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Adobe Connect vs Zoom comparison

Adobe and Zoom Video Communications are both solutions in the Virtual Meetings category. Adobe is ranked #17 with an average rating of 6.5, while Zoom Video Communications is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4. Adobe holds a 2.9% mindshare in VM, compared to Zoom Video Communications’s 10.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Zoom Video Communications users who would recommend it.
Adobe Connect
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90% willing to recommend
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95% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Adobe Connect and Zoom are competitors in the virtual communication space. Zoom seems to have the upper hand due to its extensive functionalities catering to a wider audience.

Features: Adobe Connect offers customizable meeting environments, advanced security controls, and persistent webinar rooms. Zoom provides intuitive screen sharing, seamless device switching, and breakout rooms, making it user-friendly for a broad audience.

Room for Improvement: Adobe Connect could benefit from simplifying its user interface, enhancing mobile integration, and reducing its complexity. Zoom needs to enhance its security features, offer greater customization, and improve its free version's meeting duration limitations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Adobe Connect's deployment requires technical expertise but offers specialized support for detailed guidance. Zoom's simple setup and comprehensive online resources provide rapid implementation and quick resolution of issues.

Pricing and ROI: Adobe Connect involves higher initial setup costs, delivering long-term value through features and customization. Zoom has a modest entry cost, achieving a faster ROI with cost-effective subscription models and scalable options.

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Connect
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoom
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
225
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Adobe Connect is 2.9%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoom is 10.7%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings
 

Q&A Highlights

JC
Jul 24, 2020
Which is the best virtual learning platform?
If you're looking for just a basic meeting tool, Zoom will do just fine. You can also share your screen as well as choose the option to share presentations ( in your case, its the Digital manual). Cisco Webex is more for making video calls but some use it for training as well due to the fact that it was already used but I have experienced some latency (lag) with it. Anyone in the group viewing may correct me on this one. In terms of popularity, its Zoom and webex which are the most popular tools Blackboard and Adobe connect are more considered the virtual classroom technologies for teaching. They have many advanced features offering multi-classroom features which encourage students to engage differently. They are far less popular than zoom or webex. According to your requirements, I would encourage you to go towards Zoom. You can start by the free version and upgrade to the pro version depending on your requirements Also, it works seamlessly on laptop, IOS and Android devices Hope this helps. Also, note that this was a quick review and we are doing a more comprehensive review based on a per -component basis.
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Featured Reviews

Emad Mokhatab - PeerSpot reviewer
Stable product but hard to integrate
Adobe Connect is not bad for connecting and integrating for remote connecting and video streaming. I think it was not bad, actually.  I don't integrate it in my project. Some other guys work on that. But I think they had some sort of problems with integration with that product. But, they managed to…
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Luiz Kazan - PeerSpot reviewer
Utilizing versatile features for efficient personal and work meetings
Zoom offers a number of interesting and valuable features. One of the most interesting is the ability to share only audio and provide ambient music without sharing a screen. The breakout room feature is much more developed than other solutions, allowing users to stay in the same meeting and move to different rooms and back to the main room. The sharing features are great for projecting people who should be in focus. Another valuable feature is the virtual entrance, which uses a username and password recognized by the Zoom system, showing the person's full name and ID. Additionally, the use of video and a good fixed background improves visibility compared to other applications. These features differentiate Zoom from others.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is straightforward to set up."
"The most critical feature is the POA, but Breakout sessions are definitely my favorite."
"The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability."
"It is a stable product."
"The solution can scale well."
"Screen share and document share are good features."
"It trains providers for on-premise deployment in several locations."
"I like Adobe Connect because of its flexibility."
"I've been on a call with around a thousand students. So, it was quite scalable."
"The screen-sharing capabilities are very good."
"Zoom has facilitated our remote and hybrid meetings, particularly in the context of our agile processes such as scrum. In the past, estimating story points required physical presence in a room, where we would use visual cues or hand gestures. We can create polls with Zoom and share them with team members for direct input. The recording feature is also good. Additionally, features like whiteboarding allow for specific collaboration sessions tailored to different team members' needs. Auto-scheduling meetings and integration with Microsoft Outlook make organizing and attending meetings effortless. Overall, the product is good and convenient."
"The solution is very user friendly and flexible."
"The initial setup is quick and easy."
"There are no restrictions on the number of participants in a single meeting, That is the beauty of Zoom, and it is also very fast compared to others."
"The product is easy to use."
"It functions well. I have had no issues with attaching files to chats."
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Cons

