ShowUpAI vs Zoom Webinars: Get More Registrants to Show Up
Short answer: Zoom Webinars is a webinar platform. ShowUpAI is webinar attendance software that works alongside it. Keep hosting on Zoom. Paste the Zoom join link into ShowUpAI, and it runs the reminder sequence and no-show follow-up around your Zoom event.
Zoom Webinars is the webinar add-on to Zoom's video platform. It handles registration, the live room, Q&A, polls and recordings, and it can send a registration confirmation, reminder emails and a follow-up email to attendees and absentees.
ShowUpAI vs Zoom Webinars at a glance
| Feature | ShowUpAI | Zoom Webinars |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Webinar attendance software: it gets registrants to show up | Video webinar platform |
| Hosts the live webinar | No. Works alongside your webinar platform | Yes |
| Reminder sequence | 11 touches, from 21 days before to 2 days after | Confirmation plus configurable reminder emails |
| Who writes the reminders | AI writes each touch per channel, in two variants | You write them (templates provided) |
| Reminder channels | Email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp/SMS, Circle.so, calendar invites | |
| Approve messages before sending | Yes. Nothing sends until you approve it | Not applicable: you set the emails up yourself |
| No-show follow-up | Separate follow-ups for attendees and no-shows | Follow-up email to absentees |
| Attendance reporting | Attendance by channel | Registration and attendee reports |
| Pricing | From $29/month, 14-day free trial, no card | See Zoom's pricing page |
Choose Zoom Webinars if
you need a reliable room for the live session, breakout rooms and recordings, and your audience already reads email reminders.
Choose ShowUpAI if
people register on Zoom but a large share never join, and you want reminders on LinkedIn, WhatsApp and social as well as email, without writing every message yourself.
Using Zoom Webinars and ShowUpAI together
Keep hosting on Zoom. Paste the Zoom join link into ShowUpAI, and it runs the reminder sequence and no-show follow-up around your Zoom event.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between ShowUpAI and Zoom Webinars?
Zoom Webinars is a webinar platform. ShowUpAI is webinar attendance software: it writes, schedules and sends an 11-touch reminder sequence across email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp/SMS, Circle.so and calendar invites, and you approve every message before it goes out.
Should I use ShowUpAI or Zoom Webinars?
Choose Zoom Webinars if you need a reliable room for the live session, breakout rooms and recordings, and your audience already reads email reminders. Choose ShowUpAI if people register on Zoom but a large share never join, and you want reminders on LinkedIn, WhatsApp and social as well as email, without writing every message yourself.
Does ShowUpAI replace Zoom Webinars?
No. ShowUpAI doesn't host the live session. You keep Zoom for the event, and ShowUpAI handles the messages that get registrants into the room.
Can I send Zoom webinar reminders on WhatsApp?
Not from Zoom itself, which sends email. ShowUpAI can send the join link on WhatsApp, with SMS as a fallback, alongside the email reminders.
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