Webinar and virtual event platforms
Asked as “webinar and virtual event platform”, and as “platform for hosting webinars and virtual events”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B software company. 61 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, six models each.
Standing · first-choice share
25%
Contested · Demio 13%
25Livestorm13Demio10Goldcast52others
25% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▲+1Since September 2026: 23% → 24%, +1 point. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Livestorm held the lead, +1 point on 23%, inside the 12-point floor.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all six models, for a mid-market B2B software company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01
Livestorm25%4%52accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 23% → 24%, +1 point. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.23% → 24%
Livestorm25%4%52accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 23% → 24%, +1 point. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.23% → 24%02
Demio13%5%41accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 20% → 13%, −7 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 13%
Demio13%5%41accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 20% → 13%, −7 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 13%03
Zoom Webinars10%23%77accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 7% → 11%, +4 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 11%
Zoom Webinars10%23%77accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 7% → 11%, +4 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 11%04
Goldcast10%5%20accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 14% → 7%, −6 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 7%
Goldcast10%5%20accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 14% → 7%, −6 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 7%05
GoTo Webinar8%26%43criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 7% → 9%, +2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 9%
GoTo Webinar8%26%43criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 7% → 9%, +2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 9%06
Zoho Webinar8%7%14accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 11% → 9%, −2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 9%
Zoho Webinar8%7%14accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 11% → 9%, −2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 9%07
Airmeet3%11%18accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
Airmeet3%11%18accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%08
WebinarJam3%52%25criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
WebinarJam3%52%25criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%09
BigMarker2%18%22accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
BigMarker2%18%22accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%10
Bizzabo2%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Bizzabo2%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%11
ON242%35%37criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
ON242%35%37criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%12
Microsoft Teams2%31%16criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Microsoft Teams2%31%16criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
15
RingCentral Events0%28%29criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
RingCentral Events0%28%29criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%13
Webex Webinars0%19%27accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Webex Webinars0%19%27accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%14
vFairs0%12%17accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
vFairs0%12%17accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%16
Remo Conference0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Remo Conference0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 12-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 12 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607080910111213141516Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Livestorm25%
Livestorm25%02Demio13%
Demio13%03Zoom Webinars10%
Zoom Webinars10%04Goldcast10%
Goldcast10%05GoTo Webinar8%
GoTo Webinar8%06Zoho Webinar8%
Zoho Webinar8%07Airmeet3%
Airmeet3%08WebinarJam3%
WebinarJam3%09BigMarker2%
BigMarker2%10Bizzabo2%
Bizzabo2%11ON242%
ON242%12Microsoft Teams2%
Microsoft Teams2%13Webex Webinars0%
Webex Webinars0%14vFairs0%
vFairs0%15RingCentral Events0%
RingCentral Events0%16Remo Conference0%
Remo Conference0%What they warned about
A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Zoom Webinars23%
18 of 77 labels negative · 13 of 6 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid this. It is highly prone to disruptions, screen-sharing hijackings” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
WebinarJam52%
13 of 25 labels negative · 10 of 6 models · 9 hard negative
“Contains high or critical access control vulnerabilities (research showed attackers could easily become a host)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
GoTo Webinar26%
11 of 43 labels negative · 10 of 6 models · 1 hard negative
“Caution Level: High (For stability and cost)... frequently criticized for failing to keep up with modern needs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
ON2435%
13 of 37 labels negative · 9 of 6 models · 3 hard negative
“What to Avoid **ON24** ... it's typically too expensive and heavy for a mid-sized company” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the six in this edition.
Sites the answers cite
78 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 6 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1019 links across 223 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 36 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Livestorm49 answers · 67 citations · 13 models
vendor site · EasyWebinar46 answers · 102 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Whova31 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
29 answers · 33 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Demio25 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Remo24 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Airmeet23 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Bizzabo20 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Zoom19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · WebinarNinja18 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
39 answers · 12 models
30 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best webinar and virtual event platform”, “webinar and virtual event platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livestorm livestorm.co | 25% | 133 | 1,600 | 23 | 124,272 | 0 | 8 | |
| Demio demio.com | 13% | 100 | 3,600 | 236 | 3,294 | 1 | ||
| Zoom zoom.com Zoom Webinars 10% | 10% | 209 | 3,350,000 | 120,299 | 2,795,648 company | $4,064 | 47 | |
| Goldcast goldcast.io | 10% | 75 | 4,400 | 42 | 6,549 | 24 | 7 | |
| GoTo goto.com GoTo Webinar 8% | 8% | 96 | 2,900 | 199 | 503,681 | $549 | 59 | 8 |
| Zoho parent site Zoho Webinar 8% | 8% | 39 | 590 | 6 | ||||
| Airmeet airmeet.com | 3% | 42 | 720 | 12 | 8,585 | 23 | ||
| ClickMeeting clickmeeting.com | 3% | 22 | 18,100 | 5 | 8,016 | 36 | 5 | |
| EasyWebinar easywebinar.com | 3% | 32 | 390 | 0 | 5,467 | 1 | ||
| WebinarJam webinarjam.com | 3% | 51 | 3,600 | 87 | 2,043 | 8 |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 13 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (learn.g2.com, livestorm.co, remo.co, webinarninja.com). The first result for “best webinar and virtual event platform” is peoplemanagingpeople.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best webinar and virtual event platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which platform for hosting webinars and virtual events would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top webinar and virtual event platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best webinar and virtual event platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a webinar and virtual event platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which webinar and virtual event platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
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GPT-5.6 Solno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.1 Prono first choiceno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Perplexity Sonar Prono first choiceno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
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Noise floor in this category
Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.
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Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Cisco Webex Events read as Cisco Webex Webinars
Microsoft Teams Live read as Microsoft Teams
Remo read as Remo Conference
Webex Events & Webinars read as Webex Webinars
Zoom read as Zoom Webinars
Zoom (Zoom Webinars & Zoom Events) read as Zoom Webinars
Zoom (with Events add-on) read as Zoom Webinars
Unresolved, counted raw
Digital Samba
Events.com (including BPT integration)
FreeConferenceCall
Marcus Evans
Run The World
Teams live events
Virtual PRO (formerly Hubilo)
Virtual Summits
Webcasts.com
Webex Suite
Webinar.gg
Zoom Meeting
Zoom One (Business Plan)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.