| Title: | Free alternatives to Webex, Camtasia, etc |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2007/10/31/free/ |
| Printed: | October 12, 2008 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- October 31, 2007
- 8 comments
Interesting open source alternatives for handling online meetings, videos, screenshots, and files:
- DimDim, an open-source free alternative for online collaboration (paid comparison: WebEx)
- CamStudio, an open-source free limited AVI screen recorder and AVI-SWF converter (paid comparison: Camtasia)
- MWSnap, a free alternative for basic screen captures (paid comparison: Snagit)
- CutePDF, free print-to-PDF software (paid comparison: Adobe, Win2Pdf, etc)
- FileZilla, open-source free alternative for FTP and sFTP (paid comparison: SmartFTP, WS_FTP, etc)
- CrossLoop, free remote screen sharing app (paid comparison: CoPilot, GoToAssist)
You get what you pay for: these free versions are far more limited than their full-featured commercial cousins.
However, depending on which particular features you need, sometimes they suffice.
They also provide an easy, no-cost, first step into these categories.
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I would add to this comprehensive list:
1. Create Pdfs for free: Pdf Creator, Pdf995
2. Hold online meetings: Yugma.com. In the paid version you can also record your meeting. But if you have either Camtasia or Camstudio, you don’t need that.
Hope this helps.
I stumbled upon another cool project at http://showmypc.com, made from standard Open Technologies
Some of these projects do have a very real value.
As the author in this blog mentioned about the features, most of these projects are more than enough for most Online collaboration needs.
I stumbled upon another cool project at http://showmypc.com made from standard Open Technologies
Some of these projects do have a very real value.
As the author in this blog mentioned about the features, most of these projects are more than enough for most Online collaboration needs.
Thanks for the note about Dimdim. We’re super excited to be a free, easier Webex alternative and we’re about to launch our open beta program so come check us out.
We want to help the world meet freely.
thanks very much Alan… you rock!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
We use WebEx at home and then saw that it is NOT free at home…
added ‘free’ to WebEx google and voila! Here we are.
I’ve been using 3 of the 6 mentioned and now I will be using all 6.
Thank you again! It is very much appreciated.