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Adobe Connect vs Google Hangouts [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 27, 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

Adobe Connect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (18th)
Google Hangouts [EOL]
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Emad Mokhatab - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution & Software System Architect at Shaparak
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…
Mariana-Piñeres - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Manager Latam at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Recording and transcription enhance global client meetings
Google Hangouts sometimes consumes significant resources. When comparing it to WhatsApp on desktop for calls, there are instances when Google Hangouts freezes or stops working, but switching to WhatsApp runs smoothly. This might be related to the resources Google Hangouts requires. The service occasionally experiences lag issues where the image gets frozen or the voice transmission becomes interrupted. When these issues occur, possibly due to internet connectivity or other factors, WhatsApp continues to function properly while Google Hangouts does not perform well.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like Adobe Connect because of its flexibility."
"The solution is very stable, with no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze, making it highly reliable for our training and webinar needs."
"I love that I can create classes and that they are "persistent" which means they can be reused over and over again."
"The solution can scale well."
"The flexibility that Adobe Connect offers is incredibly valuable, in that it allows you to customize the experience for your requirements."
"Screen share and document share are good features."
"The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability."
"We have a lot of people using the product, board members and senior staff and we also have support staff running the meetings."
"I appreciated having the basic features like screen sharing and camera options."
"I think that Google Meet allows for easy interaction and has additional features, such as background blurring, among others."
"Stable communication tool with a good history feature and very easy installation."
"The solution is stable."
"Whatever features are on offer right now on Google Hangouts, I find all of them useful."
"The product is stable."
"The scalability is good; we have added a lot of users, and it's always working."
"We use transcriptions to document meetings, which is important for productivity."
 

Cons

"We would like to see support for exportable files that have been uploaded into Adobe Connect as templates for activities."
"It needs faster and easier upgrades."
"We encounter issues while connecting headphones via Bluetooth. This particular area needs improvement."
"The troubleshooting process for Adobe Connect could be improved."
"They could improve on the VoIP capabilities."
"I think that both the interface and the layout options, the ability to organize the different components for an online meeting on your screen, could be improved."
"Other solutions have more marketing and more visibility. Nobody knows Adobe Connect exists."
"The price is a problem."
"Google Meet should extend the time limit for a meeting from five minutes to at least thirty-five minutes."
"The algorithm should be improved to automatically deal with poor connections in a better way."
"Google Hangouts is not as feature-rich as Slack, but it's sufficient."
"The solution can improve by having more integration with different platforms."
"We don’t have any complaints."
"There is a significant problem with performance when you have a poor connection."
"Google Hangouts could improve by allowing someone to record a meeting without the need to have a company email. You cannot record with a Gmail account."
"There should be more space for multiple users at a time so that multiple people can connect, can share, and even transfer control to another colleague, employer, student, etc."
 

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."
"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."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"I think there is a need for payment for licensing, but as students, we didn't have to pay for it when we were using it. Our professors were the ones paying for it since they needed to record the sessions."
"I don't need to buy Google Hangouts separately because it comes free with Google Workspace, and it is also available for my personal Gmail ID."
"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."
"I pay $6 per user per month for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Hangouts."
"There is no license cost."
"We access the solution through Google Workspace. It is inexpensive to use."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
23%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Healthcare Company
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise18
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Hangouts?
Google Hangouts comes as a package, so it's difficult to say or comment on the price of this particular product.
What needs improvement with Google Hangouts?
Sometimes when we have a call and need to share audio or play a video, we find it challenging to switch from sharing the complete desktop to only a particular Chrome tab, as it doesn't support audi...
What is your primary use case for Google Hangouts?
My main use cases for Google Hangouts are for calls and coordinating with my team. I find the recording feature in Google Hangouts very useful, as it normalizes what happened in the call, even thou...
 

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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
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