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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

FeatureShowUpAIZoom Webinars
What it isWebinar attendance software: it gets registrants to show upVideo webinar platform
Hosts the live webinarNo. Works alongside your webinar platformYes
Reminder sequence11 touches, from 21 days before to 2 days afterConfirmation plus configurable reminder emails
Who writes the remindersAI writes each touch per channel, in two variantsYou write them (templates provided)
Reminder channelsEmail, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp/SMS, Circle.so, calendar invitesEmail
Approve messages before sendingYes. Nothing sends until you approve itNot applicable: you set the emails up yourself
No-show follow-upSeparate follow-ups for attendees and no-showsFollow-up email to absentees
Attendance reportingAttendance by channelRegistration and attendee reports
PricingFrom $29/month, 14-day free trial, no cardSee 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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