The classic version of Google Hangouts included messaging, voice, VoIP, and video call capabilities. It was replaced by the Hangouts Chat collaboration tool, and Google continues to support conferencing via the new Hangouts Meet.
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GoTo Meeting
Score8.5 out of 10
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From GoTo (formerly LogMeIn), GoToMeeting is an online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software that enables users to connect via the internet. It hosts a suite of online meeting tools, including real-time screen sharing and integrated audio.
$12
per month
Pricing
Google Hangouts (Classic)
GoTo Meeting
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Professional
$12.00
Per Organizer / Per Month for 150 Participants [billed annually]
Business
$16.00
Per Organizer / Per Month for 250 Participants [billed annually]
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
3,000 Participants
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Hangouts (Classic)
GoTo Meeting
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Pricing available by monthly or annual subscription, with discounts for annual commitments.
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Google Hangouts (Classic)
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Apart from Google Hangouts, we were using Skype and GoToMeeting for the same business process. Over time we experienced that the quality of the call was reduced day by day with those products, so we moved to Google Hangouts.
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
I would say Zoom and GoToMeeting are still the best in this space. Whereby is also a great free alternative that you can have up to four people on a call. Google Hangouts is great if your company is using Google Apps because of the integration that it has with the documents.
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Commercial Sales in Sales at Hootsuite (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Google Hangouts is a much better tool for internal conferencing and can be a good back up when GoToMeeting is not working or is simply just down. I would never recommend Google Hangouts as a company's primary video conferencing software but if they could add a few more …
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Google Hangouts integrates into our current workflows well (we use g-suite) and is quite user friendly. It is great for small to mid-size internal team meetings. It is also good for informal client meeting. There are other cases where other tools are needed/superior for the …
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Danaher Business System Leader (DBSL), Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler in Research & Development at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Biotechnology, 10,001+ employees)
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Google is the white cotton socks of the conferencing world. It’s a great ad-hoc tool, but not too much more. If you are not looking to spend money or operate completely on WiFi (without data charges), it’s a great free option as well. The benefit of being free and open is also …
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Since we use Google Suite, Google Hangouts (Classic) was the obvious choice. The ease of use and access to employees makes Google Hangouts (Classic) simple to use and access. Additionally, adding users to an existing Hangout is easy. Google Hangouts (Classic) also doesn't …
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
We use the Google emails for business hence, the Google Hangout application was available for free. There was no setup cost or training that was required. Advanced systems have advanced features which are good but the downside is that they require training. A separate account …
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Google Hangouts had better collaboration options and centralized management, as well all the Google power to backup every chat. All these are being managed by Google, and it works great on both mobile devices and desktops.
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Product Development Asst. in Marketing at Myron Manufacturing (Marketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees)
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
I think that just knowing that it comes from Google makes someone confident that the product will be effective for the purpose he or she wants. It is very well designed and the user interface has a strong appearance.
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Personally, I like Zoom because the UI makes more sense and it is used more widely. Each is a solid choice but we end up using what clients and other companies use for their communication channels.
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Verified User
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
I feel like hangouts stacks up pretty well against these competitors, although admittedly it has less features. Of the ones mentioned, I believe it is the only one that doesn't require the installation of software and is available on all major platforms. This is a huge deal for …
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Senior Software Engineer in Engineering at Masergy (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Google Hangouts is my favorite tool for video and audio. I like Slack for messaging because it can handle very large groups and makes many channels and group messages easy to manage. Google Hangouts is very easy to use because most people have a Google Account. No need to teach …
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Chief Technology Officer in Information Technology at Winston Preparatory School (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Chose Google Hangouts (Classic)
Google Hangouts undercuts almost everyone on pricing, and has a solid feature set. In particular, it is enhanced when using with a Google Voice number. In this instance it makes outgoing calls to "real" phones trivially easy. It's great for on-the-fly use, too.
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Vice President of Operations in Professional Services at MK Partners (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
Zoom takes up too much of the screen, so you can't do anything else. Zoom is hard to use and multiple windows are needed for it. Google Hangouts is okay, but users need to be on Chrome, which many people don't use. So, that is a limiting factor of Hangouts. GoToMeeting was the …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoToMeeting is the gold standard when it comes to overall value and connection quality. Others, such as Slack and Google Hangouts, require other users to have accounts and be existing users (and even then, there are limitations in terms of connecting various groups). The …
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Marketing Operations Manager in Marketing at Simpleview (Internet, 201-500 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoToMeeting is about as easy to use as Zoom and BlueJeans. It is comparable to Amazon Chime, but less integrated than Google Hangouts/Chat. Almost all these solutions include file sharing, screen sharing, chat, and polling. The most helpful features are dial-in numbers and …
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Director of Partnerships, Healthcare in Customer Service at Enliven (Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
They are pretty comparable products. I think it's more about recognition from the users/clients. So in the US, Zoom is well known and easy to hop on. Internationally Go To seems to be an easier solution.
