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This list is a comparison of web conferencing software available for Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. Many of the applications support the use of videoconferencing.
| Program | License | Capacity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adobe Connect | Proprietary | 1–1,500 (80,000 w/webcast) | Partial |  | | [note 1] | | 1080p, 360° [1] [ failed verification ] | | [note 2] | | | |  | [note 3] | ✓ iPhone, iPad, and Android [2] | | | | | iOS, Android and RIM | | | | [3] | |
| alfaview | Proprietary | 1–500 | | | | | | HQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | One-time download | | | | |
| AT&T Connect | Proprietary | 1–1,500 | [note 4] | | | | | HQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | iOS, Android, RIM and Windows Phone | | | ? | ? | ? |
| AnyMeeting | Proprietary | 1–200 | [4] | | | | | HQ | | | | | | | | ✓ iPad and Android Tablets [5] | | | | | iOS and Android Tablets | | | ? | ? | ? |
| BigBlueButton | LGPL, GPL | 1–150+ [6] [ self-published source ] | | | | | | VGA, HQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | Yes | |
| Cisco WebEx | Proprietary | 1–3,000 | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ 256-bit AES,PKI,End-to-end (Transport layer: 128-bit SSLv3) | ✓ iOS devices, Android, and BlackBerry | | | ✓ Computer-based and server-based | | ? | |
| Conference XP | Apache License 2.0 | ? | | | | | | Full HD | | ? | | ? | ? | ? | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | ? | ? |
| Discord | Proprietary | 50 | | | | | | HD, 1080p | | | ? | | | | ? | | ? | ? | ? | | | ? | ? | | ? | ? |
| LogMeIn GotoMeeting | Proprietary | 1–1,000 | [note 5] | | | | | VGA, HD | | | Whiteboard Anywhere | [note 6] | [note 7] | [note 8] | [note 9] | | | | | | | [note 10] | | ? | ? | |
| Facebook Messenger Rooms | Proprietary | 1–50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fuze Meeting | Proprietary | 1–1,000 | Partial [7] | | ✓ (Vista, 7 & 8) | | | HD, QVGA | | | | | | | | ✓ Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet | | | | | | | | | ? | |
| Genesys Meeting Center | Proprietary | 125+ | | | | | | VGA | | | ? | | | ? | | | | | | ? | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| Google Meet | Proprietary | 100–1000 | | | | | | HD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ? | ? | |
| HCL Sametime | Proprietary | ? | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD (H.264) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| iMeet | Proprietary | Up to 125 | Partial [8] | | | | | HD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| InterCall Unified Meeting (IUM) | Proprietary | 125+ | Partial | | | | | VGA | | | ? | | | ? | | | | | | | | | | ? | ? | |
| Jami | GNU General Public License | 1–8 [9] | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD (H.264), HEVC (H.265) | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✓ iOS and Android | ? | | | | iOS and Android | ? | | ? | ? | ? |
| Jitsi Meet | Apache License | 1-1000+ [10] | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD (H.264) | | | [11] | | | | | ✓ iOS and Android | | | | | iOS and Android | | | | | [12] |
| Lifesize | Proprietary | 1–300 (10,000 webinar) | [13] | | | | | HQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Microsoft Live Meeting (discontinued) | Proprietary | ? | | | | | | VGA, HQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Partial | | ? | ? | ? |
| Microsoft Teams | Proprietary | 10?, 250–10,000 (250–10,000 paid) | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD | | | [14] | | | | | | | | | ? | iOS, Android, WebRTC | Partial | ✓ (Paid) | ? | ? | ✓ (paid; add-on) |
| Mikogo | Proprietary | 1–25 | | | | | | | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | | | | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| Netviewer | Proprietary | 1–100 | | | | | | VGA | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| omNovia Web Conference | Proprietary | 2–5,000 | | | | | | VGA | | | | | | | | | ? | | | ? | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| OpenMeetings | Apache License | 1–125 | | | | | | VGA | | | | | | | | ? | ? | | | ? | ? | ? | [15] | ? | ? | ? |
| PowWow365 | Proprietary | 1–500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | iOS (iPhone, iPad) | | | ? | ? | ? |
| Skype | Proprietary | 1 to 50 | Partial [note 11] | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD | | | | | | | | | ? | | | | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| Skype for Business (discontinued) | Proprietary | 1 to 1,000 (10,000 webinar[ citation needed ]) | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD | | | | | | | | | ? | | | | | Partial | | | ? | |
| StarLeaf | Proprietary | 1–300 (Unlimited streaming audience) | Partial | | | | | HD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | | | ? | |
