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Organize and attend online meetings, video-conference calls, online training's or presentations by enabling coworkers, customers and prospects to view any application running on your PC.
First of all, it should be noted that GoToMeeting is an excellent Software and one of the things I like most is that the service makes it easy for us to set up webinars for audiences from all over the world. From anywhere, what makes meeting with Long distance people, and very fast and easy. I love it because it is a great tool when it comes to video conferencing with the team everywhere. It allows us to use it in a professional or personal way. It is really very satisfying to be software since it has made our daily routine much easier, I am fascinated.
GoToMeeting IS a Great Software with which I am Satisfied. But if there is something I would like to have a function where I could send reminders three or two hours before a meeting so that no person on the team forgets a meeting. And this is a small price to pay. Since it is a software this is only a small detail which I would like you to add. But I am satisfied with this software and I hope it continues to improve day by day
I like the scheduling feature of this Post., Its great to host and record meetings and share them later. Thats a definite benefit, along with a professional interface.
I disliked the costing parameters, however the software is well worth it.
GoToMeeting is a great program in a professional setting for a number of reasons. For starters, video conferences are easy to create and organize with shareable links that can be added to calendars (with reminders) at the click of a button. Then factor in that GoToMeeting is accessible with PCs, tablets and smartphones, and it makes organizing meetings so easy that it becomes a go-to program. Finally, creating and delivering presentations with the program is so easy and good that I end up inventing reasons to use the program for every meeting- and turning as many meetings as I can into video conferences.
Aside for the occasional lapses in audio quality, lag times and glitches, the chat function is not as easy to use as it should be. Meetings also can't be recorded (at least not with the most recent free version). And it is expensive.
Our organization has used GoToMeeting for many years. It is a solution that enables individuals to connect via a url to a virtual meeting. It is ideal for companies that have remote staff or staff that travel frequently and cannot physically attend a meeting. This is among GoToMeeting's best features. Other advantages include the following:
You have to make sure to switch your audio depending on how you join the meeting. If you join by phone but forget to switch your GoToMeeting dashboard setting to phone audio, you (and others) will hear a loud, ongoing each until you make this switch. Ideally GoToMeeting would recognize the source from which you are joining (phone or computer audio) but since it does not do this, it's best to get into the habit of switching this manually to avoid the loud echo.
GoToMeeting is a staple service at my organization. We used Google Hangouts for simple video and screen sharing sessions, but GoToMeeting presents a more full-featured and polished product. This is essential for things like Board or executive level meetings where interactive white boards and the ability to shift who the presenter is are essential. GoToMeeting has native apps for Mac, PC, Android, and iOS. This is crucial for BYOD organizations or organizations that rely on volunteers. Features like whiteboard make it very easy to share and visualize ideas as they evolve. Having the ability to change who the presenter is and giving that person "remote control" of the meeting is also hassle free.
The look and feel of the service is not the same across all platforms. This makes it difficult to explain functionality to users when starting a meeting or if you need to give instructions on the fly. If you are on a Mac and the other person is on a PC and you are trying to remember how to hand off controls and can't remember how on the other platform, this is a real impediment to getting things done.
GoToMeeting is by far one of the easiest to use online virtual meeting/chat platforms I have used. I’ll use it even when the institution I’m teaching for in any given month will provide another program/platform to use for online class live chat sessions, because I know I won’t I won’t have any problems using it AND my attendees/students will be able to login to the live session without needing a long tutorial on how to use it (this last one is a BIG plus). And with their recent upgrades it’s my GoTo for live chats.
The recent upgrades to GoToMeeting are really nice, but I am disappointed that they did not include the much needed feature that will the attendees (non-moderator users) “raise your hand” to get the moderator’s attention during a live session. Still, it is a very good live chat/meeting platform and I will continue to use it over other programs when I have the choice to pick my own program.
Being one of the biggest names in collaboration software, GoToMeeting's biggest advantage is that so many people are familiar with it, you don't have to worry much about encountering someone that doesn't know how to join or call into a meeting. There are some great features they have in the product that don't exist in any other platform, like sharing your entire mobile device's screen with a meeting in order to demonstrate a mobile app. On the off-chance you have a meeting with someone who has never used GoToMeeting before, the set up is simple and can usually be done in an unobtrusive way that doesn't run afoul with IT groups.
