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Webinar and virtual event platforms · September 2026 Edition

BigMarker vs ON24

One of twelve models named BigMarker first on the direct prompt; zero named ON24. BigMarker was named by eleven of the twelve models and ON24 by twelve and BigMarker carries 21 labels and ON24 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.

BigMarker

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

ON24

criticized challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 1998. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%30%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 19; printed, not drawn.
Labels2137A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BigMarker reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Livestorm was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Livestorm vs BigMarker · Livestorm vs ON24 · Demio vs BigMarker

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the webinar and virtual event platforms page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BigMarkerFirst choices, of twelve modelsON24
Direct103 against ON24
Paraphrase013 against ON24
Comparative001 against ON24
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained001 against ON24
Negative001 against BigMarker · 3 against ON24
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, BigMarker and ON24 were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 60 answers naming BigMarker and the 108 naming ON24. In those answers ON24 took the first choice ten times and BigMarker two.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where BigMarker and ON24 stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
BigMarker ON24 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BigMarker on the left and ON24 on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where BigMarker and ON24 stood in it.

BigMarker first, ON24 not the choice

1 of 12 modelsON24 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5BigMarker alternatives: Demio, GoTo Webinar, Goldcast, Livestorm

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniDemio alternatives: ON24
Grok 4.1 FastDemio alternatives: GoTo Webinar, Goldcast, Livestorm, ON24, Zoom Webinars
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Livestorm, ON24, Zoom Webinars
Kimi K2Demio, Livestorm alternatives: BigMarker, Goldcast

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Airmeet, Demio, Livestorm
Perplexity SonarGoldcast alternatives: Bizzabo, GoTo Webinar, Livestorm
Mistral SmallGoldcast alternatives: Demio, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
DeepSeek V4 FlashLivestorm alternatives: Demio, Goldcast
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXGoTo Webinar alternatives: Airmeet, ClickMeeting, Cvent, Demio, EventMobi, PheedLoop, WebinarJam, Whova, Zoom Webinars, Zuddl
MiniMax M2.5Demio alternatives: Bizzabo, Goldcast, Livestorm

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
BigMarker0%#15 of 16
ON240%#16 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
BigMarker2%#7 of 19
ON242%#8 of 19
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ON24 leads by twenty-nine points.
ON2433%#1 of 16
BigMarker4%#7 of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about BigMarker

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“BigMarker (poor offer pop-ups, glitchy screen sharing, pricey)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Supports live, simulive, automated, and on-demand webinars natively from one platform, and fits mid-market to enterprise teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose BigMarker or ON24 if you're running large-scale, highly controlled, analytics-heavy enterprise events” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Branded automation & series ... Evergreen sessions, custom landing pages | Pricing not transparent” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · alternative

What the models said about ON24

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to avoid for this use case- ON24 and Goldcast are powerful, but they're sales-quoted, enterprise-priced” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Unless Specific Need: ON24: Enterprise-focused, $10K+/year minimum, overkill for mid-market” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“you likely do not have the massive budget or the dedicated five-person IT production team required to run complex enterprise suites like ON24 or Cvent” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd generally recommend ON24 if webinars and virtual events are a core part of your marketing and sales funnel” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best for: Mid-to-enterprise B2B marketing teams... Where it struggles: Expensive, complex to set up, and can be overkill for smaller companies.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Choose BigMarker or ON24 if you're running large-scale, highly controlled, analytics-heavy enterprise events” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.