Meeting Tools vs. Webinar Software:
The Zoom and Webinar.net Case Study

Have something you want to present to a larger audience? Say, a pitch for a product. You’ve set aside a specific time and prepared for it. You even have slide decks ready to wow your audience. The picture in your mind is you on a podium talking to a multitude of people. The only time the audience gets to say something is during the Q&A session after you have finished.

This is where webinar software comes in. A webinar tool allows a host (you) to present to a larger audience. On a webinar platform, your audience can see you, but you can’t see them unless you make someone a presenter. It’s telling that the name “webinar” is a play on the word “seminar.” Webinar tools even include a registration page to help you follow up with your audience after the event. A webinar tool gives you control of your online presentation and audience, unlike an online meeting tool. You have control over commenting, screen sharing, and even chatter. This is particularly handy in situations where you don’t know the participants.

webinar.net is a webinar software that allows you to deliver presentations online. You can run the presentation live, have it prerecorded and rebroadcast, or make it available on demand. It works just like presentation slides, only better. You can add video and audio clips, images, web pages, forms, transcripts, documents, links, and social media feeds into a single interactive user interface.