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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AGlobalMeet Collaborationiwas an audio, web and video conferencing solution that is designed to make global communication easy from anywhere using any device. As of 2023 the product has reached EOL and will no longer be sold.N/A

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    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ANorwegian company appear.in offers their flagship video conferencing platform to small teams, both in a free edition hosting up to 4 guests simultaneously in a session or a paid edition that supports up to 12 simultaneous meeting guests, among other features.

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    per user

    Pricing
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Whereby
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    per user
    Pro
    $9.99
    per user
    Business
    $59.99 and up
    per user/room
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Whereby
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Whereby
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Whereby
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    7.2
    46 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Whereby
    7.8
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    High quality audio7.446 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    High quality video6.736 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements7.335 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Mobile support7.313 Ratings5.011 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.0
    39 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Whereby
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Desktop sharing7.639 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Whiteboards4.326 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Whereby
    9.4
    13 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Calendar integration6.034 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Meeting initiation7.040 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Integrates with social media7.23 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Record meetings / events6.735 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Slideshows5.821 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.8
    35 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Whereby
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Live chat8.233 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Audience polling4.314 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Q&A8.020 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    7.2
    38 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Whereby
    6.9
    11 Ratings
    16% below category average
    User authentication8.634 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions6.736 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list6.228 Ratings7.04 Ratings
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    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Whereby
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (47 ratings)
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    5.1
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet Collaboration is great for giving product trainings, presentations and webinars over the phone to a wide number of users remotely. It is well suited for meetings where screens and documents need to be shared live during a conference call for easy collaboration
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    If you cannot use another more common solution on the market or are looking for an alternative to the known solutions, it is a great alternative. If you have other tools already, and just want to test [them], that's fine, but I think the better-known ones have a better chance of using, knowing, and the learning curve will be shorter.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Something that GlobalMeet does well is distributing a meeting to users. The system integrates well with our Outlook system and allows easy meeting distributions.
    • GlobalMeet is good at providing an easy way to record web meetings. The feature works well and is easy to download after.
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    • Easy to use: The app is very, very easy to use. Literally just create a chat room (input a name) and access it to chat.
    • Call/video quality: I've experienced better call quality on appear.in than in almost all other chat and video conferencing services out there.
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    Cons
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    • There is a cost for the conferencing services unlike competitors like FreeConferenceCall.com or Skype which have free options. However, you pay for what you get and the audio/connection quality can and has been an issue for us with other vendors.
    • There are a lot of shortcuts that can be used on the line to mute/unmute lines, record the audio, request operator assistance, etc. However, these are difficult to memorize so we end up forgetting or relying on a print-out of the shortcuts that we keep near our desks. I wish there was an easier way to use these such as voice commands.
    • In the post-conference email recaps you get the phone numbers of those who dialed in. However, it can be difficult to know who these numbers belong to unless you remember the direct #s for the participants. I wish there was a way to save contact info for certain phone numbers within the system and let GlobalMeet add the names to the numbers for all future post-conference emails.
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    • The paid version may have dial-in. But I have always used the free version. Dial-in is typically required for an "official" multi-purpose teleconference platform.
    • I did have some trouble with larger groups (5+) when it was Appear.in but almost always use it for small 1-on-1 or 3 person meetings.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet is not a very good tool. There are better web meeting platforms available in the marketplace. The system is clunky, not intuitive, and experiences often technical issues. They have made updates recently but it is too little too late. It may be a good platform for smaller organizations with tighter budgets.
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    Whereby
    We are using a larger tool suite that already includes video conferencing instead of our older approach of using different apps from different vendors. appear.in has a simple but great set of features but its pricing scheme is not as scalable as we really need in a 500+ employee company.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    I have provided such a high rating because setting up the meeting only requires a few clicks. Within a couple minutes of telling my team that I will set up a meeting and send an invite, that invitation is already sitting in their inbox. I move at a fast pace and GlobalMeet is keeping up
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    Very easy to use, technical and non-technical colleagues have used it with no instructions needed. That says all about the app and services.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We have never had an issue with the availability of GlobalMeet. It has always been available when we needed it.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    For the most part GlobalMeet loaded everything quickly. The only problem that we had was when the whole company was on a training at one time, we had a hard time with screen sharing and the pages loading in a timely manner. Everything seemed to slow down when lots of people were on the system at once
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    As previously mentioned, I was in charge of facilitating a weekly meeting with 60 attendees. I had major issues with the screenshare crashing repeatedly during the meeting. I got in contact with a GlobalMeet Technician immediately. He was extremely responsive and worked with my technician to resolve all of the issues quickly. After his intervention, I never had the same issue again.
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    Whereby
    Never had to contact support, so we cannot give a rating for their overall support. When we noticed the audio was not always great quality, we simply educated our users to mute the mic and use the in-room conference phone which is connected via a dedicated VOIP link and had much better voice quality. The video performance varied by locations network speed and found it got much worse when the room size increased to over 4 connections.
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    Implementation Rating
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    GlobalMeet was easy to get set up with the company and starting to use.
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    Whereby
    After a recommendation from a partner, as the system is very easy to use, we simply start.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Our small non-profit organization appreciates the ease of use of the platform for conference call needs. Other platforms can be much more complicated for users unfamiliar with conference call technology. We use it several times a month for committee meetings, regional rep check ins, and meetings with our board of directors.
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    Whereby
    I find Zoom more complicated to use and harder to use because a lot of people do not like having to download things to their computers or devices and Whereby is so easy to get connected with . I like that Zoom offers larger rooms, but at this point the cost is not worth the extra expense.
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    Scalability
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    This product seems to be able to handle the growing amount of work within our company without any problems.
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    Whereby
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The price for webinar for GlobalMeet is quite pricey compared to other similar vendors.
    • GlobalMeet can be used for unlimited free calls and video conferencing, hence in our company with extensive global calls this platform is very cost-effective.
    • Unlike most conferencing software. Other users don't have to download GlobalMeet App and therefore it is easy to send meeting invite to clients.
    • Attentively support system that responds fast to queries and this saves time for us.
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    Whereby
    • In general, any sort of online collaborations saves a lot on your budget. The meetings are rather more on time and can be efficient and short.
    • Easy to drop-by and have a small talk with clients/teammates within COVID era.
    • The URL makes you look fancy instead of a random hash.
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    ScreenShots

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    Whereby Screenshots

    Screenshot of Easy video meetings in your browser. No downloads, no login.Screenshot of Up to 50 participants in Townhall rooms.Screenshot of Record, save, and share meetings.