Webconferencing software
Webconferencing software (also known as web conferencing software and, particularly, web conferencing system or webconferencing system; hereinafter, the Software) is a software application or system that supports web conferencing. Videoconferencing software is a subset of the Software since videoconferencing may not necessarily include video. For instance, web conferencing can be conducted using phone calls only.
Features
Chat support, desktop sharing support, recording capabilities
Comparison of applications
Application License Capacity OS Video Whiteboard Upload Co-browsing Mobile Device Support Break-out Sessions Security Access Encrypted communication Host from Mobile Attend from Mobile Cloud-based no download VoIP Embeddable Dial-in by phone Adobe Connect Proprietary <1500 (80 000 w/webcast) Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD Yes PPT, PDF Yes iPhone, iPad, Android Yes Yes Yes Yes iOS, Android, RIM Yes Yes No Yes BigBlueButton LGPL, GPL <80 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ Yes PPT, PDF, DocX No Yes Yes Yes No Coming soon Android Yes Yes Yes Unknown Cisco WebEx Proprietary <3000 MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Yes Yes Yes 256-bit AES,PKI, End-to-end (Transport layer: 128-bit SSLv3)
iOS, Android, BlackBerry Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes LogMeIn GotoMeeting Proprietary <1000 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA, HD Yes No (available only in GoToTraining) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes (with reduced features) Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Google Meet Proprietary <25 (30 for GSuite users) Linux, MacOS, Windows HD No PPT, PDF, DocX No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Enterprise Edition only OpenMeetings Apache License <125 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Skype Proprietary Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD No PPT, PDF, DocX No Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes No Unknown Unknown Unknown Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync) Proprietary <1000 MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Unknown Unknown Unknown TeamViewer Proprietary <25 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA Unknown PPT, PDF Yes Yes No Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Zoho Proprietary <5000 Linux, MacOS, Windows Unknown No PPT No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Zoom Video Communications Proprietary <500 (10,000 webinar) Linux, MacOS, Windows HD Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Yes
