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GoToMeeting vs Zoom comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

GoToMeeting
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoom
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
207
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of GoToMeeting is 3.6%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoom is 11.9%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

Jacky Hood - PeerSpot reviewer
A straightforward setup with good stability and decent pricing
The new version crashes my ISP. I don't like the new version. I hope they continue to support the Classic version. I didn't like the fact that LogMeIn tried to make their new version look like Zoom. The feature in the Classic version includes a little panel for GoToMeeting to be off to the side, and it doesn't interfere with your browser. It is much better. All these companies, including the new version of GoToMeeting, have a useless bunch of controls at the top that blocks the tabs of your browser. This makes it so that you can't jump around from tab to tab when you're showing your screen. Those controls are so tiny. Yesterday I was on a session on one of the products (not GTM), and it had shrunk it down to one inch by one inch. It was so small that I couldn't find the tab to make it bigger. That's a big issue. In this attempt to look like Zoom, GTM has gone to the extent where the controls are a little skinny line above your browser. That's not good. The controls need to be highly visible, and contrast so they are easy to read and find. It would be nice if they would have a whiteboard where everybody in the meeting can draw or write on it. We use Google Docs for that purpose, but Google Docs doesn't really allow you to draw. When I was running a different college system, the college system had a whiteboard. All the students and the teachers could all write on the whiteboard with their fingers, as I recall. It'd be nice if they would have something similar available in the future.
Kallol Chaudhuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done and offers the breakout rooms feature.
We are a team located across various locations. Not in the same geographic location. We are distributed. And it's not possible to physically travel and meet people. Sometimes it's simply not possible. But Zoom has helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done. Without Zoom, it would have been very, very difficult. The breakout rooms feature is also helpful. For example, I have a meeting attended by hundreds of people and want to create subgroups. I typically use it for different role-play scenarios during training if we are trying to conduct some training on presentation skills. So there's a large group, which is initially trained by an instructor. Then you get instructions that the room will be split into smaller breakout rooms. I'll give you a topic, and you'll practice in these smaller groups. That's one way I use it. So it's like a simulation of a real brainstorming session I'd have in a physical space.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's easy to set up."
"GoToMeeting's low latency is crucial because everybody is using VPN to connect to their PCs at work. The sound and video quality are solid, and the whiteboarding features were especially useful. The administrative side of it was fairly simple and intuitive to use."
"The most important feature for me was the iPhone app."
"GoToMeeting is very handy. It's good software. I would definitely recommend it."
"We don't have any link issues whether you use it to browser, or use it as a client. It worked perfectly fine for us."
"I think all the features are very useful, especially the rooms features and we present with screen sharing. Instead of organizing conferences, we are able to do that online. This has been saving us from spending on travel. From the beginning of this year, because of GoToMeeting, I have canceled I think three or four business trips."
"It was just chosen because somebody at the company said, "We need a meeting thing. Hey, go find a meeting thing." It wasn't me, but somebody else in the organization was like, "Alright, let's use GoToMeeting. It's free.""
"The solution worked well specifically for audio meetings."
"The installation process is very simple."
"The solution is easy to use with an easy user interface."
"You can have multiple connections so that everybody can interact. You can change your background. If you're in your home and you don't want people to know what it looks like, you can pretty much change the background to any background that you want."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The ability to share content is a great feature."
"Zoom is quite easy to use and user-friendly."
"Zoom has facilitated our remote and hybrid meetings, particularly in the context of our agile processes such as scrum. In the past, estimating story points required physical presence in a room, where we would use visual cues or hand gestures. We can create polls with Zoom and share them with team members for direct input. The recording feature is also good. Additionally, features like whiteboarding allow for specific collaboration sessions tailored to different team members' needs. Auto-scheduling meetings and integration with Microsoft Outlook make organizing and attending meetings effortless. Overall, the product is good and convenient."
"Compared to Teams, Zoom's performance and user interface are better. This is especially the case when you're doing any kind of online presentation, PowerPoint, or team demo. I think Zoom is much more user friendly."
 

Cons

"The sound quality is good but the video quality needs improvement."
"The solution must include archive options to save the recorded meetings for future reference. The recording functionality can benefit our team by improving how meetings are recorded and shared. Previously, only admins could record meetings, sometimes leading to issues if recordings were missed or not shared properly. The recent update now allows hosting GoToMeeting sessions with the ability to delegate recording rights to other team members."
"In addition to the features it already has, I think GoToMeeting should also have additional features that are not present at the moment."
"GoToMeeting is too slow, which is why we no longer use it."
"The enrolment for a non-IT user should be easier. It should be simplified for non-IT users."
"I would like to see better support for mobile devices."
"Using GoToMeeting in a meeting-sized conference room is kind of a letdown. The camera is supposed to track the speaker and focus on that person so that they can be on the screen. That feature rarely worked. We tested it thoroughly, so maybe it was an issue with the size of the conference room. It may not be suitable for large conference rooms."
"Lacks ease of connectivity, calendar integrations, and third-party app integrations."
"Extra security would be a good added feature."
"If Zoom added the feature of Zoom Phone so that I can use it as a phone, it would be much better."
"Security is something Zoom lacks. If you're trying to get proprietary buy-in and enterprise buy-in, security is the top priority. And even though the user interface is simple, every solution could use a tune-up in that department."
"Zoom lacks dashboards, more could be included."
"The solution is not very useful for chat and lacks highlighting functionality."
"We would like to have the ability to connect people using phone numbers so that non-Zoom users can join conversations."
"The security can be improved because this is one of the reasons that my organization prefers to use Skype."
"In general, the price could be a little cheaper."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Negotiate for discounts."
"It is a little expensive although now, with the competition from Zoom and other products, they have lowered their prices and it is better."
"GoToMeeting is a little bit expensive compared to other products."
"I believe that all of their licenses are purchased, so that they may use the solution for their teaching purposes."
"My organization has a yearly license for Zoom."
"We have an annual subscription to the solution. The price could be reduced."
"Zoom is a very cheaply priced video conferencing solution, and using this product has saved our business a lot of expense."
"I am using the free version, so I don't pay anything to use it."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"We generally have a strict budget so the pricing for Zoom is reasonable."
"We are using the free version of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
19%
Computer Software Company
17%
Educational Organization
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Educational Organization
92%
University
1%
Computer Software Company
1%
Financial Services Firm
1%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GoToMeeting?
Reduced the need for physically commuting between offices.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GoToMeeting?
This is not an expensive solution, we pay around $5,000AUD maximum per year. There are other fees for data carriage, PABX fees, and the like but they would apply to any similar product.
What needs improvement with GoToMeeting?
The solution must include archive options to save the recorded meetings for future reference. The recording functionality can benefit our team by improving how meetings are recorded and shared. Pre...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoom?
I use the free version of Zoom and have not encountered significant issues in its use. I also use the free version of Google Meet.
 

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