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Bare metal server for superior audio/video | Customized with your domain & branding| Real-time real-person tech support
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Easiest Online Classes at Lowest Cost
BigBlueButton is like-Zoom at a much lower cost while being open-sourced and, thus, giving you full control over your data and branding.
We make BigBlueButton easy to use with our monthly subscription, giving you the highest security, complete data privacy, and real-time/real-person tech support.
Our Subscription Plan Comparison
Feature |
Lite |
Standard |
Advanced |
| Total Students | 25 | 100 | 150 |
| Class Hours | 100 hour / month | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Public and Private Chat | |||
| Whiteboard and Screen-share | |||
| Poll and Notes | |||
| Turn Server | |||
| Greenlight Front-end | |||
| MP4 Recording & Live-streaming | |||
| Scalelite Load Balancer | Shared | Shared | Shared / Exclusive instance (add-on) |
| Support options | Email, Chat | Email, Chat | Email, Chat |
| Real-time Performance Dashboard | |||
| Custom Domain & Branding | |||
| Recording Storage (add-on) | $10/100GB/month | $10/100GB/month | $10/100GB/month |
| Choose Server Location (add-on) | Pricing as per location | ||
| Local Dial-in Number (add-on) | Pricing as per location |
Make Online Classes Engaging
Analytics
Get analytics including time of joining and leaving, chat transcript, emoji and polls
White-label
Build and promote your online classes with your brand, url, logo and theme
Integrations
Integrate with Moodle, Zoomla, Canvas, Sakai, Wordpress or any other LMS
New Features
Download MP4, livestream on YouTube, Facebook or your RTMP server
Monthly Subscription
Pay a small monthly fee to get your dedicated server; don't pay when no classes;
No Technical Hassels
No technical distractions to install, monitor, maintain, upgrade and secure servers
Premium Support
Count on real-fast, real-time and real-person tech support to conduct your online classes
Scale with Ease
Load balancers with multiple servers to teach 1000s of students simultaneously
Real-time Performance Dashboard
- Analytics dashboards to monitor users in real-time
- Turn server to help connect your users behind firewall
- Optimized to ensure reliable audio and video
- 8 Core CPU, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB HDD, dedicated server
- RAID 1 for redundancy and LVM for large recording storage
- MP4 recordings and backup at AWS S3
Our Custom Apps to Extend BBB
MP4
bbb-mp4: You can convert your BigBlueButton classes into MP4 video and upload to S3.
Live Stream
Dial-in Number
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- BigBlueButton vs Zoom
Zoom vs BigBlueButton
| Zoom | BigBlueButton | |
| Primary purpose | Online meetings | Online classes |
| Video & Audio | Yes | Yes |
| Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Screen share | Yes | Yes |
| Application share | Yes | No |
| Share computer sound | Yes | Yes (Virtual Audio Cable) |
| MP4 Recording | Yes | Yes |
| Whiteboard | Yes | Yes |
| Annotate Presentation | Yes | Yes |
| Break-out room | Yes | Yes |
| Co-host/Moderator | Yes | Yes |
| Polls | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual hand raise | Yes | Yes |
| Status Emojis | Yes | Yes |
| File transfer | Yes | No (share link on chat) |
| Shared notes | No | Yes |
| Dial-in with phone | Yes | Yes |
| Shares data with 3rd party | Yes (Shares data with Facebook and other advertisers) | No (You host on your own servers) |
| Custom Domain | No | Yes (You can host under your own domain) |
| Analytics | Minimal | Detailed (attendance, chat transcripts, poll answers, hands raised) |
| Integration with LMS | Completely separate from LMS | Integrates with many LMS including Moodle, Canvas, Joomla, Schoology, and WordPress |
| Desktop client or browser | Desktop client with frequent updates and one-time audio plug-in | Runs in browser. No need for any additional app. |
| Data privacy | No | Yes (You can host on your own server and control whether and which user data is tracked) |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why to get BigBlueButton on a monthly subscription?
What is your BigBlueButton server hardware specification?
What if I want to cancel my subscription?
You can make changes to your subscription whenever you need to. Our goal has always been to create a happy, thriving community. If you are not thrilled with the product or are not enjoying the experience, then we will cancel your subscription.
Can I upgrade to a different package after signing up?
Yes, you can upgrade at any time after signing up. Just reach-out to us and we will help you make necessary changes to the right package for you.
Is my data safe?
We are committed to keep your data safe and secure. We never share your data with any third party for advertising.
Does you comply with GDPR?
Yes. We can locate the server geographically as per your preference. You run Moodle or any other LMS on your server, where user data resides. Our BBB server is only used for running online classes with no user tracking and no session recording to ensure compliance.
Have more questions?
Use the chat button on the bottom right side of the page to chat with us. Or, click here to email us.
Disclaimer: BigBlueButton is the best open-source web conferencing software for online learning. HigherEdLab.com is not endorsed or certified by BigBlueButton Inc. BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of BigBlueButton Inc.
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We help you focus on delivering online virtual classes, while hiding all the complexities of running secure and reliable BigBlueButton servers at scale. At a lower cost. With real-time and real-person tech support.