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Goldcast vs Sessions

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Goldcast

Webinars

The B2B event platform

From
$1000/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Sessions

Communication

Meetings and webinars with a prepared agenda, interactive blocks and a recorded outcome

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Sessions has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Goldcast no pricing is published for any of the four product lines, and none carries a seat, event or processing limit on the page; Sessions it will not replace Microsoft Teams or Google Meet for everyday internal calls, so most buyers end up paying for two conferencing tools and asking staff to know which one to open.
  • They diverge on capability: Goldcast covers Virtual events, Sessions covers Agenda blocks.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Goldcast and Sessions actually diverge.

Attributes where Goldcast and Sessions differ
AttributeGoldcastSessions
Starting price$1000/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer user per month
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryWebinarsCommunication
Founded2020Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Goldcast

  • Virtual events
  • Engagement tools
  • Analytics
  • CRM integration
  • Content repurposing
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Marketo

Only in Sessions

  • Agenda blocks
  • Embedded apps
  • Webinars and registration
  • Recording and transcript
  • Resource library
  • Breakout rooms
  • Scheduling links
  • Browser-based

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Goldcast

  • Running digital events and webinars for B2B marketingnot Sessions
  • Repurposing recorded sessions into clips and written contentnot Sessions

Sessions

  • A sales team running the same product demo dozens of times a month that wants the agenda, the deck, the poll and the follow-up questions to be one reusable object rather than rebuilt each time.not Goldcast
  • A trainer delivering a recurring workshop where breakouts, exercises and materials need to run in a fixed order without the host juggling tabs live.not Goldcast
  • A customer success team running onboarding sessions that must produce a consistent record of what was covered and what the customer asked.not Goldcast
  • A small company running public webinars that needs registration, reminders, attendance data and a recording without buying a separate webinar platform alongside its meeting tool.not Goldcast

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Goldcast

  • No pricing is published for any of the four product lines, and none carries a seat, event or processing limit on the page
  • Team workspaces, SSO, custom reports and custom permissions are described as enterprise features rather than being included
  • Only the Content Lab offers a self serve start, with everything else beginning at a sales demo

Sessions

  • It will not replace Microsoft Teams or Google Meet for everyday internal calls, so most buyers end up paying for two conferencing tools and asking staff to know which one to open.
  • The vendor is small and European, competing directly against Zoom and Microsoft, so any team standardising a customer-facing process on it should keep an exit plan and export recordings regularly.
  • The preparation model that makes it good is also overhead; a meeting nobody had time to structure runs no better in Sessions than anywhere else, and teams that will not prepare get no benefit from the licence.
  • Lifetime deals sold through AppSumo mean a segment of the user base pays nothing recurring, which shapes support priorities and has previously produced friction when plan terms changed.
  • It is browser-only, which keeps participation frictionless but leaves it more exposed to browser and network conditions than a native client, and there is no desktop application to fall back on when a call misbehaves.

Pricing, plan by plan

Goldcast

$1000/month
  • Starter$1000/month
    • Virtual events
    • Basic analytics
    • 500 registrants
  • Growth$2500/month
    • Advanced analytics
    • CRM sync
    • Custom branding
  • Enterprise$5000/month
    • Unlimited events
    • Full platform
    • Dedicated support

Sessions

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Meetings with agenda blocks
    • Limited participants and storage
    • Basic recording
  • Solo$undefined/month
    • For a single host
    • Longer meetings and higher attendee limits
    • Registration pages
  • Business$undefined/month
    • Multiple hosts and shared resource library
    • Higher attendee limits
    • Branding and custom registration
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited participants
    • Custom integrations
    • White labelling

Which should you pick?

Choose Goldcast if

  • You need virtual events.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want engagement tools.
Goldcast review

Choose Sessions if

  • You need agenda blocks.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want embedded apps.
Sessions review

Questions people ask

Is Goldcast or Sessions better?
Neither clearly leads. Goldcast starts at $1000/month and Sessions at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Goldcast or Sessions?
Sessions has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $1000/month for Goldcast and Free for Sessions.
Does Goldcast or Sessions run on more platforms?
Goldcast runs on Web, Ios, Android. Sessions runs on Web.
Can I use Sessions for free?
Yes. Sessions has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Goldcast starts at $1000/month.
What is Goldcast best used for?
Goldcast is most often used for running digital events and webinars for b2b marketing, repurposing recorded sessions into clips and written content. Of those, running digital events and webinars for b2b marketing and repurposing recorded sessions into clips and written content are not what Sessions is typically brought in for.
What can Goldcast do that Sessions cannot?
Goldcast covers Virtual events, Engagement tools, Analytics, CRM integration. Sessions covers Agenda blocks, Embedded apps, Webinars and registration, Recording and transcript.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Goldcast: How much does Goldcast cost?

Goldcast publishes no prices. Its pricing page lists four options, Content Lab, Recording Studio, Digital Events and a Custom bundle, and routes every one of them to a demo request rather than a rate.

Source
Sessions: Is Sessions still operating?

Yes. It is an active Bucharest-based company with a New York presence, founded in 2020, still shipping product in 2026.

Goldcast: Can I try Goldcast for free?

Goldcast offers a free start on Content Lab only, its content repurposing product. The Recording Studio and Digital Events products require contacting the team.

Source
Sessions: Does it replace Zoom?

For structured external calls, demos, workshops and webinars, yes. For everyday internal meetings most teams keep Teams or Meet alongside it.

Sessions: Is there a free plan?

Yes, with limits on participants, meeting length and storage. Paid plans are published on the vendor site and billed annually.

Sessions: Who funded it?

Roughly 9 million euros in total, about half from the founder personally, with EarlyBird, LAUNCHub and Stride making up the rest.

Sessions: Can participants join without installing anything?

Yes, it runs in the browser with no client install for attendees.

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