GoToWebinar vs Microsoft Teams comparison

GoTo and Microsoft are both solutions in the Virtual Meetings category. GoTo is ranked #23, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4. GoTo holds a 2.1% mindshare in VM, compared to Microsoft’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GoTo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

GoToWebinar

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100% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between GoToWebinar and Microsoft Teams based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

GoToWebinar

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

23rd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Teams

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

163

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Social Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of GoToWebinar is 2.1%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 2.6%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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RITA Conroy-Martin

Director of Marketing at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Video library is a great tool and it enables good customization; feels a little antiquated and rusty

I like that recordings are available immediately, it's a great feature. I also appreciate being able to use the video library as a tool, and the integration of an API with other systems we have. We were able to build our own customer portal and then integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface. People thought they were on our platform, but they were using GoToWebinar. Those are unique features that seemed to be very easy for our development team to integrate. I like that aspect of it. It also provides good visibility if somebody had seen a webinar that was useful. It's very easy to push them out. Registration is an easy process as is customization on the back end. We very rarely had technical issues running the webinars so it's a pretty robust platform overall.

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Dhiman Majhi

Associate Network Engineer at NTT DATA, Inc.

Offers good background effects for video, and very light, smooth, and reliable

Compared to Zoom, which also requires a subscription-like Teams, Teams requires a stronger network for joining conversations and meetings. Ssometimes, there's lagging. Sometimes, there are call log issues. I think maybe the call log shows "bad network connection" even when the network is fine. Sometimes, if you have bad network connectivity, it shows automatically, and the call goes on hold. But when you're continuously in a meeting for one or two hours, screen sharing, or providing remote troubleshooting, sometimes the Teams call goes on hold. That might be something that needs improvement. So the lagging can be improved.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All of their features are good. They are more or less equivalent to the competition. There's less disturbance, less jitter, the voice is always good even at a low bandwidth."

"We were able to build our own customer portal and integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface."

"The interface is browser-based and simple, which is an advantage over other solutions."

"This solution is very reliable. It is easy to switch between audio and microphone when using headphones."

"I can extract the activity and the attendance reports, along with every single question that was asked during the webinar, which is a feature that we highly value."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams is the ability to create Google calendar invites. When I click on that option to create an invite, it will go straight to Google in my web browser, and it creates a meeting folder. I'm able to share it with the customers. I've not seen that option in Zoom. Additionally, the solution has high performance, and the video and quality of the calls are good. It has all the features that I need."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to have remote meetings with customers and colleagues."

"It is a stable solution."

"The product is very user-friendly."

"The solution helps with collaborative communication. You can use it to chat and book calls. You can even set the status as away. It also has a transcript feature integrated."

"It's great for meetings and even hybrid classes, for example, where the teacher has students attending in person and online at the same time. It's really convenient for that too, and I like that you can easily share presentations."

"It's easy to share information and upload and download files on Microsoft Teams."

"It’s very easy to set up. It doesn't take that long."

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Cons

"GoToWebinar would be improved with the inclusion of support for video endpoints."

"The chat window and using polls is easier in Zoom than compared to GoToWebinar. Make it simpler and easier to publish polls on the fly would improve the solution."

"Some of my friends also use GoToWebinar to collect clients for affiliate marketing. In those cases, they found some features were missing with respect to some of the competition. And the worst part is the price."

"The platform feels old and a little rusty, more could be invested into the look and feel of it."

"The sharing of cameras is limited to meeting organizers."

"Improvements could be made in utilizing AI features, such as getting a transcript of meetings."

"The solution needs to have subtitles."

"The security needs improvement, as well as the ability to back up private chats."

"Everything is running smoothly, and I’m still exploring more features. As for improvements, I think it could be more user-friendly and integrate better with third-party software, like Zoom and other video conferencing tools."

"Technical support could be improved."

"Whiteboard should be standard rather than an app."

"If it's a group chat, then we can record the session, but we cannot record a one on one session."

"I have faced issues with connection. Maybe, it's an issue from my side. The company accounts in Teams has some issues as well. I could not establish calls with certain domains, and then the product asked me to buy a professional account. The problem with Teams is that they are split between professional or company accounts and personal accounts. It's not very clear how you can go from one to another. That's the main issue with teams."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is a free solution."

"It is a monthly subscription and the price is quite expensive if you're not paying annually."

"Microsoft Teams' pricing is fine."

"The pricing for Teams is very competitive."

"The challenge with Microsoft's licensing model is that the prices are on the higher side, especially for companies that have more users where spending a lot on licenses may be required."

"We have a license for the solution."

"It is expensive."

"The tool's price is high. We purchase Microsoft Office 365 on per user basis and we get support also on that basis."

"You don't buy only the Teams license; you buy it as part of the Microsoft 365 bundle."

"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten. Its pricing is fixed."

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What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly.

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I’m unsure about the exact cost, but I believe it’s reasonable. Using Teams for collaboration, video conferencing, and messaging helps save costs, especially for communicating with third-party comp...

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?

Improvements could be made in utilizing AI features, such as getting a transcript of meetings. During my usage, there were no AI features available.

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Overview

Web conferencing SaaS for larger webinars

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.

We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 114,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.

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