Livestorm

Livestorm is a browser-based platform for webinars, online meetings and virtual events, built for teams that need to run events and manage follow-up in one place. It suits organisations hosting recurring product demos, training or conferences; its audience-credit caps and annual-only paid billing make the plan choice consequential.

Overview

The event workflow spans organizing, invitations, audience engagement and analysis, with live, automated and on-demand formats. Registration pages, event-room branding and customizable emails help teams keep the attendee journey consistent. Browser access avoids software downloads, and phone dial-in gives participants another way to join when internet access is unavailable.

Polls and Q&A support participation, while recording and automated follow-up help extend an event beyond its live session. The platform also offers restreaming, AI transcription and live translations. These capabilities make Livestorm a broad event hub rather than a simple meeting room, though the attendee-credit model can constrain audience growth.

Key features

Automation is a particular strength for repeat programming: teams can set unlimited customized reminder and follow-up email cadences, and run automated webinars or on-demand events. An MCP connection lets Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents create events, register attendees and analyze engagement using plain language. The API and webhooks connect workflows to internal systems and third-party applications.

Integrations include HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot and Zapier. Paid plans include unlimited team members and workspace roles, useful for larger teams separating access by responsibility. Livestorm is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant; it uses WebRTC, TLS, SRTP and DTLS-SRTP for browser communications, and says event data is hosted in EU databases with daily backups.

Pricing

The free plan costs nothing and requires no credit card. It provides 30 attendee credits per year, events up to 30 minutes, 10 events per organization, 20 sessions per event and 10 automated actions per event. It includes pre-recorded events but no premium features, so it is best for small-scale evaluation rather than a sustained event program. Team members do not use attendee credits when joining, testing or attending internal training. Once credits run out, new attendees cannot join upcoming sessions.

Pro is billed annually; monthly plans are unavailable. The €1,000-per-year Pro option includes 400 attendee credits, sessions up to four hours, unlimited events and unlimited team members. It suits teams moving beyond the free caps, but its credit allowance remains the key constraint. Other listed annual Pro credit packages are 1,000 credits for 2,400 EUR, 2,500 for 5,375 EUR and 4,000 for 8,000 EUR. The USD-priced annual options are 1,200.00 USD for 400 credits, 2,900.00 USD for 1,000, 4,125.00 USD for 1,500, 6,500.00 USD for 2,500 and 9,600.00 USD for 4,000. Each USD-priced option includes unlimited team members and events, standard integrations, and email and chat support. Choose a larger allowance if audience volume makes the smaller quota impractical.

Enterprise has custom pricing for large organisations needing custom attendee-credit packages, centralized billing across teams and workspaces, advanced analytics and compliance controls. It adds a dedicated Customer Success Manager and an SLA, making it the better fit when governance and support commitments matter. Pro includes email and chat support. Cancellation before renewal prevents another charge, but there is no refund after renewal; event data is permanently deleted 15 days after cancellation.

Platforms

Livestorm is available on web and through an API. Participants can join in a browser without downloading software, and phone dial-in is an option when internet access is unavailable.

Who it's for

Livestorm fits teams running recurring product demonstrations, customer training, online conferences, summits or company communications, especially when they want registration, engagement, automation and analysis together. Its quota structure is less suitable for event programs with unpredictable or very large attendance unless the team budgets for a larger annual credit package.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Live, automated and on-demand formats, plus recording, polls and Q&A, support varied event programs in one platform.
• Pros: Browser joining and phone dial-in lower access barriers for attendees.
• Pros: Unlimited reminder and follow-up cadences, integrations and API options help teams connect events to marketing and internal workflows.
• Cons: Paid plans are annual only, so teams cannot choose monthly billing.
• Cons: Attendee credits are finite, and hitting the cap blocks new attendees from upcoming sessions.
• Cons: Free events are capped at 30 minutes, with only 10 events per organization and 20 sessions per event.

Alternatives

Browse the Webinar Software category to compare the broader field. Choose LiveWebinar if a lifetime free account for up to five attendees and broad listed platform coverage suit a smaller audience. Zoho Webinar is worth considering for a free webinar capped at 20 attendees and 60 minutes, or a Standard plan with 10 GB recording storage per organizer.

MyOwnConference offers a free-forever Starter plan for five attendees, with 500 MB storage, two speakers and one autowebinar per day. Consider WebinarIgnition if its monthly Unlimited plan—$49 a month—fits better than Livestorm’s annual billing and credit quotas; it includes unlimited registrations, attendees and webinars.

BigMarker is a paid alternative with a Basic plan at $39 a month on an annual plan for 25 attendees; its free plan is unavailable. GoTo Webinar offers paid plans including Reach with one organizer seat and 500 participants. WebinarGeek is another paid option, with a Basic plan for 50 viewers, one presenter and a two-hour session limit. Canira is a paid alternative with a Build plan at $29 a month for 30 live-streaming hours per month and two podcast shows.

Verdict

Choose Livestorm if your team needs a connected workflow for recurring, branded events, audience engagement and automated follow-up, and can plan around annual billing and attendee credits. Look elsewhere if monthly paid billing or uncapped attendance is central to your decision.