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ListEdTech is a market research firm that only tracks systems used in education. Our user-friendly portal offers data on more than 30 product categories, including Conferencing Systems. For this product category, we track almost 19,600 implementations, mainly in North America at the higher education level.
What Are Conferencing Systems?
For a comprehensive definition of this product category, please refer to our official documentation website.
Note: Our documentation provides tailored descriptions for both Higher Education and K-12 School District implementations.
What’s Inside our Product Category Reports?
Each ListEdTech product category report delivers a clear, data-driven view of a specific segment of the educational technology market. Beginning with a definition of the category, the report explores its current landscape, historical shifts, competitive positioning, and emerging trends—providing actionable insights for institutions, vendors, and decision-makers.
Table of Contents
- Introduction (including a definition of the product category)
- Executive Summary
- Current Market Snapshot
- Historical Trends (last ten years)
- Competitive Compass Insights
- Strategic Market Trends (key recent developments, innovations, and shifts in the product category)
- Pricing Trends
- Conclusion
- Vendor List
- About ListEdTech
Note: Our reports do not include detailed data. However, this information is available for purchase to portal subscribers.
Why Use the ListEdTech Portal?
408,000
product implementations tracked among 35 product categories
9,783
institutions, in our database, using a Conferencing system
92
Conferencing products in our database
List of Companies and Products in Conferencing Systems
| Company | Product | Degree Type |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Systems | Adobe Connect | HigherEd & School Districts |
| Blackboard | Blackboard SmartView | HigherEd |
| Blindside Networks | BigBlueButton | HigherEd & School Districts |
| Cadmium | Warpwire | HigherEd |
| Cisco Systems | Webex | HigherEd & School Districts |
| Class Technologies | Class Collaborate | HigherEd & School Districts |
| ConexED | Cranium Cafe | HigherEd |
| Dialpad | Dialpad Meetings | HigherEd |
| Echo360 | EchoSystem | HigherEd |
| Enghouse Systems | Mediasite | HigherEd |
| Google Meet | HigherEd & School Districts | |
| Homegrown Systems | Homegrown Conferencing | HigherEd |
| InSpace Proximity Inc. | InSpace | HigherEd |
| Instructure | Canvas Studio | HigherEd |
| Intelligent Video Solutions | VALT | HigherEd |
| Jitsi | Jitsi Meet | HigherEd |
| Kaltura | Kaltura Lecture Capture | HigherEd |
| Kinetic Solutions | Kx Conferencing | HigherEd |
| Link-Systems International | Pisces | HigherEd |
| LogMeIn | GoToMeeting | HigherEd & School Districts |
| Loom | Loom Video Recording Tool | School Districts |
| MEDIAL Streaming Ltd | MEDIAL | HigherEd |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Teams | HigherEd & School Districts |
| Microsoft Corporation | Stream on SharePoint | HigherEd & School Districts |
| Panopto | Panopto Screen Recording | HigherEd & School Districts |
| PlatformQ Education | Conduit | HigherEd |
| Pronto | Pronto communication hub | HigherEd |
| Screencastify | Screencastify | School Districts |
| ScreenPal | ScreenPal | HigherEd & School Districts |
| ShareStream | ShareStream Video Platform | HigherEd |
| Slack | Slack connect | HigherEd & School Districts |
| TechSmith Corporation | Camtasia | HigherEd |
| TechSmith Corporation | Snagit | HigherEd |
| UbiCast | Miris Netcapture | HigherEd |
| Vbrick | VBrick Enterprise Video Platform | HigherEd |
| VidGrid | VidGrid Platform | HigherEd |
| VoiceThread LLC | VoiceThread | HigherEd & School Districts |
| YuJa | YuJa Video Platform | HigherEd & School Districts |
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DATA
How Does ListEdTech Gather Its Data?
We systematically aggregate and structure publicly available data—including official news releases, professional social media platforms, university portals, and corporate websites—to build our market insights.
Our dataset focuses extensively on:
- Company Profiles: Educational vendors, product classifications, and specific institutional characteristics.
- Institutional Tech Stacks: Primary and secondary systems supported by an institution.
- Market Dynamics: Product implementation timelines, contract details, RFP documentation, and decommission dates.
Data Quality & Accuracy Validation
To maintain strict data integrity, our research team cross-references and validates information directly at the source, managing more than 3 million historical data points with strict controls to prevent the overrepresentation of any single software solution.
As part of our continuous quality control framework, our database undergoes comprehensive monthly reviews, consistently achieving a verified 95% accuracy rate.
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