Zoom Cisco Web Ex Goto Webinar and Google

Zoom, Cisco Web. Ex, Goto- Webinar and Google Meet: a comparative study Santana Phukon, Library Assistant, LNB Library, Dibrugarh University E-mail: santana. phukon 2012@gmail. com

Abstract: �Technology became a major factor in all the professions, Library and Information Science is also not an exception to this. During covid 19 pandemic situation webinar takes a major role in LIS professions. Now webinar are the need of the hour. This paper tries to find out a comparisons between Zoom, Cisco Web. Ex, Go-to- Webinar and Google Meet Webinar software applications and among these which webinar software apps are best as compared to price, easy to use, audio-video quality, no. of panellists/ participants attended, reliable as compared to security purposes and features.

Introduction : �During the last few years technology became a major factor on the library scene. In this pandemic situation of Covid 19 online webinars are need of the hour.

Contd…. �A webinar is an online discussions, presentations, lecture or workshop that is transmitted over the web. Webinars allow group of participants to engage in online discussions or trainings, events and share audio-videos, slides, files- even when they are not in the same place as the meeting host or in the same room where the event or presentation is taking place.

Contd…. �In recent pandemic situation no one can deny benefits of technology. We can share our knowledge and experiences to others by sitting in our own home through webinar software applications. In this pandemic period like other fields LIS professionals also organises webinars, seminars, and workshops through different webinar software applications. �Among of different webinar software applications we must know which software is best as compared to price, features, number of audiences/ panellists attended, easy to use and reliable for security purposes.

Objectives: v This paper tries to find out comparisons between Zoom, Cisco Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar and Google Meet. v To know about which application is more user-friendly, easy to use. v To know which application is cost effective. v To know which is better as compared to Audio-video qualities. v To find out which is reliable applications as compared to security purposes? v To find out which is effective for live streaming, recording etc? v To know about how many panellists and participants are joining at a time. v To find out the problems and prospects of Zoom, Cisco Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar and Google Meet.

Scope and Limitations: �The study is limited to four webinar software applications and the data were collected in August, 2020.

Methodology: �Data are collected different websites youtube. com. from and

Data Analysis and Interpretation: �The data collected from different sources are arranged according to year of webinar software applications released and then presented in tabular forms and finally data are analyzed and interpreted.

Factors considering while picking webinar software: v. Price, v. Number of Panelists/Presenters, v. Number of Attendees You Anticipate, v. Customer Service, v. Video/ Audio Quality, v. Video Recording and Storage, v. Attendee Participation, v. Security

Basic information about the selected webinar software applications: �The basic information about the selected webinar software applications are covered under this study has been given in the Table 1. It presents a list of the selected webinar software applications according to their year of released.

Table 1. Basic information about the Zoom, Cisco- Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar and Google Meet Sl. Name of the Year of founded/released No. webinar software applications Founder/Developers 1. Cisco Web. Ex 2. Go. To. Webinar 2006 Subrah Iyar, Min Milpitas, Zhu California, U. S. Log. Meln U. S. 3. Google Meet 2017 (Initial release ) Google 4. Zoom January 25, 2013 Zoom video San Jose, (Initial release) ; communications California, U. S. August 4, 2020 (Stable release 5. 2. 0 ) 1 1995 Headquarters/Place U. S.

Data Analysis from table no. 1: �From the table 1. it is observed that among of four selected webinar apps Cisco Web. Ex is the oldest one and all are from United States. Zoom is the newest app among of four apps.

Table 2. Some of the common features between Cisco Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar, Google Meet and Zoom Sl. No. Webinar apps software Free version Meeting Screen available or not Participants sharing (default) 1. Cisco Web. Ex Yes 200 Yes 2. Go. To. Webinar Yes 100 Yes 3. Google Meet Yes 100 Yes 4. Zoom Yes 100 Yes

Data Analysis from Table 2: �Table 2. highlights the common features between Cisco-Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar, Google Meet and Zoom with regards to free version available or not, numbers of meeting participants and screen sharing options.

