AnyMeeting, Inc. (Formerly Freebinar) is a provider of

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services for small business that enables users to host and attend web based conferences and meetings and share their desktop screen with other remote users via the web. AnyMeeting is a web-based software application accessible by users via a web browser. This method of software delivery is commonly referred to as

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). The company was founded in 2011 and backed by Keiretsu Forum angel investors.

Features

Features include 6-way

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, applicationsharing, recording, public profiles, surveys, polls, audio via

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or computer mic and speakers, YouTube video sharing and an additional option that enables meeting hosts to charge attendees (via

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) to access a

. AnyMeeting provides two primary options for users to access the features and functionality of its service: a free option that is

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and a subscription-based software option that has no Ads. Advertisements are shown to meeting organizers and attendees in the sidebar of the meeting application window. The subscription option includes the same features as the Ad-supported option, except the advertisements are removed. The Ad-free plans are available for 25 and 200 attendees. AnyMeeting operates on

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in all modern browsers including the latest versions of

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, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari (Mac).

History

The beta version of AnyMeeting was originally launched in 2009 under the name Freebinar. It was founded by Costin Tuculescu, a 12-year veteran of the web conferencing industry. In 2009, Costin identified an opportunity to try something no one else was doing, use a free,

business model to deliver a

and

service. As of August 2017, AnyMeeting had over one million registered users. AnyMeeting was acquired b
Intermedia
in September 2017.

Security

AnyMeeting online meetings can be protected with an encrypted password feature for those who want to restrict access to their meeting or charge a fee to attend. Meeting recordings can also be password protected.

Accolades

AnyMeeting was named by CIO.com in its list of the best free stuff of 2012 AnyMeeting was named by PC World as one of the 15 best free business tools, apps and services of 2012 AnyMeeting named in Small Business Computing as one of 3 software products small businesses need to know AnyMeeting was named by PCMag.com as one of the best free web apps of 2011.

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