Webex offers users the ability to host different types of sessions depending on the nature of the session. The below tables details the purposes and differences of three sessions: meetings, trainings, and webinars.
| Cisco Webex meetings | Cisco Webex training | Cisco Webex Webinars | |
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| Product description | Present information, share applications, and collaborate on projects in a centralized space. | Deliver highly interactive and effective online training and e-learning. | Stage large-scale online events. |
| Usage scenarios | Collaborative sessions, internal and external meetings, product and project coordination, demos, sales presentations | Employee, partner, and customer training product rollouts; certification and IT training; distance learning | Webinars, events and conferences, product launches, employee communications |
| Number of attendees | Up to 1,000 (including 200 video devices) | Up to 1,000 | Up to 3,000 |
| Information sharing | |||
| Real-time sharing | Screen, application, file, and browser | Screen, application, file, and browser | Screen, application, file, and browser |
| Multimedia sharing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Whiteboards and annotation tools | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Text chat (managed and moderated) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File transfer | Yes | Yes | Available on request |
| Audio and video | |||
| Audio options | Webex Cloud Connected Audio, Webex PSTN, VoIP, Telephony Service Provider | Webex Cloud Connected Audio, Webex PSTN, VoIP, Telephony Service Provider | Audio broadcast, Webex Cloud Connected Audio, Webex PSTN, VoIP, Telephony Service Provider |
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| Video devices | Cisco and third-party endpoints; Cisco and third-party soft clients; Webex mobile, desktop, and web; Microsoft Skype for Business | Webex desktop and mobile (attendees) | Webex desktop and mobile (attendees) |
| Special features | |||
| Personal room | Yes | — | — |
| Avatars | Yes | — | — |
| Participant list | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Polling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Program and campaign management and post-event surveys | — | — | Yes |
| Lead source tracking and enrollment scoring | — | — | Yes |
| Registration management | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Testing, instant grading, and instructor scoring | — | Yes | — |
| Breakout sessions and hands-on labs | — | Yes | — |
| Permissions-based remote control | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid sessions (e-commerce) | — | Yes | Yes |
| Connection options | |||
| Operating system support (Windows, Mac, Linux) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Join and attend from mobile devices | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Join and attend from web app (no download) | Yes | ||
| Join and attend from email invitation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Inbound support request | — | — | — |
| Tools and options | |||
| Network-based recording | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise integrations | Cisco Jabber, Cisco Endpoints, Cisco Webex, Microsoft Skype for Business | — | — |
| Management | |||
| User management | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site management | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site report | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Localization | |||
| Languages | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish (European), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Turkish | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Spanish (European), Spanish (Latin America), Turkish | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish (European), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Turkish |
| Availability | Supported on all platforms | Supported on Microsoft Windows | Supported on all platforms |