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1 | Presumes paid version | Zoom | Google Hangouts Meet | Bluejeans Events | Cisco Webex | GoToMeeting | Amazon Chime | Join.me | Microsoft Teams (formerly Skype for Business) | Discord | Uber Conference | Granicus govMeetings | YouTube live | Slack | Vimeo Live | BoxCast | Facebook Live | |||||||
2 | https://zoom.us/ | https://gsuite.google.com/ | https://www.bluejeans.com/ | https://www.webex.com/ | https://www.gotomeeting.com/ | https://aws.amazon.com/chime/ | https://www.join.me/ | https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software | https://discordapp.com/ | http://uberconference.com | https://granicus.com/ | support.google.com/livestream | https://slack.com/ | https://vimeo.com/features/livestreaming | https://www.boxcast.com/ | |||||||||
3 | Max number of users on a single session with speaking options for all guests | (max) 1000 speaking participants, 10,000 view only attendees possible | Basic & Education: 100 Business: 150 Enterprise & Enterprise for Education: 250 | Unsure, this might mean. Total moderators + presenters allowed? | 200-1000 | Professional: 150 Business: 250, Enterprise: 3000 | 2 on free plan (person to person calls) 100 for pro plan (group meetings) | 5 on lite plan 250 on pro plan 250 on business plan | 250 | 500 | 10 for free plan Up to 100 on paid plan | Inorder to get the info person has to be register with govrnment agencies and have contact Graicus support for more info | N/A. Broadcast only. | |||||||||||
4 | Max number of users on a single session with broadcast/ listening only/ view only guests | 10k? | 100k | "BlueJeans Events brings a whole new level of interactivity to all-hands meetings, town halls and webcasts. Engage up to 15,000 attendees with immersive video, Q&A, polling and large meeting controls." "How many participants can attend an event? A: Meeting capacity. Each Endpoint Type (see below) has a maximum number of connections that can be allocated from the 15,000 Attendee Capacity: Web Browser - Up to 15,000 iOS & Android - Up to 15,000 Phone - Up to 500 Room System - Up to (100 - (Number of Moderators + Presenters)) Example: If your event has 2 Moderators and 10 Presenters, then the maximum number of Room System Attendees that can join your event is 88." | Events/webinars: 3,000 Stream: 40,000 | In events it will allow up to 3000 participent | N/A | N/A | 10,000 | N/A | Inorder to get the info a person has to be register with govrnment agencies and have contact Graicus support for more info | Livestreams can be public, so unlimited? | ||||||||||||
5 | Max duration of session | 24 Hours | 2 hours | No time limits | No time limits | 4 hours (Team Live) | 45 mins on free plan 5 hours on paid plan | Cutoffs at 12 hours for saving and archiving footage, 3 hours for editing. https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/1278531?hl=en | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Supports webinar (user persmissions to allow certain individuals to speak, others to only listen) | MAY NEED WEBINAR LICENSE. Yes. See roles and permissions matrix: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360040324512-Roles-in-a-meeting | Business Hangouts is a Webinar and Web Conference platform for Google G Suite. But it need have account in business hangout. | Yes, this product is webinar specific. | Yes. May need HOST LISCENCE. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/collaboration/CWMS/b_planningGuide/b_planningGuide_chapter_0111.html | Yes. tell story, reach audience, and grow marketing strategy. | Sort of: Event mode "for meeting control", can also be delegated to another attendee. May be able to create functionality similar to a webinar | On pro plan: Screen sharing for up to 50 attendees with provided dial-in numbers. | Yes. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-live-events/what-are-teams-live-events | Yes | Yes: Screen sharing, can mute participants. | |||||||||||||
