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Best Webinar & Virtual Events software for Students in 2026
20 approved webinar & virtual events listings, ordered by published rating with the method stated below rather than assumed. Students want the $0 column. Anything on this page with a published free plan or an open-source licence is usable without a purchase decision at all.
- Tools ranked
- 20
- Entry price range
- $3.40-$10,000
- Publish a $0 plan
- 6 of 20
How this ranking is derived
The sort key
Published rating, highest first. Ties break on the number of ratings behind the score, then on product name so the order never depends on what the API happened to return first. That is the whole rule, there is no weighting, no score of our own, and nothing paid: no sponsored slot runs on these pages.
Where the ratings come from
No listing in this set carries a rating, so the order falls back to name. Those scores are aggregated from public sources rather than collected here, Softwr hosts no reviews of its own, which is also why no rating on this page is marked up as ours in structured data.
What the pool is
Approved webinar & virtual events listings, capped at 20 per page; 20 came back for this one. It is not the whole market, and a tool being absent means we hold no record of it rather than that it failed a test. The unranked full set is on the webinar & virtual events category page.
The ranking
Each entry lists why it sits where it sits, drawn from its own published rating and pricing.
- #1
Adobe Connect
Highest rated hereWeb conferencing and virtual classroom platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $150 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $600.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- web-conferencing, training, virtual-classroom, learning
- #2
Airmeet
All-in-one platform for virtual and hybrid events
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $167 a month, with no free plan.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- Model not published
- Published tiers
- 2 tiers
- Tags
- virtual-events, networking, webinars, interactive
- #3A
Anchorfree
Platform for hosting and distributing live events
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Publishes a $0 plan, with paid tiers from $49 a month.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $199.
- Billing
- freemium
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- live-streaming, events, broadcasting, audience-management
- #4
BigMarker
The webinar platform built for marketers
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $99 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $999.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- webinars, marketing, virtual-summits, on-demand
- #5
Bizzabo
The Event Experience Operating System
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $499 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- Model not published
- Tags
- conferences, hybrid, Enterprise, networking
- #6B
BlueJeans
Connected through Verizon
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $10 a month, with no free plan.
- 4 published tiers, topping out at $20 plus a tier sold by quote.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 4 tiers
- Tags
- video-conferencing, Enterprise, communication, HD-video
- #7
Cisco Webex
The leading enterprise video conferencing platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Publishes a $0 plan, with paid tiers from $13.50 a month.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $26.99.
- Billing
- freemium
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- video-conferencing, Enterprise, Remote Work, communication
- #8
Citrix ShareFile
Secure file sharing and collaboration platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $13 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $50.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- collaboration, file-sharing, security, Enterprise
- #9
ClickMeeting
Web conferencing platform with webinar capabilities
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Publishes a $0 plan, with paid tiers from $29 a month.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $79.
- Billing
- freemium
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- web-conferencing, webinars, virtual-rooms, affordable
- #10C
Contrast
Modern webinar platform with podcast-style production quality
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Publishes a $0 plan, with paid tiers from $79 a month.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $199.
- Billing
- freemium
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- webinars, content-creation, broadcasting, podcast-style
- #11
Crowdcast
Live video Q&As, interviews, and webinars
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $49 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $195.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- webinars, live-streaming, interactive, q-and-a
- #12C
Crowdstream
Virtual event and audience engagement platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $599 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $2,999.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- virtual-events, engagement, networking, interactive
- #13
Cvent
Event technology for every event
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $10,000 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- Model not published
- Tags
- Enterprise, corporate, venue-management, conferences
- #14
Demio
Webinars that work for you
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $59 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $234.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- webinars, automation, marketing, engagement
- #15
Eventbrite
Where event planners thrive
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Publishes a $0 plan, with paid tiers from $15 a month.
- Billing
- Model not published
- Published tiers
- 2 tiers
- Tags
- social, events, ticketing, discovery
- #16
EverWebinar
Automated webinar platform for passive lead generation
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $49 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $199.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- webinars, automation, lead generation, marketing
- #17
eWebinar
Automated and evergreen webinar platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $99 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $499.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- webinars, automation, lead generation, marketing
- #18
Goldcast
The B2B event platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $1,000 a month, with no free plan.
