Comparison of web conferencing software

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This page is a comparison of web conferencing software available for various platforms.

Comparison chart [edit]

Program License Simultaneous User Capacity Linux Mac OS X Microsoft Windows Audio Support Video Quality Video Support Chat Support Desktop Sharing Support Whiteboard Upload PPT Upload PDF Upload Doc / DocX Co-browsing Mobile Device Support Break-Out Sessions Security Access Encrypted communication Host meeting from Mobile Attend meeting from Mobile Cloud Based no download Recording capabilities
BabelTree Proprietary 1-5000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ QVGA ✓ ✓ X Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown X Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ X
Adobe Connect Proprietary 1-1500 (80,000 w/webcast) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓[1] VGA, HQ, HD[2] ✓ ✓ ✓[3] Unknown ✓ ✓ X ✓[4] ✓[5] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iOS, Droid and RIM ✓ ✓
AccuConference Proprietary 1-1000 Unknown ✓ Participant view only ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Moderator only X ✓ ✓ ✓ X ? iOS Participant Only X Unknown ✓ X Unknown ✓ Participants only ✓
AVIDO Web Conference Proprietary 1-1000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Coming soon Coming soon ✓ ✓
Banckle Online Meeting Proprietary 1-200 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Coming soon ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
BigBlueButton LGPL, GPL 1-80[6] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X ✓[7] X X X Unknown Android only Unknown ✓
Blackboard Collaborate previously Wimba Classroom and Elluminate Proprietary 2 - ? Partial[8] ✓ ✓ ✓[1] QVGA ✓ ✓ Partial[8] ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓[9] iOS users only ✓ ✓ ✓ X iOS users only Unknown ✓
BuddyMeeting Proprietary Up to 10 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown X X X X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Cisco Unified Meeting Place Proprietary 1-500 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ ✓ X X ✓ Unknown Unknown
Cisco WebEx Proprietary 1-3000 Partial[10] ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 256-bit AES,PKI,End-to-end (Transport layer: 128-bit

SSLv3)

 ✓ iOS devices, Android, and BlackBerry ✓ ✓ ✓ Computer-based and Server-based
Citrix GotoMeeting Proprietary 1-1000 X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HD[11] ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X X X ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓
eLecta Live for Web Conferencing and Online Meetings Proprietary Conference Capcity of 15, 25, 50, 100 and 200+ seats ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ QVGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
FaceMe Web Conference Proprietary 1-100+ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓[12] VGA,HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ iPhone, iPad, and Android[13] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dial in and Smartphone app ✓ Coming soon
FastViewer Proprietary 1-1000 ✓[14] ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓[15] ✓[15] Unknown ✓ ✓[16] ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Fuze Meeting Proprietary 100+ Partial[17] ✓ ✓ ✓ HD,QVGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ [18] X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Genesys Meeting Center Proprietary 125+ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓
Glance Proprietary 100 ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown X X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
GoMeetNow Proprietary 1-100 X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X X Unknown X ✓ X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
IBM Lotus Sametime Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
ICU Live! Proprietary 36 concurrent users X X ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
iLinc Proprietary Up to 1,000 X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, SXGA (1280x1024) Unlimited feeds ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Coming soon ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Infinite Conferencing's WebInterpoint Proprietary Up to 1,000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X ✓ ✓ ✓
InterCall Unified Meeting (IUM) Proprietary 125+ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LiveOn Proprietary Up to 1,000 X X ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD (1280x720) ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ iPhone, iPad, and Android ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓
MegaMeeting.com Proprietary 250+ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ,HD 16 Feeds ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Coming soon X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Meetecho GPL + Proprietary 200+ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ QVGA,VGA [19] ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown
MeetingBurner Proprietary 1 to 1000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X X Unknown X ✓ X ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft Live Meeting Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ X X ✓ ✓
Microsoft Lync Proprietary 1 to 1000 X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Partial ✓
Mikogo Proprietary 1-25 ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓
Nefsis Proprietary 2-500 X X ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ,HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Netviewer Proprietary 1-100 X X ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown X Unknown ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
omNovia Web Conference Proprietary 2-5,000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Omnijoin Proprietary 2-500 X X ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ,HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓
Openmeetings Apache License 1-25 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
PharmaCAST|PharMethod Proprietary 1-unlimited X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HD ✓ ✓ X Unknown ✓ X Unknown X announced ✓ ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
ReadyTalk Proprietary 1-3600[20] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X Unknown ✓ iPad X ✓ ✓ X iPad ✓ ✓
RHUB Proprietary 1-2000 X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X X Unknown X ✓ X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
SaasBoard Proprietary 1-100 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Saba Meeting, Saba Webinar, Saba Classroom, Saba Centra Proprietary 1-3000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ [21] VGA,HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ [22] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Skype Proprietary 1 to 25 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓
Spreed Proprietary 1-1000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HD ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown X ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TeamHangout Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
TeamViewer Proprietary 1-25 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓[15] ✓[15] Unknown ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Teleskill Live Proprietary 1-5000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA,HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Teletaleem Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Tokbox GPL + Proprietary[23] 20-25 X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ X Unknown X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Ubipitch Proprietary 250 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ X Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown X X ✓ ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
VenueGen Proprietary 1-500 X X ✓ ✓[1] VGA ✓ ✓ ✓[3] Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓[4] X X X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
VeriShow Proprietary 1-10 X ✓ ✓ ✓ 320x240 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Coming Q2 2013 X ✓ ✓ Coming Q2 2013 ✓ ✓ ✓
WebHuddle GPL ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown X X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
WebTrain Proprietary 200 X X ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
WizIQ Proprietary Up to 1,999 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ QVGA,PAL ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X ✓ ✓ Coming soon Coming soon X ✓ ✓ ✓
Yugma Proprietary Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Yuuguu Proprietary 1 - 30 ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X ✓ ✓ Unknown X X Unknown X X ✓ Unknown ✓ X ✓ Unknown Unknown
Zoho Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ X X ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
4Webcom Proprietary 1-5000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X
Program License Capacity Linux

