Adobe Connect Review
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What is Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that enables users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules. The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs.
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- Desktop sharing (64)8.080%
- High quality video (64)7.272%
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$130
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Forever free for up to 3 participants
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- No setup fee
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What is Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that provides standard features like video, audio, screen-sharing, polls, chat, Q&A, and document transfers, as well as the ability for users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules.
The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs. Some extensions that are available include, but are not limited to, Closed Captioning support, Word Cloud (for visualizing live discussions), and MP3 player for adding music to users’ meeting rooms.
Users can create or style their own meeting room layouts which can be saved. They can also add multiple chat pods, polls, quizzes, simulations, breakout rooms, HD video, and games to make meetings and online conferencing more interactive. Additionally, Adobe Connect allows for presenters and hosts to utilize a “virtual backstage” to chat and collaborate outside of the main meeting or conference. It also allows for users to go into a “preparation mode” to make adjustments right before or during a session.
Pricing for Adobe Connect Meetings ranges from $50/mo up to $370/mo. Additional webinar capabilities through Adobe Connect Webinar ranges $140/mo to $580/mo, from a webinar with 100 participants to one with up to 1000 participants.
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Adobe Connect Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
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| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that enables users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules. The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs.
GoTo Meeting, Webinato, and Cisco Webex Support (discontinued) are common alternatives for Adobe Connect.
Reviewers rate Live chat and Confidential attendee list highest, with a score of 9.4.
The most common users of Adobe Connect are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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October 07, 2022
Adobe Connect Allows for Nice Accessibility for Webinars
I have used Adobe Connect to host webinars for training programs we provide. We have always offered webinars for training, but COVID caused us to shift everything on-line for a season. Connect has allowed us to provide training to a large number of people all at one time without having to travel when were not able to do so.
- I like how Connect's pods are clearly separated on the screen so webinar attendees have everything broken out nicely for them to see.
- Connect allows us to easily mute and unmute individuals by looking at that pod where a bunch of names are displayed.
- Connect allows us to be able to upload all materials (Power Points, other documents, etc) before the webinar and then pull them up as needed during the webinar. It also allowed us to do other things on our computer when hosting a webinar. Some other webinar platforms "take over" your computer and limits being able to multi-task.
- At our organization we ended up having to connect a separate phone/audio line that allowed people the option of listening by phone. We don't need to do that with Zoom.
- Uploading files seemed to take a decent amount of time using Connect, which meant we needed to start preparing for webinars sooner than what we wanted to.
- Connect seemed to freeze up quite a bit on us while we have not had that issue when using Zoom as much.
October 06, 2022
Engage and Collaborate from Anywhere and Everywhere
When providing live and on-demand training sessions for our business partners, utilizing Adobe Connect has made all the difference in being able to create a virtually engaging learning environment that allows both facilitators and participants to exercise creativity during the learning and development process. Other platforms commonly used in our and other organizations work well for meetings, but Adobe Connect allows us as facilitators to create that in-person feel and have the same level of engagement and collaboration that so often seems to be absent from virtual spaces.
- Love how you can create custom layouts ahead of time and seamlessly change from one to another during a session.
- There are so many creative ways to use the whiteboard features.
- Being able to keep participants in one layout while you go into other layouts and make changes, updates, etc. has been incredibly helpful.
- The breakout rooms have endless use cases.
- I wish Adobe provided the audio directly to the customer rather than requiring an outside telecom provider be selected if you want audio beyond VOIP.
- It's nice to be able to upload PPT presentations into a share pod, but if the PPT is more than basic, I find several animations, fonts, etc. are not supported, completely changing the way the presentation comes across. This makes it impossible for me to utilize the feature most of the time and a screen share is the next best option.
October 06, 2022
Adobe Connect Review
Since our personnel are separated geographically, we use it for collaboration and training. We hold meetings and team building. It is better than Microsoft Teams because we have more freedom to customize and keep all content.
- Hosting meeting.
- Collaboration.
- File/content storage.
October 05, 2022
Adobe Connect- the best platform for conducting your training!
We use Adobe Connect as the platform for our training programs.
- Multiple simultaneous chats under a video
- Multiple simultaneous polls
- View white boards and note pods in real-time as teams are filling them out in breakout rooms.
- Short answer polls
- Layout options
- Customize what people see in the breakout rooms
- Engagement meter on an individual level
- Share polls between various rooms
October 05, 2022
A Great Engagement Tool
Adobe Connect has been instrumental in helping my organization enhance collaboration, communication, and engagement challenges.