- 3 published tiers, topping out at $5,000.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- b2b, marketing, webinars, pipeline
- #19
Google Meet
Get on a video call in seconds
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $3.40 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- freemium
- Tags
- google, video, meeting, conferencing
- #20
GoToMeeting
Simple and powerful video meeting and conferencing
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Publishes a $0 plan, with paid tiers from $14 a month.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 2 tiers
- Tags
- citrix, video, meeting, conferencing
What webinar & virtual events software costs
Counted from the published pricing of the 20 listings on this page. A tool counts as free only where it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence or a starting price of zero.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $3.40Google Meet
- Median entry price
- $54across 20 priced
- Dearest entry price
- $10,000Cvent
- Publish a $0 plan
- 6of 20
Paid webinar & virtual events plans in this set start anywhere from $3.40 a month for Google Meet to $10,000 for Cvent. The median entry price across the 20 tools that publish one is $54, half of them start below that figure and half above it.
6 of 20 publish a $0 plan, and every one of those also sells a paid tier above it. 14 tools have no free tier of any kind.
2 of 20 keep at least one tier unpriced and sold by quote, which in practice means the number you end up paying at the top end is not on this page or on theirs.
How these vendors bill
The billing model each of the 20 webinar & virtual events listings publishes, counted. Two tools at the same headline price are not the same purchase if one of them charges per seat.
- subscription
- 11
- freemium
- 5
Separately, 2 of 20 publish at least one tier with no price attached. Those are sold by quote, so the top of the ladder is negotiable, and unknowable, until you talk to sales.
What comes as standard, and what you pay extra for
Every capability named in a published pricing tier by any of the 17 webinar & virtual events tools here that break their plans down, counted once per vendor. This measures what vendors choose to advertise as a selling point, not everything the software does, an absence below is silence, not a missing feature.
Named most often
- Custom branding , 7 of 17
- Advanced features , 5 of 17
- Basic features , 5 of 17
- Priority support , 4 of 17
- Recording , 4 of 17
Named by fewer
- Custom support , 3 of 17
- Dedicated support , 3 of 17
- HD video , 3 of 17
- Unlimited meetings , 3 of 17
- Advanced analytics , 2 of 17
Named by exactly one vendor: Advanced automation, Basic meetings, Email marketing, Live webinars, Unlimited 1:1 meetings, Up to 25 rooms. Those are differentiators rather than table stakes.
What “Webinar & Virtual Events” covers in practice
The subject tags that recur across these 20 listings, with the number of tools carrying each. A category label is a filing decision; this is the closer read of what is actually filed under it.
- webinars9
- Enterprise6
- marketing5
- automation3
- interactive3
- networking3
- analytics2
- broadcasting2
- communication2
- conferences2
- conferencing2
- engagement2
Carried by a single tool: affordable, collaboration, evergreen, HD-video, on-demand, professional, security, venue-management. If one of those is the reason you are here, the category page is the wrong lens, go straight to that product.
How to choose between them
Four things the numbers above should change about your shortlist.
Start with the free tiers if there are enough of them
6 of 20 webinar & virtual events tools here publish a $0 plan, which is enough to run a real trial without a purchase order. A free tier is worth more than a free trial when you are evaluating: a trial expires on the vendor's schedule, a free plan expires when you outgrow it. The thing to check before you commit is which of the capabilities below sit above the free line, starting with custom branding, the single most frequently named capability in this category's published tiers.
Read the spread before you read the features
$3.40 to $10,000 is a $9,996.60 spread on entry price alone, and a spread that wide is never about polish, it is about who the vendor built for. Tools at the bottom of this ladder are priced for one person or a small team; tools near $10,000 are priced for a department with a procurement process. Decide which of those you are before you compare capability, or you will shortlist four tools that were never competing for the same buyer.
Check which tier you actually land on
14 of 20 tools here publish three or more tiers, and the median vendor in this category ships 3 of them. The advertised price is the first rung, and the things teams tend to need, custom branding, advanced features, basic features, are named in higher plans far more often than in entry ones. Price your shortlist at the tier that contains what you need, not at the tier on the pricing page's left edge.
