Comparison of web conferencing software

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This list is a comparison of web conferencing software available for Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. Many of the applications support the use of videoconferencing.

## Contents

* 1 Comparison chart
* 2 Terminology
* 3 Notes
* 4 References

## Comparison chart

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Adobe Connect | Proprietary | 0000500 1–1,500
(80,000 w/webcast)

| Partial  |  |  | [note 1] |  |  | [note 2] |  |  |  |  | [note 3] | ✓ iPhone, iPad, and Android[1] |  |  |  |  | iOS, Android and RIM  |  |  |  | [2] |
alfaview | Proprietary | 0000500 1–500

|  |  |  |  |  | HQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | One-time download  |  |  |  |
AT&T Connect  | Proprietary | 0000500 1–1,500

| [note 4] |  |  |  |  | HQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | iOS, Android, RIM and Windows Phone  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
AnyMeeting | Proprietary | 0000500 1–200

| [3] |  |  |  |  | HQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ iPad and Android Tablets[4] |  |  |  |  | iOS and Android Tablets  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
BigBlueButton | LGPL, GPL | 0000080 1–150+[5][self-published source]

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Yes  | Yes  |
Cisco WebEx  | Proprietary | 0003000 1–3,000

|  |  |  |  |  | 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  |  | ?  |
Conference XP | Apache License 2.0 | ?  |  |  |  |  |  | Full HD  |  | ?  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Discord | Proprietary | 50  |  |  |  |  |  | HD, 1080p  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  | ?  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  |  |  | ?  | ?  |  | ?  | ?
LogMeIn GotoMeeting | Proprietary | 0000020 1–1,000

| [note 5] |  |  |  |  | VGA, HD  |  |  | Whiteboard Anywhere  | [note 6] | [note 7] | [note 8] | [note 9] |  |  |  |  |  |  | [note 10] |  | ?  | ?  |
Facebook Messenger Rooms | Proprietary | 1–50  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fuze Meeting  | Proprietary | 0000100 1–1,000

| Partial[6] |  | ✓ (Vista, 7 & 8)  |  |  | HD, QVGA  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  |
Genesys Meeting Center | Proprietary | 0000125 125+

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA  |  |  | ?  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Google Meet | Proprietary | 0000125 100

–1000

|  |  |  |  |  | HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  |
HCL Sametime | Proprietary | ?  |  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD (H.264)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
iMeet | Proprietary | 0000125 Up to 125

| Partial[7] |  |  |  |  | HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
InterCall Unified Meeting (IUM)  | Proprietary | 0000125 125+

| Partial  |  |  |  |  | VGA  |  |  | ?  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  |
Jami | GNU General Public License | 0000080 1–8[8]

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD (H.264), HEVC (H.265)  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ✓ iOS and Android  | ?  |  |  |  | iOS and Android  | ?  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Jitsi Meet | Apache License | 001000 1-1000+

[9]

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD (H.264)  |  |  | [10] |  |  |  |  | ✓ iOS and Android  |  |  |  |  | iOS and Android  |  |  |  |  |  [11]
Lifesize | Proprietary | 0005000 1–300
(10,000 webinar)

| [12] |  |  |  |  | HQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Microsoft Live Meeting (discontinued)  | Proprietary | ?  |  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Partial  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Microsoft Teams | Proprietary | 0000250 10?, 250–10,000
(250–10,000 paid)

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD  |  |  | [13] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | iOS, Android, WebRTC  | Partial  | ✓ (Paid)  | ?  | ?  | ✓ (paid; add-on)
Mikogo | Proprietary | 0000000 1–25

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  |  | ?  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Netviewer | Proprietary | 0000100 1–100

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  |  | ?  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
omNovia Web Conference | Proprietary | 0005000 2–5,000

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
OpenMeetings  | Apache License | 0000025 1–125

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | [14] | ?  | ?  | ?
PowWow365  | Proprietary | 0000500 1–500

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | iOS (iPhone, iPad)  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Skype | Proprietary | 00000025 1 to 50

| Partial[note 11] |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?
Skype for Business (discontinued)  | Proprietary |  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  |  | Partial  |  |  | ?  |
StarLeaf | Proprietary | 0001000 1–300
(Unlimited streaming audience)

| Partial  |  |  |  |  | HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Yes  |  |  | ?  |
TeamViewer | Proprietary | 0000025 1–25

