--- description: Review of BigBlueButton Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: BigBlueButton | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Online Meeting Software](/directory/852/online-meeting/software) > [BigBlueButton](/software/127087/bigbluebutton) # BigBlueButton Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/127087/bigbluebutton Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/127087/bigbluebutton?page=2) > BigBlueButton is a web conferencing software designed to help schools and teachers share learning content with students across remote locations. Key features include an interactive whiteboard, polling, emojis, session recording, real-time broadcasting, screen sharing, virtual classrooms and breakout rooms. Teaching professionals using BigBlueButton can share slides, video, audio, chat and desktop with students. Built-in polling and lecture recording functionalities allow teachers to increase student engagement. Teams can use the live whiteboard to create annotations on screens that can be viewed by participants in real-time. BigBlueButton's API facilitates integration with various third-party applications, such as Atutor, Canvas, Drupal, Moodle, RedMine, WordPress and more. Support is extended via documentation and FAQs. > > Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 66 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 66 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: BigBlueButton - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Contact BigBlueButton for pricing information - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Canada, United States ## Features - API - Breakout Rooms - Call Recording - Chat/Messaging - Conferencing - Electronic Hand Raising - File Sharing - For Schools - HD Audio/Video - Host Controls - Interactive Whiteboard - LMS Integration (LTI) - Learning Management - Live Chat - On-Demand Recording - Online Classes - Parent/Student Portal - Polls/Voting - Presentation Streaming - Presentation Tools ## Integrations (8 total) - Docebo - Drupal - Fedena - Moodle - Redmine - Schoology - WordPress - eFront ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Online Meeting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/852/online-meeting/software) ## Related Categories - [Online Meeting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/852/online-meeting/software) - [Web Conferencing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3822/conference-calling/software) - [Online Tutoring Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4141/tutoring/software) - [Virtual Classroom Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1408/virtual-classroom/software) - [Cloud LMS Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1795/cloud/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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There may be problems with notifications. > > It's a simple and effective educational application that I like. ----- ### "Free Virtual classroom and Video conferencing" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *31 July 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: +Installation is easy +Clarity of video and audio is very high +Presentations can be uploaded and can present online instead of sharing presenter's screen. +Customizable +Can be integrated with major LMS like Moodle, Jenzabar etc > > **Cons**: + Resource hungry when multiple users using camera/video + Not all OS/platforms are supported. + Lack of community support. > > We have integrated BBB with state school LMS of our region. When only the presenter sharing his video this is running very smoothly. Need more resources to open everyone's video. However this product has amazing features specially for virtual classrooms. For me this is very much better than Flagship products. ----- ### "Easy to use software with few drawbacks" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 December 2022* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: You can organize breakout rooms and flexibly decide to extend or not the time participants spend in the breakout rooms; you can organize quizzes/surveys; > > **Cons**: screensharing sometimes is not working or it interrupts, so you better upload your presentation directly on BigBlueButton; ----- ### "Simple Webconferencing software, but lacking in big name features" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *18 June 2020* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: This software is integrated with Canvas LMS by Instructure, making it easy for schools already using the Canvas LMS to adopt. It has a robust security system to prevent "zoombombing" as only registered people in each course can access the conference they have been invited to with a unique user token. Certain features such as breakout rooms, shared whiteboard and embedded video player would rival other video conferencing software such as Google Meets, and it most definitely has most if not all classroom needs for most schools around the world. The Learning curve is low, and it runs smoothly most of the time. Private chat works very well, and is intuitive to use. > > **Cons**: The design is a bit outdated, and looks a slightly boring. "Hot" features right now such as virtual backgrounds and full screen tile view is not up to par with competitors, and there are small annoyances such as keyboard shortcuts not working on MACs and the need to do an "echo test" every time I enter a new conference which takes several seconds off my precious time. Additionally, the ability to record a conference after having entered and forgotten to click the "make conference recordable" button while creating the conference results in having to have everyone leave the conference and have a new one created. Lastly, although I like the breakout rooms feature, if you so happen to put a timer for the breakout rooms to be less than needed, there is no option to extend the time without having all the breakout rooms close and reopen - something that happens way too often. > > Overall works well, but would prefer other competitors such as Zoom or Google Meets. ----- ### "Needs improvement" — 4.0/5 > **Damla** | *12 June 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: Minimalist and clean looking interface. > > **Cons**: not memorable, error correction is almost impossible, icons do not explain themselves and there are different areas on the presentation screen where functions are scattered, hard to find some of them. Some commands are easily confused with each other. > > It was problematic. It was nice to use a clean and minimal interface but the icons made it difficult to understand which button is for what use and most problematic part was that you cannot undo simplest tasks (i.e. undo something you wrote on whiteboard). PPT upload for presentation takes too long and you lose presentation screen completely, which causes you to lose control of the class and chat during that time. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/127087/bigbluebutton?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/127087/bigbluebutton) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data