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.
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Program License Capacity Adobe Connect Supports two-way teleconference integration Linux users may only view another user's desktop Yes, but only via a screen-sharing "pod" with control permissions granted iOS, Android and RIM Designed for VOIP; requires additional service to support phone. See URL https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/kb/audio-choices-connect.html alfaview One-time download AT&T Connect Web based client without the ability to share AnyMeeting BigBlueButton Cisco WebEx Conference XP Discord 50 GoTo Meeting Facebook Messenger Rooms 1–50FreeConferenceCall Fuze Meeting How do I get the Fuze Linux App? : Fuze Support . Support.fuzemeeting.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-27. Genesys Meeting Center Galene 1-1000 Google Meet –1000 HCL Sametime iMeet Can iMeet run on Linux? | iMeet Community . Community.imeet.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-27. InterCall Unified Meeting (IUM) Jami Jitsi Meet "Jitsi offers a telephony interface that allows users to dial into a conference or for placing dial-out reminder calls. You can try this for free on meet.jit.si. Self-installed Jitsi Meet deployments will need to set up and configure Jigasi with a SIP provider to connect to the phone network." Lifesize Microsoft Live Meeting (discontinued) Microsoft Teams "Manage the Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams" iOS, Android, WebRTC Mikogo Netviewer omNovia Web Conference OpenMeetings User's Manual, page 18 PowWow365 Slack Skype Requires installation of closed-source software. Skype for Business (discontinued) StarLeaf TeamViewer Any upload possible TrueConf 1–1,000 "How to join conferences and call TrueConf users from a regular phone"VenueGen VideoMost WizIQ API Web Services Yuuguu Zoho Zoom One-time download Program License Capacity
Terminology In the table above, the following terminology is intended to be used to describe some important features:
Audio Support: the remote control software transfers audio signals across the network and plays the audio through the speakers attached to the local computer. For example, music playback software normally sends audio signals to the locally attached speakers, via some sound controller hardware. If the remote control software package supports audio transfer, the playback software can run on the remote computer, while the music can be heard from the local computer, as though the software were running locally. Co-Browsing: the navigation of the Web by several people accessing the same web pages at the same time. When session leader clicks on a link, all other users are transferred to the new page. Co-browsers should support multiple frames and support embedded multimedia (e.g., if a page contains a video player, the session leader may commence synchronized playback for all users. Passing URLs via other tools such as a chat or phone and entering them into browser by each user is not considered co-browsing.
File Transfer: the software allows the user to transfer files between the local and remote computers, from within the client program's user interface. Unified Communications (UC) is a marketing buzzword describing the integration of real-time, enterprise, communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, voice (including IP telephony), mobility features (including extension mobility and single number reach), audio, web & video conferencing, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), desktop sharing, data sharing (including web connected electronic interactive whiteboards), call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax). UC is not necessarily a single product, but a set of products that provides a consistent unified user-interface and user-experience across multiple devices and media-types.
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