7 | Supports moderation | Yes, see roles and permissions matrix: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360040324512-Roles-in-a-meeting#h_3a99d449-224a-492d-bc9e-207cbae9e366 | Yes. Roles and informaton: https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2945109?hl=en&ref_topic=6386417&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=0 | Yes. Roles include, Moderator, Presenter, and Attendee. | Yes. Roles and Information: https://help.webex.com/en-us/zuwad5/Webex-Teams-Roles-on-Teams-and-Spaces | Yes. Organizer, panelist, presenter, attendee. More Information https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/online-meeting-support | Yes | Yes. Presenter and attendees. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/roles-in-a-teams-meeting-c16fa7d0-1666-4dde-8686-0a0bfe16e019 | Yes | Yes, can dial out to add participants, can set recurring conference calls. Can integrate to calendars. | Roles include: Speaker, Attendee https://support.granicus.com/s/article/LiveManager-User-Guide | Yes, moderation tools for live chat. | ||||||||||||
8 | Supports chat | Supports both private and group chat messages in a session. Host can control who can chat and/or disable chat features per session. Chats can be saved. See help: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203650445-In-Meeting-Chat | Supports group chat | Yes, Chat allows you to discuss with Moderators / Presenters / Attendees freely about the event via open discussion. Chat allows for group messages, direct messages, or moderator-to-moderator chat. https://support.bluejeans.com/s/article/BlueJeans-Event-instructions-for-Moderator | Supports both private and group chat. Chats can also be saved. https://help.webex.com/en-us/n1i89j0/Best-Practices-for-Communicating-with-Participants-in-Cisco-Webex-Training | Supports both comunity chat and private chat. And can do group chat | Yes: person-to-person, group and chat rooms for all plans | Yes: chat and send files | Yes: private chat, group chat. | Yes | Yes | Yes. | Yes. Including live moderation tools, https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2524549?hl=en&ref_topic=9257792 | |||||||||||
9 | Automatic Closed Captioning | Yes? | Yes! But only in English. (Anecdontally it seems Spanish is now available too) https://oit.ncsu.edu/2019/06/13/google-adds-live-captioning-to-slides-and-hangouts-meet/#:~:text= | Yes | Yes. | No | No | Yes | No | https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7667271?hl=en | ||||||||||||||
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11 | supports dial-in | Yes: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663-Joining-a-meeting-by-phone | Yes. Only avilable to G Suite adminstrators only | Yes. Can be enabled/disabled by host. https://support.bluejeans.com/s/article/BlueJeans-Event-instructions-for-Attendees | Yes https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX25713/How-Do-I-Find-the-Global-Dial-In-Number-for-My-Meeting | Yes. https://support.goto.com/meeting | Yes, toll rates per minute. Also offer toll-free dial-in at a higher rate per minute. Also offers feature where host can call others and add them (at a higher fee than either of the dial-ins.) | Yes, toll free dial ins for Pro plan (user pays $0.08/min for dialins) | Yes, toll free dial ins available within the country of the meeting. | None | Yes | Support in dial-in | ||||||||||||
12 | supports international numbers | Yes: https://zoom.us/zoomconference | Yes. https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3187125?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en&oco=0 | Yes (note this article is for BJ Meetings, not BJ events: https://support.bluejeans.com/s/article/International-number-access-to-dial-into-a-BlueJeans-meeting) | Yes https://help.webex.com/en-us/gri717/Search-Global-Call-in-Number-in-Cisco-Webex-Meetings-and-Events | Yes. https://support.goto.com/meeting/help/provide-international-phone-numbers-hub | Yes, toll rates per minute. Also offer toll-free dial-in at a higher rate per minute. Also offers feature where host can call others and add them (at a higher fee than either of the dial-ins.) | Unclear | Yes, $4.00 per month or varying rates per minutes (see link below). https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/online-meeting-solutions?rtc=1#customerstoryregion2 | None | No | |||||||||||||
