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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Webex Webinars

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AWebex Webinars is a scalable webinar platform that helps users to create engaging and impactful experiences for everyone, from small sessions to massive global audiences.N/A

    Wistia

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AWistia is a video marketing platform that helps teams create, host, market, and measure their videos and webinars. Wistia is used to create professional videos, host webinars, collect and send leads to a connected marketing automation platform. Wistia additionally offers customers support and educational resources.

    $24

    per month

    Pricing
    Webex WebinarsWistia
    Editions & Modules
    Webex Events
    Contact Sales
    Free
    $0
    up to 10 videos
    Plus
    $24
    per month
    Pro Plan
    $99
    per month
    Advanced Plan
    $399
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Webex WebinarsWistia
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Features
    Webex WebinarsWistia
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Webex Webinars and Wistia
    Feature
    Webex Webinars
    7.0
    48 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Wistia
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.544 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability7.645 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Webex Webinars and Wistia
    Feature
    Webex Webinars
    7.8
    54 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Wistia
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio9.254 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support6.549 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Webex Webinars and Wistia
    Feature
    Webex Webinars
    8.9
    53 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Wistia
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.646 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.352 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows9.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event registration8.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Webex Webinars and Wistia
    Feature
    Webex Webinars
    8.2
    52 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Wistia
    -
    Ratings
    Audience polling8.051 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A8.449 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Webex Webinars and Wistia
    Feature
    Webex Webinars
    7.1
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Wistia
    -
    Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions7.550 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list6.844 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Webex Webinars and Wistia
    Feature
    Webex Webinars
    6.6
    40 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Wistia
    -
    Ratings
    Branding options6.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation6.435 Ratings00 Ratings
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    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Vyond
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Webex WebinarsWistia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (56 ratings)
    9.9
    (71 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (26 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Webex WebinarsWistia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I'd say mainly well suited for larger audiences. I think there's probably some products that are a little more economical for smaller audiences, but if you need a solid, reliable platform for larger audiences, say more than a hundred people. So this is the best product for that or at least top two.
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    Wistia
    For companies that want to integrate their videos into actionable steps like behavioral follow up through a CRM, Wistia is the best tool to use. You can automate your systems to track when a video is viewed, engaged with or how long a person has been watching along with heatmaps to show where people were most interested and least interested so you can adjust your videos to optimize their performance.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Cisco Webex Events is very straightforward and easy to use. Setting up an event within the platform is quite simple - anyone can do it.
    • Webex Events is a great add-on feature to the Webex conferencing platform to allow a one-way broadcast of information, rather than worrying about attendees being able to interrupt the presentation.
    • Recording a session is fairly simple and accessing the recordings post-event is quite reliable. I believe you can also upload .mp4 files into the Webex Events platform to serve as a host.
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    Wistia
    • Wistia enables a lot of customization in the video player, making it personalized to your business.
    • The user experience is pretty intuitive and easy to use without too much training.
    • Wistia's help articles, blog and instructional videos were very helpful as we began investing more resources into video production.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • There always seems to be room for video quality improvement (not a necessity, but would be nice)
    • Mobile screensharing from iOS/Android (and other mobile) devices would be a great feature
    • The mobile app should be able to track meetings a user has been invited to, but does not do so (yet)
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    Wistia
    • Obtaining embed codes for a significantly large number of videos can be very time consuming as there is no way to automatically pull a report.
    • Within a project, there is no way to set the list to show a specific number of videos and you may only have a certain number of videos shown unless you click to expand the list and continue to do so.
    • Once the list is expanded and you click in to a video, when clicking back, the list reloads and you must expand the entire list again which can become very time consuming.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    Webex Webinars continues to provide exceptional value as a community engagement and professional education platform. As long as there are a multitude of event offerings and the product continues to be supported with periodic software and security updates, I can anticipate using Webex Webinars for the foreseeable future. Overall a great product!
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    Wistia
