Livestorm
Marketing and sales teams that need professional webinar hosting with built-in registration, analytics, and engagement tools
Vonage Business Communications
Developers and businesses that need programmable video/voice APIs alongside basic UCaaS functionality
Score Comparison
Pricing & Features
Making Your Decision
When to Choose Livestorm
Marketing and sales teams that need professional webinar hosting with built-in registration, analytics, and engagement tools
Livestorm is a webinar-first platform that does one thing very well: professional virtual events with registration, engagement tracking, and on-demand replays. It's not designed to compete with Zoom or Teams for daily meetings. If you run webinars regularly, it's excellent. For general meetings, look elsewhere.
Strengths
- Purpose-built for webinars and virtual events with registration pages, landing pages, and email workflows
- AI-powered summaries and engagement analytics for every session
- Browser-based — no downloads needed for hosts or attendees
- Up to 3,000 attendees on paid plans, with on-demand replay built in
Limitations
- Expensive at $79/mo — primarily a webinar tool, not a daily meeting platform
- Free tier is extremely limited: 10 attendees, 20-minute sessions
- Overkill for standard internal team meetings
When to Choose Vonage Business Communications
Developers and businesses that need programmable video/voice APIs alongside basic UCaaS functionality
Vonage Business Communications is best appreciated by developers who need CPaaS APIs for custom video integration. The standard video conferencing is functional but unremarkable. For teams that don't need programmable APIs, there are better pure video conferencing options at similar or lower prices.
Strengths
- CPaaS APIs allow fully custom video integrations for developers building embedded video experiences
- Programmable video and voice APIs with global infrastructure (Vonage Communications Platform)
- Good CRM integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Dynamics
- Reliable voice quality built on Vonage's decades of telephony experience
Limitations
- Video conferencing features are basic compared to Zoom or Teams
- AI features are limited — no meeting summaries or real-time transcription
- No free tier for the UCaaS platform
