Crowdcast vs Livestorm
We give Crowdcast a 2.2 GPA and Livestorm a 1.8, out of 4.0. Crowdcast grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Crowdcast
Browser webinars and live events for creators and communities
Livestorm
Browser-based webinars, live or on demand, priced per attendee
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACrowdcastFair | 1.8GPALivestormWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $49 a month billed monthly for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, right at the category's middle. Annual billing is labelled 30% off, but the listing gives no yearly figure. Against its rivals it sits between WebinarJam's Starter and Demio's Growth. | FA monthly webinar for up to 100 people can use 1,200 credits a year, more than the 1,000-credit tier at $2,900 a year. That's several times what Zoom Webinars or GoTo Webinar charge for the same job, and unused credits don't roll over. Its pricing page and help centre don't show the same dollar figures, either. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial with all features, limited to 10 live attendees and 60-minute sessions. The listing doesn't say whether it wants a card. | CFree forever, but it's built for trying things out: 30 attendee credits a year, 30-minute events and 10 events per organization. That's a small test webinar or two, not a monthly habit. |
| Features | CRegistration, the live room, chat, Q&A, replays, tickets, multi-session events and RTMP input. The gaps: no automated webinars on record, multistreaming and captions start on Pro, and sessions stop at 2 hours on Lite. | CThe whole webinar job is here: registration pages, reminder emails, a browser room with 25 speakers, polls and Q&A, on-demand and automated events, and replays with captions. The gaps: HubSpot and Salesforce sync are Enterprise only, and restreaming is an add-on sold through sales. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record. One page per event keeps it simple, but you still set up tickets and sessions and keep an eye on streaming hours. | CNo App Store rating on record. Attendees just open a browser, which is the easy half. You still build registration pages and email cadences, and watch your credits, since new attendees can't join once they run out on Pro. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app listed. It connects to Stripe and Zapier, streams to Facebook, YouTube and Twitch, and takes feeds from OBS, Wirecast or Ecamm. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app listed, but it connects to HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot, Brevo and Zapier, and has an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT. The big CRM links are Enterprise only. |
| Best for | creator events, classes and summits | browser webinars that charge per attendee |
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: Crowdcast and Livestorm. How we grade
Price against what you get
Crowdcast starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Livestorm starts at $100 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Crowdcast starts $51 a month lower. Of the other webinar and live streaming tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Crowdcast for less, and 4 score higher than Livestorm 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
- Crowdcast starts at $49 per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly. Livestorm starts at $1,200 per year for up to 400 attendee credits.
- Livestorm has a free plan. Crowdcast does not, though it has a free trial.
- Crowdcast also covers ticketing.
At a glance
| Crowdcast | Livestorm | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49 per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly | $1,200 per year for up to 400 attendee credits |
| Free plan | None | Free plan with no time limit: 30 attendee credits a year, events of up to 30 minutes, 10 events per organization and 20 sessions per event. Custom emails and premium features are not included. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial with all features, limited to 10 live attendees and 60-minute sessions | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Crowdcast | Livestorm Inc. |
| Price read from | crowdcast.io | support.livestorm.co |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Crowdcast
- Creators running live interviews, classes and community calls
- Selling tickets to live courses and online summits
- Hosts who want replays waiting at the same link as the event
Livestorm
- Marketing teams running regular lead-generation webinars
- Customer and employee training sessions repeated on a schedule
- Teams whose audience should join from a browser with no download
- Companies that want to pay for attendees rather than registrations
Worth knowing
Crowdcast
- Each plan has a monthly streaming-hour cap: extra time costs $20 per 5 hours, and live attendees over the limit cost 15 cents each.
- Ticket sales carry a 5% Crowdcast fee on Lite and Pro and 2% on Business, plus Stripe's 2.9% + 30 cents.
- Multistreaming and live captions start on Pro, and sessions are capped at 2, 4 or 6 hours depending on the plan.
- Extra team seats cost $29 each.
Livestorm
- Credits are a yearly pack that does not roll over; once they run out on Pro, new attendees cannot join until you move to a higher tier.
- One credit is used per person per session, so someone who joins three sessions of an event uses three credits.
- Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot and Microsoft Dynamics integrations are Enterprise only.
- Restreaming, RTMP, live translations and SAML SSO are add-ons sold through sales, and need a Pro plan of at least 1,000 credits.
Key features
Crowdcast
- One page per event
- Registration, the live session and the replay all live at the same address, and recordings are available for replay and download straight after.
- Pay only for live attendees
- Registrations are unlimited; plans count the people who show up live, with extra attendees charged at 15 cents each over the plan limit.
- Paid events
- Charge a fixed or sliding ticket price with coupons, or take contributions during an event, with payments through Stripe.
- Multi-session events
- Group sessions at different times into one event for live courses or online summits, with no limit on the number of sessions.
- Multistreaming and RTMP
- Send the stage to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and other sites (1 destination on Pro, 3 on Business), or broadcast in from OBS, Wirecast or Ecamm.
- Analytics and exports
- Conversion rates, referral sources and engagement per event and session, with emails, chat and attendee data exportable as CSV.
Livestorm
- Browser event room
- Attendees join from a browser with nothing to install. Up to 25 speakers can be on screen, with chat, polls, Q&A with upvotes, emoji reactions and file, slide and video sharing.
- Registration pages and email cadences
- Brandable registration pages with custom fields, an embeddable sign-up widget, a company page of upcoming and past events, and unlimited reminder and follow-up emails.
- On-demand and automated events
- Events can be set to start, end or play a video on their own, offered on demand for people to watch at any time, or split into several sessions under one link.
- Replays and captions
- Replays are available right after the session with closed captions, and live captions are in beta. AI repurposing turns the transcript into content for other channels.
- Restreaming and RTMP add-ons
- Paid add-ons stream a Livestorm event to LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Facebook, Twitch and other destinations at once, or bring in a feed from studio software over RTMP.
- Attendance data and exports
- Tracks UTM sources, attendance and conversion rates, and exports registrants, chat and questions. A Livestorm MCP server connects it to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents.
Plans
Crowdcast
Lite$49
per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly
1 team seat, 2-hour sessions, unlimited replay storage, RTMP input, Stripe ticketing with a 5% fee, analytics and Zapier.
Pro$89
per month for 250 live attendees and 20 hours, billed monthly
2 team seats, 4-hour sessions, 1 multistream destination, English live captions and custom registration fields.
Business$195
per month for 1,000 live attendees and 40 hours, billed monthly
4 team seats, 6-hour sessions, 3 multistream destinations, 10 GB of studio storage and a 2% ticket fee.
Livestorm
Free$0
30 attendee credits a year, 30-minute events, 10 events per organization and 20 sessions per event; meant for trying the platform.
Pro$1,200
per year for up to 400 attendee credits
Price rises with the credits: $2,900 a year for 1,000 and $9,600 for 4,000. 4-hour sessions, 3,000 live attendees per event, unlimited team members.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credit packages, 12-hour sessions, Enterprise CRM integrations, custom analytics, a dedicated success manager and an SLA.
Ways to pay less
Crowdcast
- Annual discount
Save 30% with annual billing
Crowdcast's pricing page labels annual billing as saving 30% against the monthly prices of $49, $89 and $195.
Livestorm
No public discounts listed.
