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Cisco WebEx Web Conferencing Product Comparison

  Cisco WebEx Meeting Center Cisco WebEx Training Center Cisco WebEx Event Center Cisco WebEx Support Center
Description Meet online to present information, share applications, and collaborate on projects with customers and coworkers worldwide. Deliver engaging, effective, and interactive instructor-led training to employees, customers, and partners in virtual online classrooms. Stage large-scale online events and web seminars to generate leads and train employees, customers, and partners. Provide instant, personalized customer or IT support worldwide. Enable your support staff to diagnose and fix problems in real-time, remotely, from their PCs.
Usage Scenarios
  • Collaborative sessions
  • Internal and external meetings
  • Product demos
  • Sales presentations
  • Employee training
  • Partner training
  • Customer training
  • Web seminars
  • Marketing events and conferences
  • Product launches
  • Employee communications
  • IT support using the Internet
  • Customer support through the Internet
Recommended number of attendees Up to 100; additional capacity available Up to 1000; additional capacity available Up to 3,000; additional capacity available 10 or fewer per remote support session
Information Sharing Cisco WebEx Meeting Center Cisco WebEx Training Center Cisco WebEx Event Center Cisco WebEx Support Center
Share desktop, application, web browser/content Yes Yes Yes Desktop and application sharing only
Whiteboard, presentation and document sharing Yes Yes Yes N/A
Play Flash, streaming audio/video, WebEx recordings (Windows and Mac) Yes Yes Yes N/A
Annotation tools/annotation in sharing mode Yes Yes Yes Yes
Text Chat and Q&A (managed and moderated) Text Chat Yes Yes Text Chat
Transfer files Yes Yes Available on request Basic and advanced file transfer
Publish event and course materials Yes Yes
Audio and Video Cisco WebEx Meeting Center Cisco WebEx Training Center Cisco WebEx Event Center Cisco WebEx Support Center
Audio Phone, PC-PC VoiP Phone, PC-PC VoiP Phone, PC-PC VoiP, audio broadcast Phone, PC-PC VoiP
Video Single-point and multi-point (6); integration with Cisco Unified Video Conferencing available Single-point and multi-point (6) Single-point available on request Single-point only
Meeting Features Cisco WebEx Meeting Center Cisco WebEx Training Center Cisco WebEx Event Center Cisco WebEx Support Center
Attention indicator Yes Yes
Polling: instant and planned Instant only Yes Yes
Program/campaign management, post event surveys Yes
Lead source tracking and enrollment scoring Yes
Email management (automated invitations, reminders and tracking) Text only Full-featured
Registration management Yes Advanced Advanced
Testing and instant grading, and instructor scoring Yes
Breakout sessions and hands-on labs Yes
Permissions-based remote control Yes Yes
One-click remote system hardware and software information Yes
Reports Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connection Options Cisco WebEx Meeting Center Cisco WebEx Training Center Cisco WebEx Event Center Cisco WebEx Support Center
Operating system support (Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris) Yes, plus Unix Yes Yes Yes
Start meeting from within any Windows application, desktop or Internet browser Yes Yes Yes Yes
Join and attend from 3G mobile device Yes
Click to join using SMS or email (audio only) Yes Yes Yes
Integrated eCommerce (pay to attend) Yes Requires Implementation Services Requires Implementation Services
Inbound support request Click-to-Connect, WebEx WebACD
Remote reboot and connect Yes
Logon as administrator and remote printing Yes
Other Tools and Options Cisco WebEx Meeting Center Cisco WebEx Training Center Cisco WebEx Event Center Cisco WebEx Support Center
Recording, editing, playback Network-based and client-side Network-based and client-side Network-based and client-side Network-based, client-side, and client-side automatic
Microsoft® Outlook® and Lotus® Notes Integration Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flash-based attendee interface Yes
Localization (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Simple and Traditional Chinese, Spanish) Yes, plus Korean and Swedish Yes, plus Korean Yes Yes, plus Korean