Before we dive into the explanation, let's define some key terms to avoid confusion:
Zoom Webinar: A single webinar where presenters host and attendees watch. Ideal for one-way communication.
Zoom Meeting: A single meeting where every participant can present, and share their mic, webcam, etc. Used for more interactive sessions.
Zoom Event: A collection of sessions (webinars or meetings) packaged together as one event. This is a more basic, less feature-rich alternative to HeySummit.
Zoom Session: A single session within a Zoom Event. This can be delivered as either a Webinar or a Meeting.
Zoom Events and Sessions are part of the same product. Events is like a multi-session or multi-webinar experience. Think of it as a version of HeySummit, where you have several talks over time. A Session refers to a single webinar within a wider Zoom Event.
You cannot create a single session on its own because it needs to be part of a Zoom Event. The issue is that HeySummit doesn’t manage Zoom Events. Instead, HeySummit manages its own events and creates individual Zoom Webinars or Zoom Meetings for each session.
So, if you're looking to run a full event through Zoom, then you should use Zoom Events and Zoom Sessions, not HeySummit.
However, if you want to run the event through HeySummit (with landing pages, ticketing, email, reporting, etc.), you'll need to pair HeySummit with Zoom Webinars or Zoom Meetings.
In short, a Zoom Event aims to do what HeySummit does, but HeySummit offers many more features and customization options.