Linux

 Mac OS X Microsoft Windows Audio Support

Audio Support

 Video Quality Video Support Chat Support Desktop Sharing Support Whiteboard Upload PPT Upload PDF Upload Doc / DocX Co-browsing Mobile Device Support Break-Out Sessions Security Access Encrypted communication Host meeting from Mobile Attend meeting from Mobile Cloud Based no download Recording capabilities

Skype is used as a free conference software.

Terminology [edit]

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 Web 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.
  • Unified Communications: Unified communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, data sharing (including web connected electronic whiteboards aka IWB's or Interactive White Boards), call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax).

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Supports two-way teleconference integration
  2. ^ http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/feature-details/podium-hd-pod.html
  3. ^ a b Linux users may only view another user's desktop
  4. ^ a b Yes, but only via a screen-sharing "pod" with control permissions granted
  5. ^ iPhone, iPad, and Android (as of version 8)
  6. ^ Dixon, Fred. "Audio stress Test: Results - BigBlueButton-dev". Retrieved 6 June 2012. 
  7. ^ Android client now available on Android Marketplace (see announcement)
  8. ^ a b Linux/Java 7 Application/Desktop sharing is broken: see known issues
  9. ^ Individualized video playback, page scrolling and authentication
  10. ^ http://www.emsperformance.net/2013/03/25/making-webex-work-on-64bit-fedora-core-18/
  11. ^ Hd Faces Update (see webconferencing comparison)
  12. ^ Supports 12-way teleconference integration
  13. ^ iOS and Andriod App required for mobile devices
  14. ^ viewer only
  15. ^ a b c d any upload possible
  16. ^ also native iPhone and iPad Clients
  17. ^ http://support.fuzemeeting.com/entries/20160311-is-fuze-meeting-supported-on-linux
  18. ^ Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet
  19. ^ Up to 16 mixed video flows
  20. ^ http://www.readytalk.com/products-services/audio-conferencing/operator-assisted-services
  21. ^ HD VoIP and integrated teleconference
  22. ^ native iOS and Android Free Apps for smartphones and tablets like iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
  23. ^ supports an "OpenAPI" but the core app is provided as a closed software as a service
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