Webinars & Live Streaming

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Webinars & Live Streaming page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Host webinars and stream live to several platforms at once, with sign-up pages, chat and replays.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about webinar and live streaming tools, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 15 webinar and live streaming tools

   2 of them are free or have a free plan, and 11 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $47 a month in the middle

   From $16 (Ecamm) to $100 (Livestorm), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: ClickMeeting, Castr and Ecamm

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   3 of 15 have iPhone and Android apps

   13 run in a web browser and 3 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.2

   0 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is ClickMeeting, at 2.6.

6. 6

   Best free option: Restream

   Restream has the highest GPA of the free ones, 2.4. Multistream one live video to YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn and more.

7. 7

   15 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 15 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three webinar and live streaming tools we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   2.6GPA

   ClickMeeting

   Free trial · from $37/mo

   For: Most small businesses running webinars

   ClickMeeting runs live webinars, automated (pre-recorded) webinars and ordinary meetings from one account, with registration and waiting rooms, polls, a whiteboard, breakout rooms, captions, paid events through Stripe or PayPal and broadcasts to YouTube, Facebook or LinkedIn. Live is $37 a month for up to 50 attendees and Automated $48, both billed annually, and the 14-day trial for 25 attendees needs no card. It runs on the web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Know the limits: rooms of 100 to 1,000 cost more, running two events at once needs the Parallel events add-on, and the whiteboard works in events of up to 40 people.

   The ClickMeeting Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   2.4GPA

   Restream

   Free plan · from $19/mo

   For: People streaming live to several platforms at once

   Restream sends one live video, from its browser studio or from OBS or Zoom, to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and other channels at once, with every channel's comments in one chat. The free plan streams to 2 channels with Restream branding, and Standard is $19 a month ($190 a year billed annually) for 3 channels, no branding and cloud recording. It is second because it is a streaming studio first: webinars with a registration page and replay cost an extra $99 a month for 100 attendees, Studio stays at 720p until Professional at $49 a month, and there is no desktop or phone app.

   The Restream Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.2GPA

   eWebinar

   Free trial · from $99/mo

   For: Teams replaying demos and training on a schedule

   eWebinar turns a recorded demo, onboarding call or training into a webinar that runs on demand, just in time or on a recurring schedule in each viewer's time zone, with more than 25 timed polls, quizzes and calls to action, and chat answered later by email or Slack. Level 1 is $99 a month, or $1,010 a year, for 1 active eWebinar, 1,000 registrants a month and unlimited team members, with a 14-day free trial. It is third because the job is narrower: it does not host live webinars, a sixth active eWebinar moves an account to Level 3 at $299 a month, and ClickMeeting's Automated plan runs pre-recorded webinars for 50 attendees at $48.

   The eWebinar Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, ClickMeeting, Castr and Ecamm give the most for the money among webinar and live streaming tools: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $47 a month across the 14 that charge, from $16 (Ecamm) to $100 (Livestorm).

1 of the 14 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 4 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded webinar and live streaming tools, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
ClickMeeting	C	C	B	C	A	2.6
Castr	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
GoTo Webinar	C	C	C	C	A	2.4
Restream	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
WebinarGeek	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
Crowdcast	C	C	C	C	B	2.2
Demio	C	C	C	C	B	2.2
eWebinar	C	C	C	C	B	2.2
WebinarJam	B	D	C	C	B	2.2
Zoom Webinars	C	F	C	B	A	2.2
Ecamm	B	C	C	C	D	2.0
BigMarker	C	F	C	C	B	1.8

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where webinar and live streaming tools land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 15

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every webinar and live streaming tool we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1ClickMeetingFree trial · from $37/mo2.6
2. 2CastrFree trial · from $16.67/mo2.4
3. 3GoTo WebinarFree trial · from $62/mo2.4
4. 4RestreamFree plan · from $19/mo2.4
5. 5WebinarGeekFree trial · from $59/mo2.4
6. 6CrowdcastFree trial · from $49/mo2.2
7. 7DemioFree trial · from $45/mo2.2
8. 8eWebinarFree trial · from $99/mo2.2
9. 9WebinarJamFree trial · from $39/mo2.2
10. 10Zoom WebinarsFrom $83.33/mo2.2
11. 11EcammFree trial · from $16/mo2.0
12. 12BigMarkerPaid1.8
13. 13LivestormFree plan · from $1,200/yr1.8
14. 14Switcher StudioFree trial · from $45/mo1.8
15. 15EverWebinarFree trial · from $79/mo1.6

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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  apps priced in 12 countries