Comparing GoToMeeting and Zoom for online meetings

ITREALMS: 

Online meeting nowadays is becoming a lifestyle. In this report ITREALMS took a closer look at both Zoom and GoToMeeting.

No doubt, both Zoom and GoToMeeting are good and have impressive features and benefits and depending on what we intend to achieve or gain from such applications for our organization during meetings including, but not limited to:

Questions in mind	GoToMeeting Offers	Zoom Offers
Video conferencing	Yes	Yes
How many attendees expected	26	100
Do we need multiple video feeds visible on screen?		Yes
Will there be need for screen sharing,	No	Yes
Will there be need for:-
Annotation,	Yes	Yes
Group chat, Breakout rooms,	Yes	Yes
Need to record our meetings, and if so, how much cloud storage might we need?	Yes	Yes
Dial-in and calling options	Yes	Yes
Design and Ease of Use	Yes with advanced technicalities	Yes with ease
Host and Admin Controls	Yes	Yes
Transcripts, and Storage	Yes	Yes
Audio:	GoToMeeting	Zoom
VoIP (Internet)	Yes	Yes
Phone call-in	Yes	Yes
Toll-free call-in (optional)	Yes	Yes
Video:
Resolution	720pixel	720pixel
Active Speaker switching	Yes	Yes
Max video streams	6	25
Plans and Pricing	See below	See below
	GoToMeeting[i] offers plans: 1.   GoToMeeting Starter allows up to 10 participants and costs $14 monthly (billed annually at $171). 2.   GoToMeeting Pro costs $29 per month (billed annually at $348). 3.   Free version of GoToMeeting Allows collaboration and sharing of your screen with up to 3 clients and colleagues using just your web browser.	Zoom[ii][iii] offers four plans: 1.     Basic (Free), 2.     Pro ($14.99/host/month), 3.     Business ($19.99/host/month), and 4.     Enterprise ($19.99/host/month). Users can host up to 100 participants. Paid plans can be expanded up to 500 participants for a fee ranging from $34.99/month to $259.99/month (per host) for 200, 300, or 500 participants.

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[i][i] NB: GoToMeeting only supports 26 people (including host) to attend. If we might have more than 26 persons, we shall need to use GoToWebinar, which supports up to 1000 participants.

[ii] NB: Zoom supports 100 and can be scaled up to 500 or more depending on the payment plans.

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