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."The most important feature for me was the iPhone app."
"It works, it's reliable."
"We like that this solution allows us to assign separate numbers to people without having to have a physical telephone system in place."
"There is no lagging and the meeting interaction is seamless."
"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.""
"We don't have any link issues whether you use it to browser, or use it as a client. It worked perfectly fine for us."
"GoToMeeting is very handy. It's good software. I would definitely recommend it."
"Our employees use this solution for a communal space to collaborate for organizational decision making."
"We really like the screen sharing tool. The user experience is smooth, and user-friendly."
"It's a good and stable product that fits my needs."
"I like the fact that it opens up your video conferencing, and, in many cases, the audio at the same time."
"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."
"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"File sharing and email invitations for a conference. I can have a meeting with people at the opposite end of the Earth, sharing documentation; it is quite easy."
"What is most valuable about Skype for Business is that almost everyone knows about it and almost everyone has it. You will be able to reach a large number of people."
"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."
"I didn't like the fact that they tried to make their new version look like Zoom."
"We would like some improvement in the speed of initiating this solution, as it is currently fairly slow."
"The newer user interface takes a bit longer to get used to."
"I would like to see better support for mobile devices."
"Lacks ease of connectivity, calendar integrations, and third-party app integrations."
"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."
"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."
"Skype for Business could improve by having a document channel or repository. Microsoft Teams has a better repository place for documents that you can share with your team. You can access it anywhere from any device."
"Skype for Business could improve the interface. It could be easier to use. Additionally, it's hard to find the people or add people you want to communicate with."
"We overcame the audio quality issues by asking users to use the 'Call Me' feature with their desk phone."
"Skype for Business is not stable."
"We would like to better customize our instructions within the Outlook plugin/invite, but we are unable to do so."
"The ease of configuration or the lack of decent tooling to pinpoint your problems is probably its biggest issue."
"I venture to say that 30% of the people using this solution at our company have had issues with stability, due to the volatility and crashes."
"I feel that the whole look and feel of Skype should be improved, including its user-friendliness. It should also improve its scalability."
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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