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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Join.me (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AJoin.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.

    $10

    per month

    Webex Webinars

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AWebex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.N/A
    Pricing
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $10.00
    Month
    Pro
    $10.00
    Month
    Business
    $10.00
    Month
    Webex Events
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Join.me (discontinued)
    Join.me checks off all the boxes for what we need in a webinar toolset. It is one of the easiest to use and has a small bandwidth requirement that matches up well against the competition. It is priced right for a company of our size (under 10 users). In fact, it works so well, …
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    Cisco
    Chose Webex Webinars
    I use it because my company uses WebEx, however it isn't my most loved software available. It truly depends upon what you are endeavoring to get out of WebEx. In the event that you need a simple to use and easy to understand software, it is an awesome decision. I think it is …
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    Chose Webex Webinars
    In my opinion, WebEx Event Center is one of the more reliable and accessible tools in its space. Video and audio streams are solid and it offers many of the features that a company would ask for from a tool like this. I will say that Event Center could learn from products like …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    52 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    58 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    Features
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.8
    75 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Webex Webinars
    8.9
    67 Ratings
    9% above category average
    High quality audio8.566 Ratings9.367 Ratings
    High quality video8.269 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements7.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.336 Ratings8.562 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.9
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Webex Webinars
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards7.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.0
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Webex Webinars
    9.0
    66 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendar integration8.551 Ratings9.059 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.464 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media7.121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.052 Ratings8.965 Ratings
    Slideshows8.035 Ratings9.362 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings8.862 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.1
    59 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Webex Webinars
    8.9
    65 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat8.759 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling7.720 Ratings9.064 Ratings
    Q&A7.826 Ratings8.862 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.3
    58 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Webex Webinars
    8.9
    63 Ratings
    6% above category average
    User authentication8.244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions8.251 Ratings9.263 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list8.433 Ratings8.757 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Webinars
    8.9
    61 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.857 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings8.957 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Join.me (discontinued) and Webex Webinars
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Webinars
    8.9
    53 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Branding options00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings8.847 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score2.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (76 ratings)
    8.7
    (69 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (25 ratings)
    5.9
    (26 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Join.me (discontinued)Webex Webinars
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
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    I'd say mainly well suited for larger audiences. I think there's probably some products that are a little more economical for smaller audiences, but if you need a solid, reliable platform for larger audiences, say more than a hundred people. So this is the best product for that or at least top two.
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    Pros
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    • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
    • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
    • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
    • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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    • Cisco Webex Events is very straightforward and easy to use. Setting up an event within the platform is quite simple - anyone can do it.
    • Webex Events is a great add-on feature to the Webex conferencing platform to allow a one-way broadcast of information, rather than worrying about attendees being able to interrupt the presentation.
    • Recording a session is fairly simple and accessing the recordings post-event is quite reliable. I believe you can also upload .mp4 files into the Webex Events platform to serve as a host.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
    • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
    • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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    • There always seems to be room for video quality improvement (not a necessity, but would be nice)
    • Mobile screensharing from iOS/Android (and other mobile) devices would be a great feature
    • The mobile app should be able to track meetings a user has been invited to, but does not do so (yet)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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    Webex Webinars continues to provide exceptional value as a community engagement and professional education platform. As long as there are a multitude of event offerings and the product continues to be supported with periodic software and security updates, I can anticipate using Webex Webinars for the foreseeable future. Overall a great product!
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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    My experience with this software is fantastic; it's so satisfying that it only took me a week to go through an internal training program to use this software, actually, I don't think this training program was necessary. Usability is one of the most fantastic features to guarantee the increase of members in remote events.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Cisco
    Webex Webinars are available 24/7 and is based on your license purchase and usage. Webex Webinars needs maximum bandwidth consumption for sending and receiving videos and listed below are some examples. High-Definition Video: 2.5 Mbps (Receive) and 3.0 Mbps (Send)· High Quality Video: 1.0 Mbps (Receive) and 1.5 Mbps (Send)· Standard Quality Video: 0.5 Mbps (Receive) and 0.5 Mbps (Send) Webex Webinars makes it easy to analyze attendance statistics, send participants to a post-webinar landing page, and integrate data into CRMs and marketing automation.
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    Performance
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    You can turn around WebEx Attendance reports within 24 hours. Sign in to Webex Site Administration and go to Reports - Access Anywhere. Select the beginning and ending dates for the report. Report data is available only for sessions conducted up to three months before the current date depending on your administration set-up. From the Sort results by drop-down list, select the sort order criteria for the report. After hosting a WebEx Webinar, you have the ability to create a report of all of the participants and the times that they entered and left the meeting. Reports cannot track emoji's or reactions. Best practice for Q&A and tracking you can integrate SLIDO. You cannot save individual polling results. Also the polling report does not include who asked and answered the questions. This limitation does not apply to SLIDO. Closed captions and transcriptions are only saved if the Webinar is recorded. If you face problems during a webinar, you can hit then button which creates and send a report to Cisco who will then look into the problems to avoid future occurrences
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    Support Rating
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    I honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
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    I love the control that this product gives to those running the meetings. It allows you to assign presenter roles to people and everyone else that is an attendee can be totally controlled, like whether they can unmute, use video or just sit there and watch. It really gives control of the meeting to those who are running it. And we love that ability for those meetings that we are trying to make sure people are listening in on instead of trying to participate.
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    Online Training
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    Cisco
    It was a good training to understand not only webinars but the entire platform.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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    The implementation process was fairly simple and straightforward
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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    Cisco
    ON24 has a lot more bells and whistles, which is great when you need them but when you're looking for a straight up platform to host a stand alone webinar, Webex Webinars is a good alternative. We've selected Webex Webinars when we don't need such a customized webinar console.
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    Scalability
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    Cisco
    Webex Webinars is a scalable platform designed for interactive experiences. It can accommodate attendees from 100 up to 100,000 attendees depending on the purchase of your license. The scalability is based on each company's requirements and usage. Webex Webinars can offer key features like real-time translations, moderated Q&A, live polling, and chat, making it suitable for both small and large audiences and can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
    • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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    • Allowed us to keep our product development moving forward during the pandemic.
    • Reduced our travel costs by hosting virtual events.
    • Allows us to host more events because of reduced cost over in-person events.
    • Helps us with faster time to market on features as we can quickly set up and host a focus group.
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