GoToWebinar vs Zoom comparison

GoTo and Zoom Video Communications are both solutions in the Virtual Meetings category. GoTo is ranked #24, while Zoom Video Communications is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3. GoTo holds a 2.0% mindshare in VM, compared to Zoom Video Communications’s 11.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GoTo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Zoom Video Communications users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

GoToWebinar and Zoom compete in the virtual communication and webinar category. Zoom appears to have the upper hand due to its broad feature range and perceived value.

Features: GoToWebinar provides comprehensive webinar management tools, robust analytics, poll integration, and recording capabilities, ideal for larger webinars. Zoom offers versatile functionalities like breakout rooms, video conferencing, and seamless integrations for various meeting sizes, enhancing overall adaptability.

Room for Improvement: GoToWebinar could improve with more versatile meeting functionalities, better mobile experience, and enhanced customization options for diverse webinar formats. Zoom could benefit from improved security settings, greater customer support accessibility, and more customization in breakout room features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: GoToWebinar offers a straightforward deployment with a focus on simplicity and an accessible support system. Zoom provides a more versatile deployment model with extensive integration options and a responsive support framework.

Pricing and ROI: GoToWebinar generally involves higher initial costs but provides a competitive ROI for large-scale webinars, offering specific features tailored for extensive audience engagement. Zoom presents a flexible pricing model with lower initial costs, offering scalable ROI through comprehensive features and versatility in usage.

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Categories and Ranking

GoToWebinar

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

24th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zoom

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

209

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of GoToWebinar is 2.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoom is 11.1%, down from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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RITA Conroy-Martin

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.

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Kallol Chaudhuri

Principal Consultant at Oracle

Helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done and offers the breakout rooms feature.

We are a team located across various locations. Not in the same geographic location. We are distributed. And it's not possible to physically travel and meet people. Sometimes it's simply not possible. But Zoom has helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done. Without Zoom, it would have been very, very difficult. The breakout rooms feature is also helpful. For example, I have a meeting attended by hundreds of people and want to create subgroups. I typically use it for different role-play scenarios during training if we are trying to conduct some training on presentation skills. So there's a large group, which is initially trained by an instructor. Then you get instructions that the room will be split into smaller breakout rooms. I'll give you a topic, and you'll practice in these smaller groups. That's one way I use it. So it's like a simulation of a real brainstorming session I'd have in a physical space.

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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

"The interface is browser-based and simple, which is an advantage over other solutions."

"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 integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface."

"This solution is very reliable. It is easy to switch between audio and microphone when using headphones."

"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."

"There is a free version of the solution."

"Zoom is very convenient to use and the basic functions work well for us."

"Zoom is easy to use and does not consume very much in terms of resources."

"A good option for online meetings."

"Zoom is a product that offers users convenience, so you won't be left out of any meetings, especially when others need or prefer to hold meetings on Zoom."

"It always works, and they try to appeal to what the user wants. They added features like background music for those people who use Zoom for online church services. They try to make the solution more useful for the user. For example, I tried to sell WebEx to a church, but I also gave them Zoom for a trial. They were impressed with that because that was the feature they were looking for."

"Compared to any other platform, Zoom has been very stable for meetings and conference calls."

"It's popular. Many people use it not only personally, but also in businesses."

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Cons

"The sharing of cameras is limited to meeting organizers."

"GoToWebinar would be improved with the inclusion of support for video endpoints."

"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."

"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."

"They could improve security more."

"When you join a meeting in Zoom, you may feel it is difficult to find some windows until you click a few buttons to help you eventually get to the window you want to see."

"Yesterday, we had a call, but Zoom closed after 20 or 25 minutes, and we didn't get any alerts. That could be because there was a time limit set. There should be an option, like a button, that allows us to increase or reduce the meeting time."

"I'd like for there to be more integrations possible in the future."

"Excessive software updates can sometimes disrupt my experience."

"Zoom will be cheaper if you want to have a general meeting, but if you want a real enterprise version, Cisco will be cheaper."

"The solution should include the integration of AI-based tools that could transcript or record the meetings."

"I would like to see something like a virtual board or conference room where participants are seated around a virtual table, and pictures of them sitting on the chair or an avatar that the user can choose and control within that virtual world."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a monthly subscription and the price is quite expensive if you're not paying annually."

"This is a free solution."

"Zoom is free."

"My organization has a yearly license for Zoom."

"I use the free version of Zoom."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"There is a subscription to use the solution."

"Zoom is available with an open license that can support meetings of up to 40 minutes."

"There are paid and free personal accounts for Zoom."

"I am using the free version of Zoom."

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Overview

Web conferencing SaaS for larger webinars

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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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