I don't like the pricing model. It's an extremely robust product, but more often I find myself leveraging similar, albeit much more simple, functionality built into other tools to get much of the same result for internal meetings. For example, if I need to call a snap meeting with my team, rather than ask everyone to join my GoToMeeting, I simply start a call within our (paid) Slack channel and we don't need to worry about tying up the account for anyone else who might need to use it. For setting up a conference line, there are other more affordable solutions (sometimes free ones if you don't mind stability issues) on the marker which can accomplish this goal.
1. Highly reliable, flexible & user-friendly.
1. Needs a stable internet connection.
I find this software to be widely used and is very easy to operate. This software make the miles in between you and your client seem null. Very clear audio and great that you can share the screen and even give control to a participant.
If I had to say anything negative I would say that when a participant joins the meeting others can see who joined but maybe it can be improved so you don't hear everyone speaking at once when they join at the same time
To make a video conference in high quality, FULLHD requires fast Internet access. And the image and sound quality may vary depending on the data transmission over the Internet. However, in our case, these problems were rare.
Simple navigation, ease of invitation to join the meeting, and simple layout. I appreciate how fast and smooth the program is and how easy it is to teach my staffs how to create and join meetings. People are able to type in the chat during the meeting if they are too shy to speak, or people can just join the convo whenever. I like how it also shows you which microphone belongs to which users when they are speaking so I know who is speaking. I also like how you can share your screen, which is the most important meet of the meeting for me in order to present my slides for training and promos.
I was hoping there would be a function where I can send reminders out an hour or two before the meeting just so my staff don't forget about the meeting. I know this is the staff's responsibilities, but having a push function could be handy, too.
GoToMeeting allows me and my colleagues to collaborate and work together on complicated spreadsheets. It allows us to conduct internal meetings and even conduct client meetings with those who are out of state. We now even have an international client and it would be exceedingly difficult to give him a presentation without GoToMeeting. We use this tool every single day.
The Google Chrome extension is not quite as robust as the desktop version of the application. For example, we are unable to change the presenter for those using the Chrome extension and not able to obtain keyboard and mouse control. This is not a big deal but would be nice for those such as clients who do not need the desktop application but want to install the Chrome extension for convenience.
One of the major functions of an executive assistant is to set up meetings, I mean a lot of meetings. Often one or more attendees need to call in, as they can't meet in person. I've used other similar types of software as well as our business conference phone, which only allows for voice calls whic isn't ideal. Since using GoToMeeting we don't even use our own conference calling option. It's always GoToMeeting 1st.
If it's not broken...don't try to fix it. I've been using for several years and I haven't found anything to date that I don't like...so as they say...if it's not broken....
I like the tools it has and its functionalities, for example: how you can see the audience and even see the ones who are not paying attention, it helps you change the rythm or the content of your presentation to capture your audience's attention back. I also like the fact that you can change presenter, share screen, stat video, mute or aun-mute the audience, raise hand.. there's a lot you can play with and it's very user friendly so it makes the presentation go smooth and adapt the features to whatever kind of remote conference you need to have.
Nothing really, I enjoyed very much working with this tool, very stable connection and audio reception and transmission.
GoTo Meeting was our first selection when having remote meeting within our company untill last year (2019). It just works as expected, does not consume too many (computing and network) resources and works on most IT environments (incluiding our customer's). The addins install quick and easy and the sharing features are great. It usually has an admin that creates the meeting and the meeting needs to be started by the admin. Has all the basic features you would need to have a remote meeting (audio - video, screen sharing, inmersive chat, Q&A, participants list, some controls, etc) but it doesn't have had too many updates for some time and lacks some features we have found productive (whiteboard, for example).
The software works great. Nevertheless, we have found some features in other remote meeting software that could make it ideal: have anyone in your organization be able to have admin rights (create meetings, start meetings, change meeting configurations, etc) and some features that nowadays might be very useful (whiteboard, a note taking module to be able to take notes and share them when the meeting ends, more options to connect audio - to name a few).
It's the best tool when it comes for video conference with team or other parties. It can be used for professional use or your personal use as well. It is very beneficial in terms of its cost when compared with other products in market.
