Google Meet vs. Livestorm

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Meet
Score 8.3 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
Livestorm
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
French company Livestorm offers their webinar platform which integrates with many other enterprise applications via Zapier and features polling, session recording and sharing, and webinar data collection and tracking.
$0
A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.
Pricing
Google MeetLivestorm
Editions & Modules
Google Workspace - Business Starter
$6
per month
Google Workspace - Business Standard
$12
per month
Google Workspace - Business Plus
$18
per month
Webinar Basic
$0.00
A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.
Meet Basic
$0.00
Limited Instant and Scheduled Meetings for up to four participants
Meet Premium
$31.00
Full features for Instant and Scheduled Meetings.
Webinar Premium
$99.00
A premium experience with removed limitations to get the full benefits of Livestorm for up to 100 seats. + $99 to add 250 seats, + $209 to add 1,000 seats.
Enterprise
Contact sales
An enterprise-grade experience with premium service.
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google MeetLivestorm
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google MeetLivestorm
Features
Google MeetLivestorm
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.8
57 Ratings
11% above category average
Livestorm
9.5
3 Ratings
15% above category average
High quality audio8.957 Ratings9.03 Ratings
High quality video8.857 Ratings00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements8.943 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support8.851 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.4
57 Ratings
6% above category average
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing8.457 Ratings00 Ratings
Whiteboards8.338 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
7.9
55 Ratings
3% below category average
Livestorm
9.4
3 Ratings
14% above category average
Calendar integration8.854 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.654 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with social media6.325 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.643 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Slideshows8.244 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.2
54 Ratings
2% above category average
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
16% above category average
Live chat8.652 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling8.034 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Q&A8.037 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.6
47 Ratings
7% above category average
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
18% above category average
User authentication8.644 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.242 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.133 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
26% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Data exportability00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
23% above category average
Branding options00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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Google MeetLivestorm
Small Businesses
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.4 out of 10
BigMarker
BigMarker
Score 6.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.7 out of 10
Zoho Meeting
Zoho Meeting
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
ON24
ON24
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google MeetLivestorm
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(62 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(21 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(18 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google MeetLivestorm
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
If you have a small team, use Google Meet. If you want to have a weekly check-up, use Google Meet. If you want to do a small hosting of conferences — kind of like a webinar, I would say to be very specific — Google Meet is really, really good. So that’s what my recommendations are.
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Livestorm
Livestorm is well suited to use when you need to reach a group of more than ten people. It wouldn't be a good solution if you wanted interaction from the audience in more than the form of chat.
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Pros
Google
  • I think it's fairly easy to operate. Once people get in, they know where the buttons are and stuff.
  • The chat's good.
  • It does good transcriptions.
  • I like the backgrounds that are available.
  • I like the just overall, I guess the layout is simple and most people know how to use it, which is good.
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Livestorm
  • Very intuitive to use and easy to customize.
  • Excellent customer service.
  • Lots of good data for analytics.
  • Participants do not need to download anything.
  • Feedback and recommendations are acted on.
  • Easy to logistical information on registrants and attendees.
  • Supports integrations.
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Cons
Google
  • One of the challenges that I see is that whenever we have in a meeting, we won't be able to drop some of the documents that we have. That's one of the big challenges which I see in Google Meet. At that point of time, we either have to Slack or we have to share an email. We cannot do that, like sending that particular document in the Google meet chat.
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Livestorm
  • It would be helpful to have higher quality replays
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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Livestorm
Making sure the permission settings for your camera, microphone or browser can sometimes be tricky. If we have a guest, we always have to double-check these. It's also not super intuitive that you need to "Get on Stage" from the webinar page.
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Support Rating
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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Livestorm
The customer service representatives are extremely attentive. They do an excellent job of trying to understand the scope of the issue and follow it through until it has been resolved. When I have provided them with recommendations for improvement they have taken them to heart and many times implemented them. I trust that if I ever have a problem they will be there to help
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Alternatives Considered
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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Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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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Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
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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Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Livestorm
  • It's been great! It's the very bottom of the funnel for us so it helps accelerate leads and create opportunities.
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ScreenShots

Livestorm Screenshots

Screenshot of Access complete analytics in a built-in dashboard.Screenshot of Learn more about attendees with detailed participation reports.Screenshot of Engage with your audience in real-time with questions, chats, and polls.