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Webex Webinars

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What is Webex Webinars?

Webex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.

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Webex Webinars Review

7 out of 10
February 11, 2023
Incentivized
the Cisco webex webinars are Very interactive online events. The quality of the Content sharing is very satisfying as well as the audience …
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Popular Features

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  • Record meetings / events (48)
    9.3
    93%
  • Slideshows (45)
    9.2
    92%
  • Audience polling (45)
    9.1
    91%
  • High quality audio (49)
    8.6
    86%

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

8.6
Avg 7.6

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software

Features related to the performance, reliability & compatibility of web conferencing and webinar (online events) software.

8.4
Avg 8.1

Online Meetings / Events

Features related to hosting and attending meetings and events online.

9.3
Avg 8.3

Online Events Collaboration

Features related to collaboration between attendees during web conferences, webinars, and other online events.

8.9
Avg 8.3

Online Events Security

Features related to the security of meetings and other events held via web conferencing/webinar software.

8.9
Avg 8.5

Online Events Marketing

Features related to the marketing and branding of online events, and use of online events for marketing purposes.

7.7
Avg 8.0
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Product Details

What is Webex Webinars?

Webex Webinars (formerly Webex Events) is a scalable webinar platform that helps users create engaging and impactful experiences, from small sessions to massive global audiences.

Webinar inclusivity, engagement, and interactivity 
  • Encourages active participation with moderated Q&A, live polling, chat, emoji reactions, and gesture recognition 
  • Lets attendees listen in their preferred language with live interpreters included in session 
  • Breakout sessions to dive deeper into topics or encourage connections

Professional and custom webinars at scale 
  • The stage and content that an audience sees before, during, and after the event  are managed in the platform
  • The attendee registration experience can be curated with custom branding options and themes 
  • The presentation can be rehearsed with co-panelists before going live 
  • Accommodates up to 100,000 attendees 
  • Can reach global audiences with real-time translations in 100+ languages 

Webex Webinars Features

Online Events Collaboration Features

  • Supported: Audience polling
  • Supported: Q&A
  • Supported: Handouts

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Data exportability

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software Features

  • Supported: High quality audio
  • Supported: Chrome compatible
  • Supported: Firefox compatible
  • Supported: Safari compatible
  • Supported: IE compatible
  • Supported: Available for Linux
  • Supported: Available for OS X
  • Supported: Available for Windows
  • Supported: Mobile support

Online Events Security Features

  • Supported: Participant roles & permissions
  • Supported: Confidential attendee list

Online Events Marketing Features

  • Supported: Branding options
  • Supported: Integration to Marketing Automation

Online Meetings / Events Features

  • Supported: Calendar integration
  • Supported: Record meetings / events
  • Supported: Slideshows
  • Supported: Event registration

Webex Webinars Videos

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Webex Webinars Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Webex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.

GoTo Webinar, ON24, and Zoom Events & Webinars are common alternatives for Webex Webinars.

Reviewers rate Calendar integration highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Webex Webinars are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My personal experience with Webex Webinars has been for the purpose of attending large-scale virtual seminars with a significant number of attendees. The process is simple enough with an email link serving as the invitation and containing instructions on how to join and what to expect. With greater importance on security, Webex Webinars ensures a reliable and secure experience with minimal interruptions. The product is simple to use and is quite reliable. While using the product, I experienced a stable connection and stellar audio quality with only minor dips in video quality.
  • Security.
  • User-Interface.
  • Stable Connection.
  • Easy to join.
  • Custom Events.
  • Different Session Types.
  • Better Chat Options.
Based on my experience, Webex Webinars is very well suited for online presentations and seminars with a large number of attendees. More intimate meetings are less appropriate as the platform is inherently designed with large groups in mind. As an alternative for in-person conferences and tradeshows which have been made more difficult due to the pandemic, Webex Webinars fills the gap in a much-needed niche.
Jamie Drahos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
WebEx Even Center is currently being used across our entire organization and is part of our Cisco Unified Communications effort. WebEx Event Center addresses our need for an online meeting platform as we are a global company with offices in several companies. WebEx is also integrated with our Jabber chat client for on-demand meetings and our LMS for virtual training.
  • WebEx Event Center is tightly integrated with Outlook, Cisco Jabber chat client, and our LMS for seamless event creation and management.
  • WebEx Event Center allow the user to easily control the options for each event for a quality presentation and interaction with the audience.
  • WebEx Event Center supports several audio options including VOIP and allows us to record meetings.
  • WebEx Event Center recordings are stored in a proprietary file format that is not easily converted to modern video formats. Storage limits are costly.
  • WebEx Event Center requires a browser plugin to launch events, which can difficult when using a corporate managed device.
  • The WebEx Event Center portal could be more intuitive to navigate and use.
WebEx Event center is well suited for most online events/webinars. It is accessible by the majority of our target audiences and provides the features we need to host any type of event (corporate, on-demand, training). WebEx Event Center is less appropriate if your main goal is to have a recorded version that can be posted easily to other platforms as a video. This is most commonly experienced with using WebEx Event Center for online training.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This is an innovative platform to motivate more people to participate in events of interest today. I can be certain that our events are much more attractive, and the number of participants is higher every day; this significantly improves the scope and interaction, and most important that the quality is so high in all areas. No matter the distance, it works the same from one country to another, and the language barrier is overcome automatically with the fast live translation.
  • Make live automatic translations (the language barrier is overcome).
  • Live interaction features.
  • Without a doubt, the price is the problem; to obtain an unlimited plan, you must invest a considerable amount.
It is important to create professional events to improve business, especially with participants from other countries regardless of language; thanks to the fact that this platform translates meetings in real-time with great accuracy, we always try to create awareness of remote meetings inside and outside the company, but I think which is more suitable for remote events that must have robust interaction features as is the case with this software.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Conduct customer trainings, webinars, events, etc.
  • Q and A
  • Chat
  • Checking customer engagement using emoticons
  • reporting across entire group
  • Setting up meeting/webinar templates
  • Recordings
  • UI is pretty old
Webex Webinar has worked pretty well for customer webinars with more than 50 folks on the line.