GoToMeeting has got many advantages and i have no dislikes as such with the tool. But one thing really irritates that is if many people talks in the meeting at the same time, there are issues with the audio but gain there is option provided to mute whom you don't want to hear or enable to talk. It requires little training on it and not that handy option when you are on the meeting and need to enable that option immediately.
It's one of the best screensharing and meeting tools. Most people are familiar with it and have the launcher already downloaded.
It can be slow to load. I have some issues where it prompts me to download even though I already have it downloaded.
Love the look of the control panel vs. competitors. User friendly (both setting up and for our clients)
awful customer service
Options. I like the myriad of features GoTo offers from easy scheduling to being able to press one button to start recording your meetings. Lot's of different options and customizability from a small person-to-person chat to a large 500+ webinars gives you the flexibility to connect how you'd prefer. Finally, the streamlined look and colors of the application are well designed.
GoTo is robust with features but this creates quite a learning curve. Getting up and running immediately is difficult to do if you are a new user.
1. É muito fácil de usar.
I believe my internet connection is good but I have noticed that sometimes meeting from phone app drops me and I have to redial in. I have the same problem on 4G LTE.
I really like the GoToMeeting for online webinars. You can have an audience size up to 250 people at a time listening to your webinar. It has remote capabilities so you can record, or lecture anytime anywhere. I like the idea you can log in and setup different webinars for different occasions. Also, there is a feature that allows you to share your screen so others can see what you are doing on your laptop or desktop computer. Secondly, it has a web cam or video camera feature, that allows others to view your presentation. Also, the audio function is easy to use as well. The audio works will with a MIC or PC speakers. Overall, I like the idea of the goto meeting because you can share a public web url to your audience. The user just needs to click the web url that you provide them and they will be joined into your meeting.
Sometimes, if my internet provider is having latency problems, the goto meeting may experience bandwidth issues, due to increase of or influx of traffic. Overall, no other issues at this time.
I have used it for my daily meetings and it works great, recoding of meetings can be used later and can be in mp4 format , even i can pause the recordings in between the meetings and resume it as and when required
Bridge numbers are local, country specific if it can tollfree and if people from other country could join dialing local
The feature that I liked the most is that GTM (GoToMeeting) gives you the flexibility to have a recurrence or one-time meeting without setting up too many details. Other tools in the market offer very complex mechanism to do the same.
Nothing as such. Sometimes it takes a while to start up. I think that can be the only feature I think disappoints me a bit.
web and video conferencing needs
no embedded audio
Gotomeeting offers enough capacity to add 100 members to video calls. Entering them turns out to be a fairly fast process, because the platform offers a convenient accessibility system in which only a small link is needed to access the host where the meeting is running. Your video quality is very high. In addition, your mobile access is very comfortable. Fully recommended to take detailed follow-ups of the work process of each member of the team, since everyone can have their turn on screen and show what they have done. Gotomeeting is very useful to manage teams of employees of at least 80 people. It is also a good idea to integrate it with file sharing and cloud storage services.
Something that does not convince us about gotomeeting is that the platform is not sufficiently optimized so that you can edit documents within video conferences, so you have to limit yourself to using external document management services. Sometimes the quality of the videos shows recording errors, and the audio quality is quite poor.
Since 8 years i am using GotoMeeting. Not only Gotomeeting but also i have used Gotowebinar and Gototraining as well. It is one of the best and cost effective solution for online meetings. Best to use from anywhere PC/Laptop/Mobile. Moreover you can connect through phone calls as well. For lot many features i rate Gotomeeting higher than Webex. You can use the software anywhere, anytime just need to have internet. Just WOW product.
Nothing very specific but can include dialing numbers for other countries where user are more like India.
I like that it allows me to hold conference calls and screen share. Really, that’s all I need it to do. I do a lot of demos and walkthroughs with clients and customers, so GoToMeeting is critical for my success. It also allows my customer to share their screen so I can see what errors or issues they’re having on their end. It really helps with the show-don’t-tell aspect of my job. I also like that my PIN never changed. It was a little on the long side, but after a week or so, I had it memorized. Made opening meetings really fast.
