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Webinar and virtual event platforms · September 2026 Edition

Livestorm vs ON24

Two of twelve models named Livestorm first on the direct prompt; zero named ON24. Both were named by all twelve models and Livestorm carries 47 labels and ON24 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Livestorm

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 share23%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%30%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 19; printed, not drawn.
Labels4737A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Livestorm reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Goldcast was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Livestorm vs Demio · Livestorm vs Goldcast · Livestorm vs Zoho 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.
LivestormFirst choices, of twelve modelsON24
Direct203 against ON24
Paraphrase413 against ON24
Comparative101 against ON24
Budget-constrained304 against Livestorm
Scale-constrained101 against ON24
Negative203 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, Livestorm and ON24 were named in the same answer fifty-five times, of the 116 answers naming Livestorm and the 108 naming ON24. In those answers ON24 took the first choice six times and Livestorm thirteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Livestorm first, ON24 not the choice

2 of 12 modelsON24 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashLivestorm alternatives: Demio, Goldcast
Kimi K2Demio, Livestorm alternatives: BigMarker, Goldcast

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Airmeet, Demio, Livestorm
Perplexity SonarGoldcast alternatives: Bizzabo, GoTo Webinar, Livestorm
Grok 4.1 FastDemio alternatives: GoTo Webinar, Goldcast, Livestorm, ON24, Zoom Webinars
Mistral SmallGoldcast alternatives: Demio, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Livestorm, ON24, Zoom Webinars
MiniMax M2.5Demio alternatives: Bizzabo, Goldcast, Livestorm

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXGoTo Webinar alternatives: Airmeet, ClickMeeting, Cvent, Demio, EventMobi, PheedLoop, WebinarJam, Whova, Zoom Webinars, Zuddl

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
Livestorm leads by thirteen points.
Livestorm13%#2 of 16
ON240%#16 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Livestorm leads by twenty points.
Livestorm23%#1 of 19
ON242%#8 of 19
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: ON24 leads at enterprise.
ON2433%#1 of 16
Livestorm0%#14 of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Livestorm

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

“Better for marketing automation and more polished event workflows, but usually pricier: Livestorm” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“significantly cheaper than premium options like Livestorm (which starts around $79–$99/month)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“price per attendee, which can get expensive as you scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Recommended Alternatives with Better Reputations: Livestorm (browser-based, strong security certifications, GDPR-compliant)” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“B2B lead-gen focused → prioritize CRM depth + attribution: Livestorm, Demio, GoToWebinar, or Airmeet.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Around B2B Choice: Livestorm ... currently handles this workflow better than any other competitor.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase 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.