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Below you’ll find a comparison of features between the two video conferencing solutions. 

Having the right online meeting tool for your business is essential – especially right now. The percentage of workers around the world that is permanently working from home is expected to double in 2021, according to a survey from U.S.-based Enterprise Technology Research (ETR).

The options are plenty but, two potential video conferencing solutions are GoMeet and Join.me. Which one is a better fit for your business?

Intermedia’s GoMeet (also known as Online Meeting) is a powerful online meeting solution built for businesses of all sizes. It features high quality HD video and audio, interactive collaboration tools and screen sharing to help you share content in real-time. Join.Me, part of the LogMeIn family of services, is a simple screen sharing and video conferencing solutions with similar features to GoMeet.

Below you’ll find a comparison of features for the two solutions, both of which offer screen sharing, annotation, and recording. Three notable differences: the number of total participants and the number of available web streams vary for each. Recording storage on join.me is limited to 50GB, while GoMeet offers unlimited cloud storage. Finally, GoMeet includes a note taking feature to allow you to list next steps with attendees in real-time. 

Join.Me:

1. User Capabilities: You can have 10 webcam streams in your meeting 250 participants per meeting. Dedicated dial-in numbers can be used with or without screen sharing.
2. Audio: Can call by phone or computer via VOIP. Toll-based domestic and international numbers for 50+ countries.
3. Screen sharing: available.
4. Chat: available
5. Screen annotation and recording: available.
6. Scheduling: available
7. Recording storage: 50 GB

GoMeet:

1. User capabilities: You can have 30 people with webcam in your meeting, and 100 participants. Additionally, up to 200 people can dial in with audio-only capabilities.
2. Audio: Conference call numbers and PINs are provided, so participants can join by phone or computer.
3. Screen sharing: available.
4. Chat: available.
5. Screen annotation and recording: available.
6. Scheduling: available.
7. Recording storage: Unlimited
8. Note taking feature: Capture meeting notes (like action items and next steps) in real-time—all notes are automatically sent to participants after the meeting.

Businesses can transform and unite the way they communicate and collaborate with CommCare — A Datamax + Intermedia Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) Solution. To learn more about GoMeet and utilizing cloud-based communications for your remote workforce, let’s visit!

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