Crowdcast vs Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar
Features, use cases, pros and cons, and pricing side by side — and which one to pick.
Best for: Creators running live shows, podcast recordings, or streamed concerts, Educators and coaches teaching courses, workshops, or private lessons
Read the full Crowdcast reviewBest for: Coaches scaling out of 1:1 client work into group programs, Consultants productizing their frameworks into courses
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Crowdcast vs Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar: features compared
Compare key features side by side
Feature Comparison Summary
Which should you choose?
Choose Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar if
- You want pages, email, courses, and webinars in one login
- You're non-technical and want onboarding plus AI copy help
- You sell subscriptions, installments, or memberships with automation
Crowdcast vs Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar: pros and cons
Crowdcast
One stage for events, ticketing, and streams
Crowdcast bundles registration, streaming, chat, Q&A, polls, ticketing, and replays in one platform, with Stripe and Patreon payments built in and plans from $49 to $195 a month. Overall, it's a solid pick for creators and teams that host events often, as long as you can live with transaction fees, attendee overages, and streams that depend on your integrations.
Pros
- Registration, streaming, chat, Q&A, polls, and replays live in one platform, so you stop juggling separate tools.
- The built-in Studio cues overlays, slides, and videos, and a backstage Gallery lets guests prep before going live.
- Ticketing connects directly to Stripe and Patreon, with Zapier linking thousands of other apps.
Cons
- There's no free plan, and the site's own testimonial notes it costs money compared with free tools like YouTube Live.
- A 5% transaction fee on paid events at Lite (2% only on Business) cuts into ticket revenue.
- Overage charges kick in once you pass your plan's live attendee cap.
Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar
Kartra bundles pages, email, checkouts, courses, and memberships into one connected system, with WebinarJam and EverWebinar handling live and automated webinars. The catch: no public plan pricing, and vendor-reported claims you can't verify. Overall, it's a solid pick for non-technical experts who want fewer tools, as long as you confirm costs during signup.
Pros
- Single shared database across pages, email, cart, CRM, and memberships means behavior-based triggers and real-time funnel tracking work natively, without stitching together third-party integrations
- Four configurable checkout structures per product — one-time, recurring subscriptions, installments, and recurring installments — with billing cycles from weekly up to every two years
- Native pairing with WebinarJam for live events and EverWebinar for automated presentations, with registrant follow-up handled through Kartra's built-in email automation
Cons
- Public plan pricing for Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar is not displayed on the reviewed pages — only configuration examples like $29.99/month appear — so you must confirm actual costs during signup
- PayPal cannot be used as the payment gateway for recurring installment products, forcing sellers of annual installment plans onto a different gateway
- Key claims like 60,000 customers, 718,000 pages launched, and $1.5B earned by creators are vendor-reported with no independently verified performance data available at review time
Crowdcast and Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar in detail
Crowdcast
Crowdcast is a live events platform for creators, educators, and businesses. It combines registration, streaming, chat, Q&A, polls, ticketing, and replays in one place. Crowdcast says it has brought together more than 10 million attendees, and brands like IBM, Notion, and Adobe use it. If you host shows, teach online, or run webinars, it's built with you in mind.
Standout features
- One home for every event
- Production polish, built in
- The Gallery: a backstage for guests
- Engagement that builds trust
- Reach further, sell tickets
Use cases
- Live Shows & Series
- Teaching & Training
- Patreon Member Events
- Webinars, Conferences & Hybrid Events
Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar
Kartra is an all-in-one platform for coaches, consultants, and service providers moving their expertise online. It covers pages, funnels, email marketing, courses, memberships, checkouts, and affiliate management in one connected system — the company says it replaces 8-12 separate tools. WebinarJam adds live webinar hosting; EverWebinar handles automated presentations. Kartra reports 60,000 customers, 718,000 pages launched, and $1.5B earned by creators.
Standout features
- Everything talks to everything
- Launch pages and funnels fast
- Email that reacts to what people do
- Sell courses, memberships, and payment plans
- Live and evergreen webinars, connected
Use cases
- Scale from 1:1 coaching to group programs
- Turn consulting frameworks into courses
- Launch your first online offer, tech-free
- Sell with live and automated webinars
Pricing compared
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, before taxes and add-ons. Costs are per month.
| Pricing compared | Crowdcast | Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar |
|---|---|---|
| From (cheapest paid plan) | $49/mo Lite | $29.99/mo Recurring price points |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | 14 days | Yes |
| Money-back guarantee | Not stated | Not stated |
| Annual billing savings | — | — |
| Pricing model | Flat price | Flat price |
| Cost for 1 user | $49/mo Lite plan, billed monthly | $29.99/moCheaper Recurring price points plan, billed monthly |
| Cost for 5 users | $49/mo Lite plan, billed monthly · price per account (user limit not stated) | $29.99/mo Recurring price points plan, billed monthly · price per account (user limit not stated) |
| Cost for 10 users | $49/mo Lite plan, billed monthly · price per account (user limit not stated) | $29.99/mo Recurring price points plan, billed monthly · price per account (user limit not stated) |
| Cost for 25 users | $49/mo Lite plan, billed monthly · price per account (user limit not stated) | $29.99/mo Recurring price points plan, billed monthly · price per account (user limit not stated) |
| Plans | 3 | 3 |
| Prices checked | Checked Oct 13, 2026 | Checked Oct 12, 2026 |
| Price history | Tracking prices since Oct 1, 2026. No price change detected yet. | Tracking prices since Sep 9, 2026. No price change detected yet. |
- Cheapest plan that fits each team size. Per-user plans are multiplied by the number of users (respecting stated minimums and seat packs). Plans that include some users cost their base price plus the extra-user price for each user beyond those included. Flat-priced plans with no stated user limit are counted as one licence per user.
Cheaper for your team size
For 1 user (billed monthly), Kartra, WebinarJam & EverWebinar costs $29.99/mo vs Crowdcast at $49/mo.
Computed from published list prices on the dates shown. Excludes taxes, add-ons and promotions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better for automated webinars?
Kartra pairs with EverWebinar for automated presentations and WebinarJam for live events, tied to built-in email follow-up. Crowdcast's webinar features aren't documented here.