Table 3. Comparison between Prices of Cisco Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar, Google Meet and Zoom: Webinar Apps Prices/ participants Cisco Web. Ex The Starter plan costs $ 13. 50 per host/month (Yearly $ 162) for up to 50 participants and 5 GB of Cloud Storage, Plus plan costs $ 17. 95 per host/month allow up to 100 participants and 5 GB of Cloud storage, Business plan costs $26. 95 per host/month for up to 200 participants (10 GB of Cloud storage) and Enterprise plan (flexible subscription plan) allow up to 1000 participants and unlimited cloud storage. Go. To. Webinar The starter plan costs $89 per month (Yearly $1068) for 100 participants, $199 per month for 500 participants and $429 per month for 1, 000 participants. After the starter plan, it only continues to get more expensive if you want more features and attendees. Google Meet Google meet is bundled with various tiers of G Suite Basic tier starting at $6 per user per month including various G-suite apps, allow up to 25 participants and 30 GB of cloud storage. G Suite Business tier cost $12 per user per month with unlimited cloud storage and allow up to 50 participants. G Suite Enterprise tier costs $25 per user per month with unlimited cloud storage, and allow up to 100 participants with enhanced security and management options. All G suite tiers can accommodate up to 250 Google Meet participants. The basic plan is free and host up to 100 participants, Pro plan costs $14. 99 per month/per host with including 100 participants (need more participants, than there is a option) with 1 GB of MP 4 0 r M 4 A cloud storage. Business plan costs is $19. 99 per month/per host with including 300 participants (10 hosts for $ 199. 90/monthly), Enterprise plan starts with $ 19. 99 per month/ per host (100 hosts for $1, 999/ monthly) , Enterprise includes 500 participants, Enterprise Plus includes 1, 000 participants with unlimited cloud storage. Zoom

Data Analysis from Table no. 3. �From the table 3. it has been seen that Go. To. Webinar is a bit pricier than Cisco Web. Ex, Google Meet and Zoom. �Google Meet G suite basic tier has the capacity to store maximum 30 GB of Cloud storage with a minimum price than Cisco Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar and Zoom.

Table 4. Comparison between basic features of Cisco Web. Ex, Go. To. Webinar, Google Meet and Zoom: Features Cisco Web. Ex Go. To. Webinar Google Meet Operating System Mac, Windows, chrome OS support Android, Ios, wide web Type Videoconferencing Mac OS X 10. 9, Windows 7 - windows 10, Linux Google chrome OS Android OS 5 (Lollipop)- Android 9 (Pie) i. OS 10 – i. OS 12 Windows phone 8+ Windows 8 RT+ Online and Video Conferencing Communication software Videoconferencing, Vo. IP and instant messaging Conferencing Features HD Video, Screen Sharing, Whiteboarding HD Faces Video conferencing, desktop/Application sharing, Web cam and screen sharing , Automatic e-mail invitations, confirmations and reminders Voice calls, HD Video calls, Instant messaging, Screen sharing HD Video, HD audio, Screen Sharing, desktop, and app sharing options Web Features Multimedia Content Sharing, Local Recording, Host Controls Toll Free Dial In , Chats MS Office, Google Calender, Facebook Live & more Chats, Polls and Q& As; Host Controls, Mute and Unmute yourself (if enabled by the organizer), Raise your hand to get the organizer’s attention, Reminder for when webinar begins. Facebook Live & Youtube Live Chats, Polls and Q& As; Raise Hand, Dialin, Integration with Google Calender , Screen Sharing, Gooogle drive, Google forms, In-house Live Streaming Private and Group chats, MP 4 or M 4 A Local Recording, Host Controls, Chrome and Outlook Plug. Ins, Raise Hand Google Drive, Pardot, Dropbox, Eloqua, Hub. Spot, Infusionsoft and more, Live Streaming Supported Integrations Zoom world Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android, i. OS

Data analysis from Table no. 4. �Table 4. highlights the common features among these selected webinar apps with regards to HD videos, Screen Sharing, Host Controls, Chats, Live Streaming etc. In case of Google Meet Inhouse live streaming is available with the G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education and G Suite Enterprise Essentials users. Among these webinar apps Go. To. Webinar provides automatic e-mail invitations, confirmations and reminders. �Among these webinar software’s, each and every software has a pros and cons. Zoom is best as compared to features, but there is a security issues. Google Meet is also good, but there is a problem if you left from the webinar due to network problem or some other issues then previous messages of chat box are not found.

Conclusion: �All the webinar software reviewed here are high quality with good functioning and all of them offer webinar creation without programming and design knowledge.

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