InstantPresenter is a completely browser-based application that you can use to connect with clients, students and trainees around the world via video, live chat or audio. This webinar services application comes with powerful ways to market your webinars and is accessible to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, regardless of how strict your office download policies are. Furthermore, InstantPresenter provides options for including social networking tools in your presentations. Tools this provider lacks include the ability for users to create profiles, the ability for hosts to send out meeting reminders and secure encryption to keep your trade secrets protected.

In our tests, we enjoyed navigating the friendly interface of InstantPresenter but found a handful of problems that make the service hard to recommend. First, we were never able to join an InstantPresenter webinar as a guest when we used Internet Explorer and had trouble using the latest version of the Firefox browser. Next, we discovered that while no downloads are required for attendees, hosts must download a plug-in to use the screen-sharing tool. We also found that this webinar services provider works differently than many competing products do. You can only share files you upload before you begin, and you must prepare materials in a special Account Manager URL rather than in the application's homepage.

One of the best features of InstantPresenter is its marketing integration possibilities. Each account comes with a webpage solely for advertising your webinars. You can also advertise by way of social networking tools for sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and you can include comments from those forums in your meeting. This webinar services provider is the only one we reviewed with this level of support.

The ability to record your meetings and to host those recordings on either your webpage or one provided by InstantPresenter is another outstanding feature. You can do this with an unlimited number of webinars. The closest competition in this regard allowed hosts to keep only 10 recorded presentations. Other capabilities that come standard with InstantPresenter are in-meeting polling to help you keep your attendees involved, post-meeting statistics and reporting, meeting password protection and the ability to charge your guests for their attendance.

The most important part of a webinar is to get your message across to your audience, whether it is made up of potential clients, students or employee trainees. With InstantPresenter's audio and video options, that task is simple. The webinar services provider offers all the communication tools we looked for, including screen sharing, VoIP, webcam compatibility and embedded video sharing. Each of these tools is easy to use. Furthermore, you can upload almost any conceivable kind of document into your webinar with InstantPresenter. For example, all Microsoft Office documents are supported, as are music documents, WAV and WMV files and MOV files. This feature makes organizing your meetings easy and simultaneously enhances accessibility for your attendees.

InstantPresenter is easy to use after you spend a few minutes learning the ropes. If you do run into trouble, rest assured that you can find a solution online. The company offers free tutorials, an online manual, a FAQs page, telephone support, email support and live chat. It does not offer remote IT support.