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GoToWebinar vs Microsoft Teams comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

GoToWebinar
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
24th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of GoToWebinar is 2.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 2.7%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

RITA Conroy-Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamless presentation and collaboration enhance organizational productivity
There are three main areas for improvement: Firstly, AI capabilities should be integrated into Microsoft Teams to provide better transcript services and offer multiple language support. Secondly, it should allow participants to remain visible during presentations, enhancing interaction. Lastly, it needs broader integration capabilities with other products, like Salesforce ( /vendors/salesforce ), which is currently limited.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The interface is browser-based and simple, which is an advantage over other solutions."
"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."
"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."
"This solution is very reliable. It is easy to switch between audio and microphone when using headphones."
"We were able to build our own customer portal and integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface."
"We can build a team with a group of people and upload documents."
"It's great for meeting conferences."
"I think communication is the best feature overall. We use Microsoft Teams for chat, video, and audio communications, so communication is the most valuable feature. Video communication has improved our productivity. We often need to review the code of some developers, which means we need to see their shared screen. So, I think the screen-sharing feature is the best one for us."
"The tool is simple to use."
"You can use Microsoft Teams to chat with people, share your documents, manage your calendar, manage your project, and assign tasks."
"This solution is great for ad hoc video conferencing. It's so easy to start a meeting."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams is its video calling."
"The product is very user-friendly."
 

Cons

"The sharing of cameras is limited to meeting organizers."
"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."
"The platform feels old and a little rusty, more could be invested into the look and feel of it."
"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."
"GoToWebinar would be improved with the inclusion of support for video endpoints."
"Microsoft Teams has a limitation on the number of people, which could be increased."
"The user interface is non-intuitive and should be improved."
"Teams requires a stronger network for joining conversations and meetings."
"Adding and integrating more apps like SharePoint on Microsoft Teams is making the solution very slow."
"The tool lacks AI. We will require AI in the solution to be able to integrate with all other tools."
"There can be more customization and also the task management tools needs better tools for integration."
"I look forward to AI-based features in future releases."
"The software could be optimized for Mac systems because sometimes it is slow and consumes a lot of memory."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a monthly subscription and the price is quite expensive if you're not paying annually."
"This is a free solution."
"Microsoft Teams comes with a yearly subscription, which is not very expensive."
"We are using the free version of the solutions."
"The solution's pricing is reasonable and I would rate it an eight out of ten."
"It is affordable because it also includes the licenses on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and SharePoint."
"We don't have to pay for the solution."
"You don't buy only the Teams license; you buy it as part of the Microsoft 365 bundle."
"The solution is priced high."
"The product's pro accounts are cheap."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
68%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
3%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?
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