I’m realizing the things I like least about GoToMeeting may be on our configuration side. For example, we don’t have single sign-on (SSO), so anytime I need to open GoToMeeting, I need to log into my account. That gets a little annoying. It also doesn’t integrate with Outlook, which is also annoying. I have to go into GoToMeeting, copy my meeting information, and then paste it back into an Outlook appointment. Just a lot of needless steps. But this could just be on my side - something that we could configure if we wanted to. And I don’t have the ability to record meetings, which may be a licensing issue or configuration issue. Either way, I don’t like it.
One of the things I like most about GoTomeeting is complete enough for meetings with the most common options in most meeting applications, for example, allow audio or videoconferencing to share the screen, share screen or even give control of Your desktop a User of the meeting, is the right provider for meetings with small groups of people of very high quality one of the best features that specify GoTomeeting better than another platform, is its price since it is really low, very good quality to an excellent low price
GoToMeeting is an excellent software, however, something that I dislike is the problem that has little capacity to connect users in a single online meeting, this is a problem for large organizations that have the need to make video conferences with too many people in a single meeting, it would really be a good idea if Gotomeeting would bring out a new commercial version that is what the biggest companies need, that is the only thing I would like them to improve since GoToMeeting is an excellent Software
GotoMeeting is one of the best conference call programs available as it provides ease of use and an excellent set of features like
Price wise it is litter higher compare to other products
What I like best is that on the Gotomeeting dashboard I can see exactly what the other people see, so I know if my screen is not refreshing or if, when I use two screens, I'm accidently sharing the wrong screen.
I dislike that Gotomeeting looks differently on Explorer than it does on Chrome. But it does work on both.
We’ve been using GoToMeeting for about 2 years. The tool is really simple to use. Features are really good for what we use it for. It’s flexible and very user-friendly. Hosting is very easy. We have multiple locations and having this tool allows us to be more productive. We’re able to shared data to make our meetings productive.
GoToMeeting is not as feature rich as other tools we’ve used. Our department used an old software tool that was developed in-house. The tool was replaced since there’s no budget to get the tool updating. It became too cumbersome and it made sense to use another tool. No other real negative feedback as the tool service our purpose well.
We can trust GoToMeeting to keep our distributed remote teams connected and in communication with clear video capabilities that never go down.
Downloading the app for those first time users is highly annoying as it requires instruction and sometime trouble shooting.
- Ease of use for organizers and participants
- I wish it was still a combined package with GoToMeeting
The app is very stable, I can't even remember having an issue with the app. You can also connect through your phone and it works perfectly. The option to record the meeting is great for presentations or trainings, and then you can send it to your customers or publish them on youtube. The drawing and sharing screen options are awesome too, very useful for help desk departments.
It was not so easy for my customers/first time users to login, but once they started using it, they knew how to work with the app very quickly. So when you open the app for the first time, you have to choose the options to start working, but if you can't talk to this person or they can't hear you, how can you send them the instructions? This is why I did not give this app all the 5 stars. Not a fan of the toll-free option.
GoToMeeting has a simple interface and it is very easy to use. You can easily create meetings and have custom URL, video recording and transcription. Much Easier to use than other competing products such as WebEx. It is always great when the meetings software is not causing problems during your meeting!
Would like some aditional options and features that some of the other meetings products have, such as Polling and Webinar.
Gotomeeting is a pretty complete meeting software. It features the most common options on the majority of the meeting apps, such as allow to audo or video conferences, allow to share the screen or give control of you desktop to a participant of the meeting, record the sessions and so on. Besides that it also offers some interesting options that in my opinion give GTM an extra value. One interesting feature is that the metings may have an owner that can set different level of permissions for the participants, allowing them to re-schedule the meetings of only participate as listeners but forbidding to talk. The meetings can be scheduled without need of a calendar app, so you can have your scheduled Daily scrum meeting and just need to access GTM to attend. It also count with Google Chrome plugin and a Google Calendar integration in case you're more comfortable that way. To invite people to a meeting is also really simple. It is possible to send a regular mail invitation, but it is also possiblo to do it by sharing a url link or the meeting Id number. Besides all these features, the audio/video quality is excellent, and I've never have a problem during a meeting.
