8 best Webex alternatives and competitors in 2026

Webex is Cisco's collaboration suite: Webex Meetings for daily calls, plus Webex Webinars and Webex Events for external audiences. So a Webex alternative can mean two things. Some teams want a simpler meetings tool. Others run webinars on Webex and want a platform built around registration, engagement and CRM follow-up.

This guide covers both jobs. Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet replace Webex for meetings, and Zoom also sells webinars. Livestorm, GoTo Webinar, ON24, BigMarker and Zoho Webinar are webinar and event platforms. Livestorm is our product, so it comes first, but every tool below has real strengths, and each entry says which job it fits, what it costs and where it falls short.

Quick answer: the best Webex alternatives and competitors in 2026 are Livestorm for marketing webinars, Zoom for meetings and large webinars in one suite, Microsoft Teams for Microsoft 365 meetings, Google Meet for Google Workspace teams, GoTo Webinar for corporate training, ON24 for enterprise demand generation, BigMarker for large virtual summits and Zoho Webinar for teams on Zoho CRM.

Why teams look for a Webex alternative

Webex does a lot well. Webex Webinars includes branded registration, simulive and on-demand sessions and Slido polling, Webex Events scales to 100,000 attendees, and certain Enterprise plans add HIPAA support and FedRAMP options. It averages 4.5/5 on G2 and Capterra (8,000+ reviews). The friction tends to come from pricing, product structure and integrations:

• Yearly licenses, whoever shows up. Webex Webinars is listed at $2,700 per license per year for up to 1,000 attendees, and you pay for the license tier however many people join. Real-Time Translation adds $300 per license per year, and larger webinars and Webex Events go through sales (as of September 2026).

• Several overlapping products. Meetings, Webex Webinars and Webex Events sit side by side in the Cisco suite, which makes the right plan harder to pick.

• No native HubSpot integration. Webex connects natively to Salesforce, Marketo and Oracle Eloqua, but HubSpot users need Zapier or a custom integration.

• Meetings come first. In a meetings-first suite, webinar workflows can feel secondary, and reporting covers standard attendance rather than lead scoring.

• Free meetings are short. Webex Free ends meetings after 40 minutes, with up to 100 participants, and doesn't include webinars.

1. Livestorm

Livestorm is a browser-based webinar platform for marketing, sales and training teams. Hosts and attendees join in one click with no download, and each event comes with branded registration pages, engagement tools and CRM sync. Where Webex splits webinars between Webex Webinars and Webex Events inside a Cisco suite, Livestorm runs live, on-demand and automated webinars in one product.

Livestorm isn't built for daily internal video calls, so many teams keep Webex, Teams or Google Meet for meetings and run external webinars in Livestorm. It's EU-hosted, ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, and on average 47.7% of registrants show up live (Livestorm 2026 Webinar Benchmark Report, 33,786 webinars).

Key features:

• Live, on-demand and automated webinars, for up to 3,000 live attendees per event

• Branded registration pages and event rooms, with polls, Q&A, question upvotes, emoji reactions and live CTAs, plus automated reminder and follow-up emails

• Native HubSpot sync on Pro (Livestorm is a HubSpot Leading Technology Partner), Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot and Microsoft Dynamics on Enterprise, and Zapier or Make for 3,000+ apps

• A verified Claude connector (MCP) so AI assistants can work with your webinar data, and AI Studio to turn replays into short clips (paid add-on)

Pricing: Livestorm uses attendee credits, from $3.00 per attendee on the 400-credit annual pack. Hosts, moderators and no-shows don't use credits, so you don't pay for a yearly license tier. A free plan lets you test the product, and a custom Enterprise plan covers larger needs (as of September 2026). See Livestorm pricing.

See the full Livestorm vs Webex comparison.

2. Zoom

Zoom is the closest like-for-like switch from Webex: a meetings suite, Zoom Workplace, with Zoom Webinars and Zoom Events sold on top. It suits companies that want one vendor for daily calls and large webinars, with attendees who often already have the app. Compared with Webex, Zoom's self-serve webinar tiers go higher, up to 50,000 attendees, while Webex includes more engagement and compliance features in its entry webinar plan.

