GitHub vs. Google Meet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GitHub
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
GitHub is a platform that hosts public and private code and provides software development and collaboration tools. Features include version control, issue tracking, code review, team management, syntax highlighting, etc. Personal plans ($0-50), Organizational plans ($0-200), and Enterprise plans are available.
$4
per month per user
Google Meet
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Google Meet, formerly Hangouts Meet, replaces the former Google Hangouts as the company's G Suite integrated web conferencing tool, allowing users to join meetings directly from a Calendar event or email invite from a computer, phone, or conference room. G Suite's Enterprise edition also creates a dial-in phone number for each meeting, as an additional convenience.
$6
per month
Pricing
GitHubGoogle Meet
Editions & Modules
Team
$40
per year per user
Enterprise
$210
per year per user
Google Workspace - Business Starter
$6
per month
Google Workspace - Business Standard
$12
per month
Google Workspace - Business Plus
$18
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GitHubGoogle Meet
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
GitHubGoogle Meet
Considered Both Products
GitHub

No answer on this topic

Google Meet
Chose Google Meet
Webex Meetings has a very old UI and also has connectivity issues most of the time. Google Hangouts Meet is free of cost and on the other hand, Webex Meetings are paid and do not offer much in return. Further, it also does not have such features as google hangouts meet.
Features
GitHubGoogle Meet
Version Control Software Features
Comparison of Version Control Software Features features of Product A and Product B
GitHub
7.1
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Branching and Merging9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Version History8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Version Control Collaboration Tools7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Pull Requests8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Code Review Tools7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Access Control5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Testing Integration5.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Tracking Integration4.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Branch Protection7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
GitHub
-
Ratings
Google Meet
8.4
55 Ratings
6% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings8.355 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings8.350 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
GitHub
-
Ratings
Google Meet
7.5
55 Ratings
5% below category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings7.455 Ratings
Whiteboards00 Ratings7.637 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
GitHub
-
Ratings
Google Meet
7.3
54 Ratings
12% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.053 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings6.325 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings6.442 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings7.443 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
GitHub
-
Ratings
Google Meet
7.3
53 Ratings
11% below category average
Live chat00 Ratings7.951 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings7.033 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings7.036 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
GitHub
-
Ratings
Google Meet
8.1
46 Ratings
0% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings7.943 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings7.232 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Perforce Helix Core
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Score 6.8 out of 10
Webex Meetings
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
GitHubGoogle Meet
Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
(123 ratings)
8.6
(57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.3
(16 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(26 ratings)
9.8
(18 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GitHubGoogle Meet
Likelihood to Recommend
GitHub
GitHub is well suited for software development, GitHub is particularly well suited for software development projects, where teams need to collaborate on code, track changes, and review code changes. Also for open-source projects, GitHub is an ideal platform for open-source projects, where teams of developers from all over the world can collaborate on code and contribute to projects. For documentation, GitHub provides a platform for creating and sharing documentation, making it an ideal solution for teams that need to create and maintain documentation. On small and medium-sized teams GitHub is well suited as those teams that need to collaborate on software projects and track changes to their code.
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Google
Google Meet was a perfect video conferencing solution for us during our training sessions. The only problems encountered were due to weak signals, which sometimes required us to turn off our video. All features worked very well in tying together a team across four different time zones. I was very impressed with the tool's performance
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Pros
GitHub
  • As a repository it's great. It houses almost all the open-source applications/code that anyone can fork and play with. A huge collection of sample codes available with problem statements across different domains make Github a one-stop location.
  • I use GitHub with Windows and the Git Bash is superb. It [is] a powerful alternative to the Command Prompt and Powershell. Allows me to run shell scripts and UNIX commands inside the terminal [on] a Windows PC.
  • GitHub integration with almost all cloud development/deployment platforms is amazing. Deploying a new application in Azure is really smooth. Just link the GitHub repositories and it's good to go. From automatic build to deployment everything is just amazing.
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Google
  • First off, the quality of the call is pretty good, especially when all of us are working remotely.
  • We can easily schedule our meeting in Google Calendar.
  • Sending an invitation link is easy.
  • What makes Google Meet stand out from other video conferencing tools is that we can use it for an unlimited time, even if we use the free account.
