GoToWebinar is GoTo’s webinar and online conferencing solution, and offers features like audience polling and Q&A, flexible scheduling experiences, and webinar templates. It offers CRM integrations and reporting & analytics tools to help engage clients’ audiences.
$49
per month per organizer
Microsoft Teams
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
$5
per month
Pricing
GoTo Webinar
Microsoft Teams
Editions & Modules
Lite
$49/month
per month per organizer
Standard
$99/month
per month per organizer
Pro
$199/month
per month per organizer
Enterprise
$399/month
per month per organizer
Free
$0.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$5.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$12.50
per user/per month
Office 365 E3
$20.00
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoTo Webinar
Microsoft Teams
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Discounts are available for non profit organizations.
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GoTo Webinar
Microsoft Teams
Considered Both Products
GoTo Webinar
Verified User
Engineer
Chose GoTo Webinar
Compared to other big-name video conferencing software, GoTo Webinar stands out as it serves to cater to large events whereas the competition can not. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype, for example, have all garnered much attention due to the need for virtual meetings but none …
Microsoft Teams does not offer the same level of flexibility or customization that [GoTo Webinar] has, so that is rather limiting. Also, MicrosoftTeams does not have a decent report program in place. Airmeet has some neat features and decent interactive features between the …
We use Microsoft Teams for internal communications that involve web camera usage from participants. The web camera functions tend to slow down the webinars in GoTo Webinar.
GoTo Webinar works very much like Microsoft Teams for meetings. The features of each are very comparable. However, GoTo Webinar's pricing model is more affordable.
It was already a component of the tech stack before COVID, but with the introduction of numerous new platforms that are utilized on a daily basis for purposes other than webinars, it is currently not the greatest option for marketers. It's a useful addition to the tech stack, …
We used TeamViewer and Skype for Business before this and we had a tough time conducting webinars when the target audience was huge. Lack of integrations with 3rd party platforms, and no analytics capabilities limited ourselves from going to the next level in both sales and …
GoToWebinar has a user-friendly interface and intuitive controls. When comparing it with other platforms, assess how easily you can navigate through features, set up events, and engage with participants. Connection stability, audio and video quality seem pretty much ok. …
All of the other platforms are nice as well but something that has GoTo webinar is that it uses a software in your computer that makes the session to be more reliable and does not consume high ram or rom in your device. It has nice features to remind the people about the …
The tool was one of the first and most used tools before pandemic struck and many other IT companies converted and/or launched their live stream8ng softwares for education management. The system is reliable, accessible through different devices and optimal for managing large …
Super-smooth video and fantastic audio with an extended range of volume control. Other vendors can claim their product is a superior choice; however, in my history of experiencing multiple options, GoTo Webinar gets my highest marks!
Teams is also a good option but sharing the screen is handy but I don't think in Zoom. So both can be used. GoTo webinar has a good feature which is starting the publish so recording and sharing will start only after that once we are ready. Other platforms are also good but …
We needed more participant seats. Plus you can either buy a GoTo Meeting, or buy a GoTo Webinar and get a free GoTo Meeting with it. It is more cost effective that way.
Zoom is the biggest and most well-known competitor. We use both, although lately have been using Zoom more. I think they both can be good, but I think GoToWebinar offers more participant and engagement data, and also makes it easier to share files. But Zoom is more …
GoToWebinar was a familiar brand name and people in the education industry were using it daily. It was easy to use and we were able to host large-scale webinars. The video quality was superior and we were able to edit it easily and publish it externally. Overall, a simple …
My CEO choose our products, but I imagine he selected it for the ease, the safeguards to the business, and it integrates well with the tools we already use!
Verified User
Consultant
Chose GoTo Webinar
GoTo Webinar has better usability and a user-friendly interface. It is one of the collaboration tools that is favored by our staff. It easily facilitates in-meeting messaging and encourages open dialogue. It is a great tool that can facilitate virtual staff meetings. Attendees …
Actually we use both MS Teams and Go To Webinar for different use cases as I already described in the very first question. Zoom is of course also valuable but as we already have Teams and GoTo Webinar I think we dont really need so many tools that do the same thing.
I like GoTo Webinar better than these platforms because of its ability to hose large scale events and allow users to interact more freely. Many times the meetings we are using this for are meant to be a dialogue rather than a monologue and this system allows this to flow much …
It was selected because of the following reason: It tightly integrates with other regs. platforms like Cvent It is easy to configure and maintain. It offers nice interactive features like polling questions, transcription, etc. It offers nice data analytics post any event to …
Our target audience is within the financial sector and we struggled with security walls blocking their access to join Zoom or Teams meetings. ON24 seems to be one level up from GoTo Webinar when it comes to customization and a better UX. My new company now uses ON24 because of …
Zoom I have found extremely hard to explain and use. Sometimes hard to show if you are on mute when using a mobile device whereas on GoToMeeting you are easily able to see the faces of others and if you are muted or not. That is helpful when traveling and using the app.
