A first webinar usually goes wrong in registration and reminders rather than on stage. Crowdcast is the gentlest start because the registration page, live room and replay all sit at one permanent URL, so there is nothing to wire together; Lite is $49/month, or $34.30 on annual billing. Demio's 14-day trial needs no card and its room runs in the browser, so nobody installs anything. If you want to narrow the field further, run a side-by-side comparison between your top picks or browse the full creator software directory for options outside this category. Every listing is scored using the same review methodology.
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9 best for beginners highlighted below, plus 1 more in this category.
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| Tool | Published price | Pricing model | Deployment | Free trial | Best for | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Airmeet | $0 (50 attendees, five events a month) | Custom quote | Cloud | Yes | Events built around attendees meeting each other | Read review |
 BigMarker | quote only | Flat monthly fee with attendee caps | Cloud | Yes | Large, heavily branded webinars and virtual events | Read review |
 Crowdcast | $49/mo Lite ($34.30/mo billed annually) | Flat monthly fee | Cloud | Yes | Recurring paid live events at a single link | Read review |
 Demio | $63/mo Starter ($45/mo billed annually) | Flat monthly fee | Cloud | Yes | Marketing webinars measured on conversion | Read review |
 GoTo Webinar | $49/organizer/mo Lite, $588/organizer a year | Per-seat | Cloud | Yes | Organisations running large, reliable webinars | Read review |
 Livestorm | €0 free plan (10 registrants, 20-minute sessions) | Free plan + paid tiers | Cloud | Yes | Uneven webinar calendars tied to a CRM | Read review |
 Webex Webinars | ~$68/mo | Attendee capacity per tier | Cloud | Yes | You'll get the most from Webex Webinars if you work within an organization that already uses Cisco/Webex tools and needs to host large-audience webinars (500-10,000 attendees) with strong security and compliance requirements. | Read review |
 WebinarJam | $49/mo Starter ($39/mo billed annually) | Flat monthly fee per account, limits set per tier | Cloud | Yes | You'll get the most from WebinarJam if you run marketing or sales webinars to 200+ attendees on a regular basis and want built-in funnels without cobbling together separate tools. | Read review |
 Zoho Webinar | $0/mo free plan, 25-attendee cap | Per host per month, with an attendee cap per tier | Cloud | Yes | You'll get the most from Zoho Webinar if you run straightforward live webinars on a tight budget and already use other Zoho products. | Read review |
 EverWebinar | $249/yr on the annual plan (June 2026) | Flat monthly fee | Cloud | No | Automating a webinar that already converts | Read review |
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Custom quote · Cloud · Free trial
Airmeet is a webinar and virtual events platform built around audience engagement -- networking tables, social lounges, polls, Q&A, and breakout rooms that make online events feel more like in-person ones. It's aimed at event organizers, marketers, and community builders who want more than a one-way broadcast. Plans start at $89/month with a limited free tier.
Custom quote · Cloud · Free trial
BigMarker is a browser-based webinar platform that lets you host live, automated, and evergreen webinars with built-in marketing tools, audience engagement features, and CRM integrations. No software downloads required for presenters or attendees. Plans start at $79/month with a 7-day free trial.
Flat monthly fee · Cloud · Free trial
Crowdcast is a browser-based webinar and live event platform built for creators, educators, and marketers who want to host live sessions, Q&As, and paid events without making attendees download software. It combines registration pages, live streaming, audience engagement tools, <a href="/glossary/multistreaming">multistreaming</a>, and Stripe-powered monetization in a single URL. Plans start at $34/month with a 14-day free trial.
Flat monthly fee · Cloud · Free trial
Demio is a browser-based webinar platform built for marketers and creators who want to run live, automated, and on-demand webinars without making attendees download software. You set up an event, share a link, and your audience joins with one click in their browser. Plans start at $49/month with a 14-day free trial.
Per-seat · Cloud · Free trial
GoTo Webinar is an established webinar platform from GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) that handles live webinars, recorded events, and virtual conferences for up to 3,000 participants. It includes registration management, engagement tools, analytics, and integrations with major CRM and marketing platforms. Plans start at $62/month billed annually.
Free plan + paid tiers · Cloud · Free trial
Livestorm is a browser-based webinar and video engagement platform for hosting live, on-demand, and automated webinars without any downloads. It combines event hosting with built-in analytics, email sequences, and CRM integrations. There's a free plan for small events, with paid plans starting at $99/month.
Per-seat · Cloud · Free trial
Webex Webinars is Cisco's dedicated webinar platform for hosting live, single-session webinars with up to 10,000+ attendees. It includes customizable registration, branded pages, interactive engagement tools, CRM integrations, and enterprise-grade security. Pricing starts at $68.75/month (promotional) or $275/month at list price.
Flat monthly fee · Cloud · Free trial
WebinarJam is a live webinar platform built for marketers who want to run large-audience presentations with built-in registration pages, email and SMS reminders, and audience engagement tools. It supports 100 to 5,000 live attendees depending on plan. Pricing starts at $49/month with a $1 trial for 14 days.
Per-seat · Cloud · Free trial
Zoho Webinar is a budget-friendly webinar platform from the Zoho ecosystem that supports live webinars, online training, and virtual conferences for up to 10,000 attendees. It includes registration tools, polls, Q&A, screen sharing, and native Zoho CRM integration. A free plan handles up to 100 attendees for 60-minute sessions.
Flat monthly fee · Cloud
EverWebinar is an automated webinar platform that lets marketers turn pre-recorded presentations into evergreen webinars that run on autopilot 24/7. It simulates a live experience with scheduled sessions, chat simulation, timed offers, and dynamic attendee counts. Built by Genesis Digital (the same team behind <a href="/software/webinarjam">[WebinarJam](/software/webinarjam)</a>). Plans start at $499/year.
Crowdcast, since one URL covers registration, the live session and the replay, so you cannot send the wrong link. Demio is the other browser-based pick and stays simple until you start building automated events, which is where its learning curve appears.
Not on Crowdcast, Demio or Livestorm. All three run in a browser tab. Livestorm makes a point of it because download prompts lose part of the audience before the session starts, and that shows up directly in your show-up rate.
The whole chain, on a trial: registration form, confirmation email, reminder email, the live room, one poll, and the replay page. Demio and Crowdcast both give you 14 days, enough to run a small real event end to end before money is involved.
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