Livestorm Review (2026)€2.50 Per Attendee, Per Session
By Daan Haket · Tested hands-on · written with an AI assistant · who does what
This is a bet on attendance that you place a year in advance. The tool we compare it with at each step below is Zoom Webinars.
- Best for Teams running a fixed webinar programme
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Is Livestorm right for you?
Your pain“We hold the same webinars every year, and per-host monthly plans never match how many people really attend.”
Does Livestorm solve it?YesPricing page, read 30 September 2026: registrants who never show and your own team cost nothing, and a live visit plus its replay counts once.
Your planPro, €2.50 per attendee per session ($3.00 in dollars), bought as a yearly pack up front
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Your pain“We don't know yet whether webinars work for us, so a year's budget up front is too big a bet.”
Does Livestorm solve it?PartlyOur test (31 Oct 2026): the free plan needed no card and gave 30 attendee credits a year, with sessions capped at 30 minutes.
Your planFree plan, no time limit
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Your pain“Each series brings back the same people, and I can't predict what the credit bill will come to.”
Does Livestorm solve it?PartlyPricing page, read 22 October 2026: one credit covers one person in one session, so 200 people over four sessions use 800, and unused credits lapse at year end.
Your planPro, sized from sessions times expected attendees for the whole year
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- your webinar schedule is irregular or experimental, because paying a year ahead for attendance you cannot forecast is the wrong shape; a per-month platform is safer while you find out what works.
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Exit test (measured 2026-10-31)
- Export route
- People > Export > Registrants
- Formats
- CSV
- Attachments included
- Not tested
- Re-import tested
- No
- Lost on export
- Not tested
Formats describe this export route; offered formats may not have been inspected. Full exit test and scope ↓
Tested by our team on 31 October 2026 on the free plan: Daan created the account and our AI assistant ran the test in Daan's browser. We created a test event and looked at registrants, invitations, export and the plans, without inviting or registering anyone.
How we tested
- Created one test event with the default settings
- Opened the people, invitations and export screens
- Read the billing page
- The free plan needs no card and includes 30 attendee credits a year, with sessions up to 30 minutes.
- A new event gives people outside the workspace viewer access by default and schedules a first session for the same day.
- There is no draft step: the event was 'Upcoming' straight away, with a registration page, and the owner was counted as a registrant.
Pricing (2026)
✓ Pricing re-verified 22 Oct 2026
There is still no plan price. Pro is sold as attendee credits, bought as a yearly pack up front, with sessions up to 4 hours and unlimited team members; Enterprise is quote-only with sessions up to 12 hours. The rate depends on the currency you pick on the page, and the two are not conversions of each other: €2.50 per attendee in euros, $3.00 in dollars.
Frequently asked questions
Can you export your data from Livestorm?
Exit check 2026-10-31; route excerpt: People > Export > Registrants; came along (excerpts): not_tested; lost (excerpts): not_tested; re-import: not tested.
How does Livestorm's pricing actually work?
You buy a yearly pack of attendee credits at €2.50 each and spend one credit per unique person per session over a 12-month period. Two sessions attended by the same person cost two credits; joining live and then watching that session's replay costs one. Read on 17 August 2026; the €2.50 rate (and $3.00 in dollars) was unchanged on 30 September 2026.
Do I pay for people who register and never turn up?
No. Livestorm states that only real participants count (people who join live, watch a replay or watch on demand) so no-shows cost nothing. That is the meaningful difference from seat-based webinar tools, where you buy a room size and pay for it whether it fills or not. Your own team members are also free.
Is there a Livestorm coupon or lifetime deal?
We have found neither, and both are searched for. Because the product is sold as prepaid credits rather than a subscription, the lever that exists is volume: you buy the pack that matches your expected attendance, and unused credits sit in the 12-month window. Size the pack from last year's actual attendance rather than from registrations.
Do unused Livestorm credits expire?
Yes, at the end of the billing period: the attendee-credits article (read 22 October 2026) says unused credits don't roll over. Upgrading during the year is the one route that keeps them, because remaining credits are carried into the bigger plan. Downgrades take effect at the end of the current period, there is no pause option, and there is no refund if you cancel after the renewal date. Plans renew automatically each year on the same day and month.
What does the Livestorm free plan include?
30 attendee credits a year, events of up to 30 minutes, 10 events per organisation with up to 20 sessions each, and 10 automated actions per event, with no time limit on the plan. Editing emails and adding custom email templates are not available on Free. Livestorm describes the plan as intended for evaluation. Read 22 October 2026 in its help centre.
What happens to my Livestorm events if I cancel Pro?
The account drops to Free and you keep access with a limited view of your data and statistics. Livestorm says it deletes events and their sessions, external speakers and registrants, chat messages, polls and questions, and instant meeting rooms, and that all event data is permanently deleted 30 days after the cancellation takes effect. Download replays and run exports before the subscription ends.
Which Livestorm add-ons need a bigger pack?
On Pro, the paid add-ons become available once the plan includes at least 1,000 attendee credits. Livestorm AI Studio, the add-on that turns replays into short clips, announced with the acquisition of Qlip on 2 June 2026, is also a paid Pro add-on. Multiple workspaces, a premium SLA and video hosting are Enterprise-only. Add-ons are switched on through a Customer Success Manager or sales@livestorm.co, and their prices are not published.
Can Livestorm be run from Claude or ChatGPT?
Since 31 August 2026 Livestorm is a verified connector in Claude's directory. The announcement says it works in Claude's web and desktop apps, Claude Code and ChatGPT, is available on every Livestorm plan including Free, signs in with OAuth rather than an API key, and can be connected by workspace owners and admins; if the Public API is not yet enabled on a workspace, support has to switch it on.
Is this a hands-on review of Livestorm?
Yes. We tested Livestorm ourselves on 2026-10-31; the section above says what we tested, what we found and what we did not test, and where a figure comes from the vendor's own documentation instead. Most of our reviews are researched rather than run; we say which is which. We name what each tool is good and bad at, and we earn a commission only if you sign up, at no cost to you.
- Buyer reviews on G2, Capterra, GetApp and Research.com, read August 2026.
- Re-verified 2026-09-05 and again 2026-09-30 on their own pricing page.
- Our own hands-on session with Livestorm (2026-10-31), written up in full further down this page.
Bottom line
Best for: teams running a fixed webinar programme.
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