Google Meet vs. LiveWebinar

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
LiveWebinar
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
LiveWebinar is a cloud-based tool that helps users manage online webinars, meetings, training, live streaming, chats, screen sharing, social media broadcasting and high definition (HD) recording via web browsers. It is a customizable solution that allows users to change logos, room colors, and design layouts, as well as create personalized registration forms to match their business's brand identity, and control email delivery and report designs. LiveWebinar allows users to broadcast…
$17.99
per month per user
Pricing
Google MeetLiveWebinar
Editions & Modules
Google Workspace - Business Starter
$6
per month
Google Workspace - Business Standard
$12
per month
Google Workspace - Business Plus
$18
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google MeetLiveWebinar
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google MeetLiveWebinar
Features
Google MeetLiveWebinar
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
LiveWebinar
9.0
3 Ratings
10% above category average
High quality audio8.957 Ratings10.03 Ratings
High quality video8.857 Ratings00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements8.943 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support8.851 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.4
57 Ratings
6% above category average
LiveWebinar
-
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
LiveWebinar
9.0
3 Ratings
10% above category average
Calendar integration8.854 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.754 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with social media6.325 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.643 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Slideshows8.244 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings9.02 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
LiveWebinar
8.5
3 Ratings
0% above category average
Live chat8.652 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling8.034 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Q&A8.037 Ratings9.03 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
LiveWebinar
8.5
2 Ratings
2% above category average
User authentication8.644 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.242 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.133 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
LiveWebinar
7.3
3 Ratings
5% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings6.72 Ratings
Data exportability00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
LiveWebinar
8.5
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Branding options00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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Google MeetLiveWebinar
Small Businesses
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
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Score 7.3 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 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.5 out of 10
ON24
ON24
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google MeetLiveWebinar
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(62 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(21 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(18 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google MeetLiveWebinar
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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RTCLab
LiveWebinar is best for individuals holding quick meetings or daily scheduled events. Having friction less meetings for teams which does not require prior app installation or setup makes this the perfect webinar platform for persons with techphobia. Schedule, Send, and Start the meeting. There's even built in surveys and tests which makes the meeting or event more engaging and interactive. Unfortunately for multi-day events, it is very hard to use LiveWebinar for this purpose. Let's say for virtual conferences which has defined dates and times for each session, LiveWebinar won't fit this purpose, or at least, it is very hard to execute this scenario using the platform.
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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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RTCLab
  • Let's you create dedicated (permanent) meeting rooms for recurring meetings/training.
  • Easy overview of all past events/webinars.
  • Branding of a meeting room with company logo possible.
  • Lots of features that make the meeting more professional.
  • No need to install software to connect to a webinar.
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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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RTCLab
  • Connectivity and streaming are not always reliable and a webpage needs to be reloaded.
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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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RTCLab
Absolutely love the features of Livewebinar and it's probably the most advanced Live webinar solution that I have used. Even with the absence of a native mobile app, the platform is useable on mobile or tablet screen sizes. There's no noticeable lags during the presentation and users find it easy to use and navigate during the presentations / webinars.
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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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RTCLab
LiveWebinar is an all in one solution for daily meetings and events. I made it a 9 as it is almost perfect in its current form. However, there were some reported issues on mobile connectivity as there is no native app of LiveWebinar for both iOS and Android. Moreover, I'm hoping that LiveWebinar could connect to my Google, Outlook, or iCal calendar to synch events regularly. I'd love to see my calendar inside LiveWebinar which makes it to the top of the feature wishlist for this platform. Further, if LiveWebinar is able to handle multiple day events or meetings with just a few clicks, that would make this platform, a 11/10 rating!
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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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RTCLab
Customer support of LiveWebinar is top notch. They are available almost 24x7x365. I rarely wait for the next response and given that people are not suppose to work on holidays or weekends, their support agents are always there to lend a helping hand. The responses are spot on. It's not that I need help with platform having some issues or anything, but for general account questions, they quickly respond to each and every query I raise over to support. Definitely one of the best things with LiveWebinar.
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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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RTCLab
  • Lower cost of ownership
  • Same or superior features
  • No additional software needs to be installed to join the meeting since everybody has already a web browser.
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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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RTCLab
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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RTCLab
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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RTCLab
  • LiveWebinar has made coordinating schedules for training easier.
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ScreenShots

LiveWebinar Screenshots

Screenshot of live streamingScreenshot of LiveWebinar brandingScreenshot of Room view on laptop and mobileScreenshot of Room view with live chat and participantsScreenshot of Room view YouTube PlayerScreenshot of User panel - registration forms + automation