Comparison of the pricing and license models for the 5 best web conferencing systems
| Citrix GoToMeeting 4.0 | Netviewer Meet 6.0 | Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 8.5 | Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 | Digital Meeting | ||||||
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| Free trial | Free trial | Free trial | Free trial | Free trial | ||||||
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| Pricing | Flat monthly subscription
Annual subscription (pre-paid) |
Monthly subscription Annual subscription (pre-paid) |
Monthly subscription: Annual subscription (prepaid): Pay-per-use: |
Standard
Professional |
Pay-per-use |
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| License details | Single license for unlimited meetings with up to 15 participants |
Named user license: single license for unlimited meetings with up to 100 participants Team license: license for a virtual room, which can be used by different persons - but only one meeting at a time |
Single license for unlimited meetings with up to 25 participants |
Standard = individual license for an unlimited number of meetings with up to 15 participants (minimum purchase: 5 licenses)
Professional = individual license for an unlimited number of meetings with up to 1,250 participants (minimum purchase: 5 licenses) |
Single license for unlimited meetings |
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| VoIP costs | Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service |
Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service |
Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service |
Only integrates VoIP |
Integrated telephone conferencing service (local dial-in numbers) |
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| Prices updated | June 2009 | February 2010 | October 2009 | June 2009 | June 2009 | |||||
| Review updated | June 2009 | February 2010 | October 2009 | June 2009 | June 2009 | |||||
Get information on which financial advantages you can realize when using online conferences instead of on-site meetings. We have calculated the return-on-investment for web conferences using a specific example.


