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Webinar and virtual event platforms · October 2026 Edition

Zoom Webinars vs Goldcast

One of fourteen models named Zoom Webinars first on the direct prompt; three named Goldcast. Zoom Webinars was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Goldcast by thirteen and Zoom Webinars carries 77 labels and Goldcast 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zoom Webinars

accepted challenger

By Zoom, San Jose, United States, founded 2011. Named in five categories this edition.

Goldcast

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate23%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels7720A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zoom Webinars reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Livestorm was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Livestorm vs Zoom Webinars · Livestorm vs Goldcast · Demio vs Zoom Webinars

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Zoom WebinarsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoldcast
Direct13
Paraphrase32
Comparative602 against Zoom Webinars
Budget-constrained202 against Zoom Webinars
Scale-constrained012 against Zoom Webinars
Negative1012 against Zoom Webinars · 1 against Goldcast
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Zoom Webinars and Goldcast were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 225 answers naming Zoom Webinars and the 76 naming Goldcast. In those answers Goldcast took the first choice eight times and Zoom Webinars two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Zoom Webinars and Goldcast 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Zoom Webinars Goldcast first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zoom Webinars on the left and Goldcast on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Zoom Webinars and Goldcast stood in it.

Zoom Webinars first, Goldcast not the choice

1 of 14 modelsGoldcast was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXZoom Webinars alternatives: Airmeet, ON24, RingCentral Events, Webex Webinars, WebinarNinja

Goldcast first, Zoom Webinars an alternative

3 of 14 modelsZoom Webinars was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoldcast alternatives: Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
MiniMax M2.5BigMarker, Goldcast alternatives: RingCentral Events, Zoom Webinars
GPT-6 LunaGoldcast alternatives: ON24, Zoom Webinars

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Livestorm alternatives: Demio, GoTo Webinar, Goldcast, Zoom Webinars
GPT-5.4 miniON24 alternatives: Bizzabo, Cvent, Zoom Webinars
Gemini 3.5 FlashLivestorm alternatives: Airmeet, Contrast, Demio, Goldcast
Grok 4.1 FastGoTo Webinar alternatives: Demio, Livestorm, ON24, RingCentral Events, Webex Webinars, Zoom Webinars
DeepSeek V4 FlashLivestorm alternatives: Demio, GoTo Webinar, Zoom Webinars
Kimi K2Demio, GoTo Webinar alternatives: Livestorm, RingCentral Events, Zoom Webinars

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarAirmeet, Demio alternatives: GoTo Webinar
Mistral SmallGoTo Webinar, Livestorm
Llama 4 MaverickLivestorm
Muse Glimmer 30BDemio, Livestorm alternatives: Zoom Video 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
Zoom Webinars leads by thirteen points.
Zoom Webinars15%#3 of 16
Goldcast2%#– of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Zoom Webinars10%#3 of 16
Goldcast10%#4 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Zoom Webinars leads by ten points.
Zoom Webinars14%#3 of 13
Goldcast4%#6 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Zoom Webinars

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

“Avoid this. It is highly prone to disruptions, screen-sharing hijackings” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Zoom Webinars - 29% negative reviews, with issues related to basic features and separate Zoom subscription requirements.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Zoom Webinars is positioned as best for video conferencing, built on Zoom's secure video platform and can stream to third-party platforms.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“For most mid‑market B2B companies: Zoom Webinars / Zoom Events is the sweet spot—familiar, affordable, scalable, and easy to use.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“consistently rank Zoom Webinar, Webex Events, vFairs ... and Remo as the most stable and user-friendly” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Goldcast

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

“also mentioned with caution, especially regarding pricing and reliability” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Goldcast if your primary goal is to attribute pipeline to your webinars and run sophisticated ABM plays.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.