Why Livestorm is the best Microsoft Teams alternative

Explore a detailed comparison of Livestorm and Microsoft Teams to see which is the best webinar software. Compare platforms by features, integrations, and price.

Microsoft Teams

General information

Customer Rating

Average rating on review websites Capterra and G2 Crowd.

9.2

8.7

Browser based

Webinar platforms that work directly in the browser, there's no need to download any software.

Device versatility

Host events from a desktop, tablet or mobile.

On-demand webinars

Create or access pre-recorded on-demand webinars, available any time.

Automated webinars

Automate entire webinars or key actions like CTAs, start and stop times or page redirects.

Promotion Features

Customizable registration pages

Add a banner, logo, social channels or speaker information to the event registration page without any coding skills.

Customizable emails

Customize emails with ease by adding an event banner, social sharing buttons, or a signature.

Customized email sequence

Customize your own email sequence and schedule them to be sent automatically.

Embed forms

Embed a registration form on your own website to capture more registrants.

Company page

Publish events to a public company page that gathers all upcoming and past events.

Built-in social sharing

Share event registration pages on your company's social channels directly from your webinar platform.

Custom registration forms

Customize the fields of your registration form to capture insights on your audience.

Registration filter

Apply a filter to accept event registrations only from work email addresses.

Activation Features

Chat

Send chat messages through a tab built right into your webinar room.

Emoji reactions

Enable emoji reactions during live events to allow attendees to react in real-time.

Q&A

Audiences can ask questions in a dedicated space.

Question upvotes

Audiences can vote on questions that they most want to see answered. Organizers can sort them by date or most upvotes.

Live answer notification

Display a notification that shows the question you are answering live during the webinar.

Polls

Create drafts of polls in advance and publish them during your event. Or, create them live during your event to further activate your audience.

Call-to-action button

Direct your attendees to a promotional offer via a CTA displayed in the event room.

Virtual backgrounds

Change your background to personalize your webinar or look more professional.

Digital whiteboards

Collaborate with digital whiteboards within the platform or through a native integration.

Organization Features

Private chat

Chat privately with event organizers and moderators during the event.

Registrants moderation

Control which registrants can and cannot access the event.

One-click integrations

Integrate the software with any app to capture other valuable insights.

Maximum number of attendees

The maximum number of attendees supported.

3000

1000

Unique contact list

Find all your event contacts in one place and get a 360 view of their activity within different events.

SAML SSO

Secure your team's access to the platform with SAML SSO.

Dial-in to webinars

Attendees can opt to dial-in to the webinar from a phone number.

Reporting Features

Analytics reports

Track and analyze all of your data with our powerful analytics tool built into the dashboard.

Webinar recordings

Record webinars automatically and send them to attendees at the end of each session.

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Livestorm, the best Microsoft Teams alternative

Livestorm vs Microsoft Teams: features

Livstorm can be used right in the browser of any device. Microsoft Teams is accessible through a browser or a downloadable application.

Between the two solutions, Livestorm offers the most comprehensive features to promote your webinars, such as customizable landing pages, personalized emails, and a shareable company page. Microsoft Teams provides landing pages that, despite being customizable, have strong Microsoft branding.

Livestorm webinars are known for being highly engaging, with features like virtual backgrounds, CTA buttons, polls, chat, Q&A, and emoji reactions to name a few. In comparison, Microsoft Teams has a simplistic chat, and attendees can send emoji reactions, much like they can with Livestorm. They notably don't have CTAs.

Livestorm's built-in dashboard is easy to share with teammates and gives a complete overview of attendee engagement. Microsoft Teams is missing a private chat for webinar organizers, SAML SSO, and automation that makes scaling webinars a breeze.

Livestorm vs Microsoft Teams: integrations

Livestorm's native integrations are free for any customer and include solutions like HubSpot and Slack. You can add integrations to Microsoft Teams such as productivity tools like Trello and CMS platforms like Salesforce for an additional fee.

Livestorm's API is an excellent way for developers to connect their favorite apps and build better workflows. Microsoft Teams also has a Teams API, which developers can use to automate team life cycles, manage multiple channels, and deploy apps to teams.

You can browse through all of Livestorm integrations in the App Marketplace, and find API documentation in a developers hub. Likewise, Microsoft Teams has a marketplace for app integrations and dedicated hubs for their API and SDK.

Livestorm vs Microsoft Teams: pricing

Both Microsoft Team and Livestorm have free versions of their plans. Livestorm lets you test webinar, meeting, and event use cases with all of the same features of the paid app. Microsoft Teams has limited access to meeting functionalities.

If you are looking for a robust webinar solution, Livestorm Pro is $99 a month, including any integrations, on-demand webinars and engaging features. Microsoft Teams' first tier of pricing is Business Basic which does not fit a webinar use case.

Livestorm's Pro plan lets you have unlimited moderators, events, and registrants. Microsoft Teams' Business Standard plan includes webinars and similar promotion and organizational features as Livestrorm.

If you seek a comprehensive enterprise package, Livestorm is a reliable option with a customizable offer. Livestorm's enterprise plan includes SAML SSO, priority support, 3,000 attendee add on, and SLA. Microsoft Teams has a plan called Office 365 E3 that can most closely match enterprise needs

Livestorm, the best webinar software

Run great webinars right in your browser

Livestorm makes it easy to run great webinars straight from the browser of any mobile or desktop. This makes if possible for your audience to join, no matter where they are in the world, without having to download or install anything.

Removing these extra steps helps attendance rates soar for no-download webinars. This is why Livestorm has a 53% higher attendance rate than the industry average.

Manage everything with our end-to-end platform

Every part of your webinar can be managed within Livestorm. You can organize, promote, analyze and host great webinars with only one end-to-end platform. Collaborate with your team using the intuitive dashboard.

Promote your webinar to your audience with customizable registration pages and automated emails. Most webinar platforms need integrations to be able to send emails or create registration pages, but with Livestorm you can do that right in your account.

Experience an intuitive webinar platform

Designed with ease-of-use in mind, Livestorm is a modern webinar solution. Enjoy a frictionless experience with intuitive controls that make it easy to plan, host, or promote your webinar sessions.

Attendees also benefit from a great user experience. Says Elise on the software review platform G2: "Livestorm is easy to use, the support is very responsive and the analytic system is very helpful."

"The elegance of Livestorm's UI and its simplicity for creating beautiful landing pages made a big positive impact on the way we communicate with customers at scale."

"Livestorm is really easy to use and offers a lot of customization. We are very happy with the visual rendering and the user experience."

Read the customer story

"Livestorm offered an alternative to our 1:1 demos and helped us acquire new customers. We also saw much more engagement as a result!"

Read the customer story

"Livestorm made it easy to automate our customer trainings. The ability to set up prerecorded content while still offering live Q&A helps our team provide personalized attention at scale."