We performed a comparison between GoToMeeting and HCL Sametime based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Reduced the need for physically commuting between offices."
"It's cost-effective."
"The solution worked well specifically for audio meetings."
"GoToMeeting is very handy. It's good software. I would definitely recommend it."
"It's easy to set up."
"It was just chosen because somebody at the company said, "We need a meeting thing. Hey, go find a meeting thing." It wasn't me, but somebody else in the organization was like, "Alright, let's use GoToMeeting. It's free.""
"The most valuable feature is the dial-in capability."
"The key advantage of GoToMeeting is the ability to use it without installing anything."
"I can view the status and availability of colleagues or team members, which makes it easy to approach them when they are available."
"The interface is a little outdated and could be better."
"Poor error recovery, too sensitive to transmission errors. Needs better codecs and more robust system software that can handle network glitches."
"The sound quality is good but the video quality needs improvement."
"It is not so stable."
"We would like some improvement in the speed of initiating this solution, as it is currently fairly slow."
"I don't know whether it is an issue or not but my boss was asking me if person one is in one room, and another person wanted to use another room at the same time, I don't know whether it is possible."
"In the next release, I would for it to incorporate files more efficiently from one computer to another when we covert things and send them out. I'm not sure if it's capable of that."
"The solution could always be more secure."
"The webinar should be integrated into Sametime for a larger number of participants."
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GoToMeeting is ranked 11th in Virtual Meetings with 24 reviews while HCL Sametime is ranked 26th in Virtual Meetings. GoToMeeting is rated 7.8, while HCL Sametime is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of GoToMeeting writes "It features low latency, which is crucial because everybody is using VPN to connect to their PCs at work". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL Sametime writes "Easily communicate and share files with colleagues". GoToMeeting is most compared with Skype for Business, Zoom, TeamViewer, Adobe Connect and BlueJeans Meetings, whereas HCL Sametime is most compared with . See our GoToMeeting vs. HCL Sametime report.
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