Comparison
Q&A With Me vs Livestorm
Livestorm is a well-built webinar platform aimed squarely at business teams. Everything runs in the browser with no downloads, the attendee experience is clean, and it plugs into HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo and the rest so that every registration and every minute watched shows up as a lead record. It is priced through attendee credits: you buy a pack for the year and spend one credit per unique attendee per session.
That model tells you who it is for. A marketing team running a 60-person product demo every fortnight gets a lot out of Livestorm, because each attendee is worth far more than the credit spent. Q&A With Me is built for a different transaction entirely: your audience pays for a seat, their questions run the session, and the money comes back to you about a week after it ends. There is no ticketing in Livestorm and no payouts, so charging for a Livestorm webinar means bolting a separate checkout onto the front.
So the honest framing is lead generation versus paid admission. Below is where each genuinely wins, a side-by-side, and the questions people actually ask when they are deciding.
Q&A With Me vs Livestorm, side by side
| Capability | Q&A With Me | Livestorm |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | No monthly fee to host paid events. 10% of face value plus Stripe’s 2.9% + $0.30 comes out of your side; the buyer pays a $0.50 service fee. A bigger audience earns you more. | Usage-based attendee credits bought in annual packs, around €2.50 per credit on Pro. One credit per unique attendee per session over a rolling 12 months. Enterprise is custom-quoted. A limited free tier exists for evaluation only. |
| Sell tickets to the session | Native paid tickets at checkout | No native ticketing - you bolt on a separate checkout |
| Get paid out | Automatic payout ~7 days after the session ends | No payouts - money never touches the platform |
| Cost of a large turnout | More attendees means more ticket revenue | More attendees means more credits spent |
| Audience questions as the format | Text + video questions appear on screen live | Q&A is a side panel beside the presentation |
| CRM and marketing automation | Syncs registrants to Kit, Mailchimp, Beehiiv, Flodesk | Deep: HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot, Dynamics |
| Team and multi-host webinars | Built around a single host, with guests invited on stage | Unlimited team seats that do not consume credits |
| Questions between events | A standing ask page collects questions any time | Event-scoped only |
| Auto clips for short-form | Each answered question becomes a vertical clip | Records the webinar; clipping is on you afterward |
| Run it from your phone | Phone-first, plus a Mac and Windows desktop studio | Browser-first, designed for a desktop presenter |
Pricing and features verified July 2026.
When to use which
Reach for Q&A With Me when
- You want to charge for the session and get paid, with tickets and payouts native rather than bolted on.
- Your audience’s questions are the show: text and video questions go on screen live, not into a side panel.
- A big turnout should make you money, not cost you credits.
- You want every answered question back as a vertical clip for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
- You want to host from your phone, or from a Mac or Windows desktop studio when you want slides and guests.
Reach for Livestorm when
- Your webinars are lead generation and the value is in the CRM record, not in a ticket.
- You need deep marketing-stack integration: HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot, Microsoft Dynamics.
- You run team webinars with multiple hosts and want unlimited team seats that do not consume attendee credits.
- You need a polished no-download browser experience for a corporate audience, plus EU data residency and GDPR posture.
Where Livestorm genuinely wins
- CRM and marketing automation. Livestorm’s integrations and lead analytics are genuinely deeper and are the reason most teams buy it.
- Team webinars: unlimited team members who do not consume attendee credits, with roles and multi-host workflows built in.
- Corporate polish: a no-download browser experience, long sessions, and the compliance posture an EU enterprise buyer expects.
- Predictable budgeting for small recurring webinars, where an annual credit pack is easier to forecast than a per-ticket cut.
Livestorm comparison FAQ
Can I sell tickets to a Livestorm webinar?
Not natively. Livestorm handles registration but has no ticketing and no payouts, so charging means running a separate checkout somewhere else and then reconciling who paid against who registered. Q&A With Me sells the ticket at its own checkout and pays your share to your connected account about a week after the session ends.
How does Livestorm’s attendee-credit pricing work?
You buy credits in an annual pack, and one credit is consumed per unique attendee per session over a rolling twelve months. Someone who attends two different sessions costs two credits, while someone who watches a replay of a session they already attended does not cost extra. On the Pro plan credits run around €2.50 each, with Enterprise custom-quoted. The practical effect is that a large turnout increases your cost, which is the opposite of how a paid event should work.
Is Q&A With Me a full Livestorm replacement?
No, and if your webinars are lead generation you probably do not want it to be. Livestorm’s CRM integrations, lead analytics and team workflows are genuinely deeper, and that is what most of its customers are buying. We are the better tool when the audience is paying for the session itself and their questions are the format.
Does Livestorm integrate with my CRM better?
Yes, clearly. HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot and Microsoft Dynamics are first-class there, and the analytics are built to score and qualify attendees. We sync consenting registrants into Kit, Mailchimp, Beehiiv or Flodesk, which suits a creator running an email list but is not a substitute for a sales CRM.
How is the Q&A different?
In Livestorm the Q&A is a panel beside your presentation - the slides are the show and questions are secondary. Here the questions are the show. Viewers submit text or short video questions, a queue surfaces the most relevant ones, and the one you pick appears on screen for everyone, their question and your answer together. That structure is also what lets each answer become a standalone clip afterward.
Is there a free plan?
Livestorm has a limited free tier intended for evaluation, with a short session cap and a small attendee limit, so it is not really usable for a real event. Q&A With Me is free to host paid events with no monthly fee at all - we only earn when you sell a ticket. Free workshops have an optional subscription if you need higher attendee caps.
What happens to the recording?
Every session records automatically and becomes a replay you control, with captions and a transcript. Each answered question is also cut into its own vertical clip sized for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, with the question and your answer together. Livestorm records and stores your webinars too, but turning one into short-form content is a manual editing job.
Start hosting paid Q&As
Free to host paid events. We earn when you earn - a flat 10% plus a $0.50 buyer fee per ticket, paid out about a week after your session ends.
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