    Wistia is super easy to use and very reliable, anytime a video needs to be updated, the existing media can be replaced, but the url remains the same so anywhere this media is shared or embedded, it is immediately updated. Their support is extremely helpful, and there is very rarely any issues with this product.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    My experience with this software is fantastic; it's so satisfying that it only took me a week to go through an internal training program to use this software, actually, I don't think this training program was necessary. Usability is one of the most fantastic features to guarantee the increase of members in remote events.
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    Wistia
    Great, simple, usable product. Would have given it higher marks, but sometimes the folders and permissions aren't the most intuitive. Interface for uploading, tagging, describing videos is simple. Sharing is also relatively intuitive. Overall, a clean and simple interface and most of our marketing team had no issues using it. I think it was easier than using Vimeo.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Webex Webinars are available 24/7 and is based on your license purchase and usage. Webex Webinars needs maximum bandwidth consumption for sending and receiving videos and listed below are some examples. High-Definition Video: 2.5 Mbps (Receive) and 3.0 Mbps (Send)· High Quality Video: 1.0 Mbps (Receive) and 1.5 Mbps (Send)· Standard Quality Video: 0.5 Mbps (Receive) and 0.5 Mbps (Send) Webex Webinars makes it easy to analyze attendance statistics, send participants to a post-webinar landing page, and integrate data into CRMs and marketing automation.
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    Wistia
    After several years, we have not come across a situation for which Wistia was not available when needed.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    You can turn around WebEx Attendance reports within 24 hours. Sign in to Webex Site Administration and go to Reports - Access Anywhere. Select the beginning and ending dates for the report. Report data is available only for sessions conducted up to three months before the current date depending on your administration set-up. From the Sort results by drop-down list, select the sort order criteria for the report. After hosting a WebEx Webinar, you have the ability to create a report of all of the participants and the times that they entered and left the meeting. Reports cannot track emoji's or reactions. Best practice for Q&A and tracking you can integrate SLIDO. You cannot save individual polling results. Also the polling report does not include who asked and answered the questions. This limitation does not apply to SLIDO. Closed captions and transcriptions are only saved if the Webinar is recorded. If you face problems during a webinar, you can hit then button which creates and send a report to Cisco who will then look into the problems to avoid future occurrences
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    Wistia
    I have never had any technical issues with Wistia. The service is fast and reliable. video play back begins as soon as a few seconds of video have buffered. The stats are accurate and available within a few hours of current use. I have integrated it with Marketo and found that the integration is clean and is easily incorporated into the campaign logic flow. (ex. If the user played more than 50% of the video, do Action-A, otherwise do Action-B.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    I love the control that this product gives to those running the meetings. It allows you to assign presenter roles to people and everyone else that is an attendee can be totally controlled, like whether they can unmute, use video or just sit there and watch. It really gives control of the meeting to those who are running it. And we love that ability for those meetings that we are trying to make sure people are listening in on instead of trying to participate.
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    Wistia
    We have only had to reach out to Wistia support a handful of times in the 4 years we have been using Wistia. They have always been quick to respond and help us solve the problem. The system is self-service so there should be very little to no need to reach out to support on a regular basis.
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    It was a good training to understand not only webinars but the entire platform.
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    Wistia
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    The implementation process was fairly simple and straightforward
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    Wistia
    We were in the process of changing our website so that took some time to get Wistia implemented in to our website.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    ON24 has a lot more bells and whistles, which is great when you need them but when you're looking for a straight up platform to host a stand alone webinar, Webex Webinars is a good alternative. We've selected Webex Webinars when we don't need such a customized webinar console.
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    Wistia
    Wistia is for business. Period. Vimeo has none of the benefits for a business that Wistia offers. The SEO value and SUPER FAST playback speed are essential. Wistia has it all. Personally, I can rarely get thought a video if hosted on Vimeo because of the glitchy playback and slow rendering.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Webex Webinars is a scalable platform designed for interactive experiences. It can accommodate attendees from 100 up to 100,000 attendees depending on the purchase of your license. The scalability is based on each company's requirements and usage. Webex Webinars can offer key features like real-time translations, moderated Q&A, live polling, and chat, making it suitable for both small and large audiences and can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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    Wistia
    We use many platforms and Wistia has been a standout in terms of reliability and scaleability.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Allowed us to keep our product development moving forward during the pandemic.
    • Reduced our travel costs by hosting virtual events.
    • Allows us to host more events because of reduced cost over in-person events.
    • Helps us with faster time to market on features as we can quickly set up and host a focus group.
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    Wistia
    • Doubled lead capture from lead magnet on website from one year to the next.
    • Increased email interaction on newsletters when embedding Wistia video thumbnail into email campaigns (10-15% links clicked bumped to 30-40% links clicked).
    • Can save us about 50+ hours of one-on-one client meeting time per year for pointing clients to video content rather than presenting the same info in a live setting.
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