Bevy vs GoTo Webinar

Bevy is a community and events platform built for companies that run networks of local chapters, user groups and meetups. It was spun out of Startup Grind, the global founder community, in 2017 by Derek Andersen and co-founders who needed one system to run hundreds of city chapters consistently. It now powers programs such as Google Developer Groups and Salesforce's Trailblazer Community Groups, plus Snowflake's community.

The base platform is a white-labelled, SEO-friendly community hub with unlimited members, chapter leaders, events and emails. Teams pick a usage type (forum, user groups and events, or all-in-one), then add modules such as a custom domain, Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo or Eloqua sync, SAML SSO, social sign-in, the Bevy Virtual Conference product and AI-powered community search. Chapter pages handle event creation, registration, check-in, newsletters and automations, while central teams see attendance and engagement across every chapter.

Bevy fits enterprise developer relations, customer marketing and community teams that run in-person and virtual events at global scale and want the data in their CRM. It is overkill for a single online community or creator, pricing is quote-only, and its forum features are less rich than Discourse or Circle. Luma is simpler for one-off events, and Hivebrite suits alumni-style networks.

In July 2025 Bevy acquired Intros AI and used it to launch an AI Engagement Hub with agents for member introductions, knowledge answers, content creation, moderation and sentiment.

GoTo Webinar is one of the longest-running webinar platforms, sold by GoTo, the Boston-based company formerly called LogMeIn, which renamed itself in 2022. It began at Citrix as GoToWebinar and became part of LogMeIn in 2017. The product covers registration, live and pre-recorded webinars, audience engagement and reporting, and is widely used by B2B marketing teams, trainers and associations.

Core features include branded registration pages, automated reminder and follow-up emails, polls, handouts, live Q&A, closed captions, VoIP and phone audio, and detailed attendee reports. Higher tiers add cloud recordings, AI summaries and transcripts, breakout rooms, custom URLs, simulive events that run recordings as if live, source tracking, certificates, paid registrations and live streaming. Webcast mode and the GoTo Stage video hub handle larger one-to-many broadcasts. Plans were renamed to Reach, Elevate and Complete and are priced per organizer, with Complete sold through sales.

It fits companies running regular lead-generation or training webinars that need reliable registration data flowing into a CRM or marketing automation tool. Zoom Events is the natural choice for teams already on Zoom, Livestorm is browser-only with a more modern interface, and Demio is simpler for marketers running automated webinars.

Buying tip: the published prices are per organizer per month on annual billing, and Reach caps you at 500 participants, so price Elevate if you expect larger audiences or need cloud recordings. A free trial is available from the pricing page.