GoTo Meeting Helped Us Tremendously at the Outset of the Pandemic
June 15, 2022
GoTo Meeting Helped Us Tremendously at the Outset of the Pandemic
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with GoTo Meeting
When the pandemic hit, we had two needs: continue the education of our students, and collaborate on the paths we were going to take given the closures. While Zoom was the best fit for the student aspect, GoTo Meeting gave us more flexibility on the teacher/administration side. The meetings themselves were focused on internal activities with the school. For one, we needed to have spur of the moment discussions on what policies to enact when we returned. We had Zooms for the classrooms, but having our own platform made it easier to log in without the confusion of multiple accounts. It really became the backend virtual meeting tool for us!
- Ability to share documents in real time
- Ability to control a user's screen
- Larger meetings without the extra cost
- Accessible
- Only as reliable as the user's connection
- I do get marketing emails that are not very relevant for us -- that could be attributed to a need for better lead segmentation
- It helped us maintain a sense of order when the pandemic caused us to shut down for several months.
- It gave IT the ability to meet with people and address issues on devices in the meeting itself rather than going through them individually.
- Ability to share documents prevented multiple copies from circulating.
- Zoom was just the popular option, but GoTo Meeting had everything from the get-go.
- ezTalks, Google Hangouts (Classic), Zoom and ClickMeeting
GoTo Meeting was more reliable because they had the features in place already and didn't employ a questionable method of forcing people to pay more to use anything (like Zoom). I needed a program that could be used by those who didn't KNOW these kinds of programs. Zoom had a lot of features, but they took advantage of everyone during the start of the pandemic -- luring by offering free features they knew you would get used to and then charging you a bunch once they could. GoTo Meeting didn't do that. They remained a reliable platform that wasn't out to gouge you. Again, it wasn't for the students in our organization, just admin, so I can't speak to that part. But for admin services where you simply need to collaborate in a virtual environment and give everyone the chance to contribute without fear of technological overload, this is your safest bet.
Do you think GoTo Meeting delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with GoTo Meeting's feature set?
Yes
Did GoTo Meeting live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of GoTo Meeting go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy GoTo Meeting again?
Yes