Maybe the prices are a bit excesive for what it offers, since although other options may not have that many features, they are way more cheaper than GTM and this is the reason my company drop GTM some time ago when we started using G-suite, so we migrate to google meetings.
GoToMeeting is a very good software to use for conference meetings and one on one meetings. GoToMeeting UI is seamless, easy to use software with quick connection to a meeting right away. Also it integrates with outlook and other email apps, so getting on a call right away has never been an issue. Moreover, when connecting to GoToMeeting its easy to connect without any issues, just requires a download of the extension in the browser. GoToMeeting price is reasonable i do not pay for it, my company does , but if you your own business then purchasing GoToMeeting is inexpensive. Moreover, GoToMeeting voice quality is very clear, i like how i can test my speakers and mic right before the call so there is not issues during the call.
I think if GoToMeeting would have updates go out very now and them it would be good; since there are rarely any updates to the software.
Gotomeeting is a great tool for having online conferences and classes. I started using this software less than a year but within this short period of time I am quiet impressed by its uninterrupted video call services. Even I use this software to have one and one client discussions too. It has a facility to share the screen so that I can show the progress of the project to the client easily. It doesn't requires much technical knowledge and support. And the user interface is also pretty awesome. I have never done a massive conference so far. My maximum number of participants will be 10-15 people within this range this software functions pretty well. Unlike other video calling softwares here we dont need to create an invite link all the time, we can use the same link to get in over and over again. And also the video resolution and audio clarity is very good. For the future reference you can record the meetings as well.
According to me there is no cons regarding this software. I hope to see many exciting features to come up in the future.
I am using GoToMeeting daily for video conferencing and E-meeting with clients. I like its video and audio quality the most because sometimes I feel that I am not virtually talking to someone, it feels like face to face meeting and this the best thing that I like about it.
There is one thing that I like least about it and that is sometime GoToMeeting stops working when the internet gets slow but overall I am very happy with this product.
After you record a session the video has to get translated to the right format. this can take a long time depending on your hardware, length of the meeting, etc. To be fair this is the case with most conference software options. But just something to note.
GoTo Meeting is a great collaborative tool. I use it for setting up meetings with my team. The positive side is that GoTo Meeting also have mobile app which make it a mobile tool to use. I am the administrator as well giving access to users. The admin console is user friendly.
There are issues with voice quality on the call sometimes.
Easy to setup and invite users for a meeting.
One thing we don't like is the plugin it downloads. Not all of our users are tech savvy and their computers and operating systems are not up to date hence spending a lot of time for them to join the call initially
every time that you click on a link of GoToMeeting or periodically It downloads a new software version( on Macs ) and unfortunately it doesn't replace the old version so you end up with a few versions on your mac of gotomeeting.
This software is so easy to use! You only have to dial in, type the access code and you're good to go. I love that you can display a specific screen/window from your computer to display to all other users on the call. There is also a chat feature in GoToMeeting that allows you to chat with everyone on the call or to a specific individual. (Added bonus is the ability to record the call!)
Not really too many cons with this product, but two things may be worth noting. Some calls can experience random drops even though it's dialed in from a lan line. The other thing is when you're downloading/converting the recorded call it can take a long time to process.
Great for troubleshooting, and collaborating. It allows the sharing of your screen while on a call or meeting. It also allows the sharing of files, data and information used in troubleshooting issues with clients and group meetings.
The current version I am using (version 10.6.1.16474), has been problematic when handing over keyboard and mouse control. More than half the time the feature does not hand over the control option. Subsequently the only recourse is to end the GoToMeeing.exe file in the task manager and then end the meeting and start up a new one to resole the issue.
I've been really happy with GoToMeeting so far. It's easy to use and is great for conference calls and meetings. GoToMeeting is one of the top conference software available and they have managed to stay ahead of the game. I'm also happy with their customer service. I've had a couple situations where I needed technical support and their customer service agents have always been very helpful. I also like the quality of the video and audio. This of course is very important with any conference software and GoToMeeting has always delivered in this respect. I would be very hesitant to try any other conference software because I've had such good results with GoToMeeting. Very happy so far.
The only con I can think of is the price. I think the pricing could be more competitive. I suppose they price their software based off of their brand recognition, but it would be nice if it were a little less. The only other thing is changing audio when changing from phone to computer. I found this to be more difficult than it needed to be. GoToMeeting should work to make this more efficient.