Key features:

• Zoom Workplace for everyday meetings, in an app most attendees already know

• Zoom Webinars capacity tiers from 300 to 50,000 attendees, and Zoom Events with a lobby, ticketing and networking

• HubSpot, Salesforce and Marketo integrations through the Zoom App Marketplace

• End-to-end encryption option and HIPAA compliance for regulated teams

Pricing: Zoom Webinars is an add-on to a Zoom Workplace Pro license, priced by attendee-capacity tier, from $66.67 per month billed annually or $89 monthly. Zoom Events starts at $124.17 per month billed annually. Zoom's free Basic plan has the same limits as Webex Free: meetings of up to 40 minutes with 100 participants, and no webinars (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Zoom vs Webex · Livestorm vs Zoom · Zoom alternatives

3. Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is the meetings and collaboration hub of Microsoft 365. If your company already pays for Microsoft 365, it's the most direct way to retire Webex meetings, with calls, chat, files and calendars in one place. Teams also runs webinars and town halls, which work best for internal audiences.

Key features:

• Meetings, chat and files next to Outlook, PowerPoint Live, SharePoint and OneDrive

• Webinars with registration and attendance reports, for up to 1,000 attendees

• Town halls for up to 10,000 view-only attendees, or 100,000 with the paid Attendee Capacity Pack

• Q&A, polls and reactions, plus a native connection to Dynamics 365

Pricing: Teams webinars are included from Microsoft 365 Business Standard, at $14 per user per month paid yearly, and Business Premium costs $22. Advanced event branding needs Teams Premium, which adds $10 per user per month (as of September 2026). Attendees are free, but each organizer needs a license.

Related comparisons: Webex vs Microsoft Teams · Livestorm vs Microsoft Teams

4. Google Meet

Google Meet is the video-meeting tool inside Google Workspace. It runs in the browser, guests join from a Google Calendar link, and Gmail users already know it. It's a simple replacement for Webex meetings and small internal sessions, but it has no webinar product or registration pages. Its security controls vary by Workspace edition, so check them if you rely on Webex's HIPAA support or FedRAMP options.

Key features:

• Browser-based meetings that guests join from a Google Calendar link

• Q&A, polls, breakout rooms and recording from Business Standard

• Attendance tracking from Business Plus

• Live streaming to up to 100,000 in-domain viewers on Enterprise plans

Pricing: Google Meet comes with Google Workspace, from $7 per user per month for Business Starter on an annual plan, without Q&A or polls. Business Standard costs $14 and Business Plus $22 per user per month. The free version hosts 100 participants for group calls of up to 60 minutes, versus 40 minutes on Webex Free (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Webex vs Google Meet · Livestorm vs Google Meet · Google Meet alternatives

5. GoTo Webinar

GoTo Webinar is a dedicated webinar product from GoTo, long established and known for reliability. It suits teams that run regular training sessions and internal events and want an easy-to-run tool without the IT setup of a collaboration suite. Unlike Webex Webinars, it's a standalone product with published monthly prices, sized by audience up to 3,000 participants.

Key features:

• Plans for 500, 1,000 or 3,000 participants, with browser join plus desktop and mobile apps

• Practice mode for rehearsals, breakout rooms and attendance certificates

• Attendee source tracking and channel pages for replays

• Recording with transcription, AI summaries and live captions

Pricing: GoTo Webinar charges per organizer, by audience size. Reach costs $59 per month billed annually for up to 500 participants and one organizer, Elevate costs $103 for up to 1,000, and Complete (up to 3,000) is quote-based. There's a free trial but no free plan (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: GoTo Webinar vs Webex · Livestorm vs GoTo Webinar · GoTo Webinar alternatives

6. ON24

ON24 is an enterprise webinar and demand-generation platform for large B2B marketing programs. Where Webex is meetings-first with standard attendance reporting, ON24 is built around webinars, with branded consoles, analytics that score audience intent and a content hub that keeps replays working. It's quote-only, and it has been owned by Cvent since April 2026.

Key features:

• Interactive, customizable consoles built for large B2B demand-gen webinars

• Engagement analytics and prospect scoring that connect webinars to pipeline

• An on-platform content hub that keeps webinar assets and audiences together

• Native Marketo, Eloqua, HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 and Veeva integrations, plus Outreach and Zapier

Pricing: ON24 doesn't publish prices. It sells custom Essentials, Standard and Advanced packages on annual contracts based on event volume and audience size, and third-party estimates put them at about $25,000 to $100,000+ a year (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: ON24 vs Webex · Livestorm vs ON24

7. BigMarker

BigMarker is a webinar and virtual event suite for large, sales-led enterprise deployments, from recurring webinars to monetized conferences. If you use Webex Events for very large audiences, it's the tool on this list that goes furthest, with up to 500,000 live attendees on Enterprise+ and built-in ticketing. Like Webex Events, it's priced through sales, on every plan.

