Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) vs. Webinato

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Cisco 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
Webinato
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
Webinato is a webinar tool from omNovia Technologies, a provider of web conferencing software.
$699
Per Room Per Month
Pricing
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Webinato
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Webinato
$699.00
Per Room Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Webinato
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Webinato
Features
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Webinato
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
8.0
9 Ratings
1% above category average
Webinato
-
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 Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.4
8 Ratings
7% below category average
Webinato
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Whiteboards6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.4
9 Ratings
10% below category average
Webinato
-
Ratings
Calendar integration7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with social media5.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events6.79 Ratings00 Ratings
Slideshows8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.5
8 Ratings
7% below category average
Webinato
-
Ratings
Live chat7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A7.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
8.2
9 Ratings
2% above category average
Webinato
-
Ratings
User authentication8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Webinato
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(9 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Webinato
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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omNovia Technologies
Low-bandwidth environments seemed to prefer Google Hangout.
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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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omNovia Technologies
  • Registration page
  • On-site technical help
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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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omNovia Technologies
  • Aesthetics - in short, there are many competiting softwares and web platforms that have sharper visual qualities and more intuitive design. As the digital divide shrinks, users desire simple, easy-to-learn interfaces. More tech-savvy and higher production quality users will dig deeper for the more granular elements that omNovia supports so well. Also even more customizable webinar environments; perhaps more detailed themes.
  • Hand in hand with the UI renovaton, I'd suggest a company rebranding. Instead of appealing to the corporate environments, I think the technology and applications omNovia represent can have a much wider use case.
  • Mobile - going more mobile than omNovia already is. Products like Bambuser and Adobe Connect have a more integrated and intuitive mobile apps that simply out perform OmNovia.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
because we're satisfied of the product
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omNovia Technologies
Even though OmNovia offers great products, our recent account rep has been difficult to deal with. We are being charged for services we've never been charged for before. She is responsive and helpful but we were not aware of these additional charges when making our deal with our previous rep.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
very easy to use and quick to learn
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omNovia Technologies
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Discontinued Products
I never used Support
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omNovia Technologies
No answers on this topic
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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omNovia Technologies
Having an assortment of licenses at my disposal with different web platform products was key given the clients included embassies, consulates, universities, etc. all over the world in different bandwidth environments, with different media equipment available, etc. omNovia performed well for the users with moderate to high bandwidth and higher quality equipment. Low-bandwith users did use the audio chat function but preferred less intense platforms that allowed for video. Other products: Watchitoo, Adobe Connect, Google Hangout, WebEx, GoTo Meeting.
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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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omNovia Technologies
  • in person networking since OmNovia allows for live events to be streamed. Without this ability we would only have regular webinars and would miss out on the networking opportunity.
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