Adobe Connect vs. WorkCast Present+

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Connect
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that enables users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules. The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs.
$50
per host/per month
WorkCast Present+
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Present+ is a fully featured webinar tool that is designed to allow users to quickly create webinars. It includes registration, email communications, live and on demand events, and advanced branding capability. All on-demand recordings of live webinars can be recorded automatically and are fully hosted. Present+ is a browser-based, mobile and multi-device friendly platform.  No app installations or plugin downloads are required.N/A
Pricing
Adobe ConnectWorkCast Present+
Editions & Modules
Meetings
$50
per host/per month
Webinars & Learning
$130
per host/per month
Small Meetings
Free
Forever free for up to 3 participants
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe ConnectWorkCast Present+
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adobe ConnectWorkCast Present+
Top Pros
Top Cons

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Features
Adobe ConnectWorkCast Present+
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
8.0
65 Ratings
0% below category average
WorkCast Present+
9.1
2 Ratings
12% above category average
High quality audio8.764 Ratings9.12 Ratings
High quality video7.264 Ratings00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.955 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support9.142 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
7.7
64 Ratings
4% below category average
WorkCast Present+
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
Whiteboards7.454 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
7.9
65 Ratings
4% below category average
WorkCast Present+
9.0
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Calendar integration9.241 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.656 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.328 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.360 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Slideshows7.251 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
8.6
64 Ratings
2% above category average
WorkCast Present+
9.1
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Live chat9.462 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling8.255 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Q&A8.352 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
8.9
60 Ratings
6% above category average
WorkCast Present+
9.1
1 Ratings
8% above category average
User authentication7.953 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.360 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Confidential attendee list9.448 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
-
Ratings
WorkCast Present+
8.6
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Data exportability00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Connect
-
Ratings
WorkCast Present+
9.1
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Branding options00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ClickMeeting
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Score 9.4 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adobe ConnectWorkCast Present+
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(92 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(27 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(36 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.6
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe ConnectWorkCast Present+
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
It is a great resource for evaluating, refining, and combining abilities and essential experiences in the growth of the sales team training; It is productive and lucrative in terms of distance knowledge transfer, and it reduces employee training financing and expenditures. I really like the ability to collaborate as a group on a huge research project even when we are not in the same country.
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WorkCast Corporation
We will be using Present+ when we have training sessions, show and tells and new product launches.
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Pros
Adobe
  • Adobe Connect has presentation features like transitions and animations, which are important in communications.
  • Furthermore, Adobe Connect supports virtual events in the classroom, where training is done and knowledge acquired.
  • Lastly, Adobe Connect makes virtual meetings through conferencing effective and manageable at a minimal cost.
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WorkCast Corporation
  • Embedded webinars - embed your webinars directly into your landing pages!
  • Useful features - it's packed full of useful features, focusing on the ones that are going to genuinely be of use (i.e., there's no bloat).
  • Well supported - there's a full team at the end of a phone or email if you have any questions at all.
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Cons
Adobe
  • The overall connection and lag sometimes are disruptive. This may not be due to the platform as a whole, connectivity, and strength of the signal is probably a factor but it can get glitchy sometimes.
  • More features for remote desktop options, whiteboarding, or screen sharing to actively resolve issues would be great while collaborating.
  • Online support or forums to help assist with issues aren't as prevalent as you think they'd be. More individual resources to assist with issues would be helpful.
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WorkCast Corporation
  • The Presenter 'Pods' could do with tips to explain that these can be repositioned.
  • The questions/polls have room for improvement.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
The longer you use Adobe Connect, the longer you are likely to use it. Because you can build more and more resources over time, creating rooms that you re-use, recorded content you can repurpose, and tools that form the basis of ever increasing productivity, the more you use Connect, the more productive you become. Unlike competing products where, with every meeting you essentially start over -- setting up your resources for each meeting -- in my Connect rooms, I have highly tuned tools to accomplish my knowledge transfer goals. When I want to conduct another session - I send a link out to the appropriate room and instantly we are all focusing on getting a job done together. This ability of Adobe Connect to make you productive at an ever quickening rate is a competitive advantage
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WorkCast Corporation
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Usability
Adobe
As sophisticated a product as Adobe Connect, the ease of use is outstanding. In my experience, even a user with very little knowledge of Adobe Connect can begin using and even leading sessions with very little training to get started with the basic features. Additional training is needed to become comfortable with the number of available features, but learning curve even for those is no steeper than would normally be expected from similar software.
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WorkCast Corporation
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Adobe
The customer support of Adobe connect is professional and well-skilled for resolving our minor and major issues. Moreover, it has almost all the features that will provide you a secure connection, with people across the world. Education institutes can also implement this software. On the basis of its quality and technology, I will surely advise you to try it once.
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WorkCast Corporation
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Adobe
The ability to have most of the functionality of a full LMS at a fraction of the cost is huge. I can create manage and deploy both synchronous and asynchronous training based on the situation and all of my training is tracked through a series of easily created reports
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WorkCast Corporation
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Implementation Rating
Adobe
Prices do not seem to vary much among resellers of the Adobe Connect hosted license; the only price variation you're likely to find are among the audio providers. When implementing, you may also wish to look into expanding the amount of storage you are allowed on the server to avoid any problems later on as your library of files starts to build up
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WorkCast Corporation
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Actually, it was the other way around....we were using Adobe Connect, company-wide, then switched over to Zoom, mostly, I think, as a cost-cutting measure. But some Learning & Development folks campaigned to be allowed to retain some Adobe Connect licenses (for example, one L&D area had literally over 250 room layouts that their course facilitators could just jump into and use to deliver a course on short notice), which also allows some of us to continue to publish Presenter and Captivate modules to the Adobe server. (But, even those of us who still have Adobe Connect licenses use Zoom for most regular business meetings.)
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WorkCast Corporation
Products such as GoToWebinar are great, but they never truly met our expectations or requirements. We used them for years, but the lack of audience engagement was poor, both in terms of when actually in the webinar and when promoting it. The most annoying feature was the fact the process was disjointed - to watch the webinar, you had to leave the landing page, which was massively frustrating.
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Save on time - our instructors and people that use the platform can teach more classes and more often than in-person training and time traveling.
  • We cut down on spending. When we offer training using Connect - we do not have to spend on meals, hard copy materials, and reserving a venue to deliver training.
  • We increase our training sales significantly but offering Connect as an alternative - any unforeseen cancellations to a public class can result in transferring to a remote online Connected class.
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WorkCast Corporation
  • It's difficult to quantify the ROI financial return but we feel it's had a positive impact on our brand perception.
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ScreenShots

WorkCast Present+ Screenshots

Screenshot of Simple design to create EventsScreenshot of Screenshot of Advanced Analytics available in the platformScreenshot of Advanced, interactive console  for presenters