Adobe Connect | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Crowdcast | $49/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Cvent | $10000/month | - | - | vs Riverside |
| eWebinar | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
| Airmeet | $167/month | - | 2 | vs Riverside |
| BlueJeans | $10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Riverside |
| Demio | $59/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Riverside |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Riverside badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Eventbrite , Free, then $15/month
- Hopin , Free, then $99/month
- Cisco Webex , Free
- Contrast , Free
- Google Meet , Free, then €3.4/month
- Anchorfree , Free
- GoToMeeting , Free, then $14/month
- ClickMeeting , Free
Cheaper than Riverside (3)
Entry price under Riverside's $15/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Google Meet , Free, then €3.4/month
- GoToMeeting , Free, then $14/month
- BlueJeans , $10/month
What you would be giving up
Riverside is most often brought in for recording remote podcast and video interviews in local quality per participant, producing multi track recordings for editing after the session. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Riverside is broadly right and the question is cost, the Riverside pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Webinar & Virtual Events category lists everything the directory holds, and best webinar & virtual events tools ranks them.
Riverside runs on web, ios, android, desktop. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Riverside alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Riverside?
- 21 other webinar & virtual events tools are listed in this directory, led by Eventbrite, Hopin, Bizzabo, Cisco Webex. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Riverside?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Eventbrite, Hopin, Cisco Webex, Contrast, Google Meet.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Riverside?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Riverside's $15/month: Google Meet at Free, then €3.4/month, GoToMeeting at Free, then $14/month, BlueJeans at $10/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Riverside?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Riverside?
- Riverside is most often brought in for recording remote podcast and video interviews in local quality per participant, producing multi track recordings for editing after the session. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Riverside?
- None of the webinar & virtual events tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Riverside alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Webinar & Virtual Events, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Riverside against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Riverside covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every webinar & virtual events tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Webinar & Virtual Events category, 21 tools beside Riverside. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.