GoToMeeting Review Summary:
One click meetings make it easy to meet, present, demonstrate products and provide training online.
Pros: PC and Mac support, best in class meeting recorder, simple meeting setup, unlimited meetings at no extra cost, built-in VOIP support, specific application sharing, integration with Microsoft Outlook.
Cons: The Mac version of the software is missing a few features.
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Quick Stats for GoToMeeting
| Pricing | $49/mo ($39/mo for annual pre-paid plan) |
| Free Trial | Free 30 day trial |
| Meeting Capacity | 15 Attendees |
| Desktop Sharing | Yes - Share your desktop with meeting attendees for presentations and collaboration. You can choose to share your whole desktop, or a specific application. |
| Desktop Recording | Yes - Record your screen and audio teleconference for playback at anytime. The file is recorded as a Windows Media file so you can play it back on any Windows machine. |
| Web Teleconference | Yes - Secure VOIP communication. Save hundreds (or even thousands) on long distance. |
| Phone Teleconference | Yes - If you prefer to use a regular phone just dial-in to the teleconference. |
| Control Granting | Yes - Pass control of the meeting to other participants. |
| Video Conferencing | No - not at this time. |
| Private Chat | Yes - Chat privately with other meeting attendees or to the entire group |
| Annotation Tools | Yes - You and other meeting attendees can draw, highlight, and point to items on the screen. |
Likes:
Easy meeting setup - You can create a meeting from popular instant message and e-mail applications with just one click. This makes it easy to turn a phone or e-mail conversation into an interactive online meeting.
Dedicated application sharing - Rather than share your whole desktop you can choose a specific application to share. This prevents people from accidentally seeing files or other applications running in the background.
Share keyboard and mouse control with other users - You can let any meeting attendee take control of the meeting and present. This is ideal for product demonstrations.
Desktop recording and playback - GoToMeeting lets you record online meetings in just a few clicks. You can record everything that's happening on the screen and teleconference audio.
Support for multiple monitors - You can host the meeting from one monitor, while you work from another monitor.
Dislikes:
Some features are disabled for the Mac - GoToMeeting is one of the first providers in the online meeting category to offer Mac support, but some features have limited functionality. For example, you can't record meetings from a Mac. The other missing feature on the Mac is application level sharing. When you're presenting from a Mac you share your entire desktop. I expect this will change in a future release of the software.
No video conferencing -Video conferencing isn't available in most of the online meeting programs we've tested.
Bottom Line:
GoToMeeting offers quick and easy meetings and offers presenters all the features they need to conduct successful online meetings.