Eventzilla Webinars: Everything You Need to Know
Planning to host a webinar, livestream, or virtual event with Eventzilla? You can choose from different webinar and streaming setups depending on the type of event and the experience you want to provide.
This article gives you an overview of the available options and helps you choose the right setup for your event.
Choose the Right Eventzilla Setup
| Eventzilla Webinar | Event Hub | Classic/Virtual Event + Stream |
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| Best for a standalone webinar | Best for larger virtual or hybrid events | Best when you already have an Eventzilla event |
| Simple webinar experience | Multiple sessions, networking, and engagement | Add a webinar, livestream, or video to an existing event |
| Powered by Joinlive | Complete virtual/hybrid event environment | Keeps your existing event and registration setup |
| Ideal for presentations, interviews, panels, and interactive sessions | Ideal for conferences, sponsors, speakers, and multi-session events | Ideal when you only need online content as part of an existing event |
Choose the Right Webinar or Streaming Provider
| Eventzilla Webinar | Zoom | YouTube / Vimeo |
|---|---|---|
| Choose when you want an integrated webinar experience within Eventzilla | Choose when you already use Zoom for meetings or webinars | Choose when your focus is video streaming or playback |
| Built for interactive webinar experiences | Webinar experience with Zoom | Best for live broadcasts or recorded video |
| Registration and webinar access managed through Eventzilla | Use with your Zoom account | Share a YouTube, Vimeo, or custom provider source |
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Eventzilla Webinar
Seamlessly create webinars directly from your Eventzilla account
Eventzilla Webinars provide an integrated way to create and manage webinars directly through your Eventzilla account. Eventzilla Webinars are powered by Joinlive, providing the tools needed to host an engaging online webinar without managing a separate webinar platform.
With Eventzilla Webinar, you can manage event registration and the webinar experience together, making it easier to register attendees and provide them with access to the webinar.
Eventzilla Webinars support different formats based on how interactive your session needs to be:
Choose Eventzilla Webinar when:
- You are hosting a standalone webinar
- You want to create the webinar directly within Eventzilla
- You want registration and webinar access managed together
- You need a simple, integrated webinar experience
- You don't want to manage a separate webinar platform
Learn more:
How to add a webinar resource to your online event page using Eventzilla Webinar
Explore More Webinar & Virtual Event Guides
Once you’ve selected the right Eventzilla setup, use the guides below to configure, manage, host, and troubleshoot your webinar.
- How to create and edit a webinar — Learn how to create a webinar, configure its basic details, and update your webinar settings.
- Eventzilla Webinar plans, trial, and attendee limits — Understand available plans, the trial period, attendee limits, and plan requirements.
- How to choose a webinar host — Learn about the available hosting options and choose the setup that fits your webinar.
- Set up Eventzilla Webinar (powered by Joinlive) — Configure your Eventzilla Webinar and get your Joinlive-powered webinar room ready.
- Add presenters and turn on engagement tools — Invite presenters and configure tools such as chat, Q&A, polls, handouts, and offers.
- Connect Zoom and add a meeting to your webinar — Connect your Zoom account and add a Zoom meeting or webinar to your Eventzilla webinar.
- Host with YouTube Live, Vimeo Live, or a custom stream — Connect an external streaming provider and add its stream to your webinar.
- Tickets and registration for webinars — Set up ticket types, pricing, capacity, and registration for your webinar.
- Webinar emails, reminders, and extra instructions — Configure attendee communications, reminders, and additional instructions for joining.
- How to join a webinar (for attendees) — Learn how attendees can access and join a webinar.
- How to go live as the webinar host — Follow the steps to enter the webinar room, start the session, and end the live broadcast.
- The webinar room: waiting, connecting, and tools — Understand the webinar room experience, including waiting, connecting, and available host tools.
- Enable and manage webinar replay — Learn how to make recorded webinar sessions available as replays for attendees.
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Troubleshooting webinars — Find solutions for common webinar issues, including publishing, capacity, Zoom connection, registration, connectivity, and replay problems.
For any additional questions, please contact us at help@eventzilla.net.