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GoToWebinar vs Webex comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

GoToWebinar
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Webex
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
130
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of GoToWebinar is 2.1%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Webex is 5.2%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Webex5.2%
GoToWebinar2.1%
Other92.7%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

KS
Automation Solutioning Leader at IBM
Web conferencing solution that can host hundreds of users without disruption
This solution allows the presenter to share their screen and draw on the screen to assist in explanations. You can create polls and quizzes to make it more interactive and to ensure that people understand what is being discussed and presented. I use this solution in my personal capacity.  This…
Akhil Viswam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Collaborating in hybrid incident calls has become faster while the meeting interface still needs fixes
The best features are the ability to schedule meetings and launch ad hoc meetings. Additionally, we can create breakout rooms within the meeting itself, which is another excellent feature. Whenever we have production issues, many teams join a single Webex call. Sometimes we need to group together as separate smaller groups and work in parallel to identify the production issues. In those cases, we create Webex breakout rooms and each member joins the corresponding breakout session to progress on their task. Webex helps significantly in the hybrid environment. When we are working from home, it is very easy for us to meet with other team members and the management to get in touch and progress. Webex improves communication because even if we are working from home, we can connect with people and talk to them on a video call. It has improved the incident resolution time by getting into a call in Webex rooms and remediating the issues together as soon as possible. Audio and video quality is excellent for Webex. It has saved considerable time in terms of incident remediation. Whenever we have issues, we jump on a call and work together in parallel. This approach saves time and improves efficiency.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use GoToWebinar to do live pitch webinars and sales webinars, we use it to create all of our courses as well, we do training courses and our business pretty much revolves around using this tool for most of what we do."
"The interface is browser-based and simple, which is an advantage over other solutions."
"We were able to build our own customer portal and then integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface."
"Overall, this is a good product that is simple to use but I would rather use Webex for video conferencing."
"Scalability is good as you can host webinars with hundreds of participants without any lagging."
"I can extract the activity and the attendance reports, along with every single question that was asked during the webinar, which is a feature that we highly value."
"All of their features are good. They are more or less equivalent to the competition. There's less disturbance, less jitter, the voice is always good even at a low bandwidth."
"The most valuable feature is scheduling, which is quite simple and you can schedule a regular session with multiple occurrences."
"You can configure whatever you want in great detail."
"One of the most valuable features of Webex was that it was easy to use and there were no hassles."
"It is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is that you can host presentations with a lot of attendees."
"The stream is very smooth; that's what I like about Webex, as other video conference solutions like Zoom sometimes freeze and get buggy, but Webex doesn't."
"It is easy to implement."
"The stability of the solution is excellent compared to other solutions on the market."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to integrate with multiple products."
 

Cons

"Some of my friends also use GoToWebinar to collect clients for affiliate marketing. In those cases, they found some features were missing with respect to some of the competition. And the worst part is the price."
"It's a little pricier than the others."
"The chat window and using polls is easier in Zoom than compared to GoToWebinar. Make it simpler and easier to publish polls on the fly would improve the solution."
"The technical support is quite bad."
"In comparison, I don't feel that GoToWebinar has the range of customization and it feels quite antiquated in comparison to Teams."
"The platform feels old and a little rusty, more could be invested into the look and feel of it."
"GoToWebinar would be improved with the inclusion of support for video endpoints."
"The sharing of cameras is limited to meeting organizers."
"I would like to see integration with legacy video endpoints."
"Webex could improve the performance."
"Usability needs improvement. Webex is more complex compared to Zoom."
"The interface of Webex should be improved and it is difficult to find information."
"To make Webex more competitive, I would suggest lowering the price and providing some of the same features that are in Teams or Zoom."
"One area that could use improvement in Webex is the connection speed."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"Everybody these days uses virtual meeting solutions because we're all remote working. It would be a benefit if there were permanent collaboration spaces for projects. For example, the way Teams has its teams folders and shared locations. Webex is missing that feature, or maybe it has it and I'm not aware of it. However, it needs a permanent sharing location for when projects can get stored and can be a collaboration space as opposed to only a meeting space."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is a free solution."
"It is a monthly subscription and the price is quite expensive if you're not paying annually."
"You need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges of the product. You need to opt for a subscription-based licensing model for your organization. The product is a bit expensive."
"There is a need to pay the licensing charges to use Webex Enterprise Edition."
"Webex is very expensive."
"There is a subscription needed to use this solution and we pay approximately $5,000 per year."
"We purchase the product's yearly license. It is expensive."
"Webex is expensive, especially compared to Zoom or Google."
"For me, there is no licensing fee."
"There is a license needed to use this solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise68
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Webex?
From when I last implemented it, I found the price to be expensive. The licensing model doesn't work because if I want to implement it for an organization, I need to pay a per-user license, which m...
What needs improvement with Webex?
Webex is top-notch at this point in time. The only improvement I see is related to RAM and CPU usage, as older systems with 4GB RAM or i3 processors might slow down the application. I do not have a...
What is your primary use case for Webex?
Webex is primarily used for customer meetings, collaboration with team members, presenting to customers, and virtual calls with customers. In my daily work, I get on the meeting and take the discus...
 

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