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Groupworld is an HTML5 classroom platform designed for online tutoring and web conferencing. Its core features include a real-time whiteboard, audio/video conferencing, screen sharing, video sharing, chat, and optional recording. It is not a traditional email or SMS platform, but a real-time communication and online classroom tool. Users can join a room via a link, or embed rooms into their own webpages.
The product supports Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, as well as iPad, iPhone, Android, Chromebook, and other devices, with no plugins required. Its whiteboard is a strong point, with support for drag and drop, zooming, undo, multiple pages, document upload and annotation, PDF export, plus math tools and Desmos graphing. Audio and video are based on WebRTC; two-person sessions use relatively high quality by default, while high-quality multi-party audio/video requires enabling Janus Gateway. For bandwidth, video or screen sharing requires at least 256kbps, with 512kbps up and down recommended. The site claims its server architecture has been optimized since 1997 and can support many users across multiple sessions, but it does not publish a formal SLA.
The hosted version is priced by concurrent users: Basic is USD 14.99/month for 5 users, Professional is USD 29.99/month for 10 users, and Startup is USD 59.99/month for 25 users. The self-hosted Enterprise edition is a one-time USD 1499 purchase, starts at 25 users, and can have its limits increased. A 14-day trial is available with no credit card required. For integration, Groupworld offers a Rich API, URL parameters, iframe/HTML embedding, an open-source PHP scheduling system, TutorCruncher integration, and recording uploads to Vimeo, Google Drive, and Amazon S3. The Enterprise edition also includes client-side source code and optional MySQL integration.
The main advantages are low pricing, ease of use, a full set of whiteboard features for teaching, and support for both cloud hosting and self-hosting. It is a good fit for organizations that need to embed online classrooms into their own learning platforms. The drawbacks are that the hosted version has limits on the number of users sending audio/video in a single room, recordings use a proprietary format by default, and high-quality multi-party audio/video depends on Janus configuration. On compliance, the available information only mentions TLS encryption and optional username/password access; we did not see references to certifications such as GDPR, SOC 2, or ISO.
Groupworld is suitable for individual tutors, small online tutoring companies, schools, and education organizations that want to build their own online classrooms. The available materials do not provide information on access from China, and some optional upload services involve Google Drive and Vimeo, which may be affected by local network conditions. Payments are mainly handled via PayPal, which may be less convenient for China-based teams than local alternatives. If domestic network performance, invoicing, and local compliance are priorities, it may be worth comparing alternatives such as Tencent Meeting, DingTalk Meeting, and ClassIn.
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