Comparison of the pricing and license models for the 5 best web conferencing systems
| Citrix GoToMeeting 5.0 | Adobe Connect 8 | BeamYourScreen 4.0 | Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 8.5 | RHUB GoMeetNow 4.3 (TurboMeeting) | ||||||
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| Pricing | Flat monthly subscription Annual subscription (pre-paid) |
License models for "hosted" solution: * Up to 9 hosts per account are available |
"Professional" edition: US$ 249 per year (Annual subscription of single user license for meetings with up to 25 participants) "free" edition: free of charge for non-commercial usage |
Monthly subscription: Annual subscription (prepaid): * Special offer for customers in the US or Canada: USD 19 per month and host for meetings with up to 8 participants Voice conferencing: U.S. or Canada:
Europe: only VoIP included in subscription |
Monthly flat rate: 1 online meeting room for 2 persons (1 host and 1 attendee) = US$ 12.95 per month. Every additional participant is UD$ 1 per month. (e.g. 1 meeting room with a capacity for 1 host/moderator and a maximum of 10 participants = US$ 20.95) |
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| License details | Single license for unlimited meetings with up to 15 participants |
Single license for an unlimited number of meetings with up to 25 participants; |
Licences are only available at a 1-year basis. |
Single license for unlimited meetings with up to 25 participants |
Single license for an unlimited number of meetings. The maximum possible number of attendees depends on the license |
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| Telephone costs / VoIP | Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service |
VoIP possible; audio conferences are realized with partners such as InterCall, MeetingOne, PGi, or Avaya |
Integrated telephone conferencing service with local telephone number - incurring additional costs. |
VoIP and telephone conferencing service avaiable: U.S. or Canada:
Europe: only VoIP included in subscription |
Integrated phone conference without local dial-in numbers (only American numbers available) and VoIP |
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| Prices updated | August 2011 | August 2011 | September 2011 | August 2011 | September 2011 | |||||
| Review updated | August 2011 | August 2011 | August 2011 | August 2011 | September 2011 | |||||
Get information on which financial advantages you can realize when using online conferences instead of on-site meetings. We have calculated the return-on-investment for web conferences using a specific example.