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15 | Web browser | Yes, limited features works best in Chrome, see help: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Zoom-Web-Client | Yes. Workes best in Chorome. But some features (Offline access to Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Desktop notifications in Gmail) are not abilavle in Fireforx, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer: https://support.google.com/a/answer/33864?hl=en | Yes, limited features most features supported in Edge: https://support.bluejeans.com/s/article/BlueJeans-App-vs-Browser-Feature-Comparison | Yes. Content sharing Only supported in Chrome and Firefox. https://help.webex.com/en-us/n0rqd8g/Cisco-Webex-Web-App-Known-Issues-and-Limitations | Yes. But fratures will be limited such as Share yore screan in screan clean mode. Sharing video. use drawing tools. Take keyboard and, mouse control | Yes, but only on desktop/laptop. Mobile browsers not supported. Some complications: you need to type in a URL with variables to send chat messages during a call for example | Outlook and chrom plugins | Yes. Edge, Chrome and Firefox fully supported. Limited features on Safari and Internet Explorer. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/limits-specifications-teams | Yes, Limited to 10 (Temp extended to 50) | Yes | |||||||||||||
16 | Native app | Yes. see below for specific options | Yes. see below for specific options | Yes. see below for specific options | Yes. see below for specific options | Yes. see below for specific options | Yes | Yes | Yes. see below for specific options | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
17 | Requires software install? | No | No | Yes. | No | Need to install chrome or outlook plugin | No | Install free for web version | ||||||||||||||||
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20 | Chrome | Google Chrome 53.0.2785 or higher | Google Chrome v.42+ | Google Chrome v.42+ | Version 72+ | Google Chrome v57 or later * | Yes (latest 3 versions) | Yes | Version 72+ | Yes | ||||||||||||||
21 | Safari | Safari 10.0.602.1.50 or higher | Safari v.11+ | Safari v.11+ | Safari v.11+ | Microsoft Edge v77 or later | Only for chat (v.10+) | Safari v.11+ (No audio/video sharing) | ||||||||||||||||
22 | Firefox | Firefox 49.0 or higher | Edge version 77+ | Firefox v.47+ | Firefox v.52+ | Yes (latest 3 versions) | Firefox v.71+ | |||||||||||||||||
23 | Edge | Microsoft Edge 38.14393.0.0 or higher | Internet Explorer v.11 | Edge v 79+ | Edge version 77+ | Only for chat (latest version) | Edge version 77+ | |||||||||||||||||
24 | Internet Explorer | Internet Explorer 10 or higher | Internet Explorer v.11 | Internet Explorer v.11 (Win 8.1 and above) | Internet Explorer v.11 | No | No audio/video sharing | |||||||||||||||||
25 | Opera | Opera v.35+ | No | No | No | |||||||||||||||||||
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28 | iOS App | Yes: https://zoom.us/download | https://gsuite.google.com/ | Yes: https://www.bluejeans.com/downloads | https://www.webex.com/downloads.html | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gotomeeting/id1239774423 | https://itunes.apple.com/app/amazon-chime/id1183436022 | Yes | https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
29 | Android App | Yes: https://zoom.us/download | https://gsuite.google.com/ | Yes: https://www.bluejeans.com/downloads | https://www.webex.com/downloads.html | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gotomeeting&hl=us | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.chime | Yes | https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
30 | Mac Client | Yes: https://zoom.us/download | https://gsuite.google.com/ | Yes: https://www.bluejeans.com/downloads | https://www.webex.com/downloads.html | https://support.goto.com/meeting/help/steps-for-installing-on-macs-g2m050005?c_prod=g2m&c_name=mktg&_gac=1.156569929.1584466817.Cj0KCQjw6sHzBRCbARIsAF8FMpVSpIhRSkTmbeVnmOKUKcgRQX84LdtBhTLPNAyniplF_n5DfdfAZbwaAm49EALw_wcB | https://clients.chime.aws/mac/latest | https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads | Yes | No | ||||||||||||||
31 | Windows Client | Yes: https://zoom.us/download | https://gsuite.google.com/ | Yes: https://www.bluejeans.com/downloads | https://www.webex.com/downloads.html | https://support.goto.com/meeting/help/steps-for-installing-on-windows-g2m050019?c_prod=g2m&c_name=mktg | https://clients.chime.aws/win/latest | https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads | Yes | No | ||||||||||||||
