We performed a comparison between GoToMeeting and Skype for Business 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."Pricing is reasonable. It's not expensive. The pricing is one of the great selling points for the product."
"GoToMeeting's security is very good. I've never known anybody to crash a GoToMeeting."
"GoToMeeting's low latency is crucial because everybody is using VPN to connect to their PCs at work. The sound and video quality are solid, and the whiteboarding features were especially useful. The administrative side of it was fairly simple and intuitive to use."
"GoToMeeting is very handy. It's good software. I would definitely recommend it."
"Even for somebody who does not have a lot of experience, they can easily use it."
"The key advantage of GoToMeeting is the ability to use it without installing anything."
"It's easy to set up."
"Screenshare is the most valuable feature as well as the number of meeting participants possible in a meeting. It also has good quality."
"The solution is scalable and is capable of working on every appliance on every operating system."
"Our employees use this solution for a communal space to collaborate for organizational decision making."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution is stable and scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is that it has many other tools that you can be integrated with it. It makes the meetings more interactive."
"Scalable communication tool that's easy to install. Even old people are using it, because of its ease of use."
"We chose Skype for Business after other colleagues suggested that we give it a try. It has served us well."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is overall it is an okay solution."
"It is not so stable."
"I didn't like the fact that they tried to make their new version look like Zoom."
"Sometimes we'll run into issues where firewall rules aren't set correctly and won't work."
"The enrolment for a non-IT user should be easier. It should be simplified for non-IT users."
"The product itself doesn't stand out against other options on the market."
"Using GoToMeeting in a meeting-sized conference room is kind of a letdown. The camera is supposed to track the speaker and focus on that person so that they can be on the screen. That feature rarely worked. We tested it thoroughly, so maybe it was an issue with the size of the conference room. It may not be suitable for large conference rooms."
"The solution could scale a bit easier if you need to add more people to meetings."
"The solution could always be more secure."
"I would like to see an updated user interface and layout even though no functionality is missing."
"The solution requires deployment on a Microsoft server and its performance is heavy because it consumes too many resources from the RAM."
"If one of the users has a poor internet connection, this failure will compromise the meeting, causing delays and distortions in the communications."
"The technical support from Microsoft needs to be improved."
"There might be some invitation issues with Skype for Business."
"Make it user friendly."
"Lacks a zoom-in feature for whoever is presenting."
"We need a feature where you can virtually raise your hand to silently let the presenter know that you have a question."
GoToMeeting is ranked 10th in Virtual Meetings with 24 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. GoToMeeting is rated 7.8, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. 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 Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". GoToMeeting is most compared with TeamViewer, Adobe Connect, Zoom, BlueJeans Meetings and GoToWebinar, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, Cisco Meeting Server and HCL Connections. See our GoToMeeting vs. Skype for Business report.
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