| TeamViewer | Proprietary | 1–25 | | | | | | VGA | | | ? | [note 12] | [note 12] | ? | | | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| TrueConf | Proprietary | 1–1,000 | | | | | | Ultra HD | | | | | | | | | | | | iOS, Android, WebRTC | iOS, Android, WebRTC | | | | | [16] |
| VenueGen | Proprietary | 1–500 | | | | [note 1] | | VGA | | [note 2] | ? | | | ? | [note 3] | | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VideoMost | Proprietary | 1–250 (+1,500 video broadcast) | | | | | | HD, Full HD, Ultra HD (4K) | | | | | | | | ✓ iPad, Android Phones & Tablets | | | | | iPad, Android Phones & Tablets | | | | API VideoMost | ? |
| WizIQ | Proprietary | Up to 1,999 | | | | | | VGA, HQ, HD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | API Web Services Archived 2020-04-13 at the Wayback Machine | ? |
| Yuuguu | Proprietary | 1–30 | | | | | | | | | ? | | | ? | | | | ? | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zoho | Proprietary | 1–250 | | | | | | ? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zoom | Proprietary | 50–500 (10,000 webinar) | Partial [note 11] | | | | | HD | | | | | | | | | | | [17] | | | One-time download | | | ? | |
| Program | License | Capacity |
In the table above, the following terminology is intended to be used to describe some important features:
Adobe Flash is, except in China, a discontinued multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich internet applications, desktop applications, mobile apps, mobile games, and embedded web browser video players.
HCL Sametime Premium is a client–server application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. Those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities and integration. Currently it is developed and sold by HCL Software, a division of Indian company HCL Technologies, until 2019 by the Lotus Software division of IBM.
A Rich Internet Application is a web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software. The concept is closely related to a single-page application, and may allow the user interactive features such as drag and drop, background menu, WYSIWYG editing, etc. The concept was first introduced in 2002 by Macromedia to describe Macromedia Flash MX product. Throughout the 2000-s, the term was generalized to describe browser-based applications developed with other competing browser plugin technologies including Java applets, Microsoft Silverlight.
Web conferencing is used as an umbrella term for various types of online conferencing and collaborative services including webinars, webcasts, and web meetings. Sometimes it may be used also in the more narrow sense of the peer-level web meeting context, in an attempt to disambiguate it from the other types known as collaborative sessions. The terminology related to these technologies is exact and agreed relying on the standards for web conferencing but specific organizations practices in usage exist to provide also term usage reference.
Adobe Flash Player is computer software for viewing multimedia content, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video content created on the Adobe Flash platform. It can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or independently on supported devices. Originally created by FutureWave under the name FutureSplash Player, it was renamed to Macromedia Flash Player after Macromedia acquired FutureWave in 1996. It was then developed and distributed by Adobe Systems as Flash Player after Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. It is currently developed and distributed by Zhongcheng for users in China, and by Harman International for enterprise users outside of China, in collaboration with Adobe.
Skype for Business Server is real-time communications server software that provides the infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, VoIP, ad hoc and structured conferences and PSTN connectivity through a third-party gateway or SIP trunk. These features are available within an organization, between organizations and with external users on the public internet or standard phones.
Adobe Connect is a software suite for remote training, web conferencing, presentation, and desktop sharing. All meeting rooms are organized into 'pods'; with each pod performing a specific role. Adobe Connect was formerly part of the Adobe Acrobat family and has changed names several times.
Scopia, within the computer networking and telecommunications fields, is a series of unified communications products that provide meet-me, videoconferencing and online collaboration. The Scopia products include the Scopia XT Telepresence, Scopia XT7100 Room System, Scopia XT5000 Room System, Scopia XT4300 Room System, SCOPIA XT1000 Piccolo,XT Meeting Center Room System, Scopia Firewall Traversal, Multipoint control units, Gateways, Scopia Control, Scopia Desktop Video Conferencing, and Scopia Mobile HD Video Conferencing. The Scopia products are developed and sold by Avaya and their Business Partner network.
