We performed a comparison between Cisco Meeting Server and Zoom based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The share screen option available during conferences is one of the best features of Cisco Meeting Server."
"You can use the Cisco Meeting Server to set up conference calls and virtual meetings. Those are the two primary functions of Meeting Server. Most people in the company are using Microsoft Teams, so we only use Meeting Server when we have an internal meeting for all staff."
"What I like most about Cisco Meeting Server is its quick management. The solution also has a straightforward configuration."
"Cisco Meeting Server is an easy and less complex solution."
"The UI is user-friendly and very good overall."
"The overall quality of Zoom is very good, it performs well. The interface works well."
"There are many valuables features of Zoom. The visibility is very good. The ability to see everyone that is talking and the indication spotlight of who the primary speaker is helpful. The solution is interactive, the participants are able to raise their hand, comment, give gestures, such as thumbs up or down."
"Another advantage of Zoom is that it is easier to link a person that is not a Zoom user than it is with WebEx."
"There are lots of great features available to every user."
"As a technical support guy, I think it's crucial to be able to connect with people remotely. Zoom is simple to use because they can share the screen and talk. The user can walk me through the issue they are facing."
"I'm using it only for meetings, and it is good for me. It provides options for remote control and screen sharing."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable features of Zoom are the audio and video quality and the ease of use when setting up meetings."
"In Cisco Meeting Server, GUI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"This is a difficult solution to install and it should be made easier."
"A few features are missing on the Meetings app, like a recording function. My understanding is that you need to buy a separate recording solution. It's modular, so you have to enable some functions if you want to use them. For example, we had to enable the Mood function. Recording is the primary feature we'd like to see in the app."
"What would make Cisco Meeting Server better is integrating it with Zoom and Teams so that you can connect or make a call through any of the two third-party solutions."
"Cisco Meeting Server should include a feature to control another user's screen during a remote session."
"Extra security would be a good added feature."
"The video side should be improved, especially if too many people log in at once."
"The security can be improved because this is one of the reasons that my organization prefers to use Skype."
"It is difficult to collaborate."
"I find while using Zoom sometimes there is a lot of disturbance while on the call. There is a lot of network issues, and sometimes the screen freezes, and you have no way of figuring out what went wrong. You have to restart the computer all over again, or you lose some of the words that someone was saying during the meeting, such as what the person is trying to say in the midst of that conversation. Additionally, there have been times it has disconnected and was not able to start."
"Zoom could improve by being more user-friendly."
"I have read some news about Zoom being a little bit insecure, but when we never had any issue with it. They can improve by making the sessions more secure."
"Zoom could improve by increasing the time limitation in the free version."
Cisco Meeting Server is ranked 8th in Virtual Meetings with 5 reviews while Zoom is ranked 1st in Virtual Meetings with 201 reviews. Cisco Meeting Server is rated 8.4, while Zoom is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Meeting Server writes "A scalable tool useful to hold conferences and video meetings". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoom writes "Easy to use and provides good video and sound quality". Cisco Meeting Server is most compared with Webex, Pexip, Skype for Business, Cisco TelePresence and Polycom RealPresence Clariti, whereas Zoom is most compared with Webex, Skype for Business, Cisco TelePresence, TeamViewer and ON24 Platform. See our Cisco Meeting Server vs. Zoom report.
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