Key features:

• Up to 1,000 live attendees on Basic, 10,000 on Enterprise and 500,000 on Enterprise+

• Simulive, evergreen and 24/7 webinars for always-on programs

• Ticketing, breakout rooms and certificates on Enterprise

• Native Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Eloqua and Pardot integrations, plus Zapier, webhooks and an API from Enterprise

Pricing: BigMarker doesn't publish prices, and every plan is quote-based. Basic includes 1 host license and up to 1,000 live attendees, Enterprise 4 licenses and 10,000 attendees, and Enterprise+ 6 licenses and 500,000 attendees (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Livestorm vs BigMarker

8. Zoho Webinar

Zoho Webinar is Zoho's webinar tool for training, onboarding and town halls. It's a good fit if your business runs on Zoho apps, and a low-cost way to run registered webinars. Attendees can join from the browser, and the Enterprise plan hosts up to 5,000 live attendees.

Key features:

• Polls, Q&A, emoji reactions, raise hand, annotation and dial-in

• AI transcripts, summaries and smart chapters on recordings

• Native Zoho CRM, Zoho Campaigns and Zoho Backstage integrations, plus HubSpot from the Professional plan

• Zapier, Zoho Flow, webhooks and its own MCP server for automation

Pricing: Zoho Webinar has a free plan for up to 20 attendees and 60 minutes per webinar. Paid plans are priced per organizer and by audience size, from $8 per month billed annually on Standard, and Enterprise adds on-demand webinars and up to 5,000 attendees (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Livestorm vs Zoho Webinar

Webex alternatives compared

Ratings: average of G2 and Capterra, October 2026. Prices as of September 2026, from each vendor's pricing page; the ON24 range is a third-party estimate.

How to choose a Webex alternative

Start with the job you need the tool for, then compare these points:

• Meetings or webinars. For daily calls, pick the suite your company already uses: Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet. For external webinars, a dedicated platform like Livestorm puts registration, engagement and follow-up in one place, and you can keep a meetings suite next to it.

• Pricing model. Webex sells yearly webinar licenses by attendee tier. Livestorm charges for attendees who join; Zoom, GoTo Webinar and Zoho Webinar charge by capacity tier or organizer; Teams and Meet charge per user; ON24 and BigMarker quote every contract.

• CRM sync. Webex connects natively to Salesforce, Marketo and Eloqua, but not to HubSpot. If you run on HubSpot, Livestorm syncs natively on Pro, and ON24, BigMarker and Zoho Webinar (from Professional) list native HubSpot integrations too.

• Compliance, hosting and scale. If you rely on Webex's HIPAA support or FedRAMP options, check each vendor's credentials: Zoom offers HIPAA compliance, and Livestorm is EU-hosted, ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. For audiences far beyond 3,000, look at Zoom Webinars (50,000) or BigMarker (500,000).

Free Webex alternatives

Webex Free ends meetings after 40 minutes, with up to 100 participants, and doesn't include webinars. If that limit is why you're looking, here's what the free plans on this list offer (as of September 2026):

• Google Meet: the free version hosts 100 participants for group calls of up to 60 minutes.

• Microsoft Teams: Microsoft offers a free version of Teams for meetings, without webinar features.

• Zoom: the free Basic plan has the same 40-minute, 100-participant limit as Webex Free, so it won't solve a time limit.

• Livestorm: a limited free plan for webinars, good for testing before you move to a paid plan.

• Zoho Webinar: a free plan for webinars of up to 20 attendees and 60 minutes.

Free plans suit occasional calls or a first test, not a regular webinar program. GoTo Webinar offers a free trial instead, while ON24 and BigMarker go through sales.

Our verdict

If you're leaving Webex because webinars have become a marketing or training channel, Livestorm is the strongest pick. It runs in the browser, brands your registration pages and event rooms, syncs natively with HubSpot on Pro and with Salesforce, Marketo and Pardot on Enterprise, and charges for the attendees who join rather than a yearly license. Compare plans on Livestorm pricing.

If you mainly need meetings, move to the suite your company already pays for: Microsoft Teams for Microsoft 365, Google Meet for Google Workspace, or Zoom if you want meetings and large webinars from one vendor. GoTo Webinar fits regular training programs, ON24 fits enterprise demand-gen teams with the budget for a custom contract, BigMarker fits very large virtual summits and Zoho Webinar fits teams on Zoho. And if you depend on FedRAMP options or audiences of up to 100,000, keeping Webex Events for those programs can be the right call.