Webex Webinars is Solid Webinar Platform
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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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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
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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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.
Reviewers rate Calendar integration highest, with a score of 9.5.
The most common users of Webex Webinars are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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March 28, 2024
Webex Webinars is Solid Webinar Platform
Webex Webinars are actually mainly used by our vendors for communicating with us. They are nice platforms where the desire is to provide information with minimal audience participation. But they do not have all of the bells and whistles that other platforms have so if you need some of those features, this may not be the right platform for you. But they are always steady, no drops or other technical issues so they are a good platform for that sort of need.
- Presentations - the actual presentations are always smooth.
- Download of materials - the ability to download the presentations or other materials is always good.
- It is a very plain UX so maybe improving on that would be a good thing.
- The ability to manage your individual presence during the webinar would be good.
March 04, 2024
Virtual Webinars Done Right
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.
March 04, 2024
Meet Me Halfway with WebEx Event Center
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.
January 06, 2024
Enhance your attendees' experience with Webex Webinars' engaging and interactive features
We use Webex Webinars for various purposes in our educational institution. Our main use case is conducting seminars and workshops for students virtually. We also use it to host guest speakers sessions when the speakers can't travel to our institution. Lastly, we use Webex Webinars for providing training to teachers and other faculty. We also use Webex Webinars for streaming in-person sessions virtually to reach a larger audience. Its features like polls, screen sharing, recording etc have expanded our use cases significantly.
- Easy-to-use user interface for both hosts and attendees
- Ability to join a webinar on all devices (phone, PC and browser)
- Attendee engagement features like polls, surveys and Q&A
- Reliable connectivity regardless of the number of attendees
- Crystal clear audio and high quality video
- Screen sharing feature for sharing presentations with attendees
- Webinar recording feature which allows us to share the recorded webinar with people who weren't able to attend the webinar live
- When the number of webinar attendees is very high, a lot of bandwidth and system memory is consumed
- Very few customization and branding options
- The video and audio quality of the webinar when joined through a browser is very poor
December 06, 2023
Meets our needs but could be alot better
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
November 29, 2023
Easy set up and use for all involved
I used Webex Webinars to conduct trainings and provide continuing legal education to attorneys.
- Easy to log in as an end user
- Excellent Reporting
- Easy webinar set up
- More functionality around video backgrounds, such as soft lighting, etc.
November 23, 2023
WebEx: perfect tool for studying.
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.
November 15, 2023
One of the best webinar platforms ever.
We primarily use the Webex webinar application to plan and run webinars for our end users. A lot of user interaction was missing from our side, and this was causing a lot of churn and revenue loss for us. We wanted to establish a seamless way of connecting with our customers, and Webex webinars were the best choice for this. Webex webinars offer a wide range of interactive elements like live polls, check box answers, etc which easily enables us to interact with our users more during webinar sessions.
- Recording and accessing the webinar recording is very simple and straightforward with Webex Webinars.
- Creating webinar registration pages is very good with Webex Webinars.
- The co-host and the coordinator controls and the admin restrictions controls are very much comprehensive with Webex.
- Switching between sharing our screens and sharing our videos is somewhat challenging in Webex Webinars.
- More custom branding options could be introduced for webinar registrations.
- We can send attachments in chat clipboards and this is sometimes a challenge.
September 09, 2023
One of the Best Webinar Platforms for Businesses
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
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.
August 04, 2022
Organize quality Webinars on to go
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
July 22, 2022
Webex is awesome conference tool
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.
February 25, 2022
Most advanced and simple tool for meetings and webinars.
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.
February 07, 2022
Great and Flexible Event Management and Collaboration is Excellent.
The event management solutions that the platform has, are effective and very reliable. Through this platform, it's easy to manage multiple project documents, and the conferencing capabilities are excellent. The collaboration through this software is effective and very easy. Reports and multiple files sharing and marketing capabilities are effective.
- It provides reports building.
- It provides sales data analytics.
- The collaboration is excellent.
- The training curve is very long.
- Complex data importation is not an easy task.
- Collecting multiple sales data insights.
December 28, 2021
Cisco our best solution for events during pandemic days
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
December 23, 2021
Webex Events - A great universally accepted tool for business meetings both internally and externally.
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
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.
December 04, 2021
Webex Events admin review
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
November 25, 2021
Webex Events is reliable and full of features
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[.]
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.
September 12, 2021
Not the best experience with Webex Events. More of a virtual info session platform than events.
Webex Events was one of the first platforms we pivoted to back in March 2020. Our Admissions office quickly researched how to use the platform in the Support section of the software. Then, we flipped all of our on-campus experience into virtual offerings using Webex Events. Since the university already possessed a Cisco Webex enterprise license, it made it easier to know which software to utilize. At the time, the online programs were the only ones that had used the software regularly. I leaned heavily on our in-house ITS system administrator with other questions. We used Webex Events for weekly virtual experiences from March 2020 to December 2020.
- Automated email templates.
- Integrating post-event surveys.
- Categorizing various event types.
- Event recordings.
- Event creation features are missing.
- Wish the interface was more intuitive and user friendly.
September 02, 2021
Webex Events is a blessing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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.
May 26, 2021
A good starter tool for basic events
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.
We host webinars and other events that allow external users to connect to the event. Cisco Webex Events is used by my business unit. Without having to require network access to our internal network, we can easily engage with external partners and customers. We can share multimedia content with our users and we can better engage with them during these virtual events via the live chat feature.
- Webinar hosting
- High bandwidth
- Sound quality
- Live Q&A
- Increase the participant limit above 1,000
May 04, 2021
Flexible webinar and training experience
Cisco Webex events is used by primarily by the HR department to conduct external or internal trainings, broadcast some information or to conduct webinars from an external host. It allows to have engaging session and enable large number of participants to join the event. Further, its main use is when internal entities are involved as our existing communication systems are only restricted to company employees.
- Gives great control to the hosts like muting and unmuting.
- Can predefine presenters prior to the meeting.
- Meeting information like attendees is automatically recorded by the application.
- Slow to start the application specially when joining via web browser.
- Expensive for use for limited audience.
- Look and feel is outdated.