- Adobe Connect is great at bringing people together.
- Adobe Connect is great at polling the audience
- Adobe Connect is great at sharing information across the organization.
- Adobe Connect provides a great audio experience.
- Adobe Connect may want to address buffering with video usage.
- Adobe Connect may want to encourage use of the app as an employee engagement tool
June 10, 2022
Adobe Connect- Your conferencing buddy
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
We mainly use it for morning meeting in our organization. We also use it sometimes for presentations and team meeting but it's not our primary app to use for that purpose. As it supports most of the devices from Windows to IOS, people attending the afternoon informal meeting finds it easier because this app is compatible to their device. This has increased the attendance in our afternoon catch up session.
- viewers side screen layout can be controlled
- Host control is awsome
- Customisation and doodling
- well sometimes the video buffers and its not due to the interne quality
- Often time its gets stuck midway and have to restart it
- UI is tough for beginner
September 13, 2021
Connectivity issues and connectivity dropping too big of an issue.
Score 4 out of 10
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Verified User
This program is being used by our company for training purposes
- I love the fact that you can do screen sharing with this program so that we can see what our trainer is seeing on their computer screen.
- I like the features such as raising hands and you know thumbs up thumbs down applaud laugh step away because I use all of those in the training classes that I've been with my company. We use the raised hand function in order to ask questions so if anybody in our training class has a question we just click on the raise hand option. And whenever we go on break we use the step away function.
- I like the fact that it has the function to not only use a microphone but also a camera so that when we come up to answer questions in our training class we go on camera as well as Mike and people get a chance to see who we are and that we're real people and actually hear our voices.
- One of the issues that I am constantly having with Adobe connect is connection issues with my company I use a lot of programs and they all require access to our VPN and a hardwired internet connection. Because our company has gone into the settings of our all-in-one computers and deactivated the functionality of being able to use wi-fi. I'm able to use the internet with no problem on my computer. I'm able to use all of the programs without any connection issues whatsoever accessing the VPN for our company but Adobe connect is constantly dropping in connection status. There's an icon in the upper left-hand corner that shows us out of four bars what are connection is at and I am constantly dropping between four green bars down to two orange bars. So the connectivity issues are a constant issue with Adobe connect.
June 11, 2021
"For professionals, it's a really valuable tool."
Our worldwide sales and marketing department uses this great tool. It is a great communication tool with many working capabilities. Adobe Connect supports meetings, training, and seminars. putting together national and international sales representatives is not really easy. We use this app to stay in touch and communicate with each other. Our sales staff benefit from the software since it motivates them.
- It's a quick method to exchange files, file, documents, and videos from a web app. Real-time conversation, and screen-sharing are all supported. It has a highly user-friendly interface. It is really simple to assist the teams.
- Even team engagements is beneficial since it allows them to share their expertise with others, and the big benefit is the security of the rooms' access is fairly simple to manage.
- The interface, which include features like notes, chat, pods, etc. When we're trying to gather rapid and exact information, simplify our work as much as possible.
- Adobe Connect's features since they allow team members to express their ideas during meetings without causing disruptions, thereby bypassing the current international boundary of distance.
- The recording options don't always function.
- When sharing media, files saved on the server may fail to upload.
- The internet load might cause connectivity issues, causing individuals or the entire session to fail.
Adobe Connect makes us create exceptional collaboration experiences, webinars, and digital training, which are vital for successful communications. Furthermore, Adobe Connect gives us opportunities to create virtual rooms, effective for online training or client engagements. Finally, Adobe Connect increases our interactivity, where the software contains presentation tools, screen sharing, and video conferencing, all aimed to bring some teamwork.
- Adobe Connect has presentation features like transitions and animations, which are important in communications.
- Furthermore, Adobe Connect supports virtual events in the classroom, where training is done and knowledge acquired.
- Lastly, Adobe Connect makes virtual meetings through conferencing effective and manageable at a minimal cost.
- Nonetheless, Adobe Connect lacks the engagement monitoring, which can be critical for the management to oversee.
- Besides, Adobe Connect has no certification management, which is essential in the current education or training field.
- Lastly, Adobe Connect has no offline editing tool, hence, when the internet connection is not there, many things can not be conducted effectively.
May 25, 2021
A Solid Platform for Long-Distance Contact
It is used in some of our specialized department for the convenience of the customer. In almost a year, Adobe has provided us with a successful approach that our customers have welcomed. Adobe Connect make it easy to set up remote training and meeting of some sort. It's easy to use, arrange, and distribute the material to your audience. You can share screen, webcam, and audio with your clients and upload files in a variety of formats.
