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
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Events and Webinars are part of Zoom’s event solutions that uses existing Zoom products to produce interactive and engaging virtual experiences. It combines Zoom Meetings, Chat, and Video Webinars in one solution that enables event organizers to produce ticketed, live events for internal or external audiences of any size.
$79
per month starting with 500 attendees
Pricing
Adobe Connect
Zoom Events & Webinars
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
Zoom Webinars
starting at $79
per month starting with 500 attendees
Zoom Sessions
starting at $99
per month starting with 100 attendees
Zoom Events
starting at $149
per month starting with 100 attendees
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Connect
Zoom Events & Webinars
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Adobe Connect
Zoom Events & Webinars
Considered Both Products
Adobe Connect
Verified User
Professional
Chose Adobe Connect
I think Captivate stacks up against Zoom well. In particular we chose Connect for its accessibility features. As an organization we need to make sure everything we produce/push-out is accessible.
We use Zoom for many meetings as it is supported by the university and can be easier to set up than Adobe. We still use Adobe as some folks are more comfortable with it.
I could probably list another 1/2 dozen vendors beside the ones noted above. They all have various pros and cons. I'll start with the lesser products Google Hangouts and Skype - while they are generally cheap or free their features are minimal and really not appropriate for …
We used Adobe Connect for about a year. The caliber of the recordings was lower than that of Zoom Video Webinar. Also, managing a space was more complicated than with Zoom. Granted, that was 6 years ago now that we stopped using it, but that was our experience at the time.
The combination of superior ease of use, relative affordability of a license, high participant volume, rich feature set, custom branding capabilities, excellent audio/video codecs, lean resource usage, and studio production features.