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 8.4. GoTo holds a 2.0% mindshare in VM, compared to Zoom Video Communications’s 11.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GoTo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Zoom Video Communications users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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95% 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

7.3

Number of Reviews

222

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 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 11.2%, down from 13.2% 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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Luiz Kazan

Head of Digital Solutions at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Utilizing versatile features for efficient personal and work meetings

Zoom offers a number of interesting and valuable features. One of the most interesting is the ability to share only audio and provide ambient music without sharing a screen. The breakout room feature is much more developed than other solutions, allowing users to stay in the same meeting and move to different rooms and back to the main room. The sharing features are great for projecting people who should be in focus. Another valuable feature is the virtual entrance, which uses a username and password recognized by the Zoom system, showing the person's full name and ID. Additionally, the use of video and a good fixed background improves visibility compared to other applications. These features differentiate Zoom from others.

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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

"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."

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

"We were able to build our own customer portal and integrate into GoToWebinar with a seamless interface."

"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."

"This video conferencing product is easy to use."

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

"The solution is stable and scalable."

"Zoom is very smooth whether in one-on-one meetings or group calls with more than one hundred people."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"Zoom is mobile-ready and easy to use."

"I've been using Zoom since the pandemic started. It's actually been a life saving product under the circumstances that were thrust on everybody."

"The most valuable feature is that it's free."

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Cons

"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."

"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."

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

"When sharing a screen, it's only dedicated to one particular window, not multiple windows"

"It takes time to acclimate end users to the product."

"The free version of Zoom could be improved and offer more functionality. We would also like to have whiteboard and drawing functionality."

"They need to improve the background feature, to be able to set a background without interfering with the current background."

"The platform's feature for screen sharing needs improvement."

"In the next release, I would like to see an easily accessible bandwidth feature so that you can see how much data you've used on a particular call."

"Zoom should improve aspects of its security."

"The tool could be more user-friendly, especially for finding options to present screens."

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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."

"There is a 40-minute time limit when you use the basic version, which is free."

"I am using the free version."

"For personal use, I use the free version of Zoom, so I haven't paid anything."

"There are no licensing fees required."

"Has a paid account for multiple users as well as a free option."

"There is some basic functionality that's free but if you want to host longer meetings and have more participants, then there is a licensing fee."

"Zoom is free."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."

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Overview

Web conferencing SaaS for larger webinars

GoTo

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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Sample Customers

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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