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Comparison of the pricing and license models for the 5 best web conferencing systems

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License options
Pay-per-Use <h4>Pay-per-use</h4><ol><li>No contractual commitment</li><li>Payment for each use (encompassing web conference service and charges for conference call)</li><li>Software is hosted by the supplier</li></ol> Nein Nein Ja Nein Ja
Subscription fee (single user) <h4>Subscription fee (single user)</h4><ol><li>Fixed price no matter the frequency of use (monthly fee or prepaid annual plan)</li><li>Mostly exclude the costs of the telephone conference service</li><li>Software is hosted by the supplier</li></ol> Ja Ja Ja Nein Nein
Subscription fee (multi-user) <h4>Subscription fee (multi-user)</h4><ol><li>Fixed price no matter the frequency of use (monthly fee or prepaid annual plan)</li><li>Mostly exclude the costs of the telephone conference service</li><li>Software is hosted by the supplier</li></ol> Nein Ja Ja Ja Nein
Software license purchase <h4>Software license purchase</h4><ol><li>One-off purchase costs</li><li>Various licenses from individual to multiple licenses</li><li>Installed on-premise</li></ol> Nein Nein Nein Nein Nein
Free of charge <h4>Free of charge</h4><ol><li>Mainly restricted to non-commercial usage</li><li>Software is hosted by the supplier</li></ol> Nein Nein Nein Nein Nein
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Pricing

Flat monthly subscription
USD 49 per month

 

Annual subscription (pre-paid)
USD 468 per year

Monthly subscription
USD 49.90 per month plus VAT
(UK and Europe: GBP 34.90 / 39.90 EUR)

Annual subscription (pre-paid)
USD 478.80 per year plus VAT
(UKK and Europe: GBP 322.80 / 358.80 EUR)

Monthly subscription:
USD 69 per month (UK: GBP 38 per month; Europe: 53 EUR per month)

Annual subscription (prepaid):
USD 708 per year (UK: 396 per year; Europe: 552 EUR per year)

Pay-per-use:
USD 0.33 per minute and participant (UK: GBP 0.19 per minute and participant; Europe: 0.29 per minute and participant)

Standard
(min. 5 licences)
USD 4.58 per user and month

 

Professional
(min. 5 licences)
USD 15.42 per user and month

Pay-per-use
GBP 0.18 per minute and participant
(no monthly charge, no minimum revenue limit)
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
VoIP costs

Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service
(with local telephone number - incurring additional costs)

Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service
(with local telephone number - incurring additional costs)

Integrated VoIP and telephone conferencing service

Only integrates VoIP

Integrated telephone conferencing service (local dial-in numbers)
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.