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Webinar and virtual event platforms · September 2026 Edition

GoTo Webinar vs ON24

One of twelve models named GoTo Webinar first on the direct prompt; zero named ON24. Both were named by all twelve models and GoTo Webinar carries 35 labels and ON24 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GoTo Webinar

accepted challenger

By GoTo, Boston, United States, founded 2003. Named in one category this edition.

ON24

criticized challenger

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

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate23%30%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 19; printed, not drawn.
Labels3537A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GoTo Webinar 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 GoTo Webinar · Livestorm vs ON24 · Demio vs GoTo Webinar

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.
GoTo WebinarFirst choices, of twelve modelsON24
Direct103 against ON24
Paraphrase211 against GoTo Webinar · 3 against ON24
Comparative001 against ON24
Budget-constrained001 against GoTo Webinar
Scale-constrained001 against GoTo Webinar · 1 against ON24
Negative005 against GoTo Webinar · 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, GoTo Webinar and ON24 were named in the same answer fifty times, of the 95 answers naming GoTo Webinar and the 108 naming ON24. In those answers ON24 took the first choice nine times and GoTo Webinar zero.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GoTo Webinar 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
GoTo Webinar ON24 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GoTo Webinar on the left and ON24 on the right.

The direct prompt

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

GoTo Webinar first, ON24 not the choice

1 of 12 modelsON24 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXGoTo Webinar alternatives: Airmeet, ClickMeeting, Cvent, Demio, EventMobi, PheedLoop, WebinarJam, Whova, Zoom Webinars, Zuddl

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5BigMarker alternatives: Demio, GoTo Webinar, Goldcast, Livestorm
GPT-5.4 miniDemio alternatives: ON24
Perplexity SonarGoldcast alternatives: Bizzabo, GoTo Webinar, Livestorm
Grok 4.1 FastDemio alternatives: GoTo Webinar, Goldcast, Livestorm, ON24, Zoom Webinars
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Livestorm, ON24, Zoom Webinars

Neither was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Airmeet, Demio, Livestorm
Mistral SmallGoldcast alternatives: Demio, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
DeepSeek V4 FlashLivestorm alternatives: Demio, Goldcast
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Demio, Livestorm alternatives: BigMarker, Goldcast
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.
GoTo Webinar0%#13 of 16
ON240%#16 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
GoTo Webinar leads by five points.
GoTo Webinar7%#5 of 19
ON242%#8 of 19
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: ON24 leads at enterprise.
ON2433%#1 of 16
GoTo Webinar0%#15 of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about GoTo Webinar

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

“Reviewers cite reliability and audio-lag issues... Widely considered overpriced” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Most webinar platforms (like GoToWebinar or Demio) use tiered pricing, meaning the more people register for your webinars, the more you have to pay.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Expensive for what you get... Poor support: Outsourced, unhelpful, long wait times” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend GoTo Webinar as the top choice.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“1. GoToWebinar (Best Overall for Mid-Market)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“1. GoTo Webinar - Best Overall for B2B” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

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.