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GoToMeeting vs Google Hangouts comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Google Hangouts
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GoToMeeting
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Google Hangouts is 0.5%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoToMeeting is 3.5%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

ANIS QURESHI - PeerSpot reviewer
Quick and seamless meeting setup offers a smooth experience
I sometimes use Google Hangouts for my personal meetings only I find that Google Hangouts is very quick and easy to create a meeting, which is its biggest benefit. It doesn't have a 40-minute limitation unlike Zoom. It is easy to set up as well, taking just a couple of minutes. So far, I think…
Steve Abshire - PeerSpot reviewer
It features low latency, which is crucial because everybody is using VPN to connect to their PCs at work.
Using GoToMeeting in a meeting-sized conference room is kind of a letdown. The camera is supposed to track the speaker and focus on that person so that they can be on the screen. That feature rarely worked. We tested it thoroughly, so maybe it was an issue with the size of the conference room. It may not be suitable for large conference rooms.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Google Meet is a clear and simple solution."
"Its ease of use is most valuable. It is just a click, and you're in the system."
"We use Google Hangouts to chat and exchange some quick information."
"It is very easy to use and is available as soon as you open a Google account."
"The video call feature is the most valuable."
"Google Hangouts is easy to use and has good performance."
"Stable communication tool with a good history feature and very easy installation."
"Very good voice and video calling options."
"I think all the features are very useful, especially the rooms features and we present with screen sharing. Instead of organizing conferences, we are able to do that online. This has been saving us from spending on travel. From the beginning of this year, because of GoToMeeting, I have canceled I think three or four business trips."
"The most valuable feature is the dial-in capability."
"We don't have any link issues whether you use it to browser, or use it as a client. It worked perfectly fine for us."
"Screenshare is the most valuable feature as well as the number of meeting participants possible in a meeting. It also has good quality."
"It was just chosen because somebody at the company said, "We need a meeting thing. Hey, go find a meeting thing." It wasn't me, but somebody else in the organization was like, "Alright, let's use GoToMeeting. It's free.""
"We like that this solution allows us to assign separate numbers to people without having to have a physical telephone system in place."
"Even for somebody who does not have a lot of experience, they can easily use it."
"Pricing is reasonable. It's not expensive. The pricing is one of the great selling points for the product."
 

Cons

"One area where I see room for improvement in Google Hangout is the voice quality during meetings."
"It would be ideal if they could include in the offering a virtual whiteboard for users when they are running meetings."
"The UI has room for improvement."
"The algorithm should be improved to automatically deal with poor connections in a better way."
"The user interface is an area with shortcomings and needs improvement."
"As someone who is not very familiar with technology, I find it acceptable. I prefer to wait and see what they will come up with in the future. However, I notice that they keep introducing new features that are better than the previous ones."
"Google Hangouts has breakout rooms now, but not as extensive as Zoom, so that's one area for improvement. I mentioned that I like the Google Hangouts captioning feature, but that could be improved. For example, importing Filipino-English captions here in the Philippines would be great."
"The improvement needs to be done as per customer requirements."
"The solution could always be more secure."
"In the next release, I would for it to incorporate files more efficiently from one computer to another when we covert things and send them out. I'm not sure if it's capable of that."
"The product itself doesn't stand out against other options on the market."
"It is not so stable."
"I didn't like the fact that they tried to make their new version look like Zoom."
"The tool needs to have a virtual room where users can pass through. It also needs to integrate a real-time translator."
"Manageability needs to be improved."
"GoToMeeting breaks down a lot. We're not sure if it's breaking down, but we start getting very erratic community channels. I don't know if it's because of GoToMeeting or if we're not buying enough bandwidth. Maybe it is just the infrastructure that it's running on. I'm not quite sure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no license cost."
"There is a need to make certain payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product and some other tools that are included in the suite offered by Google. Google Hangouts alone as a product is available for free."
"This solution is available for free with the opening of a Google account."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"For individual use, there's no license requirement as such. For storage or some other purposes, if I go beyond 15 GB, then I need to buy something."
"Google Hangouts has reasonable pricing, but I don't use the paid version because I only have a small budget, though you get more features from the paid version."
"We are using the free version of Google Hangouts."
"The screen-sharing feature is the most valuable feature."
"It is a little expensive although now, with the competition from Zoom and other products, they have lowered their prices and it is better."
"GoToMeeting is a little bit expensive compared to other products."
"Negotiate for discounts."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
89%
Computer Software Company
2%
Manufacturing Company
2%
Performing Arts
1%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
16%
Real Estate/Law Firm
14%
Educational Organization
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Hangouts?
It's integration with Google is the valuable feature.
What needs improvement with Google Hangouts?
One improvement could be integration with Google Calendar to help find available timeslots when scheduling meetings with many participants.
What needs improvement with GoToMeeting?
The solution must include archive options to save the recorded meetings for future reference. The recording functionality can benefit our team by improving how meetings are recorded and shared. Pre...
What is your primary use case for GoToMeeting?
I use the solution when someone is comfortable using it, and I recommend using it.
 

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Sample Customers

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AAPT, ACD Groupe, Addison Fire, Avigilon Corporation, Basic Industries Ltd., Bitdefender, Branson School Online, Budd Van Lines, Business Fitness, Business Wire
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