Web Conferencing Comparisons - RHUB, WebEx and Citrix |
RHUB TurboMeeting is designed for large and small
organizations. The following table compares the web conferencing
solutions from RHUB, WebEx and Citrix.
- RHUB: the leading provider for web conferencing
appliance
- WebEx: the leading provider for hosted web conferencing
service for large and medium organizations
- Citrix: the leading provider for hosted web conferencing
service for small organizations
Both WebEx and Citrix deliver their services in separate packages for
different applications. Users have to pay for the packages separately. For
example, WebEx provides the hosted remote support service by the
"WebEx Support Center" package, which costs $175/month per
seat. RHUB bundles four
different applications in one appliance in order to deliver the best
values to its customers. The following comparison is based on
the RHUB 6-in-1 appliance and the most
commonly used packages from WebEx and Citrix:
- Web
Conferencing
- Remote Support
- Seminar
- Remote Access to
My PC
- Others
- Pay back
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| Features |
TurboMeeting-200 |
WebEx
Meeting
Center |
Citrix
GotoMeeting Corp |
| PC: |
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| Present and control
remotely |
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| Application sharing |
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| Firewall & proxy friendly |
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| Chat |
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| File transfer |
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Change colors from
256 to 32-bit
true color for special applications |
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| Pause meetings |
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| Whiteboard |
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| Annotation |
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| Schedule meetings |
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| Auto-reconnection |
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| Fit-to-screen
display |
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| View-only with No-download |
Patent pending |
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| Remote control speed* |
3X
Three times fast |
1X |
1X |
| Recording |
In beta |
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| Video |
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| Audio |
Offered by its partner
FreeConference.com |
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| Mac: |
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| Remote present and control |
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| Application sharing |
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| View only |
No-download |
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Require download |
| Firewall & proxy
friendly |
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| Chat |
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Change colors from
256 to 32-bit
true color for special applications |
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| Pause meetings |
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| Whiteboard |
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| Annotation |
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| Schedule meetings |
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| Auto-reconnection |
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| Support PPC (Power PC) |
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| Support Intel |
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| Speed |
Fast |
Unacceptably slow |
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| Features |
TurboMeeting-200 |
WebEx
Meeting
Center |
Citrix
GotoMeeting Corp |
| PC: |
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| Instant view and
remote control |
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| Remote reboot |
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| Multi-tier
concurrent support |
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| Switch to training
mode during support |
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| Firewall & proxy
friendly |
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| Chat |
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| File transfer |
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Change colors from
256 to 32-bit
true color for special applications |
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| Schedule meetings |
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| Auto-reconnection |
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| Fit-to-screen
display |
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| Remote control speed* |
3X
Three times fast |
1X |
1X |
| Recording |
In beta |
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| Mac: |
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| View and remote
control |
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| Firewall & proxy
friendly |
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| Chat |
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Change colors from
256 to 32-bit
true color for special applications |
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| Schedule meetings |
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| Auto-reconnection |
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| Support PPC (Power PC) |
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| Support Intel |
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| Speed |
Fast |
Unacceptably slow |
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| Features |
TurboMeeting-200 |
WebEx
Meeting
Center |
Citrix
GotoMeeting Corp |
| Meeting host and
panelists (PC only): |
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| Presentation by
panelists |
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| Application sharing |
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| Firewall & proxy
friendly |
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| Pause meetings |
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| Whiteboard |
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| Annotation |
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| Schedule meetings |
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| Auto-reconnection |
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| Recording |
In beta |
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| Attendees: |
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| Windows |
No-download |
Require
download |
Require
download |
| Mac |
No-download |
Require
download |
Require
download |
| Linux |
No-download |
Require
download |
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| Unix |
No-download |
Require
download |
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| iPhone |
No-download |
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| Windows Mobile (PDA &
Phone) |
No-download |
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| Pooling |
Q2/08 |
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| Features |
TurboMeeting-200 |
WebEx
Meeting
Center |
Citrix
GotoMeeting Corp |
| PC: |
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| Always on after
power recycled ** |
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Non-reversible
meeting
password encryption |
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| Remote lock computer
** |
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| Remote reboot ** |
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| Chat |
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| File transfer |
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| Firewall & proxy
friendly |
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Change colors from
256 to 32-bit
true color for special applications |
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| Schedule meetings |
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| Auto-reconnection |
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| Fit-to-screen
display |
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| Features |
TurboMeeting-200 |
WebEx
Meeting Center |
Citrix
GotoMeeting Corp |
| Security: |
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| Transmission
security |
SSL & Proprietary |
SSL & Proprietary |
SSL & AES |
| Access
security |
Meeting ID and password |
Meeting ID and password |
Meeting ID |
My firewall
protection for internal
meetings |
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| Misc. |
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Hybrid mode -
Interactive attendees
(meeting panelists) mixed with
view-only attendees
for the best user
experience and performance |
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| Customization (my
logo,
my URL, etc.) |
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| LAN speed for
internal meetings |
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| Unlimited users to
host meetings |
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| Features |
TurboMeeting-200 |
WebEx
Meeting Center |
Citrix
GotoMeeting Corp |
Pay back by owning
TurboMeeting-200
(based on two meeting
room capacity) |
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2.5 months,
five meeting rooms is the minimum purchase |
5 months |
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* RHUB has not conducted any accurate tests for speed
comparison. The remarkable speed advantage for remote control is
based on our user feedbacks and may vary for different users.
You should do your tests based on your own Internet connection,
your monitor setting and the typical applications you are using
to determine the speed comparison.
RHUB TurboMeeting system architect is specifically designed for
fast interactive meetings (attendees can present) with less than 25 attendees, which
count for 99% meetings most users experience. Most leading
vendors design their systems for very large meetings and choose
to sacrifice the interactive speed for smaller meetings.
For a large meeting with over 25 attendees, it is impractical
to have all attendees present. You should use TurboMeeting's
view-only function to invite most attendees and then have only a few
attendees to join your meeting interactively as the meeting
panelists who can present. This hybrid mode of mixing view-only
attendees with interactive attendees for the best user
experience and performance is one of the unique functions of
RHUB TurboMeeting.
** Not available for
Vista
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