ADOBE CONNECT

How Adobe Connect compares to conferencing tools

Virtual is vital but not all tools are built the same.

Conferencing tools are built for simple and quick collaboration. If you need virtual to accomplish business critical goals, you need more.

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Adobe Connect Compare

Adobe Connect

Welcome to the real virtual

Adobe Connect is built to design engaging virtual experiences, scale them efficiently and deliver measurable business impact.

Powering virtually every business-critical use case

Sales, partners & franchisee training

Sales, partners & franchisee training

Accelerate sales and partner time to revenue

Customer education

Customer education

Boost customer time to value and product adoption

Compliance & leadership training

Compliance & leadership training

Empower workforce excellence improving retention

Demand generation

Demand generation

Drive smarter conversions & ROI with advanced engagement-scoring & precise targeting

Capabilities to consider when comparing virtual solutions

Basics

Basics

The essentials of basic video conferencing

Adobe Connect

Conferencing Tools

  • Video

Virtual backgrounds, speaker, spotlight and grid modes in 1080p

Yes

Yes

  • Collaboration tools

Screen sharing, live polls, chats, moderated Q&A, whiteboard, drawing and annotations

Yes

Yes

  • Production tools

Lobby, HTML browser client, recordings editor, user roles - host, presenters, participants

Yes

Yes

  • Accessibility tools

Transcription, audio tracks and CC with multi-language support

Yes

Yes

  • Apps and integrations

Solution extensions and integrations library and web services API

Yes

Yes

Virtual Experience Design

Virtual Experience Design

Design interactive virtual experiences that transform passive listeners to active participants

Adobe Connect

Conferencing Tools

  • Interactive storyboards

Customised layouts and pods to add motion, structure and focus

Yes

No

  • Multiscreen dashboard

Multiple pods with rich content and learning aids in the same view

Yes

No

  • Weblinks and file share pods

Dedicated pods for links and files sharing, pre, post and during live sessions

Yes

No

  • Customised branding

Customisable domain names, background images, wallpapers, banners, logos and colours

Yes

No

Basics

Powerful controls

Granular presenter controls to transform ordinary sessions into professional virtual sessions

Adobe Connect

Conferencing Tools

  • Prepare mode

Discreet set-up mode for instructors while in the live session

Yes

No

  • Powerful backstage

Multi-facilitator backstage collaboration and moderation without losing access to main stage

Yes

No

  • Granular participant privileges

Granular participant privileges

Yes

No

  • Users and groups

Assign users to different groups to manage automated access to relevant virtual rooms, events and content

Yes

No

Reusability for Efficiency and Scale

Reusability for Efficiency and Scale

Reusable & persistent virtual rooms with sharable templates to transform rework to prework

Adobe Connect

Conferencing Tools

  • Persistent rooms

Multiple reusable virtual rooms with staged learning content

Yes

No

  • Persistent breakouts

Reusable breakouts preset with activities/polls/quizzes

Yes

No

  • Content upload and persistence

Virtual classroom once prepared never needs to be redone

Yes

No

  • Shared room templates

Preset blueprints for new rooms to replicate existing content and design

Yes

No

Basics

Engagement Tools, Metrics and Reporting

Live engagement tracking and analytics to transform participant interactions into actionable insights

Adobe Connect

Conferencing Tools

  • Versatile polls

Reusable and effortless polls

Yes

No

  • Native quizzes

Native quizzes with real-time results, leader boards, proctoring dashboard and post-session reports

Yes

No

  • Engagement dashboard

Real time, actionable engagement metrics

Yes

No

  • Reporting

Detailed aggregate & individual participant engagement insights to report and finetune session effectiveness

Yes

No

Why our customers chose Adobe Connect over conferencing tools

Kolbe Academy

"A lot of conferencing solutions aren’t focused on building personal relationships, but Adobe Connect gives us so many ways to connect with students one-on-one."

 

 

- Kelly Powers

Math Department Chair

Kolbe Academy

Kolbe Academy

"Adobe Connect holds the record for largest live meeting ever held in the Department of Defence. The meeting was scheduled to run on our previous platform, but last-minute issues of the platform convinced us to move to Adobe Connect."

 

- Lieutenant Colonel Karl Kurz US

Department of Defence,

Defence Information Systems Agency

LavaCon

"Adobe Connect gives us the tools we need to create a fresh, dynamic virtual attendee experience. I wouldn’t trade it for any other platform on the market!"

 

 

- Jack Molisani

Executive Director

LavaCon