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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Connect

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that enables users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules. The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs.

    $50

    per host/per month

    Google Meet

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Meet, formerly Hangouts Meet, replaces the former Google Hangouts as the company's G Suite integrated web conferencing tool, allowing users to join meetings directly from a Calendar event or email invite from a computer, phone, or conference room. G Suite's Enterprise edition also creates a dial-in phone number for each meeting, as an additional convenience.

    $6

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Editions & Modules
    Meetings
    $50
    per host/per month
    Webinars & Learning
    $130
    per host/per month
    Small Meetings
    Free
    Forever free for up to 3 participants
    Google Workspace - Business Starter
    $6
    per month
    Google Workspace - Business Standard
    $12
    per month
    Google Workspace - Business Plus
    $18
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Connect
    Adobe connect is cheaper than Zoom. There are so many features like multiple hosts and presenters who can collectively take over the meetings. You can also create polls or questionnaires in the form of quizzes. There is also a chat option. User engagement can easily be figured …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Connect
    Adobe Connect has a more professional feel, but Zoom is more user friendly. I’m not a fan of Webex at all.
    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Google Meet
    Google Hangouts Meet is a more relaxed version of Teams and Adobe Connect. It’s certainly easier to access and easier to use. I would say it compares better with Zoom although I think that Google Hangouts Meet is even easier to use and access than Zoom. The other software has …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    82%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    Features
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Adobe Connect and Google Meet
    Feature
    Adobe Connect
    7.9
    65 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Google Meet
    8.6
    53 Ratings
    8% above category average
    High quality audio8.664 Ratings8.653 Ratings
    High quality video7.164 Ratings8.153 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements6.855 Ratings8.943 Ratings
    Mobile support9.042 Ratings8.948 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Adobe Connect and Google Meet
    Feature
    Adobe Connect
    7.6
    64 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Google Meet
    7.8
    53 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Desktop sharing7.964 Ratings7.553 Ratings
    Whiteboards7.454 Ratings8.235 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Adobe Connect and Google Meet
    Feature
    Adobe Connect
    7.9
    65 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Google Meet
    7.5
    52 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Calendar integration9.141 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.556 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Integrates with social media7.228 Ratings6.325 Ratings
    Record meetings / events7.460 Ratings6.940 Ratings
    Slideshows7.251 Ratings7.241 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Adobe Connect and Google Meet
    Feature
    Adobe Connect
    8.6
    64 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Google Meet
    7.5
    51 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Live chat9.462 Ratings8.049 Ratings
    Audience polling8.255 Ratings7.731 Ratings
    Q&A8.252 Ratings6.934 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Adobe Connect and Google Meet
    Feature
    Adobe Connect
    8.8
    60 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Google Meet
    8.5
    44 Ratings
    5% above category average
    User authentication7.953 Ratings8.241 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.260 Ratings9.639 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list9.348 Ratings7.630 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score7.7 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score10 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (92 ratings)
    8.6
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (27 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (36 ratings)
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (31 ratings)
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe ConnectGoogle Meet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Adobe Connect is wonderful for repeatable branded learning experiences or webinars. They allow for creating an event with a series of similar layouts. The ability to alter these are easy, and duplicating layouts makes for fast alterations. Changing between layouts also creates visual interest as learners see things shift. Adobe Connect also is great for accessibility, the captions allow for resizing and placing the captions in various sections. The recordings also can have a searchable transcript to get to the information you want fast. Adobe Connect allows for running fun games/events as well, there are lots of apps that make the experience unique, and allows for managing content on screen as you'd like.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    Google Meet was a perfect video conferencing solution for us during our training sessions. The only problems encountered were due to weak signals, which sometimes required us to turn off our video. All features worked very well in tying together a team across four different time zones. I was very impressed with the tool's performance
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • It's a quick method to exchange files, file, documents, and videos from a web app. Real-time conversation, and screen-sharing are all supported. It has a highly user-friendly interface. It is really simple to assist the teams.
    • Even team engagements is beneficial since it allows them to share their expertise with others, and the big benefit is the security of the rooms' access is fairly simple to manage.
    • The interface, which include features like notes, chat, pods, etc. When we're trying to gather rapid and exact information, simplify our work as much as possible.
    • Adobe Connect's features since they allow team members to express their ideas during meetings without causing disruptions, thereby bypassing the current international boundary of distance.
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    Google
    • First off, the quality of the call is pretty good, especially when all of us are working remotely.
    • We can easily schedule our meeting in Google Calendar.
    • Sending an invitation link is easy.
    • What makes Google Meet stand out from other video conferencing tools is that we can use it for an unlimited time, even if we use the free account.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Nonetheless, Adobe Connect lacks the engagement monitoring, which can be critical for the management to oversee.
