Comparison of web conferencing software

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.

Comparison chart
Program License Capacity Linux

macOS

Microsoft Windows Audio Support

Video Support Video Quality Chat Support Desktop Sharing Support Whiteboard Upload PPT Upload PDF Upload Doc / DocX Co-browsing Mobile Device Support Break-Out rooms Security Access Encrypted communication Host meeting from Mobile Attend meeting from Mobile Cloud Based Recording capabilities VoIP Embeddable Dial in
Adobe Connect Proprietary 1-1500 (80 000 w/webcast) Partial ✓ ✓ ✓[note 1] ✓ VGA, HQ, HD[1] ✓ ✓[note 2] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓[note 3] ✓ iPhone, iPad, and Android[2] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iOS, Android and RIM ✓ ✓ ✓ X[3] ✓
AT&T Connect Proprietary 1-1500 ✓[note 4] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iOS, Android, RIM and Windows Phone ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
AnyMeeting Proprietary 1-200 X[4] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HQ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ iPad and Android Tablets[5] X ✓ ✓ X iOS and Android Tablets ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
BigBlueButton LGPL, GPL 1-150+[6] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yes Yes ✓
Cisco WebEx Proprietary 1-3000 No ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|✓ 256-bit AES,PKI,End-to-end (Transport layer: 128-bit

SSLv3)

 ✓ iOS devices, Android, and BlackBerry ✓ ✓ ✓ Computer-based and Server-based ✓ Unknown ✓
Conference XP Apache License 2.0 Unknown No No ✓ ✓ ✓ Full HD ✓ Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
LogMeIn GotoMeeting Proprietary 1-1000 ✓[note 5] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HD ✓ ✓ Whiteboard Anywhere X[note 6] X[note 7] X[note 8] ✓[note 9] ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓[note 10] ✓ Unknown Unknown ✓
Fuze Meeting Proprietary 1-1000 Partial[7] ✓ ✓ (Vista, 7 & 8) ✓ ✓ HD, QVGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓
Genesys Meeting Center Proprietary 125+ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
Glance Proprietary 100 ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown X X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Google Meet Proprietary 100-250 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown ✓
HCL Sametime Proprietary Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD (H.264) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
iMeet Proprietary Up to 125 Partial[8] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
InterCall Unified Meeting (IUM) Proprietary 125+ Partial ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ X Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown ✓
Jami GNU General Public License Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD (H.264), HEVC (H.265) ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ iOS and Android Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ iOS and Android Unknown ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
Jitsi Meet Apache License Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD (H.264) ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ iOS and Android Unknown Unknown ✓ ✓ iOS and Android ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown ✓ [9]
Livestorm Proprietary 1-2000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HQ, HD (H.264) ✓ ✓ X X ✓ X X ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown ✓
Lifesize Proprietary 1-300 (10,000 webinar) X[10] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft Live Meeting (discontinued) Proprietary Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ X X Partial ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
Microsoft Teams Proprietary 10?, 250-10000 (250-10000 paid) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ ✓ ✓ ✓[11] ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ X ✓ ✓ Unknown iOS, Android, WebRTC Partial ✓ (Paid) Unknown Unknown ✓ (paid; add-on)
Mikogo Proprietary 1-25 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
Netviewer Proprietary 1-100 X X ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown X Unknown ✓ X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
omNovia Web Conference Proprietary 2-5 000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown X X Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
OpenMeetings Apache License 1-125 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown X ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown ✓[12] Unknown Unknown Unknown
PowWow365 Proprietary 1-500 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iOS (iPhone, iPad) ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
Skype Proprietary 1 to 50 Partial[note 11] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown
Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync) Proprietary 1 to 1000 (10 000 webinar) X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Partial ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓
TeamViewer Proprietary 1-25 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓[note 12] ✓[note 12] Unknown ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
TrueConf Proprietary 1-800 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ultra HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iOS, Android, WebRTC iOS, Android, WebRTC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓[13]
VenueGen Proprietary 1-500 X X ✓ ✓[note 1] ✓ VGA ✓ ✓[note 2] Unknown ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓[note 3] X X X X Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
VideoMost Proprietary 1-250 (+1500 video broadcast) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD, Full HD, Ultra HD (4K) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iPad, Android Phones & Tablets ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ iPad, Android Phones & Tablets ✓ ✓ ✓ API VideoMost Unknown
WizIQ Proprietary Up to 1 999 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VGA, HQ, HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ {{API Web Services}} Unknown
Yuuguu Proprietary 1-30 ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X ✓ ✓ Unknown X X Unknown X X ✓ Unknown ✓ X ✓ Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Zoho Proprietary 1-5000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓ ✓ X ✓ X X X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Zoom Video Communications Proprietary 50-500 (10,000 webinar) Partial[note 13] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ HD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓[14] ✓ ✓ One-time download ✓ ✓ Unknown ✓
Program License Capacity Linux

macOS

Microsoft Windows Audio Support

Video Support Video Quality Chat Support Desktop Sharing Support Whiteboard Upload PPT Upload PDF Upload Doc / DocX Co-browsing Mobile Device Support Break-Out rooms Security Access Encrypted communication Host meeting from Mobile Attend meeting from Mobile Cloud Based Recording capabilities VoIP Embeddable Dial in

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.[15]

Notes
  1. Supports two-way teleconference integration
  2. Linux users may only view another user's desktop
  3. 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 user.
  10. New HTML5 enabled browsers will be able to join without downloads, with reduced features.
  11. Requires installation of closed-source software.
  12. any upload possible
  13. Requires installation of closed-source software.

References
  1. Adobe (2012-01-11). "Podium HD Pod". Adobe. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. Adobe. "Adobe Connect Mobile". Adobe. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. Designed for VOIP; requires additional service to support phone. See URL https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/kb/audio-choices-connect.html
  4. AnyMeeting (2013-11-22). "Presenter - Frequently Asked Questions". AnyMeeting. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  5. chrisb (23 April 2013). "AnyMeeting Rolls Out New Mobile Apps for iPad and Android". AnyMeeting. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. Dixon, Fred. "FAQ". BigBlueButton. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. How do I get the Fuze Linux App? : Fuze Support Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine. Support.fuzemeeting.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-27.
  8. Can iMeet run on Linux? | iMeet Community. Community.imeet.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-27.
  9. "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 setup and configure Jigasi with a SIP provider to connect to the phone network." jitsi.org. "JitsiMeet". jitsi.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. https://www.lifesize.com/en/video-conferencing-app/multi-platform
  11. "Manage the Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams"
  12. User's Manual, page 18
  13. "How to join conferences and call TrueConf users from a regular phone"
  14. https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/27/its-here-5-things-to-know-about-zoom-5-0/
  15. Pleasant, Blair (2008-07-28). "What UC is and isn't". SearchUnifiedCommunications.com. 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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