Webex MeetMeNow Review

Overall Rating: 4/5

 MeetMeNow is web conferencing software from Webex. With WebEx MeetMeNow you can easily conduct your meetings online with up to 15 participants. Offering the reliability of the WebEx MediaToneTM Network, the MeetMeNow is a promising web conferencing tool for you.

 

Pros:

  1. Desktop Sharing feature to share your desktop to the participants in real-time, which feels like all are in the same room.
  2. Exclusive Control offers passing the control of your computer to others.
  3. Rich Annotation turns your desktop into a whiteboard with interactive tools
  4. Integrated Audio system with a special meeting number to call.
  5. Newly added Video Conferencing feature provides a face-to-face meeting experience along with broadcasting video of any participant, just with a compatible webcam.
  6. Private Chat helps you talk privately to any attendee during your meeting.
  7. Outlook and Instant Messenger Integration like Yahoo! and AIM.
  8. Microsoft Office Integration hosts meeting directly from all your Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
  9. Being in this field for long time, Webex is an old player here for you with an adequate experience.
  10. Participants in meetings don’t require the MeetMeNow software. The software is only needed for those who host the meetings.
  11. Document Sharing supports documents, presentations, and even full-motion video files to share among the participants.
  12. Meetings can be easily scheduled from Microsoft Outlook Calendar.
Cons: 
  1. Supports only up to 15 participants at a time.
  2. Supports only Windows platforms.
  3. User need to have ActiveX Support on their system.
  4. No support for event management or lead tracking.
  5. The initiator of the meeting needs to have the MeetMeNow software installed and configured.

Some Quick Stats:

  • Webex MeetMeNow charges $49 per month with no long-term commitment. You can also pay $39 per month with a prepaid annual plan of $468 (Save $120/year).
  • For Pay-Per-Use Meetings, you need to pay a per-minute charge which is 33 cents per minute.
  • Payments are accepted only via MasterCard, Visa, American Express and JCB.
  • Webex MeetMeNow is supported only on Windows including Windows 2000, 2003, XP (Home and Pro), and Windows Vista. Supported Browsers are Internet Explorer 6 or later, Netscape 4.7 or later, Firefox 1.0 or later, and Mozilla 1.6 or later.
  • Though Webex MeetMeNow doesn’t support Mac OS X but you can try Webex Meeting Center, which supports Mac OS.

So overall you have a choice to select which platform and subscription option is good for your business. Webex MeetMeNow is a good option for small businesses as it offers almost everything you will need as a small business, but at a competitive cost. So considering the service offerings and the price for the same, you can definitely give a try to Webex MeetMeNow as the web conferencing software to conduct your online meetings. If you can afford the price and if you are totally Windows based, then Webex MeetMeNow may be a choice for you to try the experience and quality Webex has to offer.




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