Gone are the days of face-to-face meetings as more and more staff work remotely. I started using GoToMeetings when I was a freelance consultant and this platform is perfect for someone like me. It allows for seamless screen sharing, notes, recording the meetings and so much more. The fact that I didn't need to constantly drive to meetings (which could be cancelled at any moment) also helped keep costs down and manage my time better.
This is not a negative feature per se but I had to make sure that any client that used GoToMeetings for the first time was aware that they had to install some software first before being able to join the meeting. This sometimes led to a delay.
It is fast and have both desktop and online versions. New meeting ID with automatic setup of links and mobile numbers to join around the world saved lot of time and ambiguity. It's good that we could be able to record webinars, meetings and save them in video format.
I find it little expensive when compared to its peers. Sometimes they roll-out offers and sometimes not. Also video quality should be improved.
GoToMeeting is the best software I ever used for call and video conferencing. It has the best interface and easy to use. It is the most stable software compared to the performance of others. It has additional features that you don't find in many other software such as the voting option.
The price is always the major negative issue compared to other available software, especially nowadays with many open source and free software in the market
This is a good software in most cases. It allows you to join a meeting from both the browser or if you want you can download the app on your desktop. Screen sharing and joining from mobile for only audio are also very useful features in this application.
Sometimes the application hangs and it takes lot of time when someone is trying to do a screen share. Sometimes the whole application freezes when some other heavy application is running on the system. Also, the user sometimes gets confused about the mute and un-mute button toggle as the color code for the button is not easily understandable.
Easy to setup and manage meetings (one time + recurrent). Sound quality is reliable and good. It is easy to share screen/presentations etc. Additional features that I likes: recording options (simple to use), exporting the list of attendees. I also have the mobile app which I use when doing some demos of mobile apps so I connect via mobile phone and present the screen. This is quite easy and useful as you can connect any smartphone like that and share the screen without the need to somehow connect your phone and share screen on your PC.
No major complaints only the minimize option should be improved to actually minimize the screen on the system tray bar and not leaving it on top of the screen and then you have to manually move it.
I like that I can get anyone in the world from my customer base on a call and screen share with everyone. It works great for support, training, and general meetings.
I don't like that when I share a recording my recipients cannot download it. I also don't like that global numbers are not easily available in conferences. This makes it challenging for international customers to join by phone.
I like how easy Go To Meeting is to use in regards to setting up the webinars and while conducting a webinar. I like that I am able to see who has joined the call, as well as what I'm displaying on the screen to the audience. I also love that I'm able to pause the display and freeze the screen, allowing me to look at something in the background without interrupting the flow of the meeting.
We occasionally have technical issues when using GoToMeeting, which usually pertains to an attendee not being able to launch the webinar portion or see the shared screen. Often, it only takes closing the browser and relaunching it, so it isn't a huge impact, but it would be nice to not encounter these glitches.
The software has the most features for the cost. Most people know how to dial into a goto meeting meeting so there is no barrier to entry on a meeting.
Sometimes call quality can lack a bit, and the picture quality could be less than other services like "FaceTime."
Give a professional image of the conferences to present news to your customers with stability when making the live broadcast. Their reports and follow-up to the records are very simple to generate.
A web platform to manage everything, you have to download the executables and that sometimes comes to deter attendees.
What I like the most about GoToMeeting is the ease of use. It's easy for my customers to join my meeting and easy for me to provide them a recording after. It's also nice that I can pass the presenter role to others on my team or to the customer if they need to show me something.
There's been a couple issues where my customers haven't been able to log into the GoToMeeting link and that's been a challenge. Overall, it's worked about 99% of the time.
GoToMeeting deliver in general high quality in audio and videomeetings and most important provides really quick and easy way to setup meetings with your team or any other GTM user.
The only bad experience I had with GTM is when the owner of a recurring meeting is on holiday or leave the company, was almost impossible to change the owner in order to modify the meeting or cancel it. Only contacting with the admin team solved these issues.
The interface for GoToMeeting is simple and easy to use. User interface is user friendly. Not like other web conference software for example TeamViewer Meeting, you have to collapse different tabs of the interface. Meet Now can send an meeting invitation immediately to provide support for your customers. Schedule meeting has an outlook addin to integrate with outlook calendar.