Webex Webinar can be a little cumbersome when setting up multiple trainings across a larger schedule
Oleksandr Tsapenko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I'm using WebEx for study purposes. In order to have the ability to communicate with my students to hold lectures or practical classes, I need a single application. This application needs to be easy to use, needs to have the ability to record video meetings, has the ability to share host access, handles up to 100 participants, has "work in groups" mode, polling, and has built-in scheduling tools.
  • Meeting recordings.
  • Polling.
  • Number of users on a single meeting.
  • Scheduling functional could be optimized in the direction of a more elastic choose of planning of upcoming events.
  • It would be really great to have some white board tools.
The most appropriate way to use WebEx is through e-learning, professional webinars, or workshops. Nevertheless, it could also be a handy tool in day-to-day work. I cannot find any scenarios where WebEx would be inappropriate tool to use.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We can use it effectively for presentations in our organization. It gives a lot of flexibility and another good part is its reliability. We can easily control access related to things between employees. Loading large presentation materials for a larger audience is only possible with Webex Webinars. We can conduct different kinds of polling between participants and another good part is we have the option to create breakout rooms easily.
  • Meetings
  • Presentations
  • Polling
  • Breakout rooms
  • Whiteboard
  • Collaboration between employees
  • High-quality audio and video calling
  • Should be more customizable
Webex Webinars is well suited for presentations, breakout rooms, polling, and meetings, and provides great audio and video quality. Webex is less suited where the audience is less or low. We can look for other lightweight applications.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Webinars is one of the best webinar platforms that I have come across. We primarily use Webex Webinars to conduct interactive webinar sessions for our potential users and customers. Connecting with users virtually was a really big challenge for us and Webex Webinars have helped us in this regard. We are now able to constantly connect with our users and provide them with more value.
  • Great in webinar chat and Question Answer feature
  • Easy webinar invites and calendar sync
  • Webex Webinars can also be easily accessed on multiple devices which I like
  • Webinar recording option is not very straightforward
  • More admin control options can be introduced
  • Adding team members to webinar sessions can be made more smoother
With the help of Webex Webinars, creating interactive sessions has become very simple. One great thing about Webex Webinars is the option to engage the audience. We can create polls, create some NPS-related surveys, introduce live polling, create emoji reactions, etc. within the webinar platform, which helps us understand the pulse of the user.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use it for monthly Board and Commission meetings. I will have to become familiar with the use of practice sessions with is tricky because I don't want "Assign Privileges" and forget to remove them, and attendees are then unable to participate when the session is over. My biggest concern is that this morning I created a practice session and move a panelist to attendee status, and they were still able to hear the session from their phone, which is what I need to know how to prevent from happening again. Can you help? Also, explain how that was possible.
  • Meeting set up
  • Keeping pertinent information for next login
  • Excellent Audio and Video options
  • The Webex Assistant, which hasn't helped me much
  • The Assistant
  • Would be nice if after a practice session, the assign privileges default to previous status.
There are so many times during meetings when we need to break out into Executive Sessions due to statutory requirements. Webex makes that possible, but I have to become savvier with the use of break sessions.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Webinars is an amazing technology - simple & easy to connect and host business meetings, training, product demos, Town Halls, and celebrate accomplishments, and much more... All you need is to keep up with technology and then you are good to go
  • Reaches people around the globe
  • Cost effective
  • you can keep it engaging & interesting with different type of activities
  • save on flights, hotel & transportation
  • Budget control and once clients used to technology you can be in touch more often
  • Introduce new products, promos or announcements and be in touch more often
  • Better analytical data, behaviours and can understand customer patterns and trends
  • Get sponsors & showcase their products which will help to reduce your cost on technology
  • Some features like playing music could be challenging
  • Q&A and interacting with customers
  • Keeping customers engaged and not multi tasking is a challenge
  • High attendance could be challenging and need to have concise and engaging speakers
Webex Webinars are best suited for meetings, training, Town Halls, Announcements, celebrations, Fireside chats, and much more. Content is King and keeping it brief & concise. Hire engaging speakers with Media personality who knows how to keep a virtual audience engaged. You can offer incentives or have promotional offers and showcase agendas in invitations and reminders help to attract more attendance. Always break the monotony by hosting regular polls, games, quiz and offer some great prizes and incentives. Virtual is best suited for short and concise content as people are zoomed out with long conferences with little attention span.
Lainie Strange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use it to manage online meetings with both internal staff and external non-department staff. I have also used it to conduct and record training.
