ClickMeeting vs Zoom Webinars
We give ClickMeeting a 2.6 GPA and Zoom Webinars a 2.2, out of 4.0. ClickMeeting grades higher on the free plan and features. Zoom Webinars grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ClickMeeting
Webinars and online meetings with paid events and automation
Zoom Webinars
Zoom's own webinar product, licensed per host by audience size
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAClickMeetingGood | 2.2GPAZoom WebinarsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLive is $37 a month billed annually for a 50-person room, and automated webinars need the $48 plan. A 100-person room costs more and the listing has no figure for it, so we can't price our test case. With no number, it sits at C beside GoTo Webinar and WebinarGeek. | 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 | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial for 25 attendees, with free and paid webinars and meetings included and no credit card. | FNothing free. There's no free plan or free trial on the webinar page, and the free Zoom Workplace plan covers meetings only. |
| Features | BThe whole webinar job and more: live and automated webinars, meetings, paid events, polls, a whiteboard, breakout rooms, edu mode, captions, certificates, phone dial-in and broadcasts to YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. | 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. Attendees need no install, but there's a lot to set up: rooms, registration, automation timelines and payments. | 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 | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, plus Stripe, PayPal, Zapier and broadcasts to YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. Attendees can also dial in by phone. | 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 | training, classes and paid webinars | 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: ClickMeeting and Zoom Webinars. How we grade
Price against what you get
ClickMeeting starts at $37 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Zoom Webinars starts at $83.33 a month for each person and scores 3.0.
They score the same, and ClickMeeting starts $46.33 a month lower. Of the other webinar and live streaming tools on the chart, none scores higher than ClickMeeting for less, and none scores higher than Zoom Webinars for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- ClickMeeting starts at $37 per month for up to 50 attendees, billed annually. Zoom Webinars starts at $83.33 per user / month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly).
- Only Zoom Webinars lists a Linux app.
- ClickMeeting also covers transcription, whiteboard and ticketing.
At a glance
| ClickMeeting | Zoom Webinars | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $37 per month for up to 50 attendees, billed annually | $83.33 per user / month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial for 25 attendees, with free and paid webinars and meetings, no credit card | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | ClickMeeting | Zoom Communications, Inc. |
| Price read from | clickmeeting.com | zoom.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
ClickMeeting
- Trainers and teachers running online classes and paid courses
- Small businesses that need both meetings and webinars in one account
- Running recurring automated webinars on a schedule
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
ClickMeeting
- Each plan's price depends on the room size, from 50 to 1,000 attendees; larger events need Enterprise.
- Hosting two events at the same time needs the Parallel events add-on, and extra presenter seats are another add-on.
- The collaborative whiteboard works in events of up to 40 people.
- Ticket and donation payments run through Stripe or PayPal, which charge their own fees.
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
ClickMeeting
- Live webinars and meetings
- One account runs both small meetings and webinars, with screen sharing, chat, Q&A, polls, surveys and up to 8 cameras and microphones on at once.
- Automated webinars
- Build a timeline of recordings, videos, surveys and call-to-action buttons and let the platform run the event on a schedule or on demand.
- Paid webinars
- Sell tickets with discount codes, take donations or put recordings behind a paywall, with payments collected through Stripe or PayPal.
- Training tools
- Edu mode hides attendees from each other, breakout rooms allow up to 20 rooms of 40 people, and attendance certificates can be sent automatically.
- Captions and AI transcription
- Live transcription adds captions during the event and a downloadable transcript afterwards, with AI transcription among the automation tools.
- Social broadcasting
- Webinars can be broadcast on YouTube, Facebook or LinkedIn, and attendees can join by phone through toll and toll-free dial-in numbers.
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
ClickMeeting
Live$37
per month for up to 50 attendees, billed annually
Unlimited live meetings and webinars, paid events and donations, branding, 3 extra logins, 6 hours of recordings. Rooms of 100 to 1,000 cost more.
Automated$48
per month for up to 50 attendees, billed annually
Everything in Live plus automated and on-demand webinars, automatic reminders and follow-ups, certificates and scheduled YouTube or Facebook broadcasts.
EnterpriseCustom
Events for up to 10,000 attendees, a dedicated advisor, higher-quality live streaming, and white-label or reseller options.
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
ClickMeeting
- Annual discount
Up to 20% off with annual billing
ClickMeeting's pricing page says annual plans save up to 20% compared with paying monthly.
- Nonprofit
Discounts for nonprofit organizations
The pricing FAQ says ClickMeeting offers discounts to nonprofit organizations, arranged through its billing department.
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.
