ClickMeeting vs Zoom: Ticketed Webinars or Open Workshops

The short answer: if your session is a workshop where 60 people all need to talk, Zoom fits it as an ordinary meeting: Zoom Workplace Pro holds 100 participants for up to 30 hours at $16.99 a user a month, or $14.16 billed annually (Zoom Workplace pricing), while ClickMeeting caps its meeting room at 40 people (ClickMeeting event types). If people buy a ticket to watch an expert, with a few voices on stage, ClickMeeting fits: its Live plan for 100 attendees costs $63 a month billed annually or $83 monthly, and it takes the payment for a 5% service charge (ClickMeeting pricing, paid webinars). Checked on 26 October 2026.

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Sort the session before the tool:

1. Count the people who will speak, not the people who will listen. For example, a 60-person workshop with breakout discussion: on Zoom it is one Pro meeting at $16.99 for the month; on ClickMeeting it exceeds the 40-person meeting room and has to run as a webinar, where 8 microphones and cameras can be on at once (Zoom Workplace pricing, ClickMeeting event types).
2. Start from the licence the trainer already has. If the company runs Zoom Workplace Pro, the workshop costs nothing extra, and any Zoom webinar licence sits on top of that same seat, since each webinar card requires it (Zoom events pricing).
3. Measure the session by what it earns. For a paid class, write down ticket revenue minus every fee per session, and compare it after three sessions. For a free one, the attendance rate does the same job.

Format by format

What decides it

Who gets a microphone

Zoom's own FAQ draws the line well: a webinar keeps attendees mostly in view-only mode with the host deciding who speaks, while a Large Meeting lets up to 1,000 participants use audio, video and screen sharing (Zoom events pricing). ClickMeeting draws a similar line at a smaller size: its meetings hold up to 40 people with cameras on by default, and its webinars default to microphones off with up to 8 voices on stage (ClickMeeting event types). A sales training for 25 reps works on either. A 90-person co-creation session only works on Zoom.

Selling the seat

ClickMeeting puts the till in every room: any event except a spontaneous Meet now can be set to paid access, with discount pools and promo codes, and ClickMeeting keeps 5% of the gross ticket price (paid webinars). For example, 70 tickets at $45 is $3,150 gross and a $157.50 service charge, before Stripe or PayPal take theirs. On Zoom, ticketing belongs to Zoom Events, the top of its three event products, from $124.17 a month billed annually for 100 attendees (Zoom events pricing).

Buying one month

Zoom sells its standard webinar as a monthly subscription, an annual one paid up front, or a One-Month plan: $89 for 300 attendees and $129 for 500, plus the host's Workplace Pro seat (Zoom events pricing). For a company that broadcasts twice a year, two one-month licences can beat any subscription. ClickMeeting bills every 30 or 365 days in advance until you cancel (ClickMeeting pricing).

Prices by audience size

US dollars per month, checked on 26 October 2026 on the ClickMeeting pricing page and the Zoom events pricing page. The two vendors sell different sizes, so empty cells are sizes the vendor does not offer. Zoom's webinar prices exclude the Workplace Pro seat, $14.16 billed annually or $16.99 monthly (Zoom Workplace pricing).

Two trainers teaching at the same moment change the ClickMeeting sum. An account hosts one event at a time by default, and each Parallel events add-on allows one more; the pricing FAQ says the add-on stays in the account until the owner cancels it before the next billing cycle (ClickMeeting pricing). Bought for one crowded week, it keeps billing every cycle after that week by default, so set its cancellation date when you buy it.

One AI step: a sales page for the recording

ClickMeeting turns a recording into text on all paid plans: open Recordings, pick the session, click AI Transcription, and an email arrives when the transcript and the AI summary, split into recap, conclusions and recommendations, are ready to download (ClickMeeting AI). ClickMeeting's own FAQ suggests handing the transcript to ChatGPT for derived content. Use that to draft the page that sells the recording afterwards: ask the assistant for the six questions attendees asked, each answered in two sentences with the minute it came up. The human check: the trainer plays each minute back, corrects every answer that drifts from what was said, and removes any attendee's name before the page goes live.

On Zoom, the standard webinar card promises AI-generated chapters on recordings, and the feature table lists an AI webinar summary that can be emailed to hosts and attendees (Zoom events pricing).

Which job each one wins

Choose ClickMeeting if your job is selling seats to masterclasses and courses, with a handful of voices on stage, ticket pools and promo codes, and automated replays, on a plan you can pay month by month.

Choose Zoom if your job is workshops where everyone talks, broadcasts to hundreds or thousands, or a twice-yearly webinar bought for one month, inside a company already on Zoom Workplace.

Test the format before paying for either: ClickMeeting's 14-day trial runs a paid event without a service fee, and a free Zoom Workplace Basic meeting holds a 40-minute workshop rehearsal (paid webinars, Zoom Workplace pricing).

ClickMeeting's paid set-up is walked through in how to sell tickets to a paid webinar, with background in its glossary entry.

FAQ

How many people can talk at once in ClickMeeting?

Up to 40 in a meeting, with cameras on by default, and up to 8 microphones and cameras in a webinar (ClickMeeting event types).

Can I buy Zoom Webinars for a single month?

Yes. The One-Month plan shows $89 for 300 attendees and $129 for 500, and it still needs a Zoom Workplace Pro seat (Zoom events pricing).

Does ClickMeeting charge a fee on tickets during the trial?

No. During the 14-day trial ClickMeeting charges no service fee, but you are limited to 2 paid events, a ticket price of 4 in your currency and 25 tickets for a webinar (paid webinars).