Google Classroom vs. YouTube Live

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Classroom
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$0
per month
YouTube Live
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
YouTube Live is the platform's livestreaming service.N/A
Pricing
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Editions & Modules
Education Fundamentals
$0
per license/per month
Google Workspace for Education Standard
$3
per student/per year
Teaching and Learning Upgrade
$4
per license/per month
Google Workspace for Education Plus
$5
per student/per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
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Community Pulse
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Features
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Classroom
7.5
60 Ratings
9% below category average
YouTube Live
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.652 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library7.839 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal7.238 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content7.641 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.257 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.344 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments7.458 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.242 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning8.551 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification4.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Small Businesses
iSpring LMS
iSpring LMS
Score 9.5 out of 10
OBS Studio
OBS Studio
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 8.0 out of 10
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 8.0 out of 10
Zoom Events & Webinars
Zoom Events & Webinars
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(77 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(8 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.9
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ClassroomYouTube Live
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Classroom allows teachers to post for daily lessons and assignments. It also allows teachers to be able to communicate with students easily outside of class. Students are able to stay connected and know where to find all information and resources easily in a streamlined manner for all of their classes.
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Google
YouTube Live is best suited for conducting live interviews, live podcasts, live events, this could be either digital or physical events, community building, community connect, education, webinars, product launches. another good use case is for having live exercise sessions like live yoga sessions or meditation sessions where instructor led sessions can be conducted remotely and two way communication can be established using the chat function. only place where I feel it may not be great is where you want to limit the access to who joins into the live stream especially when you are embedding it into another page restricting sharing becomes difficult. Or having the person find the actual YouTube Live link and share it without your control might make it difficult.
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Pros
Google
  • Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
  • Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
  • Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.
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Google
  • Allows to interact with your audience via chat
  • It's very easy to set (a couple clicks and boom, you are live)
  • You can integrate it with Zoom and other tools
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Cons
Google
  • The content management of the Classroom is not that good. The sub-section for notes, syllabus, or discussion is missing.
  • It doesn't have parental control feature.
  • It converts the excel output into a normal file. All the formulas and pivots got changed into plain text.
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Google
  • I do find that sometimes the live music channels (not radio) that i have playing at the background of my workday has a lot of duplication. Like it's not live, more like few tracks on replay.
  • .
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
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Google
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Usability
Google
Simple design and seamless integration with Google tools and drive, but missing some key features. However, since it is limited in overall functions and ability to truly personalize / customize, it is quite user friendly and easy to set up and get going, other than sending out the code to your course or dropping students in via their gmail account. Users of Google Forms and sites will find the layout similar in design.
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Google
It's easy to use. People can easily use this platform to stream and watch streams. I am unsure how to advertise on the platform effectively. YouTube Live seems disconnected from the audience it aims to attract, which is crucial for its platform's success. I think there are just quality-of-life improvements that could make it better, even though it's easy to use
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Reliability and Availability
Google
We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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Google
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Google
Since this platform is provided by Google, the technical support is better than any others, and we are not required to bother about the space constraints for adding the contents. If we have a good uninterrupted internet facility we can access Google Classroom without any delay or lag. They have app support in both Android and iPhone.
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Google
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
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Google
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
I haven't tested or evaluated another digital classroom website or application. I feel like Google Classroom is convenient for many reasons such as compatibility to Google docs, slides, etc. I also love the ability to link to YouTube and other sites. I don't know if there would be a site that is easier to maneuver.
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Google
YouTube Live Is more cost effective it is more widely seen easily available and better while I have used Facebook Live, Linkedin Live, instagram live YouTube Live is more easier. to use, but combined with a multi streaming platform the net effect is excellent and you can actually stream to all the platforms together at the same time
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Scalability
Google
It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
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Google
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Students are able to continue learning in a remote environment
  • Parents have a single, consistent organization structure to make it easy to track assignments and progress for multiple children
  • Much better solution than the quickly assembled Zoom-and-gloom of the previous spring when school abruptly went remote with no planning
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Google
  • It's become a reliable source of traffic (even years after each Live they keep adding views)
  • It's added hundreds of subscribers to my newsletter (where I sell my services and courses)
  • It has increased my visibility with less effort than in more produced non-live videos.
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