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Perculus

Turkish virtual classroom for live online lessons and webinars

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Perculus is a webinars & events tool for Enterprise and Small businesses, offered as freemium. Based in Turkey, founded in 2008. Popular alternatives include ClickMeeting, Wistia, Livestorm.

About Perculus

Perculus is a live virtual classroom and webinar platform built for teaching rather than generic meetings. Development started in Istanbul in 2008 under Zafer Gürel, with Cem Atacık among the founders, alongside Advancity, the Turkish distance-learning firm behind the ALMS platform. Perculus raised $400,000 from Boğaziçi Ventures in 2022 and was acquired in March 2025 by Constructor Tech, the Swiss edtech group behind Constructor University.

Instructors get a session planner for agendas, documents and activities, a multi-state whiteboard, breakout rooms, polls, games and achievements that keep students active, attendance tracking, recordings and post-session reports. Participants join from a desktop or mobile browser without installing an app, and sessions range from one-to-one lessons to webinars of around 1,000 people. Licenses are per named instructor (unlimited sessions, one at a time), with a free-forever plan and on-premise or white-label options.

Perculus fits universities, training departments and course providers that need classroom-specific tools such as attendance, activities and LMS-linked sessions. It is weaker as a general meeting tool and has a smaller ecosystem than Zoom, while Livestorm and BigMarker are better for marketing webinars with registration funnels and analytics for lead generation.

Perculus cites 350+ institutions, and acquisition coverage put its instructors above 200,000. Pricing and demo links on perculus.com now point to Constructor Tech's Constructor Groups, so confirm brand, contract and data location before you sign.

Key features of Perculus

  • Session planner to prepare agendas, documents and activities in advance
  • Multi-state interactive whiteboard for diagrams and math problems
  • Breakout rooms for group work and debates
  • Games, polls and achievements to keep attendees active
  • Attendance tracking, recordings and post-session reports
  • Browser-based joining on desktop, iOS and Android without an app
  • Sessions from one-to-one lessons up to about 1,000-person webinars
  • Private cloud, on-premise and white-label deployment for institutions

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Built specifically for teaching, with classroom-focused tools
  • Students join from a browser with no installs
  • Proven at scale in Turkish universities and corporate academies
  • Turkish, English and Arabic interfaces
  • On-premise option for institutions with strict data rules

Cons

  • Public price list is not available
  • Only one live session at a time per instructor license
  • Brand is being folded into Constructor Tech, which adds uncertainty
  • Smaller integration ecosystem than Zoom or Microsoft Teams
  • Not designed for marketing webinars with lead capture

Perculus pricing

Perculus uses a freemium model.

PlanPriceIncludes
Free$0Free forever plan; usage limits not published
Instructor licenseCustomPer named instructor; unlimited sessions, one at a time
Private cloud / on-premiseCustomWhite-label, private cloud or on-premise for large institutions

Source: perculus.com · checked on Oct 20, 2026

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How Perculus compares in Webinars & events

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#1 / 18

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Category median is $76/mo

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Perculus ranks #1 of 18 webinars & events tools by community votes and is not directly comparable on price.

Common use cases

  1. 1Universities running live online and hybrid lectures
  2. 2Corporate academies delivering instructor-led training
  3. 3Private tutors and course providers teaching small groups
  4. 4Exam preparation courses with polls and attendance tracking
  5. 5Large lectures or seminars streamed to several hundred students

Best for

Universities, corporate academies and course providers in Turkey and the region that need a teaching-focused live classroom.

Not ideal for

Companies looking for marketing webinars or general video meetings (Livestorm, BigMarker, Zoom).

Integrations

  • Advancity ALMS
  • Perculus+ REST API
  • .NET SDK
  • Google sign-in

Our take

Perculus is a solid, proven choice for live teaching, especially for Turkish institutions already using Advancity's ALMS. Given the move under Constructor Tech, ask for written commitments on roadmap, support and data location, and compare against Zoom or Teams if you mainly need meetings.

FAQ

What is Perculus?
Perculus is a Webinars & events tool: Turkish virtual classroom for live online lessons and webinars.
How much does Perculus cost?
Perculus uses a Freemium model; see the vendor's pricing page for current plans.
What are the best alternatives to Perculus?
Community-listed alternatives to Perculus include ClickMeeting, Wistia, Livestorm, Zoom Webinars.
What does Perculus integrate with?
Perculus integrates with Advancity ALMS, Perculus+ REST API, .NET SDK, Google sign-in and more.
Which platforms does Perculus support?
Perculus is available on web.
Who is Perculus for?
Universities, corporate academies and course providers in Turkey and the region that need a teaching-focused live classroom.

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