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoTo Meeting has the edge from all of these video conferencing because of the free trial that you can use that does not require such a tedious way to set up.
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
Right there with some of the other top video-conferencing platforms as it has great visual clarity and the sound/audio is high-quality. It doesn't have any lagging issues and it doesn't cut in-and-out regardless of how many users in on on video-conference. GoTo Meeting is easy …
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Director Of Communications, Technology, Marketing at The Suzuki School (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoTo Meeting was more reliable because they had the features in place already and didn't employ a questionable method of forcing people to pay more to use anything (like Zoom). I needed a program that could be used by those who didn't KNOW these kinds of programs. Zoom had a …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoTo Meeting, [in my experience,] is severely underwhelming compared [to] the three that I mentioned above. If you are trying to decide to use either GoTo Meeting or Skype for Business [I feel] you have chosen your two worst options. Zoom and Google Hangouts, especially Google …
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Digital Marketing | Social Media | Advertising & Promotion in Marketing at ICWUSA (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoTo Meeting is not very different. The only difference is the price and the easy way to set it up, but any other than that the programs which compete with it such as Zoom Meetings, Skype, Google Hangout, etc are literally the same. Minor differences but not anything big. So it …
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Business Analyst in Corporate at DigiPro Media, LLC (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
I was not the decision maker when my company chose to implement GoTo Meeting. I think GoTo Meeting stacks up very well against the competitors in terms of functionality and intuitiveness of the software. I am not to sure how the software compares in terms of price point - to …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
Google Hangouts is a bit less professional than GoToMeeting. Zoom is currently being toted as a great, free way to have meetings while staying home and working during the coronavirus outbreak, and because of this I suspect the program is being overloaded with users. GoToMeeting …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoToMeeting, in my opinion, sets the standard for these other services regarding ease of use and availability across various operating systems. However, if high-quality video conferencing, whiteboarding isn't a necessity then GoToMeeting is not for you.
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Chief Operating Officer in Corporate at Frederick Primary Care Associates, P.A. (Medical Practice, 201-500 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
The pricing and features of GoToMeeting surpassed the other products that the decision was a simple one to make. We wanted a tool that was easy for everyone to use and satisfy all of our expectations.
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Director of Operations at Orizon Inc. (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoToMeeting's interface was intuitive and easy to use. Other users were able to use it without needing to download the app and could access meetings on the web. For our needs, GoToMeeting was a little more robust and gave us more capabilities at a relatively low cost, which …
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Founder & CEO in Marketing at Project World Impact (Internet, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
I would say GoToMeeting is not as good as UberConference, but is the equivalent to Zoom/Hangouts/Skype for Business. Honestly the biggest complaint which we hear about all of these is the need/desire to download software to make the tools work. UberConference we rank higher, …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
I would say that most online meetings tools this day are pretty comparable. GoToMeeting is extremely affordable and has computer control features that some other programs do not.
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoToMeeting has a lot of features, which makes it the product to purchase if you're looking for a single simple meeting solution. It does screen sharing well, it does video well, the audio is clear, audiences can participate in a number of ways. In regards to full-feature …
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Audio Visual Technology Coordinator/Programmer at Rhode Island School of Design (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
The ability to centrally manage the accounts made GoToMeeting a good choice. Users also seemed to generally be familiar with it and this made them more likely to try it and continue using.
Skype is a nightmare in that everyone has an account but as the original user names were …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
We use GoToMeeting when it is needed because some of our clients and partners use it. Our favorite tool for online meetings is Zoom, as it's very simple to use, and has great features and is very popular among our community and most of our clients and partners use Zoom.
