Compare Crowdcast and Zoom on features, integrations and pricing. Every claim is checked against each vendor's website, pricing and help pages, plus G2 and Capterra reviews.
Where each platform is strong, and where it falls short.
Crowdcast
Creators & communities
Browser-based, hosts and attendees join with no download
Chat, Q&A, polls and branded registration pages built in
Unlimited registrations, only live attendees count
Limited native CRM sync, relies on Zapier or email tools
Lighter analytics, core attendance data only
Plans cap streaming hours, 10 hours on Lite
Zoom
Teams already on Zoom
Familiar and stable, most attendees already know the app
Solid webinar reporting, deeper on higher tiers
Broad app marketplace for calendars and business tools
App-first, browser join is more limited
Lighter branding that depends on add-ons
Marketing automation and native CRM sync are not core strengths
General information
Customer Rating
Average of G2 and Capterra ratings out of 5, with the number of reviews in brackets (rounded).
Last update: October 2026
4.6/5 (200+)
4.6/5 (6,000+)
Browser based
Webinar platforms that work directly in the browser, there's no need to download any software.
App recommended
Device versatility
Host events from a desktop, tablet or mobile.
On-demand webinars
Create or access pre-recorded on-demand webinars, available any time.
Replays only
Automated webinars
Automate entire webinars or key actions like CTAs, start and stop times or page redirects.
Webinars Plus
Free plan
A free plan you can use without time limits, not just a trial.
Last update: October 2026
Meetings only
Multi-session events
Run events with several sessions or tracks under one registration.
Higher tiers
Promotion Features
Customizable registration pages
Add a banner, logo, social channels or speaker information to the event registration page without any coding skills.
Customizable emails
Customize emails with ease by adding an event banner, social sharing buttons, or a signature.
Customized email sequence
Customize your own email sequence and schedule them to be sent automatically.
Embed forms
Embed a registration form on your own website to capture more registrants.
Company page
Publish events to a public company page that gathers all upcoming and past events.
Plus / Events
Built-in social sharing
Share event registration pages on your company's social channels directly from your webinar platform.
Custom registration forms
Customize the fields of your registration form to capture insights on your audience.
Pro+
Registration filter
Apply a filter to accept event registrations only from work email addresses.
Activation Features
Chat
Send chat messages through a tab built right into your webinar room.
Emoji reactions
Enable emoji reactions during live events to allow attendees to react in real-time.
Q&A
Audiences can ask questions in a dedicated space.
Question upvotes
Audiences can vote on questions that they most want to see answered. Organizers can sort them by date or most upvotes.
Live answer notification
Display a notification that shows the question you are answering live during the webinar.
Polls
Create drafts of polls in advance and publish them during your event. Or, create them live during your event to further activate your audience.
Call-to-action button
Direct your attendees to a promotional offer via a CTA displayed in the event room.
Virtual backgrounds
Change your background to personalize your webinar or look more professional.
Digital whiteboards
Collaborate with digital whiteboards within the platform or through a native integration.
Custom room branding
Add your logo, colors and backgrounds to the live event room.
Limited
Higher tiers
Organization Features
Private chat
Chat privately with event organizers and moderators during the event.
Registrants moderation
Control which registrants can and cannot access the event.
One-click integrations
Integrate the software with any app to capture other valuable insights.
Maximum number of attendees
The maximum number of attendees supported.
1000
10000
Unique contact list
Find all your event contacts in one place and get a 360 view of their activity within different events.
SAML SSO
Secure your team's access to the platform with SAML SSO.
Dial-in to webinars
Attendees can opt to dial-in to the webinar from a phone number.
Reporting Features
Analytics reports
Track and analyze all of your data with our powerful analytics tool built into the dashboard.
Webinar recordings
Record webinars automatically and send them to attendees at the end of each session.
Engagement scoring
A score per attendee based on how they interacted during the event.
Higher tiers
AI Features
AI summaries & transcripts
Automatic transcripts and AI summaries of each session.
Last update: October 2026
Automatic video clipping
AI turns recordings into short clips ready to share.
