Online meetings: any recommendations? [closed]

Question

There's a few times at work when I have to host a meeting and physical presence is impossible. For these situations I've been using Acrobat ConnectNow. Specifically because it's free.

Are there any other recommendations out there? Free or not. What are the pros and cons?

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I'll start a compiled list of apps from the answers here right now. Anyone with Wiki editing privileges is welcome to edit this:

Paid

• GoTo Meeting
• Webex
• TeamViewer (free for non-commercial)
• Groove (bundled with MS Office)

Free

• Yugma
• Yuuguu
• SharedView
• TinyChat

Other Options

• CoPilot

Answer 1

GoTo Meeting is pretty good but I haven't done an extensive comparison

Answer 2

Yuuguu is pretty good and free... although all parties have to install and run a client and sign up.

Answer 3

Microsoft SharedView

Answer 4

WebEx is good, but it's $$$

Yugma is a great free alternative, but it's not as robust.

Answer 5

TeamViewer is pretty good. Free for non-commercial use and offers lifetime licenses if you're commercial (which I assume your case would be).

Of course I'm assuming you're looking for a screen sharing solution. If you just need to talk or compare notes, Skype will do the job just well and it's free. There's also a variety of whiteboard-like add-ons for Skype (Look under "Do More") that are pretty good.

Answer 6

I've been using Groove for years, even before Microsoft took it over, and it does everything I need to keep in touch remotely from whiteboarding to bulletin-board style discussions to real-time chat.

It comes free with high-end versions of Microsoft Office.

You can see a demo of it here

Answer 7

Second Life is surprisingly good for this if you can get over the natural 'it's just flying penises' prejudice.

Takes a bit of getting used too, but the 3D virtualization does undoubtedly add something that makes it feel like you're all really in the same place in some sense having a meeting rather than just using a bunch of desktop software to connect.

One particularly memorable occasion I saw a group of people literally jointly build a process model between themselves, walking around it and discussing it as they went. Now true you could do this some collaborative drawing package, but the immediacy of 'being' in the environment building it together did add something unique.

Answer 8

• mikago
• procaster
• scribblar
• vyew
• zentation
• eventvue
• meeting24

Answer 9

Zoho Meeting

It looks quite good for a free service!

Answer 10

ekkoTV is free, fast and allows web meetings up to 3 people.

Also, no need to install any additional software.

Answer 11

WebEx all the way in regards of quality and tools available.
If $$ is your concern, you will get what you pay for.
WebEx can be pricey at first but the ROI in $$ and time is amazing.

Answer 12

Copilot; it's not for more than one computer-to-computer connection that I'm aware of, but could suit certain needs or situations.