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
Google Hangouts is just a little too casual for our professional audience and clients. Cisco Webex Events is a bit too complicated and does not work for our scale. Microsoft teams has a lot of good features. But it is quite janky when you're not using it on a corporate network …
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Verified User
Chose GoTo Meeting
We selected GoToMeeting for its recording capabilities, but Skype now offers the same functionality without the cluttered/confusing GoToMeeting UI, and with a good degree of user competency from folks using it in their personal lives. Compared to the competition, GoToMeeting …
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Senior Network Manager in Corporate at Megamedia (Newspapers, 501-1000 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
Overall, we selected GoTo Meeting for its reliability, security, ease of use, and seamless integration with our existing tools. It offers a balanced combination of features that suit our business needs while remaining cost-effective. The platform has proven to be a dependable …
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Senior IT Supporter in Information Technology at Vertic (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
The interface and management are really easy with GoToMeeting and it's a huge advantage as an administrator. We do use other tools as well if clients require it and we do also have Skype for Business and teams as a part of our standard office package. But GoToMeeting has just …
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Senior Vice President Of Sales in Sales at Helixa (Market Research, 11-50 employees)
Chose GoTo Meeting
GoToMeeting was consistently the best performer across the four we evaluated for connectivity and audio, the underpinning of any web share service. Anecdotally, they seemed to have driven the most consistent innovation and product enhancement. Our representatives have been …
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Had I completed this review a couple years ago, I would have given a rating of 9 or 10 as Hangouts (Classic) is an excellent product. However, now that Google Chat has succeeded Hangouts, I would not recommend that any new users begin using it where other more modern options are available. Android users who want an internet based instant messaging that also supports calling and video calling could benefit from using Hangouts (Classic) as Google Chat requires the user to also have Google Meet installed to make video calls and there is no voice only calling option.
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I provide regular training as a big portion of my job. There is weekly training with an infinite number of users in attendance on any given date—GoTo Meeting is not the best option for this because I would have to mute users as they join the meeting. However, I also provide frequent training sessions to a small number of users that feature more individualized content, and having them able to mute/unmute at will is a better fit for a smaller group with in-depth materials.
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I would like to see improved video support, so that saved videos can be sent back and forth via Hangouts more easily, without having to start a separate meet chat
More pronounced notifications of messages would be helpful; pop up notifications are good, but once there is one, additional messages do not pop up
Custom muting times would be great, so that if I am in a 90 minute Zoom meeting, I can set it for that time; right now, it is 1 hour or 2 hours. Easy to forget.
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We used other software like goto meetings but found it best because of its user friendly interface and easy interfacing. It helped us in COVID and now we can say we are depending on it and love it. We recommend it to our friends company and they are also using it. It is very affordable and easy to integrate with system
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The tool is almost self-implemented. It is likely to be available in every pc or mobile device a user or potential user might have, and all you need to do is adding the company's account and you are done. Once you are setted up, you have almost all actual communication methods available in one tool
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The simplicity of GoToMeetings desktop, mobile, and web-based applications make it a very robust and user-friendly meeting solution. At times, it may be more complex than needed, but it is nice to have so many features that can be used if needed. Once installed, it is very easy to use and navigate.
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Google Hangouts works great and does not require a lot of work to troubleshoot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Google provides all of the tools that one requires to utilize Google Hangouts and any information can be found in the built-in help tools. There is also a forum for users to report issues and typically, Google responds well and will try to work out any issues.
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When we have issues, they seem to respond quickly and do everything they can to help us. They have even tried to find other ways we could get more use out of their product, or improve the way we are currently using it. Overall, their support has been fairly good for us.
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Google is the white cotton socks of the conferencing world. It’s a great ad-hoc tool, but not too much more. If you are not looking to spend money or operate completely on WiFi (without data charges), it’s a great free option as well. The benefit of being free and open is also the liability. It doesn’t have a great integration story with other corporate tools, but [it doesn’t have to] if you aren’t looking for that. All in all, it’s as helpful and ubiquitous as a public payphone…without the pay…and with a video capability.
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Many times, it seems like GoTo Meeting requires less bandwidth to run. We noticed with a few test machines that if you have over twenty video streams, this product could handle the load better than if we used Microsoft Teams and had many video streams.
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I believe it was part of the google suite that was purchased. It was worth the cost as it was cheaper. I believe it is now free, but also becoming deprecated. It is much better to use Teams, Discord, Telegram, etc. Google does not provide enough support or features to make using hangouts worth it these days.
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Any collaboration app these days are now a great addition for those organizations which have more than one office and they need to collaborate with each other.
GoTo Meeting can contribute to cost savings by reducing the need for extensive travel, accommodation, and related expenses associated with in-person meetings especially in case like us as we have multiple branches.
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