# Webinar and virtual event platforms for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "webinar and virtual event platform" and as "platform for hosting webinars and virtual events", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a small B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/webinar-virtual-events/2026-11/smb

**Standing:** Demio leads with 42% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Demio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/demio/index.md) | 42% | 5% | 63 |
| 2 | [Livestorm](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/livestorm/index.md) | 40% | 7% | 69 |
| 3 | [Zoho Webinar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/zoho-webinar/index.md) | 9% | 6% | 18 |
| 4 | [Zoom Webinars](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/zoom-webinars/index.md) | 8% | 28% | 74 |
| 5 | [ClickMeeting](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/clickmeeting/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 22 |
| 6 | [EasyWebinar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/easywebinar/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 13 |
| 7 | [WebinarJam](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/webinarjam/index.md) | 0% | 26% | 35 |
| 8 | [WebinarNinja](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/webinarninja/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 16 |
| 10 | [Airmeet](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/airmeet/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 19 |
| 33 | [GoTo Webinar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/goto-webinar/index.md) | 0% | 45% | 31 |
| 35 | [RingCentral Events](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ringcentral-events/index.md) | 0% | 43% | 14 |
| 36 | [Webex Webinars](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/webex-webinars/index.md) | 0% | 42% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 58 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Livestorm; alternatives ClickMeeting, Demio, Zoho Webinar
- GPT-5.4 mini: Livestorm, Zoom Webinars; alternatives RingCentral Events, Webex Webinars
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Demio; alternatives Airmeet, Goldcast, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
- Perplexity Sonar: Livestorm; alternatives Demio, Zoom Webinars
- Grok 4.20: Demio, Livestorm; alternatives WebinarJam
- Mistral Small: Demio, Livestorm; alternatives WebinarJam, Zoom Webinars
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Demio; alternatives Livestorm, WebinarJam
- Llama 4 Maverick: Demio
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Livestorm; alternatives Demio, Zoom Webinars
- Kimi K2: Demio; alternatives Livestorm, WebinarNinja
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Demio; alternatives Airmeet, GoTo Webinar, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
- MiniMax M2.5: Demio; alternatives ClickMeeting, GoTo Webinar, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars
- GPT-6 Luna: Livestorm; alternatives Demio, Zoom Webinars
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Demio; alternatives Livestorm, Zoom Webinars

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- easywebinar.com: 40 answers, 78 citations
- livestorm.co: 31 answers, 35 citations
- onestream.live: 28 answers, 28 citations
- g2.com: 27 answers, 42 citations
- getvoip.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- swarmify.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- blog.hubspot.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- ewebinar.com: 21 answers, 21 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://onestream.live/blog/webinar-platforms-comparison (28 answers)
- https://getvoip.com/webinar-software (23 answers)
- https://swarmify.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms (22 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-webinar-software (21 answers)
- https://ewebinar.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms-for-small-business (19 answers)
- https://zapier.com/blog/best-webinar-software (18 answers)
- https://myownconference.com/alternatives/best-webinar-platforms-for-small-business (15 answers)
- https://eventify.io/blog/best-virtual-event-platform (11 answers)
- https://easywebinar.com/blog/best-webinar-platforms-for-small-business (10 answers)
- https://easywebinar.com/blog/top-webinar-platforms (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Zoom Webinars: 21 of 74 labels negative. "Zoom Webinars — Deceptively Expensive ... Starts at $500/month—prohibitively expensive for most small businesses" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- GoTo Webinar: 14 of 31 labels negative. "GoTo Webinar has support complaints, with reviewers describing outsourced support and repeated speaker audio and screen-share failures" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- ON24: 14 of 18 labels negative. "enterprise-focused platforms (like Intrado, ON24, InXpo, or 6Connex) ... far beyond small business budgets" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- BigMarker: 9 of 21 labels negative. "These avoid enterprise tools like ON24 or BigMarker, which are pricier." (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Livestorm (32%) to Demio (42%). Margin 2 points, within noise.

- Demio: 25% to 42%, +17. Cleared the floor by 6 points · rank 2 → 1 of 58.
- Zoom Webinars: 17% to 8%, −9. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 3 → 4 of 58.
- Livestorm: 32% to 40%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 1 → 2 of 58.
- Zoho Webinar: 12% to 9%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 → 3 of 58.
- GoTo Webinar: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 → 33 of 58.
- WebinarJam: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 7 of 58.
- WebinarNinja: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 of 58, unchanged.
- Airmeet: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 10 of 58.
- Crowdcast: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 13 of 58.
- ClickMeeting: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 5 of 58.
- EasyWebinar: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 6 of 58.
- Microsoft Teams: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 46 → 11 of 58.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.