Webinar1 vs WebinarKit.
WebinarKit is a low-cost automated webinar subscription from about $56/mo, best known for the lifetime deals it has run in the past. Webinar1 is a one-time license — the same evergreen funnel of just-in-time scheduling, a live-feel room, and automated emails — that you self-host, brand, and own outright.
Renting a funnel adds up.
$56/mo — unless you caught a lifetime deal
WebinarKit's public pricing starts around $56/month. Its past lifetime promotions were popular for a reason — but if you missed one, three years costs roughly $2,000 and you still own nothing.
A lifetime plan is still not ownership
Even on a lifetime deal, every registration, watch metric, and email event sits in WebinarKit's database, and the room runs on their servers under their terms. A lifetime license to use a service is not the same as owning the platform.
Caps and add-ons by tier
Registrant limits, extra webinars, and features are gated by plan. Growth means upgrades — and the constraints of a shared hosted product apply no matter which tier you're on.
Own the platform you launch on.
Run it from your phone
Add the admin to your home screen on iPhone or Android and you get a notification the moment someone asks a question — no laptop, no browser tab left open. Reply there and then, or days later; if they've moved on, your answer reaches them by email. An evergreen webinar runs while you're asleep, so the questions have to find you rather than pile up unanswered.
You own the code, not a seat
Webinar1 is the full source of an evergreen webinar platform you clone, deploy, and brand as your own. Every file — registration, the no-scrub room, the email sequences, the admin — is yours to read and extend.
One payment, then pay infra at cost
After the one-time license your only costs are the providers your deployment actually uses — hosting, video, and email — paid directly at their published rates, with no platform markup. Most setups run a few dollars a month.
Your brand, domain, and data — all the way down
Registrants land on your domain, emails send from your address, and every record lives in your own database. Nothing routes through us. Your audience never sees the word “Webinar1.”
Feature comparison.
| Feature | Webinar1 | WebinarKit |
|---|---|---|
| One-time license — own it forever | Yes | Past lifetime deals only |
| No monthly subscription | Yes | No |
| Unlimited registrants — no per-attendee tier | Yes | Capped by plan |
| Just-in-time evergreen scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-timed, live-feel chat | Yes | Yes |
| No-scrub, live-feel player | Yes | Partial |
| Automated reminders + replay emails | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app for hosts — add to your phone's home screen | Yes | Not advertised |
| Answer attendee questions after the session ends | Yes | Not advertised |
| White-label: your brand + your domain | Yes | Limited |
| You hold the registrant data, never us | Yes | No |
| Full source code you can extend | Yes | No |
| Self-host on your own infrastructure | Yes | No |
Based on public plan details, verified June 2026. Plans and tiers vary.
One payment vs every month, forever.
- One-time license — yours forever
- Pay hosting / video / email directly, at cost
- Typically a few dollars/month to run
- 3-year total: about $495
- From ~$56/mo on public pricing
- Registrant caps and gated features by plan
- Data + deliverability on their servers
- 3-year total: about $2,000 — no ownership
Break-even versus WebinarKit's public pricing lands in well under a year. Every month after is straight savings — and the platform is yours.
Where WebinarKit still has the edge.
- Lowest hosted entry price — from about $56/mo, and lifetime promotions have appeared in the past.
- Hosted convenience — live in minutes with no deploy step. Webinar1's clone-and-configure flow takes about 30 minutes the first time.
- Bundled page builder and funnel templates aimed at first-time webinar sellers.
- Integrations — Zapier and the common autoresponders out of the box.
The honest summary: if a WebinarKit lifetime deal is on the table and you're fine renting the room, it's the closest hosted alternative to a one-time price. Webinar1 is the right call if you want the code, the data, and the domain to be yours.
Common questions.
Is Webinar1 a WebinarKit replacement?+
For the core evergreen use cases — registration, just-in-time scheduling, a live-feel no-scrub room, pre-timed chat, automated reminders and replays, and per-webinar analytics — yes. The difference is that Webinar1 is source code you deploy and own, while WebinarKit is a hosted service you subscribe to (or, on a past lifetime deal, use for as long as the service runs).
Do I need to be a developer to run it?+
No. Setup is creating accounts at a few standard providers (hosting, video, and email) and pasting keys into a config file. The repo ships a guided onboarding file written for non-developers, and most buyers finish setup with an AI coding assistant in well under an hour. Day-to-day use is entirely in the browser.
Who owns my registrant data?+
You do. Registrations, watch metrics, and email events live in your own database, under your billing and access control. There's no Webinar1-controlled database in the loop, and you can export everything at any time.
What's the real running cost?+
After the one-time license, expect a few dollars a month for most deployments — hosting, video, and email all have generous free tiers, and you pay them directly at cost. Compare that to roughly $56/month, forever, with WebinarKit's public pricing.
Can I migrate from WebinarKit?+
Yes — upload your recording to your video host, import your contacts by CSV, and rebuild your sequence from the six included email templates. Most creators move new launches to Webinar1 first and let WebinarKit lapse at renewal.
Own your evergreen funnel.
One payment for the evergreen funnel WebinarKit rents you by the month — your brand, your domain, your data.