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Alternatives to Zoom Webinars
20 webinar & virtual events tools sit alongside Zoom Webinars in this directory. Below is what separates each from Zoom Webinars on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Zoom Webinars starts at
- On request
Why people look past Zoom Webinars
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Zoom Webinars entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Zoom Webinars carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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.
Modern webinar platform with podcast-style production quality
- Can be used without paying; Zoom Webinars cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Get on a video call in seconds
- Can be used without paying; Zoom Webinars cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of €3.4/month, where Zoom Webinars does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Where event planners thrive
- Can be used without paying; Zoom Webinars cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $15/month, where Zoom Webinars does not.
The leading enterprise video conferencing platform
- Can be used without paying; Zoom Webinars cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Platform for hosting and distributing live events
- Can be used without paying; Zoom Webinars cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Simple and powerful video meeting and conferencing
- Can be used without paying; Zoom Webinars cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $14/month, where Zoom Webinars does not.
Every Zoom Webinars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom Webinars (this page) | On request | Subscription | - | |
| Contrast | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Google Meet | Free, then €3.4/month | Freemium | - | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Eventbrite | Free, then $15/month | - | 2 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Cisco Webex | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Anchorfree | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| GoToMeeting | Free, then $14/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| ClickMeeting | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Goldcast | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| BigMarker | $99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| EverWebinar | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Crowdstream | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Citrix ShareFile | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Adobe Connect | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Crowdcast | $49/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Bizzabo | $499/month | - | - | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Cvent | $10000/month | - | - | vs Zoom Webinars |
| eWebinar | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Airmeet | $167/month | - | 2 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| BlueJeans | $10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Zoom Webinars |
| Demio | $59/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoom Webinars |
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 Zoom Webinars badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (7)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Contrast , Free
- Google Meet , Free, then €3.4/month
- Eventbrite , Free, then $15/month
- Cisco Webex , Free
- Anchorfree , Free
- GoToMeeting , Free, then $14/month
- ClickMeeting , Free
What you would be giving up
Zoom Webinars is most often brought in for large-scale broadcasts with 10,000+ attendees, multi-session virtual events and hybrid conferences. 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 Zoom Webinars is broadly right and the question is cost, the Zoom Webinars 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.
Zoom Webinars runs on cloud-based saas. 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 Zoom Webinars alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Zoom Webinars?
- 20 other webinar & virtual events tools are listed in this directory, led by Contrast, Google Meet, Eventbrite, 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 Zoom Webinars?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Contrast, Google Meet, Eventbrite, Cisco Webex, Anchorfree.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Zoom Webinars?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Zoom Webinars?
- Zoom Webinars is most often brought in for large-scale broadcasts with 10,000+ attendees, multi-session virtual events and hybrid conferences. 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 Zoom Webinars?
- 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 Zoom Webinars 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 Zoom Webinars against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Zoom Webinars 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, 20 tools beside Zoom Webinars. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.