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GoToMeeting vs Microsoft Teams: What are the differences?

Developers describe GoToMeeting as "A professional online meeting software". It is an online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software package that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or colleagues via the Internet in real time. On the other hand, Microsoft Teams is detailed as "Chat-based workspace in Office 365". See content and chat history anytime, including team chats with Skype that are visible to the whole team. Private group chats are available for smaller group conversations.

GoToMeeting belongs to "Web and Video Conferencing" category of the tech stack, while Microsoft Teams can be primarily classified under "Group Chat & Notifications".

Macy's, Heimdal Security, and Sainsburys are some of the popular companies that use Microsoft Teams, whereas GoToMeeting is used by DocEngage, Testo, and ZabCab. Microsoft Teams has a broader approval, being mentioned in 74 company stacks & 153 developers stacks; compared to GoToMeeting, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.

Decisions about GoToMeeting and Microsoft Teams
Mohammad Hossein Amri
Chief Technology Officer at Planally · | 3 upvotes · 263.4K views

we were using slack and at the same time we had a subscription with office 365. after a while we hit the slack free limitation quota. and it got annoying. the search ability was useless in free tier. and more annoying whenever you search, it opens a webpage and doesn't do it in the app.

on mobile there were many cases that I didn't get notification of important discussions. rooms was the way to separate a talk. but it become tedious. each time for a new subject that you wanted to discuss, you needed to add all the team members into a new room. and after a while the room goes silent. you will end up with a tons of not-in-use rooms that you don't want to clean up them for history purposes. also the slack UI for sub discussion is very stupid. if someone forget to check the checkbox to post the subdiscussion in the main discussion thread, other team members even won't notice such discussion is in progress.

we was paying for office 365 and thought why not give the teams a shot. we won't be in worth situation than we are. we moved to teams and we loved it instantly, we had a separate tab aggregated all the files upload. we could reply on other talk. no need of creating a new room. this way room belongs to a team and not a certain topic. our sub discussion was visible to the whole team. enjoyed integration with azure and unlimited history. the best part was integration with outlook. it was a full suit solution. our stats become busy on outlook meeting events. we get weekly analyse. we didn't need to host our wiki seperated. we've created wiki per team. the communication was much more fun.

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Pros of GoToMeeting
Pros of Microsoft Teams
  • 2
    More control over participant’s webcams and chat
  • 1
    Lock the meeting room
  • 1
    Display 25 camera at a time
  • 29
    Work well with the rest of Office 365 work flow
  • 24
    Mobile friendly
  • 19
    Free
  • 12
    Great integrations
  • 12
    Well-thought Design
  • 10
    Channels
  • 9
    Easy setup
  • 6
    Unlimited users
  • 5
    Strong search and data archiving
  • 5
    Easy to integrate with
  • 4
    Web interface
  • 4
    Multi domain switching support
  • 3
    Same interface on multiple platforms
  • 2
    Great voice quality

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Cons of GoToMeeting
Cons of Microsoft Teams
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    • 17
      Confusing UI
    • 12
      Bad performance on init and after quite a use
    • 10
      Bad Usermanagement
    • 6
      No desktop client (only fat and slow electron app)
    • 6
      Can't see all members in a video meeting
    • 5
      Unable to Mute users
    • 5
      No Markdown Support
    • 4
      You don't really own your messages
    • 4
      MIssing public channels
    • 4
      Forced WYSIWYG
    • 3
      Stubborn, unused friendly
    • 3
      Challenging Onboarding
    • 3
      No linux support
    • 1
      Audio support problems

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    What is GoToMeeting?

    It is an online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software package that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or colleagues via the Internet in real time.

    What is Microsoft Teams?

    See content and chat history anytime, including team chats with Skype that are visible to the whole team. Private group chats are available for smaller group conversations.

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    What are some alternatives to GoToMeeting and Microsoft Teams?
    Webex
    Collaborate with colleagues across your organization, or halfway across the planet. Meet online and share files, information, and expertise. Collaborate from wherever you are with Webex mobile apps for IPhone, iPad, Android, or Blackberry. If you can get online, you can work together.
    Join.me
    Get everybody on the same page, when they're not in the same room, instantly. Review documents and designs. Train staff. Demo products or just show off. join.me is a ridiculously simple screen sharing tool for meetings on the fly.
    Skype for Business
    With one click, anyone can join your online meeting, from any device. You can choose to meet right away, or schedule from Outlook for later. The meeting URL is personalized just for you.
    Skype
    Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.
    TeamViewer
    Its aproprietary software for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.
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