Crowdcast vs. Zoom Events & Webinars

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Crowdcast
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Crowdcast is a multistreaming platform for private, interactive, supports webinars, and has the capabilities to reach any size audience and connect with your community. Crowdcast is designed to help you reach, grow, and engage your audience.
$29
per month
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Events and Webinars are part of Zoom’s event solutions that uses existing Zoom products to produce interactive and engaging virtual experiences. It combines Zoom Meetings, Chat, and Video Webinars in one solution that enables event organizers to produce ticketed, live events for internal or external audiences of any size.
$89
per month 300 attendees
Pricing
CrowdcastZoom Events & Webinars
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Zoom Webinars
starting at $89
per month starting with 300 attendees
Zoom Events
starting at $149
per month starting with 100 attendees
Zoom Webinars Plus
starting at $99
per month starting with 100 attendees
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CrowdcastZoom Events & Webinars
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlans supporting up to 10k attendees available. Discount available for annual billing. Pay-per-attendee available for Zoom Webinars Plus and Zoom Events.
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Community Pulse
CrowdcastZoom Events & Webinars
Features
CrowdcastZoom Events & Webinars
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Crowdcast
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Ratings
Zoom Events & Webinars
9.3
31 Ratings
6% above category average
Branding options00 Ratings8.731 Ratings
Virtual Event
Comparison of Virtual Event features of Product A and Product B
Crowdcast
-
Ratings
Zoom Events & Webinars
8.5
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Livestreaming00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Audience engagement00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Event recording00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Virtual booths00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Networking00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Event analytics00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
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User Ratings
CrowdcastZoom Events & Webinars
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(80 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CrowdcastZoom Events & Webinars
Likelihood to Recommend
Crowdcast
Crowdcast does a great job with live webinars and is one of the top ones available. They have continually improved the product and are coming out with a version two now with a cleaner, easier to use interface with some really cool features. The platform works well and most importantly the live webinars come in clearly and almost never fail. In the past year, things have worked very smoothly which is really a relief. As anyone who does lots of live videos knows, it's crucial to have a smooth, easy-to-use piece of tech that doesn't fail like Crowdcast. Chat comes in a lot better and the features are cooler than Zoom Webinars.
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Zoom
Zoom is well-suited for any service-based business that relies on face-to-face communications, whether for client meetings or external sales calls. Zoom also provides a good platform for internal team meetings to discuss creative ideas or for one-on-one sessions. Zoom is also excellent for larger webinars where you need to present to larger audiences.
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Pros
Crowdcast
  • Create live webinars
  • Record webinars
  • Respond to customers in chat and present offers and polls
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Zoom
  • Zoom calendar integration is a great way to see what calls are upcoming
  • Ease of use for screen sharing and video call settings
  • Zoom Workplace is reliable at blocking out external noise that should be muted from actual conversation taking place in calls
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Cons
Crowdcast
  • Chat replay does not repeat in realtime like Facebooks live video replays
  • New registrants aren't automatically added to email platform, have to download list.
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Zoom
  • I wish there were more polling options available in Zoom in general, and this extends to both webinar polling and post-webinar surveys. Could certainly do with a more robust polling feature set.
  • Setting up Registration for Zoom webinars can be very tricky, and I usually advise against webinar registration. The fact that users have to manually download an .ics to add it to their O365 calendars after registering means lots of issues with users attempting to join after registering early.
  • I would have complained about lack of breakout rooms for webinars, or the fact that the practice room can't be turned back on after it was turned off, but Zoom recently implemented webinar breakout rooms plus the Backstage feature, so both of these common complaints are now fully addressed!
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Likelihood to Renew
Crowdcast
No answers on this topic
Zoom
We will be renewing with Zoom as long as it continues to meet our needs for client and lead outreach needs in a robust manner. With little error and an easy to use interface, Zoom has met our needs and exceeded our expectations. The cost is right and with a short learning curve, Zoom has been an easy decision to make and maintain.
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Usability
Crowdcast
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom Events is complex, but gets "almost easy" with experience and good guidance. I tell people, "Hosting a meeting is like driving a car; hosting a webinar is like driving an 18-wheeler; and hosting a Zoom Event is like flying a commercial airliner." You need experience, training, and ongoing guidance to be good at Zoom Events. Zoom has staff that knows everything there is to know about Zoom Events, but finding them and reaching them isn't easy. There aren't many consultants out there that are affordable and experienced.
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Support Rating
Crowdcast
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom [Video Webinar] has online web portal where user can take control of the meetings and their settings. It provides details of all the meeting happened and also provides participants list. It has support for webinars and recording also. Zoom [Video Webinar] gave special cloud permissions for paid users also from web portal and that can help in saving disk space.
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Implementation Rating
Crowdcast
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Implementation was very feasible during our initial usage of the Zoom after COVID-19.
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Alternatives Considered
Crowdcast
WebinarJam got really bad the last couple of years we used it (2 years ago). Crowdcast support has been better and doesn't fail like WebinarJam. Facebook had a bunch of issues as well and isn't the ideal solution in my opinion. Zoom Webinars provide a great video feed, but the chat options and overall functionality are limited.
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Zoom
We moved away from MS Teams due to several factors: 1)The ability to have a calendar reminder pop up for the upcoming webinar. 2)The ability to have Zoom automatically send a customized one hour reminder email to everyone who registered. 3)Webinar templates that speed up the setup of each of our webinars. 4)Integrated polling and collaboration tools.
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Return on Investment
Crowdcast
  • Made our company more personal
  • Allows for better interaction with customers
  • Increased retention
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Zoom
  • Prior to Zoom, the best way to train was to travel to their business. Or to do it remotely, it was to allow multiple hours and allocating time to help them set up the technology. It was a mess. We were able to shave travel costs/technology implementation costs.
  • We no longer have to waste time playing technology ping pong, bouncing between different platforms. Zoom Video webinar just works.
  • My tech team used to have to set up the webinar events, because of how complicated GoToWebinar can be. Zoom makes it easy that anyone can do it.
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ScreenShots

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