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webinar.net

Score6.7 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

What is webinar.net?

Webinar.net launched in 2019, designed to be a modern alternative to the dated Meeting tools that are often used for marketing and training applications, presented as a powerful, easy-to-use online presentation platform with polished user interfaces.

Webinar.net is fully hosted in the cloud. The vendor states this architecture allows users to reach very large audiences without capacity concerns, and enjoy simple, cost-effective pricing.

With it, brands are fully represented when delivering online presentations via webinar.net, not the technology provider’s. Viewers will be able to join presentations from their mobile device or desktop with no app downloads or similar hassles.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Slideshows

    Presenters can present slideshows during the meeting within the web conferencing platform.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Confidential attendee list

    Presenters, moderators, or admins can see a confidential list of attendees that is not visible to all attendees.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Calendar integration

    Scheduling capabilities integrate with users’ Calendars.

    Category average: 8.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Participant roles & permissions

    Administrators can grant users different levels of access to conferences, as moderators, presenters, attendees, or participants. Permissions can be set for individual users, or based on user role/group.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Mobile support

    Attendees can access meetings/webinars from mobile devices.

    Category average: 7.4

  • Data exportability

    Data can be exported via a CSV or Excel file for further reporting and analysis outside of the tool.

    Category average: 7.5

Not my favorite choice, but a lot of room for improvement

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for clients webinars from 30-50 to 1,000 attendees. The team I work in has delivered hundreds of webinars using this platform in 2023, making it the most used webinar platform this year for our external webinars. Our clients are pharma, biotech, medtech, nutraceutical companies and also associations.

Pros

  • calendar tool on the registration page
  • being able to embed videos on the registration page
  • note tool for presenters
  • large number of attendees allowed

Cons

  • connectivity for presenters is not easy and not user friendly enough
  • you can't just choose CET time, you need to display a city in CET time
  • no blurred background
  • no virtual background

Return on Investment

  • higher number of attendees
  • repeating clients
  • more likelihood to create a series of events vs a standalone event

Alternatives Considered

ON24, Webex Meetings, Webex Webinars, 6Connex, Zoom Webinars and Microsoft Teams

Other Software Used

ON24, Webex Meetings, 6Connex

Usability