Webinato vs. West Collaboration (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Webinato
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
Webinato is a webinar tool from omNovia Technologies, a provider of web conferencing software.
$699
Per Room Per Month
West Collaboration (discontinued)
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Launched in October 2020, Hoot Meetings from Intrado was a client-free service used to host and join video meetings. Since rebranding to West Technology Group, the company is discontinuing its collaboration technologies. Hoot Meetings is no longer available.N/A
Pricing
WebinatoWest Collaboration (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Webinato
$699.00
Per Room Per Month
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
WebinatoWest Collaboration (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
WebinatoWest Collaboration (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
WebinatoWest Collaboration (discontinued)
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Webinato
-
Ratings
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.5
2 Ratings
7% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Webinato
-
Ratings
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.3
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Whiteboards00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Webinato
-
Ratings
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.4
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Webinato
-
Ratings
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.3
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Live chat00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Webinato
-
Ratings
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.7
2 Ratings
4% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ClickMeeting
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Score 9.5 out of 10
ClickMeeting
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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ON24
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
WebinatoWest Collaboration (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.4
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
WebinatoWest Collaboration (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
omNovia Technologies
Low-bandwidth environments seemed to prefer Google Hangout.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
It is a great choice if someone wants to add a large number of participants and have a large team. I have been using it and haven’t found it ruining the quality of video because of participants. Furthermore, My team found it easy to join the link . Something that bothers me is that it doesn’t work well with a weak internet connection and this is troublesome for us.
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Pros
omNovia Technologies
  • Registration page
  • On-site technical help
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
  • Its integration with [Microsoft] Outlook is very helpful for us.
  • It provides the best quality of video and audio.
  • Its pricing is so fair and justified.
  • Its mobile application works quite smoothly.
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Cons
omNovia Technologies
  • Aesthetics - in short, there are many competiting softwares and web platforms that have sharper visual qualities and more intuitive design. As the digital divide shrinks, users desire simple, easy-to-learn interfaces. More tech-savvy and higher production quality users will dig deeper for the more granular elements that omNovia supports so well. Also even more customizable webinar environments; perhaps more detailed themes.
  • Hand in hand with the UI renovaton, I'd suggest a company rebranding. Instead of appealing to the corporate environments, I think the technology and applications omNovia represent can have a much wider use case.
  • Mobile - going more mobile than omNovia already is. Products like Bambuser and Adobe Connect have a more integrated and intuitive mobile apps that simply out perform OmNovia.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
  • It requires a profoundly strong internet connection or else it stops working.
  • It is buggy.
  • There should be an update on it.
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Likelihood to Renew
omNovia Technologies
Even though OmNovia offers great products, our recent account rep has been difficult to deal with. We are being charged for services we've never been charged for before. She is responsive and helpful but we were not aware of these additional charges when making our deal with our previous rep.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
omNovia Technologies
Having an assortment of licenses at my disposal with different web platform products was key given the clients included embassies, consulates, universities, etc. all over the world in different bandwidth environments, with different media equipment available, etc. omNovia performed well for the users with moderate to high bandwidth and higher quality equipment. Low-bandwith users did use the audio chat function but preferred less intense platforms that allowed for video. Other products: Watchitoo, Adobe Connect, Google Hangout, WebEx, GoTo Meeting.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
I was not satisfied with the quality of video Zoom used to provide us. Furthermore, my team didn’t find the Zoom link easy to join and above all creating link for the meeting was very hard and tricky in Zoom which is easy in Hoot and Hoot works well even with a large number of participants, and my teammates find it easy.
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Return on Investment
omNovia Technologies
  • in person networking since OmNovia allows for live events to be streamed. Without this ability we would only have regular webinars and would miss out on the networking opportunity.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
  • My team and I can better coordinate.
  • I am able to bring my team on one page and can communicate freely.
  • I can add my whole team and the quality of the video remains the same.
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