BigMarker vs StreamAlive (2026): which should you pick?

Pick BigMarker if

• Fits if your B2B marketing team runs on webinar leads and CRM data
• Works for running webinars and bigger hybrid events on one platform

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to see a price before talking to sales, as none is published
• Not for you if you're a small business that wants to sign up and start today
• Pricey if you sell tickets, since BigMarker takes 5% of each sale
• Tight if you're on Basic: 1 host, and no simulive, evergreen, ticketing or breakout rooms until Enterprise
• Watch out: plans renew yearly with storage for 100 on-demand webinars; extra hosts, channels and storage are add-ons

Pick StreamAlive if

• Fits if you already present on Zoom or Teams and want live polls
• Works for trainers who run quizzes inside a session

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to host webinars, as it has no registration or replays
• Tight if you stay free: 5 participants a session
• Watch out: Starter is limited to 4 sessions a month, and Starter, Free and Pro are for one presenter
• Pricey if you have 3 or more presenters: that starts at $5,000 a year
• Watch out: your own branding is Pro only

BigMarker

• No prices are published: Basic, Enterprise and Enterprise+ are all sold by quote, and trials or proofs of concept are arranged through sales.
• Basic covers 1,000 live attendees and 1 host; simulive, evergreen webinars, ticketing and breakout rooms start at Enterprise.
• BigMarker takes a 5% transaction fee on ticket sales for paid events.
• Plans renew yearly and include storage for 100 on-demand webinars; extra hosts, channels and storage are add-ons.

StreamAlive

• It adds interaction to a meeting or stream and does not host webinars, registration or replays itself.
• Participants are counted as people who type in the chat; the free plan allows only 5 per session.
• Starter is limited to 4 sessions a month, and Starter, Free and Pro are for one presenter; 3 or more presenters starts at $5,000 a year.
• Your own branding is only on Pro; Session Pack and Starter show a small StreamAlive mark.

BigMarker

Many webinar formats

Unlimited live, recurring, simulive, evergreen, 24/7 and on-demand webinars, run from BigMarker's browser studio or streamed in over RTMP.

Landing pages and emails

Registration landing pages from 15 or more templates, embeddable registration, custom fields and UTM codes, and customizable invite and reminder emails.

Audience engagement

Chat, polls, Q&A, handouts, pop-up offers and post-session surveys, with up to 9 webcams on Basic and 64 on Enterprise, plus breakout rooms.

CRM and marketing integrations

Native integrations with Salesforce, Pardot, HubSpot, Eloqua, Marketo, ActiveCampaign and Constant Contact push registrant and engagement data back.

Social live streaming

Webinars can be streamed to Facebook Live, LinkedIn Live and YouTube Live with slides, videos, webcams and custom layouts.

Ticketing and certificates

Enterprise plans sell tickets through Stripe or Authorize.net and issue certificates of completion, with API access and a Zapier integration.

StreamAlive

Chat-based interactions

Live polls, quizzes with a leaderboard, word clouds, maps, rating polls, a spinner wheel and quick questions, all answered by typing in the chat.

Works inside other tools

Listed to work with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, PowerPoint, YouTube Live and Twitch, plus a Chrome extension for StreamYard, Restream and LinkedIn Live.

Chat tracking

A link library, ranked list of most active commenters, and a film-style credits crawl of everyone who commented.

AI help

StreamAlive AI writes questions and summarizes answers; summaries are limited on the free plan.

Presentation builder

Build slides and interactions together, with 50+ themes on paid plans.

Reports

A report after every session, kept for 7 to 180 days depending on the plan.

BigMarker

Pricing could not be confirmed. See bigmarker.com.

StreamAlive

• Free$0

  Up to 5 participants per session, unlimited sessions, every interaction, limited AI summaries and 7 days of analytics.

• Session Pack$100

  for 4 sessions, used within 12 months, one-time

  Up to 250 participants per session, 50+ themes, AI summaries and 60 days of analytics. Sessions with 5 or fewer participants are free.

• Starter$25

  per month for 4 sessions a month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)

  Up to 1,000 participants per session under fair use, 50+ themes, a small StreamAlive mark and 180 days of analytics. One presenter.

• Pro$75

  per month, unlimited sessions, billed annually ($150 monthly)

  Everything in Starter with unlimited sessions, your own logo, colors and backgrounds, and analysis in Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot, listed as coming soon.

• Teams and enterprise$5,000

  per year, for 3 or more presenters

  Single sign-on, invoicing, onboarding and premium support. Sold through sales.

BigMarker

• Nonprofit

  Education and nonprofit pricing on request

  BigMarker's pricing FAQ says it prepares proposals with special pricing for nonprofits, NGOs and educational institutions that email its sales team.

StreamAlive

• Annual discount

  Annual billing at half the monthly price

  Starter is $25 a month billed $300 a year against $50 monthly, and Pro is $75 a month billed $900 a year against $150 monthly.