The 9 Best Free Webinar Platforms Available These Days
December 19th, 2017 | by Ravi Chahar || 7 Comments |
Whether you’re running a blog or having a company website, at some point, you may need to organize the webinar. And it’s obvious that you require the best free webinar platforms.
In the last couple of years, people have become more into teaching and selling online courses. You may not want to sell anything.
But the biggest problem occurs when you keep searching for the right platform which is free and easy to use. If you Google it, you will find many but each website has a premium plan.
You’re going to know about the best free webinar platforms/websites which are totally free. All of these are open-source products.
What are the things you require to organize a webinar
When I started BloggingLove, I wasn’t so sure about the content but eventually, I made it and here I am.
Just like that, you should also prepare for your webinar. It may be frightening for a while but once you practice a few times, everything becomes so smooth.
Let me mention the necessary things.
- An interesting topic
- A reliable platform
- A website
You can also use your YouTube channel to make your webinar live forever. Let’s start the list of the websites or tools you can use.
These are the Best Free Webinar Platforms You Can Use
Most of the website are similar and you use those regularly.
#1. Google Hangouts
You may have used it at least once. It’s free of cost. You just need to create your Google Plus account and log into their official app or the desktop website.
You can have 10 people at the same time having a conversation with each other. A few other features.
- You can record your live chats
- Video and Audio live streaming
- You can also embed your hangout chat to your YouTube channel
- Screen share is available
- Emojis are also provided
You can also embed it to your website.
#2. Skype
No doubt that Skype is one of the most classic products developed by Microsoft. In the old days, people just had Skype, not the new apps available these days.
You can use it to hold your first webinar. Some features you should know about.
- Free Skype to Skype calls
- Group video calls
- Voice call up to 25 people
- Screen sharing
- File sharing
- Chatting
It would not be so good to ask if you have used it before.
#3. Join Me
This is a website which can be used to arrange a meeting and you can use it for your first webinar. Just create a free account and go through it.
The features they provide.
- Available on mobile
- Toll-free audio
- Screen sharing
- Video conference
- Free conference call
- You can connect it with Slack
#4. Mikogo
This is a screen sharing tool which can help you do the live video streaming and share it later. There are many sales demo you can watch.
The features included.
- Free for business and personal use
- Screen sharing
- Mobile app is available
- Session Scheduler
- Voice and video conferencing
#5. OpenMeetings
It’s an open source web conferencing tools you would love to try. It has lots of features you may want for your webinar.
- 4 different conferencing options
- Meeting recording
- Screen sharing
- File explorer
- Moderation system
- Polls and votes
- Backups
#6. MeetingBurner
It has different plans. You can use the free plan which is enough. There is only one problem with this website. They don’t provide meeting recording for the free account users.
Though there are many other features you would love.
- Live meetings
- Free for 10 attendees
- Instant screen sharing
- Mac and PC compatible
- Mobile attendee support
- Meeting scheduler
- Streaming video of host
#7. Ekiga
It’s also one of the best free webinar platforms you can use. It was formally known as GnomeMeeting. It’s an open source video calling and instant chatting tool.
The features you should know about.
- Free audio and video calls
- Instant messaging
- Windows and Linux
- Free calls to the landline at the cheapest service provider
#8. Facebook Live Streaming
No doubt that Facebook is there for you to have your first webinar. You can gather the emails of your clients and then invite them to connect with you on Facebook.
This can be an amazing idea because people find Facebook easy to use. Once you finish it, you can add a Facebook video to your website.
It takes only a few minutes to accomplish this. Having a WordPress website can help you. WordPress directly fetches the video if you just copy and paste the URL.
And if you need more control, you can use its text editor to manage the dimensions of the video.
#9. YouTube
Everyone is having a YouTube channel these days. People are interested in the visual content than just the text. This is one of the best free webinar platforms you can have.
Everyone is familiar with the UI of YouTube. You can either live stream or record it and then upload. You can also add a YouTube video to WordPress sidebar easily.
Did You Find the Best Free Webinar Platforms
People have their own choices because of their knowledge and comfort with a particular platform. If you are good with Google Hangouts then it’s awesome, go for it.
There are many people who find Skype so easy because they have been using it for years. But these days, many other apps are available for video chatting.
The above-mentioned video conferencing website are for the professional use and you can have an amazing session. I am sure, you can choose any of the best free webinar platforms among all.
If you still have any questions, feel free to drop a comment.
Hi Ravi,
Thanks for sharing these webinar platforms with us. I personally haven’t done any webinars, but I do have a YouTube channel. I’ve heard so many people say that they love doing webinars and it has helped them grow their business.
While I don’t plan on doing a webinar anytime soon. It’s nice to know which platforms we can start with for free. It’s nice to test webinars out on a free platform before deciding if we want to invest in a paid platform.
Thanks for taking the time to put this list together for us.
Have a great day ?
Susan
Hey Susan,
I have seen your videos. You should definitely have a webinar to make people understand what you and how you can help them.
YouTube is a great source to attract more and more people. You can even redirect them to your blog.
Glad you found it helpful.
~Ravi
Hi Ravi,
Excellent advice on free webinar platforms. I am so glad you mentioned Facebook Live because I’ve been doing that for a while. Creating a free webinar there is so much easier than using a paid webinar service, especially when it comes to questions. People can get lost commenting and asking questions on a webinar. But just about everyone (even my mother) knows how to comment on Facebok. It makes it easy for the person running the webinar as well as those who have joined it.
-Donna
Hey Donna,
Yes, that’s the beauty of Facebook. People are comfortable with this platform. No one needs to ask the process to chat, watch videos or the live stream.
I am glad that you have been using this.
Keep going. Have a great weekend.
~Ravi
Hey Ravi!
This is quite a nice and helpful list. A lot of these I have not heard of before.
I like using Google Hangouts for webinars. But, lately it has beeen having problems with network connectivity. We shouldn’t complain since is 100% free, right! haha ?
Webinars are great to connect with your audience live. It is also a great way to introduce a new product or service to your niche audience.
Thank you for sharing this list. I’m bookmarking!
Best regards! ?
Hello Ravi,
Very informative post over here ?
Indeed webinar is came out as a trend in the recent years, people are not getting more attracted towards this platform
apart from getting up and sitting into a long held seminars.
I see a lot around these days, that how people are coming up with webinars on their space these days along with the
social media platform too, and the boost they are getting is just too good.
Good to know about lots of webinars platform which can deliver us the best experience if one wants to held a webinar.
Google Hangouts and skype are no doubt the top players in this race.
Thanks for the share.
Shantanu.
Hi Ravi,
It’s great to read your post. I was busy with my projects, that’s the reason I was inactive a bit, specially reading & commenting was completely off.
Anyways, all the platforms are good but there is no better than Skype and Facebook Live as I personally love both these platforms.
~ Donna