"I would like to see btter integration."
"The price is a problem."
"We would like to see support for exportable files that have been uploaded into Adobe Connect as templates for activities."
"Adobe's products are difficult to grasp."
"Interface and layout options could be improved."
"Other solutions have more marketing and more visibility. Nobody knows Adobe Connect exists."
"We encounter issues while connecting headphones via Bluetooth. This particular area needs improvement."
"It needs faster and easier upgrades."
"Zoom's user interface could be improved. For example, it could have bigger buttons for elderly people."
"How they have the gallery aligned when someone is sharing a screen isn't ideal right now. If there were more options on how to arrange it, would be ideal."
"I have had the occasional problem with the connection and stability."
"The security can be improved because this is one of the reasons that my organization prefers to use Skype."
"In the free version, you are restricted to just 40-minute meetings, however, it is free, and therefore you can't ask for too much. It's still okay."
"I thought Zoom doesn't have the feature to save chats after meetings, while Teams allows for document sharing, which I know because in my latest company we were sharing documents through Teams; I didn't use that in Zoom."
"It takes time to acclimate end users to the product."
"The solution could be a bit more user-friendly."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Adobe Connect is free of cost."
"It is expensive."
"The purchasing process is complicated. It would be beneficial if it were more simplified."
"The exact costs are handled on a corporate level, however, I understand that if you just want to own a license for your small business or something like that, it's around $300 a year, which is very reasonable."
"The solution is affordable."
"For personal use, I use the free version of Zoom, so I haven't paid anything."
"We have an account but we are also using the free version."
"It is reasonable. It has a monthly license."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"We have an annual subscription to the solution. The price could be reduced."
"My organization has a yearly license for Zoom."
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Answers from the Community

JC
Jul 24, 2020
Jul 24, 2020
Which is the best virtual learning platform?
If you're looking for just a basic meeting tool, Zoom will do just fine. You can also share your screen as well as choose the option to share presentations ( in your case, its the Digital manual). Cisco Webex is more for making video calls but some use it for training as well due to the fact that it was already used but I have experienced some latency (lag) with it. Anyone in the group viewing ...
2 out of 4 answers
SH
Apr 7, 2020
For training session Webex is best the best solution.
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CW
Apr 8, 2020
If you're looking for just a basic meeting tool, Zoom will do just fine. You can also share your screen as well as choose the option to share presentations ( in your case, its the Digital manual). Cisco Webex is more for making video calls but some use it for training as well due to the fact that it was already used but I have experienced some latency (lag) with it. Anyone in the group viewing may correct me on this one. In terms of popularity, its Zoom and webex which are the most popular tools Blackboard and Adobe connect are more considered the virtual classroom technologies for teaching. They have many advanced features offering multi-classroom features which encourage students to engage differently. They are far less popular than zoom or webex. According to your requirements, I would encourage you to go towards Zoom. You can start by the free version and upgrade to the pro version depending on your requirements Also, it works seamlessly on laptop, IOS and Android devices Hope this helps. Also, note that this was a quick review and we are doing a more comprehensive review based on a per -component basis.
Read full answer
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Educational Organization
67%
University
5%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Connect?
The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability.
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What needs improvement with Adobe Connect?
I would like to see btter integration and better features on integrating, especially in the UI, because it's so obvious when you use Adobe Connect.
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What is your primary use case for Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect is not bad for connecting and integrating for remote connecting and video streaming. I think it was not bad, actually. I don't integrate it in my project. Some other guys work on that...
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What do you like most about Zoom?
The product is scalable.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoom?
Zoom offers a free version for up to forty minutes.
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Overview

Why Adobe Connect?
The most flexible, secure, extensible and feature-rich web conferencing product on the market.
Customizable Interface
Customizable - Design your own immersive experiences with custom pods, images & layouts to
personalize and brand your virtual room.

Engaging - Drive and measure audience engagement unlike any other tool. Add interactivity to
your sessions with multiple chat pods, polls, quizzes, simulations, breakout
rooms, games and more.

Powerful - Leverage Backstage & Prepare Mode to allow presenters and hosts to collaborate behind the scene during live session. Leverage limitless functionality and extensibility with custom apps.

Persistent - Create your virtual room once with the right layouts, pods and content and use it
forever.

Adobe

Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Our easy, reliable cloud platform for video, phone, content sharing, and chat runs across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Message me to learn more about how Zoom can help your business or organization Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom_us.

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Sample Customers

Blue Sky Broadcast, Wiley and Georgetown University, New South Wales (NSW) Schools, BMO Financial Group, The Ministry of Education, Church, Culture & Gender Equality in Greenland, HealthSTAR Communications, IDEXX Laboratories, Philips Healthcare
Fortinet, Veeva, Proofpoint, Box, Ticketmaster, Trend Micro, Caesars Entertainment, Santa Clara University, Pandora, Stanford Continuing Studies
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