Last update: October 2026
Higher tiers
AI content generation
AI drafts posts, emails or articles from your webinar content.
Last update: October 2026
Higher tiers
Integrations
HubSpot (native)
Syncs registrants and attendance with HubSpot without a third-party tool.
Salesforce (native)
Syncs registrants and attendance with Salesforce without a third-party tool.
Zapier / Make
Connects to thousands of apps through Zapier or Make.
Native AI connector (MCP)
Official connector that lets AI assistants like Claude work with your webinar data.
Last update: October 2026
Meetings only
Security & Compliance
EU data hosting
Your data can be stored on servers in the European Union.
ISO 27001
Certified to the ISO 27001 information security standard.
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The short answer: Crowdcast is a purpose-built live-events platform for community sessions, while Zoom is a meeting tool with capable webinar add-ons that scales much higher.
Why it matters: Crowdcast suits recurring shows and classes with returning audiences, while Zoom fits when audience size decides. Availability varies by plan, so confirm any integration you depend on with each vendor.
The short answer: Crowdcast prices by streaming hours and live attendees, while Zoom prices webinar licenses by attendee capacity.
Which is cheaper for you: For about 100 live attendees, Crowdcast Lite costs less.
Prices as of September 2026. Livestorm is shown as an alternative that charges only for the attendees who join (see Livestorm pricing).
| Pricing | Crowdcast | Zoom | Livestorm |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Monthly plan capped by live attendees, streaming hours and seats | Audience capacity, plus a Zoom Workplace Pro license | Attendees who actually join |
| Entry price | Lite: $49/month, or $34.30/month billed annually | Zoom Webinars: $66.67/month billed annually ($89 monthly) | $3.00 per attendee (400-credit annual pack) |
| Larger audiences | Pro $89 and Business $195/month ($62.30 and $136.50 billed annually), up to 1,000 live attendees; 5% fee on paid events (2% on Business) | Capacity tiers from 300 to 50,000 attendees; Zoom Events from $124.17/month billed annually | Lower price per attendee on bigger packs, up to 3,000 live attendees per event, custom Enterprise plan |
| No-shows and team members | You pay for the plan cap, whoever shows up; extra seats cost $29 each | You pay for the full capacity tier, whoever shows up | Not counted |
Crowdcast is a browser-based platform built for live events, community sessions and creator shows. Zoom is a meeting-first platform whose webinar and large-event capabilities come as separate paid add-ons.
Crowdcast runs $49 to $195 per month across Lite, Pro and Business as of September 2026, with $0.15 per extra live attendee. Zoom Webinars starts at $66.67 per month billed annually, or $89 billed monthly.
No. As of September 2026, Crowdcast operates as an independent, bootstrapped company and has not been acquired by ClickFunnels or another vendor.
Crowdcast plans include 100, 250 or 1,000+ live attendees. Zoom Webinars scales in tiers from 500 up to 50,000 attendees, and single-use webinars reach 1 million (as of September 2026).
Livestorm is browser-based, hosts up to 3,000 live attendees and costs $3.00 per attendee on its entry pack (as of September 2026), with native HubSpot sync on Pro and Salesforce on Enterprise.
Plan, promote, host and analyze your webinars in one place. Build branded registration pages, send automated reminder and follow-up emails, and engage attendees with polls, Q&A and live CTAs, with no extra tools.
After the event, attendance and engagement data flow to your CRM, and AI Studio turns replays into short clips for your social channels.
Livestorm runs straight from the browser on any desktop or mobile device, so your audience can join from anywhere without downloading or installing anything.
Removing that extra step helps attendance: on Livestorm, 47.7% of registrants show up live on average (2026 Webinar Benchmark Report, 33,786 webinars analyzed).
Connect Livestorm to Claude with its verified connector, or to any AI agent that supports MCP, to create events, register attendees and analyze engagement in plain language.
Add-ons take it further: AI Studio turns every replay into short clips, and live translations show real-time AI subtitles in your attendees' language.
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