March 2021) | WebEx Meetings (Free) | WebEx Meetings (Paid) | Zoom (Basic/Free) | Zoom (Paid) |
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| Host/Join Method | Audio-Only | Yes | Yes Up to 250 Participants | No | From Desktop App w/camera turned off | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants
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| Audio & Video | Yes | Yes Up to 250 Participants | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants
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| Browser-based Sessions | Yes | Yes Up to 250 Participants
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| Computer Software-based Sessions | No | No Up to 250 Participants | Yes | Yes | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants
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| Conference Call (Call In Hosting) | No | Yes* Up to 250 Participants | No | No | Yes Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants |
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| Dial in by Phone | Yes. Note: But you must first start the process by joining on a computer | Yes Up to 250 Participants | No | Yes | No Up to 100 Participants | Yes Up to 300 Participants |
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| Recording** | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Live Stream | No | Internal (Biola)***: Up to 250 Participants and 100,000 Viewers. External: Up to 250 Participants and no Viewers. | No | No | No | Yes (via 3rd party integration) Limit is dependent on connected live stream service (Facebook, YouTube, etc.) |
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| Webinar | No | No | No | No | No | Yes**** This is only available as a paid feature upon request.
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| Collaboration | Breakout Rooms | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| File Share | Presentation Files Only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Length of Meeting | No Limit | No Limit | 50 min. | 24 Hr. | 40 min. for 3 or more participants | 24 Hr. |
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| Polls | Yes | No Note: You can use a 3rd party app for taking the poll and send the poll link in the Google Meet chat. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Q&A | No | No Note: You can present a Google Slides presentation that can facilitate this. | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Screen/Specific App Share | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Whiteboard | Yes | No Note: You can create a Google Jam (whiteboard) at jamboard.google.com, share the link to your students. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Function & Limits | Closed Captioning | Manual via stenographer | Yes - Automatic | Manual via stenographer | Manual via stenographer | Manual via stenographer Automatic - 3rd party API Integration | Manual via stenographer Automatic - 3rd party API Integration |
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| Registration | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
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| See Participants Consecutively | Unknown Note: Depends on user's hardware. | Up to 16 Note: Depends on user's hardware. | Up to 25 consecutively Note: Depends on user's hardware. | Up to 25 consecutively Note: Depends on user's hardware.
| 49 per gallery page with ~20 gallery pages. Note: Depends on user's hardware. | 49 per gallery page with ~20 gallery pages. Note: Depends on user's hardware. |
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| See Shared Content & Participants | Yes | Yes (less intuitive) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| User Limit | Up to 100 participants | Up to 250 participants | Up to 100 participants | Up to 1,000 participants | Up to 100 participants | Up to 300 participants |
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