Video+Conferencing+Options+Comparison

=Here is a brief comparison of various video conferencing options.= Thank you to Springfield Schools in NJ!


 * Product || Web based || Software req? || Mutiple windows? || Telephone opt.? || Email invite? || Account req? ||
 * Skype || no || yes || no || no || no || everyone ||
 * TinyChat || yes || no || yes || no || ? || nobody ||
 * Wiggio || yes || no || yes || yes || yes || host only ||
 * ooVoo || no || yes || no || no || no || ? ||
 * dimdim || yes || no || no || yes || yes || host only ||
 * tokbox || yes || no || ? || ? || ? || everyone ||

For us it was most useful/easy/*insert other positive adjective here* if we had a product that didn't require software to be installed and didn't require an account. Beyond that allowing multiple video windows was a plus, allowing a telephone connection was nice, and so on.

So that led us to TinyChat, it was really the only product that was web-based & required no account activations and just so happens to also allow multiple video windows.

Wiggio was similar to TinyChat in being web-based, not completely account free but only the host of the video chat needed to activate an account which wasn't a huge deterrent for us. Beyond what TinyChat offered it did have some added features like the ability to add a telephone connection for audio, but we found the video to be a little 'choppier' than TinyChat, so the extras were nice but if we're gonna video chat we paid more attention to the best video.

Beyond that the rest of the pack all had their pros and cons, obviously Skype is familiar to most people, TokBox seemed very comprehensive almost like a hub of all online video chats...