Comparison of web conferencing software
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This page is a comparison of web conferencing software available for various platforms.
Comparison chart
| Program | License | Capacity | Linux
|
Mac OS X | Microsoft Windows | Audio Support
|
Video Support | Chat Support | Desktop Sharing Support | Upload PPT | Upload PDF | Co-browsing | Mobile Device Support | Break-Out Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat Connect | Proprietary | 80,000[1] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ [2] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[3] | Coming soon[4] | ✓ |
| BigBlueButton | LGPL + AGPL | 50 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ [5] | ✓ [6] | ✓ | ✓ [7] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X |
| Cisco Unified Meeting Place | Proprietary | 7,500 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ |
| Citrix GotoMeeting | Proprietary | 15 | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X | X |
| Dimdim | GPL + Proprietary | 20 - 1,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ [8] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? |
| Elluminate | GPL + Proprietary | 2 - ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ [9] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ |
| Fuze Meeting | Proprietary | 55+ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ [10] | X |
| Genesys Meeting Center | Proprietary | 125+ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Glance | Proprietary | 100 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| IBM Lotus Sametime | Proprietary | Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? |
| IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte | Proprietary | 999 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ? | ? | ? |
| Microsoft Live Meeting | Proprietary | 20,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? |
| Netviewer | Proprietary | 100 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? | X | ? |
| omNovia Web Conference | Proprietary | 5,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? |
| Openmeetings | EPL | 400 for cast, 25 for conference | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? |
| Tokbox | GPL + Proprietary | 20-25 | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | ? | ? | ? |
| VideoWhisper | GPL + Proprietary | Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ [11] | ✓ [12] | ✓ [13] | ? | ? | ? |
| WebEx | Proprietary | 35,000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WebHuddle | GPL | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ? | ? | ? |
| WebTrain | Proprietary | 20,000 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ |
| Zoho | Proprietary | Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? |
| Program | License | Capacity | Linux
|
Mac OS X | Microsoft Windows | Audio Support
|
Video Support | Chat Support | Desktop Sharing Support | Upload PPT | Upload PDF | Co-browsing | Mobile Device Support | Break-Out Sessions |
- ^ With Connect Pro 7.5 update
- ^ Supports two-way teleconference integration
- ^ Yes, but only via a screen-sharing "pod" with control permissions granted
- ^ iPhone application currently in development
- ^ Uses Asterisk for Voice Conferencing
- ^ Many-to-many video sharing
- ^ Supports desktop sharing on Linux
- ^ Linux users may only view another user's desktop
- ^ Supports two-way teleconference integration
- ^ Blackberry, iPhone, iPad
- ^ With external webcam simulator
- ^ File sharing in Video Conference, Video Consultation applications.
- ^ File sharing in Video Conference, Video Consultation applications.
Terminology
In the table above, the following terminology is intended to be used to describe some important features:
- Audio Support: the remote control software transfers audio signals across the network and plays the audio through the speakers attached to the local computer. For example, music playback software normally sends audio signals to the locally-attached speakers, via some sound controller hardware. If the remote control software package supports audio transfer, the playback software can run on the remote computer, while the music can be heard from the local computer, as though the software were running locally.
- Co-Browsing: the navigation of the Internet by several people accessing the same web pages at the same time. When session leader clicks on a link, all other users are transferred to the new page. Co-browsers should support multiple frames and support embedded multimedia (e.g., if a page contains a video player, the session leader may commence synchronized playback for all users. Passing URLs via other tools such as a chat or phone and entering them into browser by each user is not considered co-browsing.
- File Transfer: the software allows the user to transfer files between the local and remote computers, from within the client program's user interface.