The outlook addin does not synchronize with GoToMeeting if you reschedule the meeting in outlook. The date and time will be changed in outlook but does not update the meeting in GoToMeeting. The recorded meeting has to be converted to the G2M format first. The coversion takes time. To share the recording, we have to put it on an ftp server or cloud drive for other people to download. There’s other web conference software can record the meeting and share the link directly.
Setup of meetings is relatively easy as well as straightforward in terms of organizer count, the amount you will pay, and what is provided for that amount
GotoMeeting does not allow outside equipment to be used (only webcams). We wanted to do a live webinar with our own equipment (camcorder, mic, etc) and were told that the platform does not a professional setup in that way.
Ease of setting up and the plugins that are compatible with outlook.
The person setting it up has to start the meeting before everyone can join in.
I am grateful that this software allows me to securely speak to potential and current clients of my programs. I like how interactive it is in allowing me to screen share and even manipulate the screen (pointing/drawing) so it is an interactive experience.
Once in awhile there are slight malfunctions with audio or video, but these don't tend to last long.
GotoMeeting is very easy to use. Even the most inept technology user can utilize GotoMeeting efficiently. We use it for all meetings, it is very cost conscious and our sales team loves it. I also work with several vendors and their support teams. It is so beneficial to be able to show something you would have to write a book to describe.
I think if the price came down a little, I think your customer base would increase especially for smaller organizations. I have had to defend our bill several times to the executive team.
The people at GoToMeeting have made putting a meeting together simple and easy. I have used their product since it came out on the market. There are Individual mode where the video is on one person and everyone else is watching or you can place it in a group mode where you can see the faces of others in the meeting. No need to take notes GoToMeeting will record your meeting and transcribe it for you, then if you have items that were shown in a prsentation to them you can go back and make links they can go to. Meetings can be only one person speaking or it can be interactive with the presenter controlling who speaks when. The people at GoToMeeting are always one step ahead and the communication market evolves. You can watch, listen and speak through your computer or you can still call into an 800 number. I can't say enough about how easy it is to use the software, it only took me about an hour to review the features and felt comfortable that I could operate the software. They are a;ways coming up with new features.
Cons? What cons? I have to say I know nothing that would be a limiting factor except maybe the number of people you can view, but how many people can you really view on one screen. No honestly I would reccomend this to a business of two people that are in different locations to communicate back and forth as it records your meeting and transcribes it. So, no I have no con's
This software is extremely helpful when you are working with a team that is either located in different states domestically or different countries internationally. It is an online platform and browser based so pretty much very very easy to get started. Just setup a account, open browser, go to their website and log in. The software has made useful features but the ones that I have used and like the most are,
I have had many issues with this software. Some few times I have ran into these situations
We used GoToMeeting for several years and it did a great job. There was never a real issue that we had with product. So I'd have to say the consistency was the best feature of the product. It just worked and that is more than you can say about a number of products out there.
As time went on, it seems like GoToMeeting fell out of favor with other businesses and it lost it's 'hipness'. That is to say that it basically became less popular, with many companies (ours included) switching over to Zoom. From what I understand, the reason that we switched was a cost savings / feature set upgrade decision. So what we liked least was the cost for the feature set we were receiving. Plus Zoom resonates with our clients, whereas GoToMeeting feels dated at times. GoToMeeting also didn't include cloud recordings of calls, which was a huge need for us.
As an online conference tool that is easy to use and simple to get started, this is a solid product. I have used it off an on for many years without issue. It has always been much more affordable than some of its counterparts, but is still a very powerful tool with lots of features. It is sold in tiers so you can get the features you want at a very good price. Of course, do your research and make sure all features necessary to your business needs are met!
It doesn't have as many features or bells and whistles as the most used, highest priced offerings or most popular products it this category. However, the top dog tends to bundle everything so you get more, but gotomeeting breaks it down to you can get what you need, easing the pocket drain, or paying for unnecessary features and functions. There have been complaints of audio/video dropout, but I believe Cisco has addressed all of these. Some, of course, have nothing to do with the application, and everything to do with the connecting system (wi-fi, poor internet, etc)
I like how GoToMeeting integrates seamlessly with my Gmail account so I can easily add meeting credentials to any calendar invite I send out. I also like how the platforms allows you to record any meeting and pause the screen throughout, especially if you are giving a product demo. Lastly, it's very quick to load and I haven't had virtually any tech issues with is in the 3 years I've used it!
