The Three Webinar Types
What each type needs, and what it gives you.
The type is the first thing you choose and the one decision that shapes everything after it. It decides whether you need a recording or a meeting link, whether there is a date, and what the attendee sees when they arrive.
You cannot usefully change a webinar's type later — a live session and a recording need different things — so it is worth getting right first time.
Side by side
| Live | Evergreen | Just-in-Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| You provide | A date, a time and a meeting link | A video | A video and a slot pattern |
| Schedule shown | The date and time you set | Always Available | Slots starting soon |
| Attendee waits | Until the start time | Not at all | Until their chosen slot |
| Runs more than once | No — one session | Continuously | Continuously, on slots |
| Recorded | Automatically | It is already a recording | It is already a recording |
| You must attend | Yes | No | No |
| Best for | Q&A and interaction | Training and onboarding | Sales at scale |
What each type is for
Live Webinar
Real-time
optional
Hosted on Google Meet at a time you set. The product describes it as being for interactive sessions, Q&A, and live engagement, and it supports more than one presenter. Recording and transcription happen on their own.
Evergreen Webinar
Pre-recorded, always on
optional
A recording available on demand, with no schedule to manage and no limit on how many people watch. The natural choice for training content and anything you want to point people at indefinitely.
Just-in-Time Webinar
Pre-recorded, on slots
optional
The same recording, offered as sessions starting shortly. Each visitor is shown times in their own timezone, which is what makes it feel like an event rather than a video library. Built for sales.
Info: Evergreen and Just-in-Time are both pre-recorded and use the same video. The only difference is how the session is offered: one says "watch now", the other says "the next session starts at 2:15".
