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Adobe Connect vs GoToWebinar 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

Adobe Connect
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
18th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GoToWebinar
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
16th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Adobe Connect is 1.7%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoToWebinar is 1.9%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoToWebinar1.9%
Adobe Connect1.7%
Other96.4%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

LAWAL YUSUF - PeerSpot reviewer
IT auditor at SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
Stable product with a straightforward setup process
We use Adobe Connect for communication purposes using messaging and video chat features The product has valuable communication features. It also has good performance and stability. We encounter issues while connecting headphones via Bluetooth. This particular area needs improvement. We have…
RITA Conroy-Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Marketing at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Video library is a great tool and it enables good customization; feels a little antiquated and rusty
I like that recordings are available immediately, it's a great feature. I also appreciate being able to use the video library as a tool, and the integration of an API with other systems we have. We were able to build our own customer portal and then integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface. People thought they were on our platform, but they were using GoToWebinar. Those are unique features that seemed to be very easy for our development team to integrate. I like that aspect of it. It also provides good visibility if somebody had seen a webinar that was useful. It's very easy to push them out. Registration is an easy process as is customization on the back end. We very rarely had technical issues running the webinars so it's a pretty robust platform overall.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have a lot of people using the product, board members and senior staff and we also have support staff running the meetings."
"Connect helped us move away from WebEx and use a tool more suitable for learning."
"The flexibility that Adobe Connect offers is incredibly valuable, in that it allows you to customize the experience for your requirements."
"I love that I can create classes and that they are "persistent" which means they can be reused over and over again."
"It is a stable product."
"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."
"It is straightforward to set up."
"The solution can scale well."
"Overall, this is a good product that is simple to use but I would rather use Webex for video conferencing."
"The interface is browser-based and simple, which is an advantage over other solutions."
"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."
"GoToWebinar polls help me quickly gauge, upfront, the audience’s interest in topics and their current level of knowledge."
"The most valuable feature is scheduling, which is quite simple and you can schedule a regular session with multiple occurrences."
"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."
"We were able to build our own customer portal and then integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface."
 

Cons

"It needs faster and easier upgrades."
"We encounter issues while connecting headphones via Bluetooth. This particular area needs improvement."
"The price is a problem."
"The troubleshooting process for Adobe Connect could be improved."
"Adobe's products are difficult to grasp. They don't have a good explanation."
"The solution is quite expensive. In Brazil, Connect is only for obtaining international standards for international companies."
"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."
"Interface and layout options could be improved."
"The technical support is quite bad."
"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."
"The platform feels old and a little rusty, more could be invested into the look and feel of it."
"In comparison, I don't feel that GoToWebinar has the range of customization and it feels quite antiquated in comparison to Teams."
"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 sharing of cameras is limited to meeting organizers."
"It's a little pricier than the others."
"GoToWebinar would be improved with the inclusion of support for video endpoints."
 

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."
"It is a monthly subscription and the price is quite expensive if you're not paying annually."
"This is a free solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
23%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
20%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
 

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 Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

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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
Avigilon Corporation, Bitdefender, British Library's Business & IP Centre, Business Wire, Clarity, Colt, Conversion Rate Experts, Cornerstone Home Lending Inc., DemandGen, DPR Construction
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