    • Besides, Adobe Connect has no certification management, which is essential in the current education or training field.
    • Lastly, Adobe Connect has no offline editing tool, hence, when the internet connection is not there, many things can not be conducted effectively.
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    Google
    • Meet as it comes doesn't have a great way to handle large meetings.
    • I don't like the way they hide the mute button. It's a disruptive view to mute/unmute.
    • Chat box is the only way to document collaborations within the meeting.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    The longer you use Adobe Connect, the longer you are likely to use it. Because you can build more and more resources over time, creating rooms that you re-use, recorded content you can repurpose, and tools that form the basis of ever increasing productivity, the more you use Connect, the more productive you become. Unlike competing products where, with every meeting you essentially start over -- setting up your resources for each meeting -- in my Connect rooms, I have highly tuned tools to accomplish my knowledge transfer goals. When I want to conduct another session - I send a link out to the appropriate room and instantly we are all focusing on getting a job done together. This ability of Adobe Connect to make you productive at an ever quickening rate is a competitive advantage
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    Google
    This app is still having a lot of redundant features as compared to other industry apps such as Zoom and Webex which offers much more on the functionality side along with the option to have greater user access control to the admin/host of the meetings. A sense of interaction is always found to be missing in Google meet which can be easily adopted in the Zoom
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    Usability
    Adobe
    I gave it a 6 because it does have lots of functionality, has a strong brand and reputation following, etc. but it does have its glitches and experiences with low bandwidth issues. I believe it has more features than my organization fully leverages, so some of those pieces haven't been explored yet. But there are opportunities for improvement in their online resource support, stability at high usages as well.
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    Google
    Google Meet is very easy and simple to use. I can schedule a meeting right on my calendar - it literally takes a few seconds. There is no additional app I have to open to schedule anything. Guests can click on the link easily to join any meetings. 10/10!
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    The customer support of Adobe connect is professional and well-skilled for resolving our minor and major issues. Moreover, it has almost all the features that will provide you a secure connection, with people across the world. Education institutes can also implement this software. On the basis of its quality and technology, I will surely advise you to try it once.
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    Google
    Google does a great job of providing tech support for this product, as it does many others. Similarly, Google has FAQs that cover a large amount of issues faced by users. Problems have not persisted in our use of this product. Problems are resolved quickly and easily, with or without personal Google support.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    The ability to have most of the functionality of a full LMS at a fraction of the cost is huge. I can create manage and deploy both synchronous and asynchronous training based on the situation and all of my training is tracked through a series of easily created reports
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Prices do not seem to vary much among resellers of the Adobe Connect hosted license; the only price variation you're likely to find are among the audio providers. When implementing, you may also wish to look into expanding the amount of storage you are allowed on the server to avoid any problems later on as your library of files starts to build up
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Actually, it was the other way around....we were using Adobe Connect, company-wide, then switched over to Zoom, mostly, I think, as a cost-cutting measure. But some Learning & Development folks campaigned to be allowed to retain some Adobe Connect licenses (for example, one L&D area had literally over 250 room layouts that their course facilitators could just jump into and use to deliver a course on short notice), which also allows some of us to continue to publish Presenter and Captivate modules to the Adobe server. (But, even those of us who still have Adobe Connect licenses use Zoom for most regular business meetings.)
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    Google
    The main positive feature in Google Meet over Zoom to me is the fact that Google meet can be seamlessly deployed in the browser with its full functionality. Unlike Zoom for which you need to download an extra application to use. This consequently makes workflow smooth when transitioning between something like emails and taking part in a meeting.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I wasn't involved in the unit pricing factor. So far I used Google meet in the office where I got access to all these Google applications including the Google Meet feature. So I wasn't involved much in this pricing factor of Google Meet and also regarding the contact terms of the product.
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    This is very good in the professional services as I started using this first for the professional service only. While using this Google Meet itself gives a professional feel as the UI works in a professional way. The video background modification, multi-screen feature, and some other features help in professional service.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Save on time - our instructors and people that use the platform can teach more classes and more often than in-person training and time traveling.
    • We cut down on spending. When we offer training using Connect - we do not have to spend on meals, hard copy materials, and reserving a venue to deliver training.
    • We increase our training sales significantly but offering Connect as an alternative - any unforeseen cancellations to a public class can result in transferring to a remote online Connected class.
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    Google
    • Negative: on each webinar someone from our team had to write manually the people that were participating and after that matching it with the registered people list. We wasted time. It could be easily resolved by adding the export list feature
    • Positive: Collaboration and internal meetings. Calendar integration helps us save time.
    Incentivized
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