I don't like how it doesn't let you schedule meetings in the past via the calendar integration. For instance if you have a 9 o'clock meeting and you ended up sending the invite out with the meeting details at 9:01am, it wouldn't let you. You'd then have to update the invite on your calendar to 9:02am or beyond which can be confusing for the person you are meeting with.
GoToMeeting is pretty easy to use and has many of the same features as Webex. We used it for several years because Webex was too pricey for the number of licenses needed. GoToMeeting also had a voice-only bridge option that was distributed to the majority of users. This was good as an impromptu conference ability since you could send the dedicated phone number and access number out in seconds.
Honestly there were not that many issues with it. Occasionally there were graphical errors with screen sharing, but that may have been more to do with the user's laptop resolution than the software itself. There was manual setup of international dial-in numbers required by our IT team when requested.
1. A simple sign feature & sync with your calendar 2. Once you are signed in, share the code with the link or share the number including meeting code.
1. Sometimes, I found at least 2/3 times its logging into account due to an unknown error
Being able to quickly and easily show my online students what I am doing, by sharing my entire screen/desktop, on my computer is so important! SHARING MY ENTIRE SCREEN regardless of which program I am using, or switching to, and to also have them see the pop-up or embedded windows (like scroll over Alt tags or edit menus & windows) is a must! Another program (that I will not name) recently changed that specific feature so if the moderator shares the entire screen an infinite trail of windows appears and no one can see a thing. I'll choose go to meeting every time if I have the choice between the two! Don't get me wrong - GTM does allow you to also share only one specific application/program at a time IF that is what you would prefer to do. I just need/prefer to share my entire screen.
Honestly, the only thing I can think of is I wish GTM would allow the attendees to "raise their hands" to let me know they have questions, or that I have missed a text/typed question. Either that or just give them an icon that can be clicked on that rings a bells in my ear so that I know to pause and/or ask the viewers to type their question again. I can understand that some moderators might not want to allow such interruptions during a presentation, or during a specific time, but giving the moderator an ON/OFF option for it would work for everyone! The little icon/button could be placed right next to the MIC controls on the Attendees pane.
It is good to be mindful that your computer's updates can conflict with GoToMeeting's function. When my computer conducted certain updates, the volume on GoToMeeting would work for a minute or two during the beginning of the session and then it would stop working. So, if you incur an issue with GoToMeeting, keep in mind it could be something external to the actual software. It also takes a sequence of steps to be able to show attendees a recording during your session--the audio settings must be changed to allow for audio to be heard from the recording rather from your microphone.
I like that it is fast. The videos of the people who participate in the meeting are good. It has many functions and is very complete for meetings with many people. If you are a presenter, it is possible to control the audio and the control of the participants, which makes the meeting easier to carry. I have seen that I can connect external microphones and external audios and the program connects them without problem. I can share a PowerPoint presentation and also a specific window. I like that I can use it on iOS and it works very well.
It is a complicated program to use for meetings with people who had not used it before. I noticed that when I use my Windows computer and the meeting there are Mac computers, the software is different, this creates confusion when we should give some assistance to someone who does not know it. The screen sharing controls are confusing. Audio and microphone are also confusing. The chat, I think it should improve. They should consider including a "blackboard" in the paid version. The program usually does not work the first time, but the last software downloads and this can be annoying when you need to join a meeting quickly. I have noticed that there is an error in the time zone, even though I put it correctly the system chooses another, it is confusing.
GoToMeeting does not track the attendees, it leaves it to your calendar software to do that job.
It takes more bandwidth than competitors like Zoom.us for similar functionality. Chat is limited to chatting within the meeting rather than creating chat rooms inside your company for teams to collaborate on then hop on a remote meeting. It's meant to be used every time you want to meet rather than an ongoing collaboration tool all of the time. I think they could learn something from Zoom about this.
- Sometimes the phone line doesn't sound very clear