- It is possible to stream a presentation online. There is also the choice of video conferencing. There is no need to download something.
- On this platform, webinars are also very simple, and you can share your laptop in moments.
- It also has a chat feature and the ability to record calls.
- People aren't as familiar with it as they are with other apps.
- Its cost is higher than other apps.
- Our new team members don't understand it quickly.
May 20, 2021
It is very easy to make a connection
It has provided me a perfect platform where I can have easy discussions and easily I can share the computer screens with our team members. I also like its mobile application which has allowed my team members to ensure smooth operation of our working. It has amazing and well-developed functionalities for online video conferencing.
- Adobe Connect is a very effective tool, which is built on pod systems, where each pod performs a specific task. I have found it very effective for having meetings with my clients. It has covered all the distances and within few seconds it helps me to get connected.
- I like its interface which is very appealing because of its simplicity. Now, I never schedule any visits but use Adobe connect for showing the product description.
- Adobe Connect is helping me a lot to have meetings and sessions, across the world I can easily stay in touch with my foreign clients.
- Sometimes the system gets slow during the long-running of the application and we have to shut down the application, which consumes our time.
- Adobe Connect is a costly solution and its installation is not very easy.
- We also faced some issue during its purchasing to this needs an urgent attention.
April 28, 2021
Bugs. Unstable.
Adobe Connect is pretty useful to organize meetings, trainings and seminars. Actually it is so easy setting up. We use this application to stay in touch with each other and talk with each other. It is used by a single department (CX consultants), in order to offer trainings and coaching. It works as a virtual classroom and it gets straight to the point.
- the app makes easy to deliver coaching and courses
- intuitive menu
- files and link sharing features
- some bugs and lags
- no virtual backgrounds
- video quality (especially compared to other vendors)
April 26, 2021
A decent web conferencing platform
A decent product for online training of new staff. Screen share feature is good. You can share documents as well as links. There is an option to access multiple chats and also take polls. Whiteboard feature also comes a lot in handy. You can also have a control over the screen layout for other viewers.
- Online training.
- Polls or questionnaires.
- Sharing documents and links on the go.
- Can’t set a virtual background.
- No option to call the ones attending.
- Troubleshooting can be improved.
April 24, 2021
It works as an online collaboration tool, but there are better alternatives out there.
We started using Adobe Connect when it was Macromedia Breeze as an on-prem solution 15+ years ago. We stopped using it in favor of Webex, but other units on campus chose Adobe Connect a few years ago. This is a departmental decision and not across the whole organization.
- Flexibility to move pods around the screen
- Outdated interface
- Not as robust as other more modern solutions such as Webex and Zoom
- Feels very sluggish on users' computers
April 20, 2021
Adobe Connect - Connecting Us One Meeting at a Time
We use Adobe Connect in the classroom and for meeting purposes. It allows us to meet virtually with stakeholders and with consultants when needed.
- Adobe Connect offers the same features you find with WebEx, but seems more professional.
- I love the chat feature which allows for questions without interrupting the presenter.
- I also love the screen sharing/presentation feature which allows the opportunity to present in a clear and concise way
- It is not as user friendly as zoom and other virtual meeting tools
- I’ve had techincal issues with sound
April 19, 2021
Connect helps you connect
Several departments across our firm use [Adobe Connect]. The one i can speak most on is the Learning and Development team. We use to to host all of our weekly classes that we present across the firm. For us it addresses the need to be able to host classes via the web.
- Can host a large number of attendees
- Share files, chat, share web links
- Share your screen and show content
- Interact with users
- i wish there was a raise hand, and other interactive features like you see in web ex
- i wish that it would integrate with InterCall easier or have built in ability for the audio
- i wish that it would have a better attendance tracking
April 13, 2021
Review of Adobe Connect
Adobe Connect was used for trainings within my organization. It allowed our organization to seamlessly train and educate our members while also sharing resources with them.
- I like that you can customize the boxes to have displayed - so customization is nice.
- I like how easy it was to use.
- Only would upload PDFs well - any other formats would lead to slides being weird.
- Not user friendly - when working with other presenters, would always have to walk presenters through what buttons to use.
- Adobe Connect had an online way of accessing webinar presentations and a log-in way - if a presenter used an online link, it was difficult to allow them permissions to run their own slide deck.
