Last updated: 2026-01-20

If you want one setup that handles both polished multistreaming and browser-based webinars, start with StreamYard and its On‑Air webinar mode.[^1] For niche needs like ultra‑large town halls, deep marketing automation, or built‑in ticketing, tools like Zoom, Demio, or Crowdcast can plug specific gaps.

Summary

• StreamYard combines a live production studio, multistreaming to major platforms, and a built‑in webinar mode with registration and embeds.[^2]
• Demio focuses on marketing workflows and automated webinars, while Crowdcast and Zoom lean into multi‑session events and very large capacities.[^3]
• For most U.S. creators and teams, StreamYard offers the fastest path to professional webinars with minimal setup and no downloads for attendees.[^4]
• You can layer in external tools (email, payments, audience interaction apps) around StreamYard instead of locking everything into one complex platform.[^5]

What should multistreaming and webinar software actually do?

Before comparing logos, it helps to define the job.

Most U.S. teams searching for “multistreaming and webinars software” need three things working together:

1. A production studio for high‑quality, reliable audio/video, screen share, and custom branding.
2. Distribution to both social platforms (for reach) and a controlled webinar room or embed (for leads and engagement).
3. A light funnel: registration, reminders, automatic recording, and on‑demand replay so the event keeps working after you go live.

At StreamYard, we designed the browser‑based studio and On‑Air webinar mode to cover that full flow: you produce once, then send the same event out to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and more while also hosting a registration-based webinar in the browser.[^2]

How does multistreaming work in StreamYard?

Multistreaming means going live to multiple destinations at the same time. With StreamYard, this happens from a single browser studio.

On paid plans, you can connect several destinations—such as YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, X/Twitter, and custom RTMP—and push one show to all of them from the same control room.[^6] This lets you use social channels for discovery while directing serious attendees to your On‑Air webinar or an embedded player on your site.

For formats, we support Multi‑Aspect Ratio Streaming (MARS), which lets you broadcast in landscape and portrait simultaneously from one studio session.[^7] That means you can run a standard widescreen webinar while also feeding a vertical version to mobile‑first platforms without a second production setup.

In practice, creators will often:

• Multistream a marketing webinar to YouTube and LinkedIn for reach.
• Use On‑Air as the “official room” with registration and chat.
• Embed that On‑Air room on a landing page to reinforce their brand.[^2]

This approach gives you audience growth and lead capture without duplicating work.

What webinar capabilities does StreamYard On‑Air include?

On‑Air is our built‑in webinar mode. It’s designed so you don’t need a separate webinar product just to add registration and replays.

Key pieces:

• Browser-based attendee experience: Attendees watch in the browser—no installs, no accounts—on a hosted watch page.[^8]
• Registration and lead capture: You can require registration with customizable form fields, then manage registrants and export them as CSV for your CRM or email tool.[^2]
• Automated emails: On‑Air sends confirmation and reminder emails (24 hours and 1 hour before), plus a post‑event recording email when you enable on‑demand replay.[^8]
• Embeddable webinar + chat: You can embed the webinar and its chat directly on your site, giving you a fully branded experience.[^2]
• Live chat and interactive layout: Chat opens before the event and can stay open after; you can pull comments on‑screen from the studio for more engaging sessions.[^2]
• On-demand replay: You can toggle on‑demand on or off. Even if you disable public replay later, your private recording remains in your library.[^8]
• Production studio integration: All of this sits on top of the StreamYard studio—layouts, overlays, screen share, and creator tools like multi‑track/local recording.[^2]

For most teams, this checklist covers what “webinar software” is supposed to do, without adding a separate, heavier platform to your stack.

How does StreamYard compare to Demio, Crowdcast, and Zoom for this use case?

Each of these tools has a slightly different “center of gravity.”

Demio: marketing-heavy webinars

Demio is a browser‑based webinar platform built specifically for marketers, with automated and on‑demand webinars plus engagement tools and analytics.[^9] It’s a good fit if your top priority is having registration, automated sessions, and funnel reporting tightly bundled in one place.

Where StreamYard differs:

• We focus on live production quality and multistreaming first, then layer in registration and embeds via On‑Air.[^2]
• For deeper marketing automation, you export registration/attendance data and plug it into your existing CRM or email platform, rather than replacing those tools.

For many small and mid‑sized teams, this separation keeps your webinar stack simpler and more flexible.

