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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	VGA, HQ, HD (H.264)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓ iOS and Android	Unknown	✓	✓	✓	iOS and Android	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓ [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	1-250	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	Unknown	✓	✓	X	✓	X	X	X	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zoom Video Communications	Proprietary	50-500 (10,000 webinar)	Partial[note 11]	✓	✓	✓	✓	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

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.