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Cons
GitHub
  • When browsing history of a file, GitHub could make it easier to see the file after a particular commit instead of just being able to quickly view the commit. I'd like to be able to see the commit or the file itself in one click.
  • I would like to be able to view commits by user.
  • I would love to be able to traverse code on GitHub (go to definition, etc) - the good news here is that they are working on these features!
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Google
  • Meet as it comes doesn't have a great way to handle large meetings.
  • I don't like the way they hide the mute button. It's a disruptive view to mute/unmute.
  • Chat box is the only way to document collaborations within the meeting.
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Likelihood to Renew
GitHub
GitHub's ease of use and continued investment into the Developer Experience have made it the de facto tool for our engineers to manage software changes. With new features that continue to come out, we have been able to consolidate several other SaaS solutions and reduce the number of tools required for each engineer to perform their job responsibilities.
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Google
This app is still having a lot of redundant features as compared to other industry apps such as Zoom and Webex which offers much more on the functionality side along with the option to have greater user access control to the admin/host of the meetings. A sense of interaction is always found to be missing in Google meet which can be easily adopted in the Zoom
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Usability
GitHub
- Easy to use compared to other version control software. UI interface makes it easy to use, as well as protects against making a major mistake by deleting code, etc. - UI looks modern. - Support for multiple platforms, which I assume will only get better with time. - Student benefits are awesome! - The size limitations on their repositories make sense to me. Not too crazy but realistic from a business perspective.
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Google
Google Meet is very easy and simple to use. I can schedule a meeting right on my calendar - it literally takes a few seconds. There is no additional app I have to open to schedule anything. Guests can click on the link easily to join any meetings. 10/10!
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Support Rating
GitHub
It's a testament to how easy it is to use GitHub and how many others use it that you can pretty much find the answer to any problem you have by searching online. Consequently, I've never needed to use their support. It's an incredibly easy tool to set up initially, so it won't require much onboarding expertise to get started.
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Google
Google does a great job of providing tech support for this product, as it does many others. Similarly, Google has FAQs that cover a large amount of issues faced by users. Problems have not persisted in our use of this product. Problems are resolved quickly and easily, with or without personal Google support.
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Alternatives Considered
GitHub
At the time to evaluation - Bitbucket was very tightly integrated into Atlassian’s suite of tools. For an organization that is starting out and looking to spend limited funds effectively - the cost/benefit of using that suite of tools usually doesn’t make sense. Granted things may have changed since then (its been over 5 years) - but at the time GitHub was effective - and all prospective engineers knew about it and already had accounts. This made it very easy to add to the organization and not lose time in training, etc. Developers seem to really love GitHub above most other tools out there - so that plays into the decision making as well.
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Google
The main positive feature in Google Meet over Zoom to me is the fact that Google meet can be seamlessly deployed in the browser with its full functionality. Unlike Zoom for which you need to download an extra application to use. This consequently makes workflow smooth when transitioning between something like emails and taking part in a meeting.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
GitHub
No answers on this topic
Google
I wasn't involved in the unit pricing factor. So far I used Google meet in the office where I got access to all these Google applications including the Google Meet feature. So I wasn't involved much in this pricing factor of Google Meet and also regarding the contact terms of the product.
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Professional Services
GitHub
No answers on this topic
Google
This is very good in the professional services as I started using this first for the professional service only. While using this Google Meet itself gives a professional feel as the UI works in a professional way. The video background modification, multi-screen feature, and some other features help in professional service.
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Return on Investment
GitHub
  • Github has increased our rate of code development, increasing our publishing rate. This helps bring attention to the research we are doing and ultimately brings in more funding for further research.
  • Because GitHub makes my team more efficient, we are able to put more hours into code development / report writing rather than agonizing over different versions of code created without version control software.
  • We use a paid version of GitHub, because we work through private repositories, but the increase in productivity, efficiency, and research progress is definitely worth the price.
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Google
  • Negative: on each webinar someone from our team had to write manually the people that were participating and after that matching it with the registered people list. We wasted time. It could be easily resolved by adding the export list feature
  • Positive: Collaboration and internal meetings. Calendar integration helps us save time.
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