Webinar Pricing and Costs
Find a web seminar service at the right price for you
A webinar is an online seminar that allows you to conduct training or meetings through web and/or audio. It is a good way to convey information to many people in various locations. Webinars are becoming an important part of web conferencing for many businesses to reaching more clients or hosting training meetings with other business sites internally.There are several parts to webinars that affect webinar pricing and costs. The first component of web seminar services is finding the right webinar service provider. A webinar provider will host your webinar and can give you assistance and support to run webinars effectively. Many companies offer a web seminar service, with prices ranging from $12 to $90 a month. A second component of a webinar is the webinar software itself. Many web service providers provide the software as part of their webinar package, while others sell the software only, allowing you to pay a one-time fee. When considering webinar pricing and costs, there are several types of pricing that you should note:
1. Annual subscription or monthly costs
2. Pay-as-you-go webinar plans
3. Free webinar solutions
Consider the difference between an annual or monthly subscription for a web seminar service
Many webinar companies may provide a price difference if you pay annually for webinar services instead of monthly. Most of these annual or monthly packages allow unlimited webinars for a certain amount of people.
Try: WebEx Online offers a $10 savings a month if you subscribe annually to its unlimited webinar service. Monthly fees are $65 to $75 while an annual subscription is $55 to $65 a month. WebEx's webinar capacity is for webinars up to 25 people. GoToMeeting also offers a 20% savings if you pay for an annual subscription, with annual monthly fees at $35 to $45 and month-to month fees at $45 to $55. GoToMeeting also allows you to have unlimited webinars, but only for a maximum of 15 people.
Look into pay-as-you-go pricing plans for hosting web seminars
Some webinar companies also allow you use their webinar services on a per minute, per user price. If you are unsure of how much you will be using a webinar service, this is a nice option that allows you to use a web seminar service only as you need it.
Try: Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro services has a pay as you go plan that is 30 cents to 35 cents per minute, per user for each time you host a webinar. For web meetings, ReadyTalk offers 20 cents to 25 cents per minute per user price.
Find webinar solutions available for free
If you look in a webinar directory listing, you can find some companies that offers free webinar hosting that allows you to hold meetings or trainings. In these cases, there might be restrictions on the number of people who can participate in the meeting or the number of webcams you can use at a time. Most webinar companies that offer free services also offer other services for a fee.
Try: Dimdim offers a free web conferencing service for up to 20 people, with one webcam and audio bridge. Similarly, Yugma is another web conferencing service that offers free web conferences for up to 20 people.
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