Livestorm vs StreamAlive (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, StreamAlive grades higher than Livestorm: 2.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Livestorm grades higher on features. StreamAlive grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Livestorm
Browser-based webinars, live or on demand, priced per attendee
StreamAlive
Chat-based polls and quizzes for Zoom, Teams and live streams
Which one is for you
Pick Livestorm if
- Fits if your audience should join from a browser with nothing to install
- Works for teams that run a few small webinars a year and add many colleagues, since team members are unlimited
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run a webinar every month for up to 100 people, at $2,900 a year for 1,000 credits
- Watch out: credits don't roll over, and once they run out on Pro new attendees can't join until you move up a tier
- Tight if your audience comes back for several sessions, since each session uses another credit
- Skip it if you need HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo or Pardot sync without an Enterprise contract
- Watch out: restreaming, RTMP, translations and SSO are add-ons sold through sales, and its pricing page and help center show different figures
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
How we grade them
| 1.8GPALivestormWeak | 2.0GPAStreamAliveFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CStarter is $25 a month for 4 sessions on yearly billing and Pro is $75, between the $20.80 and $45 marks. It adds to a meeting rather than replacing a webinar tool. |
| Free plan and trial | CThere's a free plan with no time limit, meant for trying it: 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. | CFree with no time limit, but only 5 participants per session and 7 days of analytics. |
| Features | 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. | DOne narrow function: audience interaction. It needs a webinar or meeting tool to be useful at all. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo store rating on record. You connect it to a meeting or stream and build your interactions. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb and browser extension, with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, PowerPoint, YouTube Live, Twitch and StreamYard. |
| Best for | browser webinars that charge per attendee | chat polls and quizzes in Zoom and live streams |
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: Livestorm and StreamAlive. How we grade
Price against what you get
Livestorm starts at $100 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. StreamAlive starts at $25 a month and scores 2.0.
Livestorm scores higher, and starts $75 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other webinar and live streaming tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Livestorm for less, and 10 score higher than StreamAlive 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
- Livestorm also covers multistreaming.
- StreamAlive also covers surveys and reports.
At a glance
| Livestorm | StreamAlive | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1,200 per year for up to 400 attendee credits | $25 per month for 4 sessions a month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 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 with no time limit: up to 5 participants per session, unlimited sessions, every interaction type, rehearsals, and analytics kept for 7 days. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Livestorm Inc. | StreamAlive |
| Price read from | support.livestorm.co | streamalive.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
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.
Key features
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.
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.
Plans
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.
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.
Ways to pay less
Livestorm
No public discounts listed.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Livestorm or StreamAlive?
As of Nov 13, 2026, StreamAlive is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $100 a month when paid by the year for Livestorm. Livestorm starts at $1,200 per year for up to 400 attendee credits, and StreamAlive starts at $25 per month for 4 sessions a month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Livestorm or StreamAlive?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Livestorm and StreamAlive have a free plan.
Which platforms do Livestorm and StreamAlive run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only StreamAlive lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.