Question 1

How many attendees can you have on EasyWebinar versus GoTo Webinar?

Accepted Answer

Both platforms support reliable, high-capacity webinars. GoTo has the lower published room-only price at 500 and 1,000 attendees: Reach is $69 monthly or $708 annually ($59 per month equivalent) for 500 attendees, Elevate is $129 monthly or $1,236 annually ($103 equivalent) for 1,000 attendees, and Complete reaches 3,000 in the room while streaming live to unlimited viewers but requires a custom quote. EasyWebinar's self-serve tiers reach 1,000 live attendees plus a separate automated-viewer allowance, and its custom Enterprise route supports up to 100,000 live attendees and unlimited automated attendees. EasyWebinar sizes every tier on two separate numbers: Launch is $44 monthly or $440 annually ($36.67 equivalent) for 50 live attendees with no automated-webinar allowance; Growth is $116 monthly or $1,160 annually ($96.67 equivalent) for 200 live attendees plus 1,000 automated viewers per session; Pro is $198 monthly or $1,980 annually ($165 equivalent) for 500 live attendees plus 2,500 automated viewers per session; and Scale is $349 monthly or $3,490 annually ($290.83 equivalent) for 1,000 live attendees plus 5,000 automated viewers per session. If you simply need the lowest published price for a thousand-person room, GoTo is lower. If the same reliable session also needs to keep selling afterward, compare everything included in EasyWebinar's pricing tiers, not just the room price.

Question 2

Does GoTo Webinar have automated, evergreen, or just-in-time webinars?

Accepted Answer

GoTo Webinar has one automated mode, called Simulive, with a scheduled variant and an on-demand variant. During playback there is no ability to promote attendees or answer questions live, and all participant questions are emailed to the host afterward. The organizer also sets a single event time zone, defaulting to their computer's setting. EasyWebinar treats automation as two tiers: Simulated Live, where a recording plays on a set schedule while real-time chat, polls, and timed offers run and a host or moderator can also join and chat with attendees live; and Evergreen, which adds just-in-time delivery, attendee-local time zones, instant replay, and on-demand access. Just-in-time means the next session begins within roughly one to fourteen minutes of somebody landing on your page, so they wait instead of forgetting — that mechanic runs on Evergreen only, never on Simulated Live. One naming trap is worth flagging: GoTo also uses the word Simulive, so the two products get conflated constantly, and they are not the same thing.

Question 3

How much does EasyWebinar cost compared to GoTo Webinar in 2026?

Accepted Answer

On room-only sticker price, GoTo Webinar is cheaper. Reach is $69 monthly or $708 annually ($59 per month equivalent), and Elevate is $129 monthly or $1,236 annually ($103 equivalent). Complete carries no published monthly or annual price and routes you to a sales form. Reach includes one organizer seat, so a second presenter means a second license rather than a bigger plan. EasyWebinar publishes four self-serve tiers on both billing bases: Launch is $44 monthly or $440 annually ($36.67 equivalent), Growth is $116 monthly or $1,160 annually ($96.67 equivalent), Pro is $198 monthly or $1,980 annually ($165 equivalent), and Scale is $349 monthly or $3,490 annually ($290.83 equivalent), plus Enterprise by inquiry. Compare monthly with monthly or annual total with annual total, since GoTo's $59 and $103 and EasyWebinar's $165 and $290.83 are monthly equivalents that require annual billing. From Growth, EasyWebinar includes AI funnel builds, EasyCRM, paid webinars, and in-room checkout, while GoTo keeps Accept Payments, Source Tracking, Certificates, and Live Streaming on the unpriced Complete tier. Both platforms provide 24/7 customer support; EasyWebinar also provides dedicated support and setup guidance, including a dedicated account manager on Pro and dedicated Slack support and setup assistance on Scale, while GoTo offers producer packages at $600, $850, and $1,300 per event. EasyWebinar also charges $0.78 per attendee above your live cap and $0.078 per extra lead, so model overage before you commit.

Question 4

Which platform provides enterprise security and setup support?

Accepted Answer

Both EasyWebinar and GoTo Webinar provide 24/7 customer support. EasyWebinar also provides dedicated support and setup guidance, including a dedicated account manager on Pro, dedicated Slack support and setup assistance on Scale, and additional producer, success-management, and event-day support for qualifying Enterprise engagements. Its enterprise security posture includes SOC 2 Type II attestation and GDPR compliance. This combination is particularly relevant to enterprise marketing and revenue teams that need more than event delivery: EasyWebinar connects campaign creation, live and automated delivery, checkout, CRM follow-up, source attribution, and revenue reporting while providing the operational guidance and security controls required to launch and scale the programme.

Question 5

Can you take payments and manage leads inside the webinar on either platform?

