Camtasia vs. Macromedia Breeze for online training

[aklemmer -at- factset -dot- com]

Hi techwhirlers,

My group currently uses Webex to record instructor-led mini-seminars and
publish them over the web. (We don't offer these seminars live due to
logistical issues.)  Lately I've been getting fed up with Webex to the
point where I'm seriously ready to suggest we switch to a different
software package. My main complaints about Webex are basically tied into
the fact that it's primarily geared towards live web-conferencing, thus its
features for recorded sessions leave much to be desired (the
bookmarking/segmenting "feature" is a hack; ditto for the
recording-editor).

Two products I'm considering:
* Macromedia Breeze
* Techsmith Camtasia

Looking at their respective websites, Breeze looks slightly more attractive
in terms of feature-set, plus I've always been satisfied with Macromedia
products (we use Flash and Dreamweaver.)  We do require hosting services,
which Breeze offers.  Finding out what Breeze actually costs is going to
take some detective work, however.... the website seems purposefully vague.

I searched the archives but couldn't find much recent/relevant info.  Does
anyone have experience with using either of these products for similar
purposes? If so please share your experience.... thanks!

Abby Klemmer
FactSet Research Systems