Webconferencing software

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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. The Software is often called videoconferencing software; however, videoconferencing may occur outside the Internet.

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 Yes Android only Yes Yes Yes Unknown
Cisco WebEx Proprietary <3000 MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 256-bit AES,PKI,End-to-end (Transport layer: 128-bit

SSLv3)

Yes iOS devices, Android, and BlackBerry Yes Yes Yes Computer-based and Server-based Yes Unknown Yes
LogMeIn GotoMeeting Proprietary <1000 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA, HD Yes No (available only in GoToTraining) Yes<ref group=note>Mouse and Keyboard control can be shared with multiple user.</ref> Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes<ref group=note>New HTML5 enabled browsers will be able to join without downloads, with reduced features.</ref> Yes Unknown Unknown Yes
Google Meet Proprietary <25 (30 for GSuite users) Linux, MacOS, Windows HD No PPT, PDF, DocX Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Yes (Enterprise Edition Only)
OpenMeetings Apache License <125 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
Skype Proprietary Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD No PPT, PDF, DocX Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync) Proprietary <1000 MacOS, Windows VGA, HQ, HD Yes PPT, PDF, DocX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
TeamViewer Proprietary <25 Linux, MacOS, Windows VGA Unknown PPT, PDF Yes Yes No Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Zoho Proprietary <5000 Linux, MacOS, Windows Unknown No PPT No No No Yes 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 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Unknown Yes