  • Automated captioning
  • Ability to edit the captioning
  • Easy ability to allow others to share their screen
  • Easy ability to mute others
  • A password protected webex required to manually type in the password vs. copy/paste
  • I wish there was a way to pause a recorded webex and restart the recording without being two separate recordings
It works great for meetings with multiple hosts. Also great for large meetings. I haven't really come up with a scenario it hasn't worked.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The software works smoothly and it is very easy to manage the audience. I have managed a large audience size up to 50 on Webex. Complete control is there for the user to take up questions one by one with interactive UI. We can share screens at ease. The fact that customers can join from any video device without comprising quality is of great help.
  • Screen Sharing
  • Chat
  • Voice
  • Security
  • Recording
  • Required Good internet connection
  • Past Records
We can use Webex where content quality matters, join from any video systems, in-app voice listening, and security is of importance. I had once organized webinars for 10 of my customers of new product launches and their entire team was able to hear the audio clearly and the session became very interactive.
Ashok Kumawat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is one of the best software to organize team meetings & training through Webex. We can invite multiple people through a single link. Its recording quality with a large audience on one platform is awesome. Webex has a good communication platform. easy to share the screen and data with the guest.
  • It provides high-quality video Conferencing webinar.
  • We can mute everyone in one way as per our convenience.
  • Good recording quality, easy to use and perfect screen sharing without lag.
  • It isn't easy to chat, ask a question or raise hand.
  • Very boxy and not flexible in regards to window responsive on the admin section when building the webinars.
  • They're unable to unmute themselves within webinar.
It was very secure and allowed for a professional and stable connection overall. It was easy to use in the backend and allowed for things like recurring events easier. The video quality really became behind other systems that were around. Additionally, its interactivity tools for webinars left much to be desired, unfortunately.
Courtney Plaizier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I love the power of this product in running meetings. We can easily connect with our team members and organize trade events without any challenge. It is easy to share screens and chat with each other in a secure environment. It is easy to set up and record proceedings of meetings for future reference. I can easily guide my clients on how to use our products from remote areas without meeting them physically.
  • Screen sharing during meeting.
  • Online running of meetings.
  • The user interface is tough for new beginner users.
  • I have no problem with the overall functionality.
It is well suited for video and voice calls. It has enhanced our organization to set up a reliable communication center that our customers find useful when they need to reach us. It keeps records of missed calls so that the caller can be reached later. We can join meetings when we are many without any networking downtime.
Alban Kaperi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Webex Events to organize events for training and online meetings in our organization. It really helps us in this pandemic period of time since we can organize very important and high-level events in our country. Webex [Events] is used for too many participants, and it can maintain a high-quality video and audio for all participants [at] the same time.
  • We can organize online meetings professionally
  • It is simple to use, and it helps to be very easy for the end user also
  • Webex Events doesn't let you down in your most important event, it does not crash
  • Sometimes we have to open the link twice to enter an event
  • In meeting with too many participants, it can sometimes be hard to manage reminder times for the participants
  • Audio is very important in online meetings, so it should not drop when we face low internet speeds
I would definitely recommend Webex [Events] since it is easy for people of different age categories, especially for older people that are not so proficient with new technologies. It is very easy to set up an event and also to manage it before and during the event for all participants. Webex is a great solution during this pandemic where online is sometimes the best option to hold online meetings as if we are in the same room.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently use Webex Events as an internal meeting platform as well as for some private/NDA webinars with partners. For internal meets, we use it primarily for quarterly company updates, whereas for private/NDA webinars, we use the platform to present information or content to partners in our ecosystem. Most recently, we have begun pivoting to MS Teams in an effort to consolidate meeting platforms, but it’s still a back-up option for us on the event any partners don’t use MS Teams/Events.
  • Live stream
  • Encrypted
  • Chat functionality
  • Mobile interface
  • Globally accepted
  • Better chat functionality
  • Better design and UX
  • Better screen share options
  • Virtual backgrounds
In our company, Webex events was best suited for large scale company meetings or internal broadcasts. Externally, it was best suited when we hosted NDA or private, invite-only webinars. It wasn’t best suited for daily meetings as it lacked some of the functionally MS teams had. For example, it’s chat functionality, virtual/blur backgrounds, and ability to view many presenters at once, lacked compared to MS teams. As a result, while Webex Events is a great platform, we found ourselves using MS teams more for daily meetings - which then led to us using MS Events more as well - deprecating the need for Webex Events.
December 14, 2021