Crowdcast: multi-session events and built-in ticketing

Crowdcast is oriented around interactive webinars and multi‑session events under a single URL, with built‑in registration, replays, and engagement.[^10] It also includes Stripe‑based ticketing and charges per‑transaction platform fees.[^11]

Crowdcast offers multistreaming on higher plans; a Pro plan can multistream to one external destination, while a Business plan can multistream to up to three locations simultaneously.[^12]

By contrast, with StreamYard you:

• Multistream from the studio to several destinations (including social channels and RTMP).[^
• Use On‑Air when you want a browser-based webinar room with registration and embeds, and handle payments through a dedicated ticketing tool instead of per‑transaction platform fees.[^13]

If ticketing is central and you want everything inside one webinar platform, Crowdcast can be helpful. If you’d rather control payments yourself and avoid quotas on hours and live attendees, keeping StreamYard at the center and connecting external tools is often simpler.

Zoom: ultra‑large scale and enterprise town halls

Zoom Webinars is part of the broader Zoom ecosystem and is designed for very large events. With single‑use webinar licenses, Zoom can support 10,000 to 1,000,000 attendees and up to 1,000 interactive panelists.[^14]

For everyday marketing and customer webinars under roughly 10,000 viewers, that level of capacity is usually far beyond what’s needed. Using a browser‑based studio like StreamYard keeps setup lighter, avoids installs for attendees, and still gives you multistreaming plus On‑Air webinars.[^2]

When you truly need tens or hundreds of thousands of attendees and event‑services support, Zoom’s single‑use webinar offerings become relevant—but they introduce higher cost and more complex licensing.[^14]

How many platforms can you stream to from StreamYard—and how does that compare?

U.S. teams often want to know “How many destinations can I hit at once?”

In StreamYard, multistreaming is available on paid plans, with a limit on the number of simultaneous destinations per plan tier.[^6] You choose your mix of YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, X/Twitter, and any platform that accepts RTMP, then go live to all of them from one studio session.[^6]

Crowdcast also supports multistreaming but limits it based on plan: Pro can multistream to one external location and Business to up to three.[^12] Zoom, meanwhile, can live stream a meeting or webinar to YouTube or to custom RTMP destinations like Facebook, but this requires a Pro, Business, Education, or Enterprise account and appropriate webinar licensing.[^15]

For most creators, the practical pattern is:

• Use a handful of primary destinations (e.g., YouTube + LinkedIn + Facebook).
• Add an On‑Air webinar or embed on your site for lead capture.

StreamYard’s approach maps directly to that pattern without requiring separate encoder software.[^6]

What if you need more interaction: polls, Q&A, and breakouts?

Every platform in this article offers some level of built‑in engagement: chat, Q&A, and often polls.

On‑Air includes live chat around the event window and lets you pull comments on‑screen for a TV‑style feel, with a native polling feature on the roadmap.[^2] Demio, Crowdcast, and Zoom all offer more structured in‑room tools like dedicated Q&A modules, polls, and sometimes handouts.[^3]

Once you want deep interaction—breakout rooms, detailed survey flows, or advanced Q&A moderation—third‑party tools usually do a better job than any single webinar platform. Tools like Slido or Mentimeter can run alongside your StreamYard webinar and even have free tiers, which keeps your base webinar setup simple while still giving power users strong engagement features.

A common pattern is:

• Host the webinar with StreamYard + On‑Air for production and distribution.
• Drop a Slido or Mentimeter link in chat when you want advanced polls or Q&A.
• Keep all the video, branding, and recording handled by StreamYard.[^2]

What we recommend

• Default choice: Use StreamYard for your production studio, multistreaming, and browser-based On‑Air webinars with registration, automated emails, and on‑demand replays.[^2]
• When to add tools around it: Plug in external ticketing (e.g., Eventbrite) and audience interaction apps when you need payments or advanced polls/Q&A instead of switching your core webinar stack.[^13]
• When alternatives help: Consider Demio if you need tightly integrated marketing automation; Crowdcast if single‑URL multi‑session events and built‑in ticketing are central; Zoom if you truly need extremely large, enterprise‑scale town halls.[^3]
• Start small, then scale: Begin with a simple StreamYard workflow, validate the format with your audience, and only layer on heavier platforms or add‑ons once the basics are working.