on24-vs-webex-meetings

Webex Meetings and ON24 are both software designed to help businesses create web conferences.  Webex meetings is a web and video conferencing software designed to help businesses host both internal meetings and larger conferences with customers or partners. ON24 is a webinar software that can host large amounts of people for webinars or business wide meetings.  Both tools are popular with mid sized businesses and large enterprises.

Features

Webex Meetings and ON24 both allow businesses to host video conferences, but they also have a few standout features that set them apart from each other.

Webex Meetings can handle the conferencing needs of most businesses, providing high quality audio and video for smaller internal meetings.  For less experienced users, Webex Meetings provides an easy to use interface for setting up meetings and allows users to join with a single click. Administrators can also make use of Webex Meetings analytics features to track metrics such as attendance and when users join and leave meetings.

ON24 can host smaller internal meetings but is designed to handle large enterprises.  ON24 is accessible to users without downloading an application.  New users can access an ON24 meeting through an internet browser.  Additionally, ON24 includes features like webinar registration tracking.  For organizations that frequently host large conferences, ON24 provides dedicated support.

Limitations

Webex Meetings and ON24 both include essential web conferencing features, but they also have some limitations that are important to consider.

Webex Meetings offers high quality visuals and audio, but it doesn’t support webinars in the same way ON24 does.  Users that haven’t used Webex Meetings before will have to download an application in order to attend a meeting.  Additionally, Webex Meetings doesn’t provide any built in support for webinar registration tracking.  Businesses that want to use Webex Meetings for larger events may consider other options or integrate it with the Webex Events application.

On24 provides excellent support for webinars, but does not provide a more inexpensive tool for smaller meetings. Additionally, ON24 provides limited features for smaller web conferences such as high quality video for all participants.  For businesses that primarily need to support smaller web conferences, rather than webinars, other tools may be more affordable.

Pricing

Webex Meetings offers several business pricing plans, starting at $13.50 per month per host for up to 100 meeting participants.  As price increases, maximum number of participants increases as well.

On24 pricing is not detailed publicly, but businesses can reach out to vendors for a detailed quote.