Mawu akuti "kanema conferencing" ndi "web conferencing" nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito mofanana, koma pali kusiyana kwina pakati pa ziwirizi.
Mwachidule, msonkhano wamakanema ndi mtundu (ndi mtundu wofunikira) wa misonkhano yapaintaneti, koma misonkhano yapaintaneti imaphatikizanso mitundu ina ndi mawonekedwe. Mwachitsanzo, ndizotheka kuti misonkhano yapaintaneti ikhale yongomvera chabe (yotchedwa audio conferencing.)
Msonkhano wapaintaneti utha kukhalanso ndi zinthu monga kugawana pazenera, kugawana zikalata, macheza, zikwangwani zoyera, ndi zina zambiri, zomwe sizipezeka nthawi zonse pamisonkhano yamavidiyo.
Mwachidule, msonkhano wamakanema ndi kagawo kakang'ono kamisonkhano yapaintaneti yomwe imaphatikizapo kulumikizana kwamawu ndi makanema. Nthawi zambiri, zimatengera wophunzirayo kugwiritsa ntchito kamera yapaintaneti ndi maikolofoni ya pakompyuta kuti awone ndikumvera wina wotenga nawo mbali pamsonkhano wapaintaneti.
Kumbali inayi, pali mitundu ina ndi ma subtypes amisonkhano yapaintaneti omwe sali pavidiyo.