Webex Events

Gurmeet singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Events is a very good application voice quality is very clear and video is also very good.
  • Meeting with the customer.
  • Meeting with the Cisco tac.
  • Meeting with the Cisco webinar.
  • Share desktop option should be easy to locate in the screen.
its very useful arranging the meeting with the customer and vendors.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
As a Technology Distributor, we organize large webinars, conferences, and events for our partners. Before the pandemic, we used to do in-person events in our office's auditorium or hotel venues. However, everything changed with Covid, we urged to migrate to online events. We find Webex Events an excellent tool to continue executing these events.
  • Hosting for large number of participants.
  • Polls and Q&A.
  • Easy to mute / unmute audience.
  • Every attendee receives the recording via email, easy to watch.
  • The set up page is not user-friendly.
  • A waiting room would be nice.
  • It's not possible to brand the event.
  • Too many options in the settings.
We run between 2-5 large events per month, always using Webex Events. We find it easy to create a new event, including panelists and participants, and send reminders and follow-ups to the attendees. One thing I find very valuable from Webex Events is that I can keep track of registers in real-time and I can contact them directly.
December 04, 2021

Webex Events admin review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My participation with Webex events is as an administrator and product support engineer. Webex Events is ideal for companies and individuals who want to create large-scale events, which can be invitation-controlled or mass-access events. There are many options to configure an event, among which are the customization of invitation emails and the security that Webex provides to avoid unwanted access
  • invitations to events by specific email lists
  • control of participants and panelists during an event
  • customization of invitation emails
  • polls at the end of an event
  • For a common user, it can be somewhat complicated to generate an event since the menus are not very friendly for the end-user
  • It takes some adaptation time to understand all the advanced functions of Webex events
  • to customize the invitation emails you need to know how to code in HTML
Webex events [are] very suitable for teaching online courses where the participation of attendees is not necessary. I have even seen it used to broadcast live concerts and it worked perfectly as you can also take advantage of the paid function to allow access. For online courses where the participation of attendees is necessary, Webex Events may not be the most appropriate tool, but that is what Webex training is for
Osama Youssef | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
we use "Webex Events" to set events and occasions meetings to make a presentation to our clients. and also on monthly team meetings to set goals and milestones and it's a very good user-friendly tool. and one of its best features is that it really helps us fully concentrate with the presenters as we can mute other participants just for a little while.
  • Sharing documents from the host desktop[.]
  • The many options to control the audience[.]
  • The surveys and live Q&A[.]
  • Recording events feature is missing[.]
  • Waiting room feature is missing[.]
  • Mobile screen sharing feature is missing[.]
Webex Events is well suited for training webinars and for large amounts of participants, where you might need these features -polling -live Q&A -surveys and where your audience is only going to interact with the presenters by these features only. Webex Events is less appropriate to everyday use for your team meeting as there would be too many useless options for this case.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Events is used by my organization as a whole. It addresses really important problems that we have to make a better policy for our country. We recently have used Cisco Webex Events to make training or coordinate with our neighbouring countries for frequency coordination. It has been a great experience because we haven't had interruptions and we have had the opportunity to record the meeting.
  • It connects people around the world.
  • It helps organize meetings in a simple and fast way.
  • It never interrupts or goes slow.
  • When you have the link for the event you should not register into it when Webex Events opens again.
  • The settings part about camera and more should be more visible not at the left corner.
  • The page about adding a new event is a little complex.
It is the best way to make a meeting especially in the times we are living. It is a safe and easy platform that anyone can use. Any event can be set up really easily and you can manage all the participants in the meeting really well. I strongly recommend if you have important and serious meetings to make.
October 21, 2021

