# Webinar and virtual event platforms for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "webinar and virtual event platform" and as "platform for hosting webinars and virtual events", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a small B2B company. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/marketing/webinar-virtual-events/smb/

**Standing:** Demio leads with 39% of first choices; verdict contested. 46 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demio | 39% | 13% | 53 |
| 2 | Livestorm | 13% | 8% | 53 |
| 3 | Zoom Webinars | 13% | 26% | 65 |
| 4 | WebinarNinja | 11% | 14% | 37 |
| 5 | WebinarKit | 9% | 9% | 11 |
| 6 | Zoho Webinar | 7% | 0% | 16 |
| 7 | ClickMeeting | 2% | 13% | 23 |
| 8 | EasyWebinar | 2% | 7% | 14 |
| 9 | WebinarJam | 2% | 42% | 24 |
| 10 | WebinarGeek | 0% | 0% | 11 |
| 11 | eWebinar | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 12 | Microsoft Teams | 0% | 27% | 11 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Demio, WebinarNinja; alternatives Goldcast, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
- GPT-5.4 mini: Demio, Zoom Webinars; alternatives Livestorm
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Demio; alternatives Livestorm, WebinarGeek, eWebinar
- Perplexity Sonar: Demio; alternatives EasyWebinar, WebinarKit, WebinarNinja
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Livestorm; alternatives ClickMeeting, Demio, WebinarNinja, Zoho Webinar
- Mistral Small: WebinarNinja; alternatives Contrast, Demio, RingCentral Events, Zoom Webinars
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Demio, Livestorm; alternatives Airmeet, Remo, WebinarNinja, Zoom Webinars
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: WebinarKit; alternatives Demio, GoTo Webinar, Livestorm
- Kimi K2: Demio, WebinarNinja; alternatives ClickMeeting, EasyWebinar, Livestorm, WebinarJam
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Demio, WebinarJam; alternatives GoTo Webinar, Livestorm, WebinarGeek, Zoom Webinars
- MiniMax M2.5: Demio, Zoom Events/Webinars; alternatives BigMarker, Circle, RingCentral Events

## Sources the answers cite

22 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- zoom.com: 11 answers, 13 citations
- easywebinar.com: 10 answers, 26 citations
- ventureharbour.com: 10 answers, 10 citations
- webinarninja.com: 8 answers, 12 citations
- ewebinar.com: 7 answers, 8 citations
- whova.com: 6 answers, 6 citations
- learn.g2.com: 5 answers, 6 citations
- getvoip.com: 5 answers, 5 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ventureharbour.com/webinar-software-10-best-webinar-platforms-compared (10 answers)
- https://easywebinar.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms-for-small-business (8 answers)
- https://ewebinar.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms-for-small-business (7 answers)
- https://whova.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms (6 answers)
- https://getvoip.com/webinar-software (5 answers)
- https://getwebinarkit.com/blog/best-webinar-software-small-business (5 answers)
- https://technologyadvice.com/blog/voip/best-webinar-platforms (5 answers)
- https://bizzabo.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms (4 answers)
- https://easywebinar.com/blog/webinar-platform-reviews (4 answers)
- https://kinsta.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms (4 answers)

## Warned against

- GoTo Webinar: 17 of 37 labels negative. "recent reviews (2025-2026) highlight growing frustrations regarding reliability, specifically audio/video lag and data tracking errors" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Zoom Webinars: 17 of 65 labels negative. "That doesn't make it "bad," but it does mean a small business should review settings and terms carefully before using it for sensitive sessions." (GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt)
- WebinarJam: 10 of 24 labels negative. "Platforms to Avoid or Use with Caution

### 1. WebinarJam ⚠️
Why to avoid:" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Demio: 7 of 53 labels negative. "Blocks your own data export after cancellation... Demio is the current worst offender." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.