April 10, 2021
Good platform with room for improvement
Adobe Connect is being used for virtual conferencing, teleconferencing, and meeting/interviewing purposes. It is being used only in certain parts of the organization, but not the entire organization. Other departments and teams use other platforms. The business problem being solved is being able to connect and collaborate with other employees and customers, especially now more than ever since we're all remote. It also has other capabilities to troubleshoot or work out business issues and leveraging that type of technology.
- The user interface and controls and commands are fairly intuitive. Even if audio or video isn't working, you can usually figure it out within a minute or two.
- It functions well and seems to transition from feature to feature or capability to another capability. Doesn't seem clunky at all, but is clean.
- Other capabilities instead of just audio and video is present too, but they haven't been fully explored or leveraged yet.
- The overall connection and lag sometimes are disruptive. This may not be due to the platform as a whole, connectivity, and strength of the signal is probably a factor but it can get glitchy sometimes.
- More features for remote desktop options, whiteboarding, or screen sharing to actively resolve issues would be great while collaborating.
- Online support or forums to help assist with issues aren't as prevalent as you think they'd be. More individual resources to assist with issues would be helpful.
April 07, 2021
Adobe Connect- Customized Engagement
Adobe Connect is used across several agencies and departments, but not all. Adobe Connect was selected due to it's customization and engagement features. The primary goal is to have engaging virtual learning, that is interactive and well designed.
- Customized and tailored design and display
- Adobe Captivate functionality
- Layouts Allow for Learning Design and Run of show
- Their closed caption pod has to be connected to an external service
- Users joining via the web are less successful using all of the features.
- Requires planning and design to have the best experience. (Bad for events on the fly)
- The text is tiny. This is on the title of the share pods, and chat and attendee list. I imagine those with visual impairments might struggle.
We have used Adobe Connect for a range of purposes, mostly for webinars and meetings when participants are remote. For webinars, it's been ideal to allow a presenter to control their slides while discussing their project, while participants can use the chat box to ask questions or network. We record the webinars and send out the link later, so colleagues who may not have been able to attend can replay it--we've received lots of positive feedback on this. We have also used it to collect email addresses for follow-up; the option to email the chat log to the meeting organizer is so useful. For meetings, we can collaborate and discuss a document or presentation as it's shared onscreen. We were even able to use a conference line for colleagues who had audio trouble, so incorporating that functionality was very helpful for us.
- Slide-sharing and letting presenters control their speed.
- Integration of external conference line in addition to VOIP.
- Recording/playback is seamless.
- Audio/mic troubleshooting could be more comprehensive.
- Chatlog loses all formatting/spacing in email.
- Browser compatibility is inconsistent (ex. on my Mac it only plays well in Chrome, yet on my PC desktop I need to use IE).
October 17, 2019
Good tool for attending Adobe trainings.
Adobe Connect has only been used by me in my company. I use it to attend Adobe Day video conferences and online classes. It has been a good learning tool. Allows good viewing and interaction with the teacher. It has good chat tools to interact and the setup was pretty simple too.
- Chat tool
- Screen Sharing
- No delay
- Very dependent on internet bandwidth
- Audio quality could be better
- Screen Maximization Does Not Occupy Entire Area
September 25, 2019
Adobe Connect is the King of On-Line Meetings
We use Adobe Connect to conduct training on software applications, do presentations, and even conduct our quarterly meetings with our board of directors. The platform is extremely flexible so we are able to conduct quality meetings remotely, saving travel time and travel expenses. With Adobe Connect, we are also able to record the training sessions for later viewing, meaning we can hold a single session and still offer the training on-demand.
- The recording functionality is top-notch. Participants are able to interact with a recorded session just as if they were participating live (with the obvious exception of interacting with others). You can place markers on the recording so viewers can jump to areas of interest quickly so they don't have to watch the whole thing. If desired, you can off-load the recording so you can host it elsewhere.
- The platform is incredibly flexible. You can conduct any type of meeting, from a simple webinar with one presenter to breakout sessions where participants are divided into several rooms.
- I like that you can share just about anything through the platform, including handouts, video, etc.
- It supports live polling, too, so you can engage your participants in fun ways.
- The platform even has a whiteboard capability, so it easily converts to a collaborative environment.
- It has the usual goodies for such a platform, too, such as video conferencing and screen sharing.
- The one thing I don't like about Adobe Connect is it that to achieve integrated telephony, you have to purchase the telephony from a third party. This is not offered by Adobe. Once you get it done and set up, it's not too bad, except that the telephony cannot be controlled within the virtual room, but by a separate app. This is Adobe Connect's only failing, in my view, but because the rest of the platform is so good I am willing to overlook it.