All the tools mentioned and this tool itself have their points in favor and other things that can be improved. Many times one solution or another is taken depending on the conditions of the moment and much of the provider, client or platform that offers the best conditions at …
Although competitors such as Slack and Webex can really stand up to MS Teams, our organization chose Teams as the predominant work communicator. Working within this decision, we are overall happy with the feature set that Teams provides. In my opinion, the advantages of its …
Microsoft Teams edges above the conferencing competition by allowing file collaboration and ongoing group chats with coworkers. We selected Microsoft Teams for all our video & audio conference calls for it's ability to integrate with our Outlook client and make it easy for …
It is well suited for a mass audience of at least 100 plus. Polling features, audience engagement features, and seamless audio and video are some of the qualities that make the product feel very mature. It might not be well suited if the company or target audience is small, they could very well use the regular, teams or Skype for Business without paying extra.
Positive: The virtual workspace created for a work team within the same company, for the resemblance of information and communications in one place.Negative: The access for members of a non-profit organization who have external emails from the host but need the same access as an internal person since their volunteer work is part of the very core of the federation.
Can't schedule recurring webinars twice per week or every other week--must manually add or delete instances.
Can't schedule recurring webinars more than 'x' number of instances (less than a year's worth).
If you want a recurring webinar to continue past the last instance (in order to keep the same link), your only option is to manually add future instances before the last one occurs. If the last instance occurs, the webinar (and corresponding link) are archived with no recourse and you must recreate it from scratch and update every bit of external collateral with a new link. So I have to have reminders on my calendar every 6 months to go in and add additional dates for all my recurring webinars in order to keep my links active.
Canceling/changing seats is a huge pain.
The default 'join' screen is app-based rather than web based, so registrants often have to download GTW. I have a lot of clients whose computers are locked down from unapproved apps and have missed the webinar because the ability to join on the web is very unintuitive.
The feature of notifications in the mobile application could be improved. Sometimes notifications of different teams are not visible and are only visible when the application is opened.
It uses lots of computational resources while running and thus, slows down the system sometimes.
It allows a few channels per team. The number of channels could be increased for better productivity.
Our largest issue with GoTo have been the limitations on recording and using recordings to host a webinar, and the biggest of those is the ability to record. We have had most of our webinars recorded successfully, but when it failed to save, it failed in a big way. Their customer service team was there to help, but they were unable to truly fix the problem. There are, of course, other providers, but as we are still seeing where hosted webinars fit in our marketing strategy, cost is an important factor. Since our company already uses GoToMeeting, it makes more sense for us to stay with the entire suite of products, especially while we are testing the strategy as a whole.
Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
Mostly about the platform's intuitive interface. It makes it easy to navigate and use. Clear menus, well-organized controls, and a straightforward layout contribute to a positive user experience. The reliability of the platform in terms of connection stability, audio quality, and video clarity contributes to overall usability. A dependable connection ensures a smooth experience for both hosts and participants.
User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful. MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organizational communications. Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
I was always able to get someone on the phone when I needed to. They were very thorough and ensuring my questions were answered. And if I was asking for a solution or request that they didn't offer, they told me so I could at least stop trying to search for it.
Using Microsoft Teams has resulted in much faster business communications with both co-workers and consultants. There has been little need for support with this software as the interface is very intuitive and the product is overall very well designed. We did encounter an issue with the built-in phone service, however, this was quickly resolved by the support team.
I didn't participate in the implementation nor did my company. As far as I know we have an IT office running alla these projects and we just use the final products for our educational purposes. I also didn't notice implementation at any level while using the desktop interface, but would immediately recognize it, if so.
Zoom caters to a much higher attendee count. GoTo Webinar has more intuitive, user-friendly tools that most people can pick up on their own. Zoom is more tailored and customizable to suit your specific needs. GoTo Webinar is significantly cheaper with fewer add-ons....
Our company and IT department previously used Skype for our communication needs. Skype was not dependable in my opinion, because it seems each time I used it during a call and/or a meeting, I and several other team members would get disconnected more than once. This caused a great interruption of our meeting, caused team members to have to ask others to repeat themselves and caused a general lack of interest in employee attendance during meetings.
Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.