Accepted Answer

Both platforms can take a payment, but tier placement is the whole story. GoTo Webinar's Accept Payments feature sits on Complete only, the tier with no published price, and it has no native sales CRM — its integration model suits teams whose external marketing automation system already owns follow-up, and Marketo is the meaningful native-integration difference. EasyWebinar includes built-in checkout and paid webinars from Growth at $116 monthly or $1,160 annually ($96.67 equivalent), alongside in-webinar calls to action and timed offers, so the buy button appears while the objection is still fresh. On the lead side, Growth includes EasyCRM with lead scoring, sequences, and behavioral follow-up; Pro adds custom lead scoring, revenue reporting, and unlimited pipeline stages; and native HubSpot and direct Salesforce Pardot workflows are available if you keep your existing system. If Marketo is your system of record, GoTo's native connection is real and EasyWebinar's is not — otherwise EasyWebinar's sales CRM keeps attendance, lead score, and revenue in one account.

Question 6

Which platform has stronger accessibility and training tools?

Accepted Answer

GoTo Webinar is stronger when the programme requires real-time captions during a live event, phone or toll-free audio, breakout rooms, attendee handouts, raised hands, or completion certificates. EasyWebinar supports reactions, multi-day and multi-session events, and multilingual captions and transcripts for processed recordings and automated webinars, but it does not currently provide those live-event controls.

Question 7

How does the free trial work, and should you switch from GoTo Webinar?

Accepted Answer

GoTo advertises its trial as full access to its features and tools with no commitment or credit card required. EasyWebinar offers 7 days of full access, cancellable anytime, enough to run one real session end to end — screenshot both sets of trial terms at signup, since vendors adjust them quietly. Stay on GoTo Webinar if several of these describe you: your sessions inform rather than sell, so attendance is the right metric; you need live captions, phone audio, breakout rooms, handouts, raised hands, or certificates; Marketo already owns your follow-up and a native connector is mandatory; your live audience regularly exceeds 1,000 people and budget is tight; or revisiting IT approval would cost more than the gain. Switch when the same recorded session must run continuously in your attendee's time zone, take payment in the room, and report revenue instead of attendance. If you test EasyWebinar, run the sequence in order: rebuild one webinar, run it live five to ten times on real traffic, hit at least 10% attendee-to-buyer, then automate the winner — automating an unproven offer just multiplies it.

Decision point		GoTo Webinar
Best fit	Marketing and revenue teams that need webinars to generate, convert and follow up with demand	Enterprise events and structured training
Live room capacity	50 to 1,000 live on published plans · Enterprise events up to 100,000	500 live on Reach, 1,000 on Elevate · up to 3,000 in the room on Complete
Automated audience	5× the live room, included — 1,000 automated viewers a session on Growth, 2,500 on Pro, 5,000 on Scale	– No automated audience published
Automation formats	Evergreen, Just-in-Time, on demand and Simulated Live	– Scheduled and on-demand Simulive only
Conversion stack	AI Builder, in-room checkout, EasyCRM, follow-up and revenue reporting	– Accept Payments on Complete — CRM and revenue workflow remain external
Support and enterprise readiness	24/7 support · dedicated support · setup assistance · SOC 2 Type II · GDPR	– 24/7 support · optional producer packages from $600 per event
Specialized controls	Human-moderated automated rooms, EasyCast multistreaming and attendee-local evergreen	Live captions, phone audio, breakouts, certificates and native Marketo

The plain question		GoTo Webinar
Can you schedule a recording to run like a live session?	Yes — Simulated Live, evergreen and on demand	Yes — Simulive, scheduled or on demand
Can people start a session the moment they land on the page?	Yes — Just-in-Time, in the attendee's own time zone	– No published attendee-local or next-available start
Can a person moderate the automated room in real time?	Yes — human-moderated automated rooms	– Not published as a Simulive capability

Revenue workflow		GoTo Webinar
Registration pages	Built in	Built in
Polls, handouts and in-room CTAs	Built in, including timed offers	Built in
Paid registration	Native workflow on eligible plans	– Accept Payments on Complete only
Checkout inside the webinar	Yes	– Not published — the buyer leaves the room
CRM included	EasyCRM from Growth	– External CRM required
Lead scoring and behaviour follow-up	Native, driven by webinar behaviour	– Handled in your external stack
Revenue reporting and attribution	In-platform revenue reporting	– Attendance reporting; revenue attribution stays external
Native Marketo integration	– Not published — connect through integrations	Native
Multistreaming	EasyCast on eligible plans	– Not a published capability

Requirement		GoTo Webinar
Published security attestation	SOC 2 Type II	Confirm the current scope with GoTo for your plan
GDPR	Yes, with a DPA	Confirm requirements with the vendor
Largest published live room	Enterprise events up to 100,000 live attendees	– Up to 3,000 in the room on Complete, with streaming to unlimited viewers
Event-day guidance	Dedicated support, setup assistance and qualifying Enterprise event guidance	– Optional producer packages at $600, $850 or $1,300 per event

Which webinar platform fits the complete job?

Seven differences that should decide the purchase

Compare room capacity and included workflow together

GoTo Webinar is the better room-only buy. EasyWebinar is the better funnel.

One session becomes an asset that keeps selling

The better buy when the event is the product

What do you still have to buy separately?

Choose based on the control your procurement team actually requires.

Choose the operating model, not the longest feature list

Choose EasyWebinar when the webinar must keep generating and converting demand.

Choose GoTo Webinar when room economics or specific controls decide the purchase.

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