Jitsi is a collection of free and open-source multiplatform voice (VoIP), video conferencing and instant messaging applications for the Web platform, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android. The Jitsi project began with the Jitsi Desktop. With the growth of WebRTC, the project team focus shifted to the Jitsi Videobridge for allowing web-based multi-party video calling. Later the team added Jitsi Meet, a full video conferencing application that includes web, Android, and iOS clients. Jitsi also operates meet.jit.si, a version of Jitsi Meet hosted by Jitsi for free community use. Other projects include: Jigasi, lib-jitsi-meet, Jidesha, and Jitsi.
Microsoft Silverlight is a discontinued application framework designed for writing and running rich internet applications, similar to Adobe's runtime, Adobe Flash. While early versions of Silverlight focused on streaming media, later versions supported multimedia, graphics, and animation, and gave support to developers for CLI languages and development tools. Silverlight was one of the two application development platforms for Windows Phone, but web pages using Silverlight did not run on the Windows Phone or Windows Mobile versions of Internet Explorer, as there was no Silverlight plugin for Internet Explorer on those platforms.
Oracle Secure Global Desktop (SGD) software provides secure access to both published applications and published desktops running on Microsoft Windows, Unix, mainframe and IBM i systems via a variety of clients ranging from fat PCs to thin clients such as Sun Rays.
This page is a comparison of notable remote desktop software available for various platforms.
EGroupware is free open-source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists. The project releases its software under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL).
Remote Desktop Services (RDS), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to initiate and control an interactive session on a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection. RDS was first released in 1998 as Terminal Server in Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, a stand-alone edition of Windows NT 4.0 Server that allowed users to log in remotely. Starting with Windows 2000, it was integrated under the name of Terminal Services as an optional component in the server editions of the Windows NT family of operating systems, receiving updates and improvements with each version of Windows. Terminal Services were then renamed to Remote Desktop Services with Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2009.
Digital Audio Control Protocol (DACP) is a protocol used by the iTunes and other audio player and server applications on Mac, Windows and Linux computers, enabling remote control by mobile devices such as iPhone and Android phones and tablet computers. By connecting the personal computer to loudspeakers the mobile device is used as a two-way remote control, allowing selection and control of music playback within a traditional listening environment such as a home or apartment.
The HTML5 specification introduced the video element for the purpose of playing videos, partially replacing the object element. HTML5 video is intended by its creators to become the new standard way to show video on the web, instead of the previous de facto standard of using the proprietary Adobe Flash plugin, though early adoption was hampered by lack of agreement as to which video coding formats and audio coding formats should be supported in web browsers. As of 2020, HTML5 video is the only widely supported video playback technology in modern browsers, with the Flash plugin being phased out.
Modern HTML5 has feature-parity with the now-obsolete Adobe Flash. Both include features for playing audio and video within web pages. Flash was specifically built to integrate vector graphics and light games in a web page, features that HTML5 also supports.
Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool, developed by Google, that allows a user to remotely control another computer's desktop through a proprietary protocol also developed by Google, internally called Chromoting. The protocol transmits the keyboard and mouse events from the client to the server, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction over a computer network. This feature, therefore, consists of a server component for the host computer, and a client component on the computer accessing the remote server. Chrome Remote Desktop uses a unique protocol, as opposed to using the common Remote Desktop Protocol.
Ericom Connect is a remote access/application publishing solution produced by Ericom Software that provides secure, centrally managed access to physical or hosted desktops and applications running on Microsoft Windows and Linux systems.
Comparison of user features of messaging platforms refers to a comparison of all the various user features of various electronic instant messaging platforms. This includes a wide variety of resources; it includes standalone apps, platforms within websites, computer software, and various internal functions available on specific devices, such as iMessage for iPhones.
UC is not a single product but rather a solution made up of a variety of communication tools and components. [...] UC is a comprehensive solution that ties several components together with user experience.
