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Zoom webinar alternatives for creators: six options compared for selling paid seats

Zoom Webinars, WebinarJam, Demio, Livestorm, Crowdcast, Google Meet and WithMe compared for selling paid webinar seats, prices checked 11 Nov 2026.

WithMe Team·11 November 2026

If you want to sell seats in a live session, the best Zoom webinar alternative depends on where the money is taken. Crowdcast sells tickets inside the tool and takes a transaction fee. WebinarJam and Demio run the room well but rely on a checkout you set up elsewhere. Google Meet is a meeting room with no checkout at all. WithMe sells the seat, takes the payment and sends the join link, and the session itself runs on your own Google Meet or Zoom account.

WithMe is $25 per month billed annually (UK £25), with a 14-day trial and 0% WithMe commission. Stripe and PayPal fees still apply. More than 8,000 creators use it. All other prices on this page were checked on each vendor's own pricing or help pages on 11 November 2026, in US dollars unless stated.

Why do creators look for a Zoom Webinars alternative?

Price. Zoom Webinars is a separate subscription, and the price rises with the number of attendees you need.
Selling. A creator's webinar is often a paid workshop, not a free marketing event, so the checkout matters as much as the room.
Everything after the session. Buyers need reminders, materials and a next offer, and that usually means more tools.

What do the alternatives cost?

Prices from each vendor's own page, checked 11 Nov 2026:

Zoom Webinars: from $66.67 a month billed annually, or $89 billed monthly. Zoom prices it by attendee capacity, so larger rooms cost more. Webinars Plus is $82.50 a month billed annually and Events is $124.17.
WebinarJam: Starter $39 a month billed annually ($49 monthly) for 100 attendees and 1-hour sessions. Basic $79 ($99) for 500 attendees and 2 hours. Professional $229 ($299) for 2,000. Enterprise $379 ($499) for 5,000.
Demio: Starter $45 a month billed annually ($63 monthly) for 50 attendees and 3-hour sessions, one host. Growth from $117 and Premium from $196 a month per host, billed annually, depending on attendee capacity.
Livestorm: Pro is €2.50 per attendee credit, billed annually, with up to 3,000 live attendees and 4-hour sessions. Enterprise is a custom quote.
Crowdcast: Lite $49 a month for 100 live attendees and 10 live hours a month, Pro $89 for 250 attendees and 20 hours, Business $195 for 1,000 attendees and 40 hours. Annual billing saves 30%.
Google Meet: free with a personal Google account, for up to 100 participants and 60 minutes in a group meeting. Google Workspace Business Starter allows 100 participants, Business Standard 150 with recordings saved to Drive, and Business Plus 500. UK prices are £5.90, £11.80 and £18.40 per user a month on an annual plan.

Which tools can sell paid seats?

Crowdcast sells tickets inside the tool, through Stripe. Its help centre states a 5% transaction fee on the Lite and Professional plans and 2% on Business, plus Stripe's processing fees.
Zoom Webinars lists basic ticketing on the Webinars plan, with PayPal among its payment providers, and advanced ticketing on Webinars Plus and Events.
WebinarJam can charge a registration fee, but it does not take the payment. You paste a link to your own shopping cart, payment page or PayPal button, and buyers come back to register after they pay.
Demio's help centre says it does not have a native paid webinar feature. Its suggested route is a checkout on your own site connected to Demio with Zapier.
Livestorm's pricing page does not list paid registration.
Google Meet has no registration page and no checkout. You would sell the seat somewhere else and email the link yourself.

How does WithMe sell webinar seats?

WithMe has a Webinar product: a scheduled group session your audience books a place in. You choose a price, or make it free with Reserve a free place, and set Maximum attendees per time slot. It starts at 5 and applies to every time you offer.

Buyers pay at your WithMe checkout. You can add a payment plan, a discount price, promo codes and an order bump, and turn on affiliate sharing for paid seats.

After booking, the buyer gets an email with the date in their own time zone, the join link and Add to calendar. Reminder emails go out about 10 minutes before the start and again as it starts. Until the session ends, the buyer's order page shows a Join webinar button.

WithMe takes 0% commission on the seat. Only the payment processing fee comes off.

Where does the WithMe webinar actually happen?

On your own meeting account. Each time you offer gets one shared Google Meet room, a Zoom room where Zoom is available on your account, or your own booking link. You connect Google or Zoom once in Settings.

That means the room's limits come from your Google or Zoom plan, not from WithMe. A personal Google account limits group meetings to 60 minutes and 100 participants. Zoom's free Basic plan stops meetings at 40 minutes, and Zoom Pro allows 100 participants for up to 30 hours, at $14.16 per user a month billed annually. Set your seat limit to what your room can hold.

Which one should you choose?

Choose Zoom Webinars, WebinarJam, Demio or Livestorm if the room itself is the product: large audiences and the in-room tools a dedicated webinar platform is built for. WebinarJam also includes automated webinars, through EverWebinar, on Basic and above.
Choose Crowdcast if you want tickets and the room in one tool and accept a transaction fee on each sale.
Choose Google Meet on its own for small free sessions, when you do not need to take payment.
Choose WithMe if the webinar is one of several things you sell, such as courses, coaching or a membership, and you want the seat, the reminders and the follow-up email in the same hub.

What is not included?

WithMe does not have its own webinar room with slides, polls, breakout rooms or a waiting room, and it does not run automated evergreen webinars. The Webinar product does not record Meet or Zoom sessions. Reminder emails are sent about 10 minutes before the start, not a day before, so send a broadcast for a day-before nudge. If you run free webinars for thousands of people as a lead funnel, a dedicated webinar tool fits better.

How much does WithMe cost?

WithMe is $25 per month billed annually (UK £25), with a 14-day trial and 0% WithMe commission. Stripe and PayPal fees still apply. Free migration of up to 10 GB of your courses and members comes with the yearly plan. One plan covers courses, memberships, community, coaching, webinars and digital products.

Zoom webinar alternative questions

What is the cheapest alternative to Zoom Webinars?

Google Meet is free with a personal Google account, for up to 100 participants and 60 minutes in a group meeting, but it cannot take payment. Among the paid tools checked on 11 Nov 2026, WebinarJam Starter is $39 a month billed annually, Demio Starter $45, and Crowdcast Lite $49 a month, with 30% off billed annually. Livestorm charges per attendee instead.

Which webinar tools let you sell tickets?

Crowdcast sells tickets through Stripe with a 5% fee on Lite and Pro and 2% on Business. Zoom Webinars lists basic ticketing. WebinarJam links to your own checkout. Demio suggests Zapier. WithMe sells seats at its own checkout with 0% commission.

Does WithMe replace Zoom?

No. WithMe sells the seat, sends the reminders and shows the join button. The session runs on your own Google Meet or Zoom account, so that account's time and participant limits apply.

Can I record a webinar sold on WithMe?

WithMe does not record Meet or Zoom sessions, so use your meeting tool's recording. To record inside WithMe, use Go Live instead, which streams from your browser and saves the recording automatically.

What does WithMe cost?

$25 per month billed annually (UK £25), with a 14-day trial. WithMe takes 0% commission. Stripe and PayPal fees still apply.

Start your 14-day trial at https://www.withme.so/become-a-creator.