Why Livestorm is the best Webex alternative

Livestorm is a download-free webinar platform that is compatible with any desktop, mobile, or tablet device. Webex is a browser-based solution and has an app you can use to join from your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.

Livestorm webinars are easy to promote thanks to website registration widgets, company pages, and built-in social sharing – features that are all conspicuously missing from Webex's offerings. Webex and Livestorm both have customizable emails, registration pages, and forms.

Livestorm audiences enjoy using question upvote features, live answer notifications, and, especially CTA buttons, three features that aren't present in Webex webinars. Classic functions like chat, emoji reactions, and Q&A are present for both solutions.

Livestorm webinars are also easy to organize, giving hosts a private chat to use during events and the ability to moderate registrants. Webex and Livestorm have recordings, SAML SSO, and let audiences dial in to webinars if they are having technical issues.

Livestorm's native integrations meet popular marketing, sales, and customer success use cases with platforms like HubSpot and Intercom. Webex offers direct integrations with tools like Facebook Workplace, Microsoft, and Google Workspace.

Livestorm's Public API lets developers adapt their webinars with integrations for registration, contacts, and reporting. Webex has a REST API that enables communication with RESTful web services, allowing users to post messages in Webex spaces, obtain Webex space history, and more.

Both Livestorm and Webex have App Marketplaces. Livestorm's lets you browse integrations. Webex's App Hub organizes apps based on categories like education, marketing & sales, healthcare, hybrid work, and partner solutions.

Both Livestorm and Webex have free versions of their plans. Livestorm's free plan includes virtual backgrounds, on-demand webinars, screen sharing, and webinar automation and covers meeting and webinar use cases. Webex's free plan includes meetings up to 50 minutes long.

Livestorm's Pro plan is $99 a month and is tailored for webinars, virtual events, and meeting use cases. There is no need to piece together many small plans, and all the functionalities are available bundled in the one Pro plan.

Webex does not have a plan that meets a clear webinar use case. Their plans cover meeting use cases with their Meet plan and call use cases with a Call plan. The closest plan to meeting webinar or event needs is the Webex Suite-Business for $25 a month.

Livestorm's enterprise plan is great for companies who wish to broadcast to 3,000 live attendees and need a SAML SSO and value premium support. Webex's plan is called Webex Suite-Enterprise, and it is a customized Pro plan.