Webex Events Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Mostly we use Webex Events when we organize tech days for our customers. Our private customers also use Webex Events to organize events for their internal events. It is useful to control the audience's behaviors before the exam. I mean, you may also set audience permissions so the event will be not interrupted because of anything.
  • Best for tech talks.
  • Best for organize some public events.
  • Can control audience options.
  • Webex Events setting page may be much more user friendly.
  • Too many options are on setting page, most we are not using.
For big events like tech talks or company days, Webex Events is good to use. You can set the mic and camera settings so no one interrupts the meeting, but when you are meeting with your team or another company you do not use Webex Events, you may use the Webex Meetings application.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Events is used as a digital platform to connect both internally and externally. Internally we use it when we have a town-hall meeting that we need to mute the audience and have only a few speakers (about 6 as panelists). We give them a dry run call before it to make them familiar with the platform. The only problem is that we need the host to be 100% concentrating to give the ball to the presenter when he presents. This is how we use it internally, and we have few people that have the licenses maybe 20 employees out of 200. The second thing is that we use it externally when we need to have a meeting with the Health Care Professionals, and we can’t meet face to face so we send the link to the HCPs that will attend and send the panelists the link to the speakers and give them a dry run call before the event. The problem here is that so few healthcare professionals are used to it. Webex Events solves the problem of having a face-to-face meeting, and at the same time, it gives us the feel of the real meeting.
  • Sharing the slides from my desktop
  • Customizing the view of the cameras
  • Using the mute all from the host’s
  • Recording the session and sending it
  • Branding for the event.
  • Making the links shorter.
  • Branding the registration page.
It is well suited when we have a meeting, and we need all the attendees to be muted so we can be safe that no one can speak except if he takes a permission.
It is less appropriate when we have a meeting that needs to be branded internally or externally to make the audience have the real feel of the stage and the face-to-face meeting and to highlight whether a brand or a concept of the meeting itself.
September 12, 2021

Webex Events Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We use Webex Events for webinars and training purposes when our Sales or Technical department needs to reach out to a large audience. We also host workshops and live demonstrations on the Webex Events platform because it's not only capable of hosting video-enabled meetings but has screen, file, and video sharing capabilities, and also we are able to control the audience (panelists vs participants).
  • Hosting large webinars.
  • Controlling the audience.
  • Sharing media.
Webex event is perfect for webinars when there's a need to control the audience.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Events is being utilized across our entire organization. This software has increased communication abilities immensely. I highly recommend Webex Events to anyone looking for software capable of creating engaging online events. This truly helps to engage with prospective clients, existing customers, and fellow employees. Using Webex Events is a breeze!
  • Makes for engaging internal meetings.
  • Ease of use with interface.
  • Event setup is very simple.
  • More tools could be added to make events and presentations more aesthetic.
  • It would be nicer to have a "waiting room" for viewers to remain in beforehand.
  • An increased participant number would be nice to have for more than 1,000 attendees.
Webex Events is extremely well suited for an event planning organization like mine. In-person events came to a complete halt when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Since then, events have switched to online and have remained online until this day. Webex Events has been a godsend for us during these difficult times. We are still able to hold "events" and we still continue to effectively communicate and engage with clients, customers, and fellow employees.
Camille Boukhaled | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
At my organization, Cisco Webex Events is being used for all internal or firm-wide meetings and presentations and the occasional client presentation. It was also previously used as an accompaniment to in-person seminars to facilitate the webcast of the event to a handful of remote participants. This tool helps us engage with clients and staff remotely, record presentations when necessary, and is useful as a one-way communication stream rather than having all attendees sign on as active participants.
  • 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.
  • Webex Events is fine for basic internal meetings, but lacks sophistication for important client presentations. There is no "producer" function or back-end area for a technician to monitor while remaining invisible. Even with the camera turned off, the "host" will always appear as a presenter.
  • There is no "lobby" area for attendees in Webex Events, therefore if participants sign on to the event early, they risk seeing the presenters doing their sound check, testing the slides, etc. It would be helpful if attendees could be directed to a page that said "This meeting will begin shortly" (for example) until the actual go-live time.
Cisco Webex Events is well suited for internal meetings or all-staff presentations. I would not recommend it be used for client-facing or stakeholder presentations, education seminars or any particular event where a branding opportunity would be valuable (since this is unavailable in Webex Events).
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