EverWebinar Reviews

EverWebinar is unique in that you can’t actually record a live webinar with it. Instead, you use a prerecorded webinar – like one from WebinarJam – and automatically broadcast it again with added flourishes.

Although importing a recorded webinar from WebinarJam is the easiest way to use EverWebinar, it’s not the only way. You can also choose from external sources like Kartra, YouTube, Vimeo, and Amazon S3.

While these are the official supported services, you can import any video hosted on a cloud-based server, via URL. It supports MP4 and MOV file formats. Although it’s quite simple to set this up, those struggling can click the shortcut to a how-to article with clear instructions.

If you’ve used WebinarJam before, you’ll feel right at home, as the dashboard and layouts are virtually the same – both intuitive and straightforward. From the dashboard, you can access your webinars, analytics, registrants, and the training portal.

You might think that by replaying a recorded webinar, you’d be sacrificing the authenticity and natural feel they provide. While this is generally true, EverWebinar really commits to presenting your webinar as if it was being broadcasted in real time.

This means you can import the live chat from your past webinar, whether directly through WebinarJam or as a CSV file. If you want to, you can even manually write the entire chat log. But if this sounds like too much work, you can just turn off the chat box altogether or replace it with a question box, so that all submitted questions are forwarded to your email.

Similarly, live polls and quizzes can be pre-determined, allowing you to customize your own polls or leave them to run naturally. You can even display a fictional number of attendees who can enter and exit naturally and announce sales that may (or may not) have happened.

Setting up EverWebinar is remarkably easy, even if you’ve never hosted a recorded event before. You just need to choose your WebinarJam recording or add a URL to a webinar hosted elsewhere. After this step you can customize the duration of the broadcast.

The basic settings are self-explanatory, but the scheduling can be a little tricky to understand at first. You can set up webinars to go live automatically on a specific date or repeatedly, every day or every week. Both options let you select the day, hour, and time zone.

There are a few options to customize how the broadcast is going to work. For example, by enabling ‘instant watch replay’, you’re essentially making your webinar on demand, allowing people to replay it before going live. In this case, the features that give the impression of a live event, such as rolling chat feeds, won’t show up.

You can also allow attendees to join ‘live’ webinars in progress or make them feel like they arrived just in time to join the webinar, by streaming webinars in 15, 30, and 60-minute intervals.

It’s also an option to hide or display broadcasting schedules and block short-term registrations. We particularly like the ability to block holidays, as you can schedule repeat webinars without worrying about hosting an apparently ‘live’ webinar on Christmas or Easter Sunday.

Registration pages and forms are highly customizable, with plenty of opportunities to add your own branding. The other options include selecting whether it’s a paid or free webinar, and turning notifications on or off for new registrations.

We particularly liked that you can perform A/B testing with different registration pages and embed third-party tokens, such as Google Analytics, for advanced reporting.

Another customizable option is the email gateway. In essence, you can choose which service to use for notifications. It’s up to you whether you go for EverWebinar‘s built-in mailing system, integrate your own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) gateway, or integrate an autoresponder.

Analytics allow you to track your attendees’ behavior and look in-depth at every aspect of your webinar. You can get information for a specific webinar session or every session combined. On top of providing detailed A/B testing metrics, EverWebinar's analytics include statistics for visitors, engagement, and sign-up rate.

Those broadcasting monetized webinars get access to monetization analytics, including registration fees, sales from a live or replay room.

This platform has a good selection of integration options for autoresponders, SMS, SMTP, and DomayKeys Identified Email (DKIM). This includes Kartra, Twillio SendGrid, and Zapier.

There are also various email marketing integrations to choose from, including GetResponse, Mailchimp, and AWeber. Finally, it provides and API for custom integrations.

One good thing about hosting simulated live webinars is that you don’t have to worry about unwanted guests hijacking your webinar. You’ve already hosted it, after all. Still, you can add a password for registration, with the option of creating a master password for all users or a unique one for each attendee.

When it comes to security, EverWebinar's platform is hosted by Cloudflare, using SSL/TLS encryption for passwords, integrations, API credentials, and all other important data.

Like all browser-based webinar services, EverWebinar will work on any device with an up-to-date browser, whether it’s a tablet, smartphone, or laptop.

Although EverWebinar is developed by the company behind WebinarJam, unfortunately it’s impossible to bundle the two services together. That said, all EverWebinar's subscription options share the same features. For starters, those interested in short-term subscriptions can subscribe for $99 per month, which is on the pricey side.

However, you can lower the monthly price by choosing longer subscriptions. For example, the biennial plan is 63% cheaper than the monthly option. Additionally, it comes with three free months, making the monthly price only $36.41.

If a 2-year commitment sounds too long, you can opt for a single year instead, which costs $41.58 per month. When compared to the competition, we feel like EverWebinar is a little bit too expensive, especially considering how the company splits features into different solutions – WebinarJam and EverWebinar.

Regardless of which subscription you choose, you can cancel at any time. Payments can be made with any major credit card and come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Additionally, for just $1, you can access EverWebinar's 14-day trial to see if the software is right for you, and then use our exclusive 30% Best Reviews discount.

Still, even though this doesn’t compare to 24/7 support, you’re still granted quick replies, specifically via chat. Outside of this timeframe, you can still submit a ticket from within the chat.

The company is active on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X. In fact, you can contact support through EverWebinar/WebinarJam’s Facebook community, where you can exchange ideas and get help from other users.

However, for what you get, the price is quite high, with some other services providing hosting and prerecorded webinar automation for less.

Furthermore, we think Genesis Digital LLC would benefit from bundling EverWebinar with WebinarJam into a single, unified product, as most competitors do not split products based on features. In essence, we can say that EverWebinar is a specialist in the webinar software market, primarily for simulating and maximizing the engagement of automated live webinars.

Remember, on top of a $1 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee, you can get discounts by choosing longer billing cycles and using our 30% discount for Best Reviews readers.