32 | Linux Client | Yes: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-Zoom-on-Linux | No | Yes: https://www.bluejeans.com/downloads | https://gazelle.ihe.net/content/using-webex-under-linux https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX61986/How-can-I-Join-a-Meeting-Using-64-bit-Red-Hat-Linux-6 | https://www.gotomeeting.com/features/mac-windows-linux | N/A | https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads | Yes | No | ||||||||||||||
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35 | Supports recording video | Robust support for recording video including a choice of multiple screen layouts See help: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200208179-Recording | Yes: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7557052?hl=en | Yes but help docs are not very detailed | Yes https://help.webex.com/en-us/n62735y/Record-a-Cisco-Webex-Meeting | Yes. https://www.gotomeeting.com/features/online-meeting-recording | Yes on pro plan | Yes for Pro and Business plans | Yes (Only on paid version) | No | No | Yes | ||||||||||||
36 | Supports recording audio | Robust support for recording meetings, including local downloadable copies of audio, auto upload with sharable link in cloud, auto transcribe audio. See help: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200208179-Recording | Yes: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7557052?hl=en | Yes but help docs are not very detailed | Yes https://www.uww.edu/Documents/icit/documentation/WebEx/ICIT-Recording%20WebEx%20Meeting%20Locally%20To%20Computer.pdf | Yes. https://www.gotomeeting.com/features/online-meeting-recording | Yes on pro plan | Yes for Pro and Business plans | Yes (Only on paid version) | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
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38 | Notable other features | Supports hand raising, polling, Q&A, and attention indication. Stream to facebook, youtube or custom platform live -- this may be a way to broadcast futher than 1,000 | polling, Q&A, Attention, share feedback Live stremming https://support.google.com/a/answer/9055446?hl=en | Q&A, polling, Stream to Facebook Live "The Q&A is specifically designed as a way for Moderators / Presenters to gather questions from Attendees – other Attendees can also ‘upvote’ questions to show agreement." | Polling, Q&A, Breakout rooms, Feedback tools, Raise hand, Tracking attendance, Whiteboard. https://help.webex.com/en-us/n1i89j0/Best-Practices-for-Communicating-with-Participants-in-Cisco-Webex-Training | White Paper. Case study, webinarrs, but goto Webiner supports live streaming | APIs and SDKs let developers connect directly into systems. Integrations available to launch from Outlook and Slack directly. Integration with in-room video conferencing systems. Pricing calculator on pricing page lets users estimate costs first. | Whiteboard with infinite canvas in addition to screen share. Presenter role can be handed over to another participant | Fully integrated with Office 365. Built in cyber security. Private channels. | Free recording can then be automatically transcribed | Its only for government agencies uses only. In order to have acess to the software user have to be register with them by providing their employment status in governet agencies | |||||||||||||
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40 | Pricing | $19.99 per month per host for 1,000 person sessions. https://zoom.us/pricing | $6 per month for 100 participants. $12 per month for 150 participants. $25 per month for 250 participants. | No pricing for events tool provided on website | $26.95 per month for 200 participants and minimum 5 licence per month | Professional $12 for 150 participants, $16 for 250 participants, Above 250 pericipent price will be setup by phone call. | Free for 1:1 use Pro plan is $3/day up to $15 a month On top of that you are charged for dial-in rates for everyone attending at $0.002216 per minute for US callers (for example, other ates for international). Use the pricing calculator at https://aws.amazon.com/chime/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3&dn=1 to calculate estimated prices | free for up to 3 participants $10 for Lite plan $20 for pro plan $30 for business plan | Free version avaialbe. Paid version avaialbe from $5.00 per month | Free | Free for 10 users in a call (for 45 mins) $15/month for all features, 100 in a call (for up to 5 hours) | Price can be set by calling support | ||||||||||||
41 | Gov specific blog post on livestreaming from Vimeo | BoxCast post on streaming for local govs |