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA  |  |  | ?  | [note 12] | [note 12] | ?  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
TrueConf  | Proprietary | 1–1,000  |  |  |  |  |  | Ultra HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | iOS, Android, WebRTC  | iOS, Android, WebRTC  |  |  |  |  | [15]
VenueGen | Proprietary | 0000500 1–500

|  |  |  | [note 1] |  | VGA  |  | [note 2] | ?  |  |  | ?  | [note 3] |  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
VideoMost  | Proprietary | 0000500 1–250
(+1,500 video broadcast)

|  |  |  |  |  | HD, Full HD, Ultra HD (4K)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ iPad, Android Phones & Tablets  |  |  |  |  | iPad, Android Phones & Tablets  |  |  |  | API VideoMost  | ?
WizIQ  | Proprietary | 0001000 Up to 1,999

|  |  |  |  |  | VGA, HQ, HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | API Web Services | ?
Yuuguu | Proprietary | 00030 1–30

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Zoho | Proprietary | 0000000

1–250

|  |  |  |  |  | ?  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Zoom | Proprietary | 0005000 50–500
(10,000 webinar)

| Partial[note 11] |  |  |  |  | HD  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [16] |  |  | One-time download  |  |  | ?  |
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## 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 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 (UC) is a marketing buzzword describing the integration of real-time, enterprise, communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, voice (including IP telephony), mobility features (including extension mobility and single number reach), audio, web & video conferencing, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), desktop sharing, data sharing (including web connected electronic interactive whiteboards), call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax). UC is not necessarily a single product, but a set of products that provides a consistent unified user-interface and user-experience across multiple devices and media-types.[17]

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Supports two-way teleconference integration
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Linux users may only view another user's desktop
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yes, but only via a screen-sharing "pod" with control permissions granted
4. ↑ Web based client without the ability to share
5. ↑ Requires HTML5 enabled browsers
6. ↑ Not secure for general meetings, this feature is only available in GoToTraining
7. ↑ Not secure for general meetings, this feature is only available in GoToTraining
8. ↑ Not secure for general meetings, this feature is only available in GoToTraining
9. ↑ Mouse and Keyboard control can be shared with multiple users.
10. ↑ New HTML5-enabled browsers will be able to join without downloads, with reduced features.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Requires installation of closed-source software.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Any upload possible

## References

1. ↑ Adobe. "Adobe Connect Mobile". Adobe. https://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/apps.html. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
2. ↑ Designed for VOIP; requires additional service to support phone. See URL https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/kb/audio-choices-connect.html
3. ↑ AnyMeeting (2013-11-22). "Presenter - Frequently Asked Questions". AnyMeeting. http://support.anymeeting.com/customer/portal/articles/1191571-presenter
frequently-asked-questions. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
4. ↑ chrisb (23 April 2013). "AnyMeeting Rolls Out New Mobile Apps for iPad and Android". AnyMeeting. http://blog.anymeeting.com/press-releases/anymeeting-rolls-out-new-mobile-apps-for-ipad-and-android/. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
5. ↑ Dixon, Fred. "FAQ". http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/support/faq.html#how-many-simultaneous-users-can-bigbluebutton-support. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
6. ↑ How do I get the Fuze Linux App? : Fuze Support . Support.fuzemeeting.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-27.
7. ↑ Can iMeet run on Linux? | iMeet Community . Community.imeet.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-27.
8. ↑ Amin, Bandali (23 February 2023). "jami-20230206.0 (Világfa) released [stable"]. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-02/msg00009.html. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
9. ↑ "Jitsi Videobridge Performance Evaluation | Performance Testing". https://jitsi.org/jitsi-videobridge-performance-evaluation/.
10. ↑ "Introducing whiteboards in Jitsi Meet". December 2022. https://jitsi.org/blog/introducing-whiteboards-in-jitsi-meet/.
11. ↑ "Jitsi offers a telephony interface that allows users to dial into a conference or for placing dial-out reminder calls. You can try this for free on meet.jit.si. Self-installed Jitsi Meet deployments will need to set up and configure Jigasi with a SIP provider to connect to the phone network." "JitsiMeet". https://jitsi.org/user-faq/. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
12. ↑ "Video Conferencing Apps for Desktop, Mobile and Browsers". https://www.lifesize.com/en/video-conferencing-app/multi-platform.
13. ↑ "Manage the Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams"
14. ↑ User's Manual, page 18
15. ↑ "How to join conferences and call TrueConf users from a regular phone"
16. ↑ "It's Here! 5 Things to Know About Zoom 5.0". 27 April 2020. https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/27/its-here-5-things-to-know-about-zoom-5-0/.
17. ↑ Pleasant, Blair (2008-07-28). "What UC is and isn't". SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid186_gci1322973,00.html. Retrieved 2013-07-26. "UC is not a single product but rather a solution made up of a variety of communication tools and components. [...] UC is a comprehensive solution that ties several components together with user experience."

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