BigMarker vs Zoom Webinars
We give BigMarker a 1.8 GPA and Zoom Webinars a 2.2, out of 4.0. Zoom Webinars grades higher on ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Zoom Webinars
Zoom's own webinar product, licensed per host by audience size
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABigMarkerWeak | 2.2GPAZoom WebinarsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo prices are published: Basic, Enterprise and Enterprise+ are all sold by quote, so there's nothing to set against GoTo Webinar or Zoom Webinars for a monthly 100-person webinar. No published price is a C by our rule. Ticket sales carry a 5% fee. | CThe entry license is $83.33 a month billed annually ($1,000 a year, or $129 by the month), and it's for 500 attendees, so a 100-person webinar still pays for 500. That's dearer than GoTo Webinar's entry plan and about double WebinarJam's Starter, though not out of line for this category. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free: no free plan, and trials or proofs of concept are arranged through sales. | FNothing free. There's no free plan or free trial on the webinar page, and the free Zoom Workplace plan covers meetings only. |
| Features | CLive, recurring, simulive, evergreen and on-demand webinars, landing pages, pop-up offers, CRM sync, social streaming and up to 64 webcams. The gaps: simulive, evergreen, ticketing and breakout rooms start at Enterprise, and Basic has 1 host. | CA deep live product: branded registration, polls, Q&A, breakout rooms, AI captions in more than 20 languages, streaming to YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook, and audiences up to 100,000. The gap: simulive sessions and the backstage need Webinars Plus at $290.83. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. It starts with a sales call, then landing pages, emails, integrations and formats to set up. | BNo rating of its own on record. It's a license added to a Zoom account, so hosts work in an app many already run and attendees join the way they join any Zoom call. Registration and polls are set up inside Zoom. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app listed, but native Salesforce, Pardot, HubSpot, Eloqua, Marketo, ActiveCampaign and Constant Contact integrations, plus Zapier and an API. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android, plus Salesforce, streaming to YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook, and separate tracks for Premiere, Final Cut and DaVinci. On iOS you join as an attendee or panelist only. |
| Best for | B2B marketing webinars and big events | big webinars for teams already on Zoom |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: BigMarker and Zoom Webinars. How we grade
Where they differ
- Only Zoom Webinars lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- BigMarker also covers ticketing.
At a glance
| BigMarker | Zoom Webinars | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | $83.33 per user / month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | BigMarker | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | zoom.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
BigMarker
- B2B marketing teams using webinars for demand generation
- Companies that run webinars and larger virtual or hybrid events on one platform
- Organizations that need audiences in the tens of thousands
Zoom Webinars
- Companies already on Zoom that need larger, more controlled events
- Marketing teams running webinars for hundreds to thousands of people
- Training sessions that issue certificates to people who complete them
- Hybrid and multi-session events on the Events plan
Worth knowing
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.
Zoom Webinars
- Each license is priced by audience size; the 500-attendee tier is the entry point and 1,000 attendees costs $3,400 a year ($340 billed monthly).
- Pre-recorded simulive sessions, the backstage and production layouts need Webinars Plus; tickets, lobbies and networking need Events.
- There is no free plan or free trial on the webinar page; the free Zoom Workplace plan covers meetings only.
- The iOS app joins webinars as a view-only attendee or a panelist.
Key features
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.
Zoom Webinars
- Large audiences
- Webinars scale from the 500-attendee entry license to 100,000 attendees, with one-time, recurring and multi-session formats on the same platform.
- Audience engagement
- Branded registration pages and emails, polls, Q&A, chat, reactions, breakout rooms, and AI captions in more than 20 languages.
- Simulive and backstage
- On Webinars Plus and Events, a pre-recorded webinar can run as if live with a host joining for Q&A, while speakers wait in a private backstage.
- Production Studio
- Custom layouts, scenes and pre-loaded videos, plus separate audio and video tracks for each participant to edit in Premiere, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
- Streaming to social platforms
- A webinar can be broadcast at the same time to YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook over RTMP while it is run from Zoom.
- On-demand hubs and analytics
- Recordings go into branded video hubs with AI chapters and highlights, with engagement dashboards and CRM connections to track who attended.
Plans
BigMarker
Pricing could not be confirmed. See bigmarker.com.
Zoom Webinars
Webinars$83.33
per user / month for 500 attendees, billed annually ($129 monthly)
$1,000 a year. Rises with audience: $3,400 a year for 1,000 attendees. Chat, reactions, polls, Q&A, custom backgrounds, AI chapters and reports.
Webinars Plus$290.83
per user / month for 500 attendees, billed annually ($349 monthly)
$3,490 a year. Adds pre-recorded sessions run as live, a private backstage, pro layouts and scenes, AI event pages and richer analytics.
Events$415.83
per user / month for 500 attendees, billed annually ($499 monthly)
$4,990 a year. Adds multi-session virtual events with several stages, ticket types, a lobby, sponsor booths, networking and hybrid features.
Ways to pay less
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.
Zoom Webinars
- Annual discount
Lower price with annual billing
Webinars is $1,000 a year against $129 billed monthly; Webinars Plus $3,490 a year against $349 monthly; Events $4,990 a year against $499 monthly.
