WebEx Alternatives

BRRABill

I do presentations etc. with people all over the world. Regular old Skype has been the most reliable over all. WebEx is ok but has issues more often than I have had with Skype.

But they need Skype for Business is what you are saying?

We're not in the position to tell them to sign up for that. WebEx and the like have easy plugins, as you know.

stacksofplates

@Minion-Queen said:

I do presentations etc. with people all over the world. Regular old Skype has been the most reliable over all. WebEx is ok but has issues more often than I have had with Skype.

And WebEx is annoying on Linux.

BRRABill

Looks like maybe you don't need an account?

https://support.office.com/en-ZA/Article/Join-a-Skype-meeting-with-Skype-for-Business-Web-App-4828ad18-ed21-422a-a870-94d676d4b72a

art_of_shred

@BRRABill said:

@Minion-Queen said:

I do presentations etc. with people all over the world. Regular old Skype has been the most reliable over all. WebEx is ok but has issues more often than I have had with Skype.

But they need Skype for Business is what you are saying?

We're not in the position to tell them to sign up for that. WebEx and the like have easy plugins, as you know.

Skype, not Skype for Business.

Minion Queen

@BRRABill: That's what they say but we have had lots of times where it doesn't work much more often than getting it to work

stacksofplates

And regular skype doesn't have the weird issues with Lync/Skype for Business phone clients.

BRRABill

@Minion-Queen said:

@BRRABill: That's what they say but we have had lots of times where it doesn't work much more often than getting it to work

I remember we had a MS hosted online meeting once, and it was a real bear to get it to work. So I hear you.

The WebEx is pretty cheap for what we need. Perhaps that is just the way to go.

coliver

Zoom.us is what we use here. Seems to work pretty well not sure on the cost though.

stacksofplates

@coliver said:

Zoom.us is what we use here. Seems to work pretty well not sure on the cost though.

Looks nice.

stacksofplates

Zoho also has a free one.

https://www.zoho.com/meeting/

dafyre

I've been looking for one too... You gotta watch out though... Some of the free ones hide session limits in the fine print. (I think Zoom US limits meetings to 15 minutes).

If you are just doing a presentation, I like http://meet.jit.si

You can create your own URL and screen sharing is dead simple. However, I should mention: You get ZERO remote control capabilities.

Mikogo is another alternative (http://mikogo.com) that is free. Join.me isn't terrible for me. I've used it several times and it's been ok.

stacksofplates

If you're just doing a slideshow presentation, Zoho also has a free broadcast option. You can share the presentation and then connected people can chat on the side.

art_of_shred

@dafyre said:

I've been looking for one too... You gotta watch out though... Some of the free ones hide session limits in the fine print. (I think Zoom US limits meetings to 15 minutes).

If you are just doing a presentation, I like http://meet.jit.si

You can create your own URL and screen sharing is dead simple. However, I should mention: You get ZERO remote control capabilities.

Mikogo is another alternative (http://mikogo.com) that is free. Join.me isn't terrible for me. I've used it several times and it's been ok.

My issue with join.me is not the presentation aspect; it's the remote control that completely blows.

scottalanmiller

My issue with join.me is that they are owned by LMI

Ambarishrh

We use gotomeeting here. Saw https://www.fuze.com/plans and never knew that 3CX has one http://www.3cx.com/web-conferencing/