September 19, 2019
Good for meetings, GREAT for virtual training!
Until last year, Adobe Connect was used as my company's meeting and virtual instructor-led training platform across the whole organization. We also used our area of the Adobe server to publish some of our e-learning modules created in Adobe Presenter or Captivate. Now, my company has switched to another tool (Zoom) and only a few people have retained our Adobe Connect licenses, primarily for training purposes (or for more complex meetings).
- Ability to set up multiple room layouts that "persist" indefinitely. This allows you to set up your room layout as far ahead of time as you'd like and/or re-use layouts over and over again.
- Access to a wealth of add-ons (like clocks, timers, interactive word clouds, random participant selector, etc.), many of which are free.
- A good variety of "pod" types -- different types of surveys, file shares, Q&A, whiteboard (with ability for participants to annotate), etc.
- Multiple ways you can share your screen -- share your whole desktop, share just selected windows, or share just selected applications.
- Ability to have multiple hosts for a meeting and to easily promote a participant to the Presenter or Host role on the fly.
- Breakout rooms, ability to record meetings with options for computer and/or phone audio (including the ability link in external phone conference lines), engagement meters (which, I'll admit, I haven't really used), and, I think, pretty much all of the features that most similar platforms offer.
- Ability to pause webcam, rather than having to stop it and restart it (and, when paused, it shows the last image it was displaying before you paused it).
- For meeting recordings published to the Adobe server, provides a left-hand navigation pane that allows the viewer to jump to different parts of the recording, like each time the layout changes or to the point at which someone typed a particular chat message.
- Ability to email the contents of the chat pods to yourself, both as a host and as a participant.
- No virtual background option
- Without multiple screens, you can't really see the room while you're screen sharing, making it harder (but not impossible) to monitor chat, and, I think, not possible to see others' webcams.
- No "call me" feature.
- Very expensive!
September 19, 2019
Adobe Connect really helps you connect!
We use it when we host virtual classes to be able to have a webcam and share a PowerPoint presentation. The best feature which we use almost every session is the ability to have virtual breakout sessions where people can be broken down into smaller groups to exchange on the various topics we are discussing.
- Virtual Breakout sessions
- Very simple to use
- Easy to set up your own templates
- More support for the trial period
- Better online support and videos to get started
- I haven't found the possibility to save as an MP4 file afterwards for distribution (if possible)
September 17, 2019
Adobe Connect for All New Employees
Adobe Connect is used at our organization to help streamline multiple processes. It addresses the common problem of communication in a large school or organization like ours. The ability to have virtual meetings and share virtual documents is crucial for our success to help speed up communication, lessons, training, as well as increase efficiency in the building. The application is used throughout the entire organization, over 200 people, over 1,000 students for educators that use it in class and for educational lessons. The problem it addresses is workflow and performance. In order to get educators and students to work harder, you must provide them with more digital content to allow them to work independently without needing to attend face to face meetings or use paper handouts.
- The interface is extremely easy to use. It allows people to come on board and learn it very easily, reducing the learning curve. Specifically, the navigation screen on the interface after logging in has a very simple drop-down menu for you to access and able to choose how you want to use Adobe Connect.
- Adobe Connect DOES NOT drop in terms of internet connection. We have never had situations where the platform glitched or stopped working. For us to keep a simple and easy workflow, it was crucial to find a platform that did not have technical flaws.
- Webinars... there are a lot of webinar software available, however, staying within the Adobe family is important. Adobe makes it easier to use content developed in their other platforms and linking and working with PDFs. Many platforms avoid certain file types of the file sizes make it difficult to navigate and use the tutorials and training documents. With Adobe they have made it easy to accommodate and seemingly keep the file sizes small enough to make it easy to browse and interact with online.
- The Meetings obviously make it easy because one login for ADOBE satisfied the needs of all their platforms, reducing the need to have multiple accounts.
- Room for improvement would be with video. I wish I could cut and combine videos for the presentations. Being able to cut multiple videos together into one clip would be very easy for us. I have not figured out how to do that yet. It seems to be missing that ability.
- A missing function is being able to live poll! I understand they have polling features, but creating live polls that allow us to have meetings and then take a poll during the presentation and allow us to see the results in real-time would be really exciting.
- The mobile app is a large file size to download and does take up a lot of space on mobile phones. It is not as bad on an iPad where you use it more often and do not have as many apps as a personal phone, but the file size is still a bit large and would be the first app to remove if I need storage space.