Zoom Webinars vs ON24
Zero of twelve models named Zoom Webinars first on the direct prompt; zero named ON24. Both were named by all twelve models and Zoom Webinars carries 62 labels and ON24 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
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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
Zoom WebinarsFirst choices, of twelve modelsON24
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Zoom Webinars and ON24 were named in the same answer ninety-two times, of the 179 answers naming Zoom Webinars and the 108 naming ON24. In those answers ON24 took the first choice eighteen times and Zoom Webinars eight.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 | | | | |
Zoom Webinars ON24 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zoom Webinars on the left and ON24 on the right.The direct prompt
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.Neither was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Zoom Webinars13%#3 of 16ON240%#16 of 16Zoom Webinars5%#6 of 19ON242%#8 of 19ON2433%#1 of 16Zoom Webinars6%#6 of 16What the models said about Zoom Webinars
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Zoom Webinars: Basic features, requires separate Zoom subscription” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Why You Should Move Away From Basic "Zoom Webinars"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Zoom meetings can be vulnerable to "Zoommoding," where uninvited guests join a meeting and disrupt it ... can be safe if proper security measures are followed” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best for: General-purpose hosting where familiarity is key. Because almost everyone has Zoom installed, technical friction for attendees is incredibly low.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Already in Zoom or Microsoft ecosystems → start with their webinar tier before buying anything new (often cheapest, easiest adoption)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Best for: teams already in the Zoom ecosystem that want an easy path from webinars to full virtual events.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative 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
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.