See our Virtual Events section on UniDesk for more information on the technologies below.
Zoom – Meetings vs Webinars – comparison
Teams – Webinar vs Live Event – comparison (from University of Kent)
| Teams meeting | Zoom Meetings | Teams Webinar | Zoom Webinar (1 licence only – contact IC) | Teams Live Event | Panopto Live Streaming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 250 | 300 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 10,000 | >1,000 |
| Can attendees interact? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Q+A | Q+A | No |
| Share presentation/screen? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can externals attend? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can externals present? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Can meeting be restricted to UoS users? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Record meeting? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule meeting? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Schedule series of meetings? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Can one person run the meeting? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, 2 rec’d | Yes, 2 rec’d | Yes |
| Live captions? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Captions on recording? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |