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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ACisco Meeting Server was a conferencing solution for allowing the user to setup a conference any time using a wide range of Cisco and Jabber devices, and third-party solutions (e.g. Skype for Business). The product has reached its end-of-life, and is discontinued.N/A

    ON24

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AON24 is an intelligent engagement platform, that enables customers to continuously engage audiences with AI-powered, hyper-personalized webinar, virtual event and content experiences.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Cvent
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    137 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    102 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    143 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    ON24
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio8.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    7% below category average
    ON24
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    10% below category average
    ON24
    8.3
    413 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Calendar integration7.98 Ratings8.1356 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.79 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integrates with social media5.55 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Record meetings / events6.79 Ratings7.1395 Ratings
    Slideshows8.48 Ratings7.2392 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings7.4389 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    7.5
    8 Ratings
    7% below category average
    ON24
    8.3
    416 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Live chat7.98 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Audience polling7.37 Ratings6.8377 Ratings
    Q&A7.47 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    ON24
    9.0
    384 Ratings
    5% above category average
    User authentication8.79 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions8.29 Ratings8.9374 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list7.77 Ratings8.0357 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    ON24
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    ON24
    8.0
    390 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Branding options00 Ratings8.5382 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings7.9335 Ratings
    Attendee list export00 Ratings7.638 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) and ON24
    Feature
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    ON24
    8.8
    42 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings6.538 Ratings
    Livestreaming00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Event recording00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Virtual booths00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Networking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings7.242 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Whova
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    6.8
    (461 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (44 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (210 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (33 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (231 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)ON24
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Cisco meeting Server can be used to host meeting for a small group 2 people and also can host meeting for hundreds of people. Even if the scalability increases no compromise in the call and consistent performance can be observed. The video quality is clear and there is no noticeable latency between audio and video. The recording feature is well placed and it helps a lot in rectifying and processing the important points that might have been left out during the meeting.
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    Cvent
    I find that ON24 caters for all types of organisations, having it allows for more choice/options. The experience around virtual events if fantastic and the ON24 team is constantly improving the platform. If you want to run a virtual events programme where you want to generate leads and track engagement, then ON24 is the platform for you
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Integrates well with other devices
    • More than 1 person can be on video call with minimal lag
    • Quiet cost effective for a company with many employees
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    Cvent
    • Registration pages are easy to build and look clean
    • Console (audience view) offers many tools to use for presentations and to engage the audience
    • Reporting and analytics are robust and provide detailed reports that help us process attendees in our marketing database
    • Support team and responsive and helpful
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Allowing more user interaction rather than just video and audio.
    • Split screen option to share content and view faces from those on the meeting.
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    Cvent
    • There was a recent update within the past year where the UX designer or developer thought it would be best to wide all titles from the audience view until they placed their mouse on top of the window. That was the worst mistake, as we have a moderator script where we tell the audience what each of the tool bars are and they can’t grasp what the tool is without putting their mouse there. From an accessibility standpoint point, it’s back to 1999 when there was no laws about accessibility.
    • Number one above is a major pain point.
    • ON24 needs to do a better job of introducing features and soliciting feedback from their customers vs making a high impactful change like #1 described above.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    because we're satisfied of the product
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    Cvent
    ON24 is everything we expected and everything we needed. It's simple to use, extremely customizable, and scales very easily. The integration to our CRM makes ON24 major lead generator for our sales team from our established webinars series. We can automate lead delivery to our sales team as well. If anything, we will look to expand our partnership in the future.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    very easy to use and quick to learn
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    Cvent
    97% of our attendees say it is the best trainings they have every attended. But they other 3% have a horrible experience (while watching the event live) interesting fact. On24 uses two different encoders for live vs OnDemand. I have never had issues with the On-Demand experience. My only complaints come during live events
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    ON24 is always available when I have a question about a new feature, if I'm having issues during a live webinar, or if I'm having issues with a webinar on the backend. Our client support specialist, Heather Haines, has always been incredibly consistent with getting me the answers I need when I need them.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    Sometimes (it may be my computer) i cant login to ON24. I create a new PW and then i still cant get in. I clear cache/try new browser etc. and nothing works. I come back in a few hours and its like the problem never existed, its the strangest thing. Outside of that everything works pretty seamless. We've ran into a few bumps with Marketo talking to ON24 and passing reg through but have that figured out now. Not being able to be on a VPN when connecting to webcam on the presenter side does cause issues for our government speakers.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    I never used Support
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    Cvent
    ON24 support is really good with the 24/5 support chat line, where someone actually responds within 30 seconds. The customers success team is also really good and our rep is very helpful with all our questions. Whenever we have more technical questions, she will bring on a IT designer or a tech specialist on our calls for additional comments and help.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    Great communication and clarity
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    On24 has amazing ON-Demand trainings that you can use at anytime and they walk you through step by step on different topics/ they are always updating and innovating and putting out new trainings. I would highly reccomend the trainings and reading the documents they have created. They also do live webinars on a rolling basis that are filled with so much knowledge and Information
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    We had a few training's, which were broken up, and focused on specific areas of how to use the platform. Mostly though, a lot of it is just dedicating your time to learning and exploring what the possibilities are for enhancing your webinars
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Apart from Cisco Meeting Server, only Poly offers full fledged on-premise meeting server. Their solution is called Polycom RealPresence
    Collaboration Server. But there solutions are mostly outdated. Even though they have recently changes to subscription via Poly Clarity but servers are still very old. Whereas Cisco Meeting Server was recently updated and integrates well with WebEx and Cisco's other products.
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    Cvent
    From what I've seen, ON24 is built specifically to meet the needs of event marketing (or marketing generally), versus the other platforms which are more about simply providing a mechanism to hold virtual meetings. The integration with sales and marketing systems is really valuable. I don't know about pricing differences, but if the competitors were comparable, I would still select ON24.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Cvent
    The ON24 platform is straightforward to use and train clients on, which is a huge plus. Clients appreciate its features and simplicity. Internally, we receive valuable analytical data from webinar events, enabling the organization to make data-driven decisions. This helps us optimize strategies and drive success for B2B businesses effectively.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Good and robust collaboration tool which helped.
    • Easy integration with surrounding tools like MS office was great advantage.
    • Sharing recorded content wasn't easy, so had to use screen capture sometimes, which was not great.
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    Cvent
    • We get a lot of MQLs from our webinars. The integration with SFDC is a game changer over platforms that don't offer that integration.
    • The addition of emojis and chat to our event consoles has greatly increased our engagement.
    • We love marketing the fact that on-demand viewers can still submit questions and we'll answer them by email. Who else can say that?
    • We would like to be able to make changes to all console elements after events have taken place. Sometimes stuff just needs to be updated.
    • As we improve our audience segmentation, we are looking forward to the segment customization options that are now available on the console.
    • The webinars ON24 sponsors provide us with some great ideas for improving our overall strategic marketing.
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    ScreenShots

    ON24 Screenshots

    Screenshot of Red Whale creates webinar series, Deep Dives, to engage General Practitioners.Screenshot of SAP Concur takes its customer activation workshops virtual with ON24.Screenshot of Atheanhealth broadcasts an authentic conversation with industry thought leaders to its audience.Screenshot of SAS creates webinar series, Analytics in 20, to education product best practices in short amount of time.Screenshot of NVIDIA creates always-on content library filled with webinars with ON24 Engagement Hub, segmented by different languages and geo-locations.Screenshot of ADP, using ON24 Target, creates personalized landing pages to encourage and accelerate ADP benefit enrollment.  This resource page has on-demand webinars, help articles and ways to immediately enroll.