Kaltura Tops Forrester Wave Q2 2026 With Top Engagement Score, Over 1M Attendees
KLTR•Kaltura was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave Q2 2026 Virtual Event Management Platforms evaluation, earning top audience engagement scores and serving over one million attendees across thousands of events. Acquisitions of eSelf.ai and PathFactory plus new Avatar Video Studio and Conversational Avatar SDK expand its AI-driven event platform.
1. Forrester Leader Designation
Kaltura earned the Leader designation in the Forrester Wave Q2 2026 Virtual Event Management Platforms report, achieving the highest possible score for audience engagement and interaction. This recognition highlights its vision for personalized, agentic digital event experiences across large-scale and recurring webinar programs.
2. Platform Usage and Performance
Over the past year, organizations have run thousands of events on Kaltura’s unified cloud platform, reaching more than one million attendees with engagement and attendance rates well above industry benchmarks. The system’s governance, security, scalability and real-time analytics enable enterprises to produce broadcast-quality sessions, drive live networking and act on attendee signals during events.
3. AI-Driven Expansion Through Acquisitions and Launches
Kaltura’s acquisitions of eSelf.ai and PathFactory layer conversational AI and content intelligence onto its virtual events platform, supporting agentic avatars that converse in 30+ languages and generate first-party behavioral data. Recent 2026 launches—including Avatar Video Production Studio and Conversational Avatar SDK—further bolster its AI-powered event and engagement capabilities.
