The Crowdcast Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Crowdcast in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Crowdcast
The Insider’s Guide
Browser webinars and live events for creators and communities
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among webinar and live streaming tools, read from Crowdcast’s own pages.
Made by Crowdcast · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Crowdcast’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Crowdcast’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 5 of the 14 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade
Crowdcast is a browser-based platform for live webinars, interviews, courses and online summits, aimed at creators, communities and small businesses. Each event gets one page that handles registration, the live session with chat and Q&A, and the replay afterwards. Hosts can sell tickets through Stripe, run multi-session events, and from the Pro plan up multistream the stage to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and other sites. Plans are priced by live attendees and streaming hours.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Crowdcast, taken from its own pages and our grades.
It's for creators and communities: interviews, classes and online summits, with tickets sold through Stripe.
- 1
Best for creator events, classes and summits
Crowdcast gives each live event one page for sign-up, the session and the replay, which is about as simple as webinars get.
- 2
Paid plans start at $49 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $49 per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly.
- 3
You can try it first
14-day free trial with all features, limited to 10 live attendees and 60-minute sessions
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
Paid events
Charge a fixed or sliding ticket price with coupons, or take contributions during an event, with payments through Stripe.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 5 of 14
That is against the other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Crowdcast you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Crowdcast at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $49 per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial with all features, limited to 10 live attendees and 60-minute sessions
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Crowdcast
- Category
- Webinars & Live Streaming
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for creator events, classes and summits
Crowdcast gives each live event one page for sign-up, the session and the replay, which is about as simple as webinars get. It's for creators and communities: interviews, classes and online summits, with tickets sold through Stripe. Lite is $49 a month for 100 live attendees, but it counts streaming hours, and multistreaming starts on Pro.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Lite 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No 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. |
| Features | C | Registration, 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. |
| Ease of use | C | No 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. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web 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. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Crowdcast is for
- Great if you run live interviews, classes or community calls
- Handy when you sell tickets to a live course or an online summit
- Good for hosts who want the replay waiting at the same link
Who it is not for
- Tight if you go live a lot, since Lite has 10 hours a month and extra time is $20 per 5 hours
- Pricey if you sell tickets on Lite, with a 5% Crowdcast fee on top of Stripe's
- Skip it if you want automated webinars that run without you
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$49
A month to start
Crowdcast is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $49 per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly.
Against its rivals it sits between WebinarJam's Starter and Demio's Growth.
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.
Trying it first
14-day free trial with all features, limited to 10 live attendees and 60-minute sessions
Read from crowdcast.io on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on crowdcast.io
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Browser webinars and live events for creators and communities. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: ticketing, webinars, multistreaming.
Registration, the live room, chat, Q&A, replays, tickets, multi-session events and RTMP input.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Stripe
- Zapier
- YouTube
- Twitch
- OBS Studio
Crowdcast is made by Crowdcast.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
5/14
Other webinar and live streaming tools it is graded above
Crowdcast's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 5 of the 14 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 3 of 14) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $47 for the category: 7 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 15 webinar and live streaming tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Crowdcast’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 14
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 14
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 14
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 14
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 14
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 14 webinar and live streaming tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Crowdcast is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Crowdcast you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $588 a year.
What you could not
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- One live stream sent to several platforms at once.
- Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, Zapier and Facebook among them.
- People on the other end: live sessions. No app builder makes those.
What this rests on. Crowdcast’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
StreamYard, Demio, Livestorm, Restream and WebinarJam
The 5 tools Crowdcast is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
StreamYard
Free plan · from $35.99/mo
Browser-based studio for live streaming and recording with guests.
- StreamYard has a free plan. Crowdcast does not, though it has a free trial.
- Crowdcast also covers ticketing, webinars and multistreaming.
- StreamYard also covers transcription and video editing.
- 2.2GPA
Demio
Free trial · from $45/mo
Browser webinars for marketing teams, live, on demand or automated.
- Crowdcast also covers ticketing and multistreaming.
- Demio also covers transcription.
- 1.8GPA
Livestorm
Free plan · from $1,200/yr
Browser-based webinars, live or on demand, priced per attendee.
- Livestorm has a free plan. Crowdcast does not, though it has a free trial.
- Crowdcast also covers ticketing.
- 2.4GPA
Restream
Free plan · from $19/mo
Multistream one live video to YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn and more.
- Restream has a free plan. Crowdcast does not, though it has a free trial.
- Crowdcast also covers ticketing.
- Restream also covers transcription.
- 2.2GPA
WebinarJam
Free trial · from $39/mo
Live sales webinars with offers, reminders and replays.
- Crowdcast also covers ticketing and multistreaming.
- WebinarJam also covers a/B testing.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Crowdcast free?
No, Crowdcast is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial with all features, limited to 10 live attendees and 60-minute sessions.
How much does Crowdcast cost?
Crowdcast lists 3 plans. Lite: $49 per month for 100 live attendees and 10 hours, billed monthly.
What platforms does Crowdcast work on?
Crowdcast is available on Web.
Does Crowdcast offer any discounts?
Crowdcast publicly lists the following: Save 30% with annual billing.
Does Crowdcast have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Crowdcast is listed for Web.
Does Crowdcast have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Crowdcast is listed for Web.
Is Crowdcast open source?
Crowdcast is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
What does Crowdcast integrate with?
Crowdcast's listing names Stripe, Zapier, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and OBS Studio.
Who makes Crowdcast?
Crowdcast is made by Crowdcast.
What are the alternatives to Crowdcast?
The closest alternatives to Crowdcast in our directory are StreamYard, Demio, Livestorm, Restream and WebinarJam.
How does Crowdcast compare with other webinar and live streaming tools?
Crowdcast's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 5 of the 14 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 4.
Is Crowdcast good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Crowdcast C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $47 for the category: 7 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Crowdcast?
To replace Crowdcast you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Crowdcast’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Crowdcast's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Crowdcast. Prices change, so check crowdcast.io before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,281
Tools graded, in 73 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
73
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Crowdcast, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/crowdcast
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Crowdcast’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Crowdcast is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Crowdcast. Prices and plans change: check crowdcast.io before you buy.