The billing model matters more than the headline number
This category splits across 2 billing models: subscription on 11 listings, freemium on 5, and nothing else. A per-user price and a flat subscription at the same headline figure are not the same purchase, the first one grows with headcount and the second does not. Multiply by your real team size before you compare two numbers side by side.
Compare webinar & virtual events tools directly
Every pairing below is a full comparison: the same checklist applied to both, so a gap in one is a gap in the other.
- Adobe Connect vs Airmeet
- Airmeet vs Anchorfree
- Anchorfree vs BigMarker
- BigMarker vs Bizzabo
- Bizzabo vs BlueJeans
- BlueJeans vs Cisco Webex
- Cisco Webex vs Citrix ShareFile
- Citrix ShareFile vs ClickMeeting
Go straight to the numbers
- Adobe Connectpricingalternatives
- Airmeetpricingalternatives
- Anchorfreepricingalternatives
- BigMarkerpricingalternatives
- Bizzabopricingalternatives
- BlueJeanspricingalternatives
Questions people ask about webinar & virtual events software
Answered from the listings on this page, and nowhere else.
- How is this webinar & virtual events ranking decided?
- Mechanically. The 20 approved webinar & virtual events listings on this page are sorted by their published rating, highest first, with the number of ratings behind each score as the tie-break and the product name as a final tie-break so the order is stable. Those ratings are aggregated from public sources, not collected from Softwr readers, this site hosts no reviews, so the order is a summary of what is already published elsewhere, not a verdict of our own. Nothing on this page is paid placement.
- Is this list re-ordered for students?
- No, and it would be dishonest to imply otherwise. The catalogue records no data about which team sizes or roles each tool suits, so the ranking is the same published-rating order as the unsegmented list. What the students framing changes is which of the figures below matter most. Students want the $0 column. Anything on this page with a published free plan or an open-source licence is usable without a purchase decision at all.
- How much does webinar & virtual events software cost?
- Across the 20 webinar & virtual events tools listed here, paid plans start between $3.40 and $10,000 a month, with a median entry price of $54. The most expensive single tier published in the category is $10,000 a month (Cvent). 6 of 20 also publish a $0 plan.
- What is the cheapest webinar & virtual events software?
- Among the ones that charge, Google Meet has the lowest published entry price at $3.40 a month. Cheapest and best value are different questions: check which tier the capability you need actually appears in before you compare starting prices.
- Is there free webinar & virtual events software?
- Yes, 6 of 20 tools in this category publish a plan priced at $0. Each of those also sells paid tiers above the free plan. A tool is only counted as free here when it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence, or a starting price of zero, a free trial does not count.
- What features should webinar & virtual events software have?
- Judging by what vendors put in their own published pricing tiers, the most frequently named capabilities in this category are custom branding (7 of 17 tools that publish plan detail), advanced features (5) and basic features (5). Treat those as the category baseline. Anything named by only one vendor, such as advanced automation or basic meetings, is a differentiator rather than a standard, so it is worth deciding whether you need it before it narrows your shortlist to one.
- How is webinar & virtual events software usually billed?
- subscription (11), freemium (5), counted across the 20 listings on this page. The distinction that costs money is per-seat versus flat: a per-user plan at the same headline price scales with your headcount and a flat subscription does not. 2 of 20 tools also keep at least one tier unpriced and sold by quote.
- What does webinar & virtual events software actually cover?
- The 20 tools on this page do not describe themselves the same way. The subject tags they carry most often are webinars (9), enterprise (6), marketing (5), automation (3), interactive (3). That spread is the honest answer to what the category means in practice: it is not one product shape, and two tools filed under webinar & virtual events may overlap on very little.
- How many pricing tiers do webinar & virtual events tools offer?
- 17 of 20 tools here publish a plan breakdown, and the median one has 3 tiers. 14 of 20 publish three or more. More tiers is not generosity, it usually means the capability you are buying for sits two rungs above the advertised price, so price your shortlist at the tier that contains it.
- How many webinar & virtual events tools are listed on Softwr?
- 20 approved webinar & virtual events listings appear on this page, including Adobe Connect, Airmeet, Anchorfree, BigMarker. Each links to a full breakdown with its pricing tiers and plan detail, and the category can be filtered by price and sorted by rating above. You can also read the shortlist view at /best/webinar-virtual-events, which ranks the same set by published rating.
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