We performed a comparison between HCL Sametime and TeamViewer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zoom Video Communications, Cisco, TeamViewer and others in Virtual Meetings."I can view the status and availability of colleagues or team members, which makes it easy to approach them when they are available."
"The product and platform work well. That is why I have stay with them so long. The stability has typically been good."
"I recommend it as a solution for remote disk users."
"TeamViewer has a lot of options for deploying the Hosts, where you can mass deploy them very easily, and you can pre-configure them."
"It is quite simple to set up."
"This is a unique solution that is very easy to install."
"The most valuable features of TeamViewer are the ability for administrators to lock the remote systems, simple connections, and easy login access."
"The most valuable feature of TeamViewer is the remote access connection. Additionally, it is easy to use."
"I have found the solution to be user-friendly even for beginners. It is not that sophisticated. There are different types of security features available, such as encryption and random machine ID."
"The webinar should be integrated into Sametime for a larger number of participants."
"On occasion, when remote connection process can't connect to a machine, the error messages aren't always helpful to tell you why you can't connect, as the message doesn't help troubleshoot whether it is too slow, too much interference, etc. I usually have to run to another computer and figure out what is going on, then restart it. The diagnostics could be improved."
"It would be very helpful if they could provide a manual for the installation process and describe more of their features."
"TeamViewer could improve by having a cloud version. Having the solution on the system could cause some cyber security concerns with data."
"Sometimes we'll have a device in the field, and I'll click on remote control and it says "Can't authenticate." I'll double click in a different part of the TeamViewer interface and it'll say "Can't authenticate." Then I'll do it a third time and it connects. It's possible that it's just bad luck. It's also very possible that it's some bug within TeamViewer..."
"The stability of TeamViewer is good, but it could be better."
"It would be useful if the solution could facilitate more than one remote user accessing my desktop at a time."
"I would like to see something like a TeamViewer mobile application for iOS or possibly Android. I think this would be fantastic given how technology is evolving today. It would be beneficial to use it with your smartphone."
"We have a consultant that helps us do the virtual aspects of TeamViewer."
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HCL Sametime is ranked 26th in Virtual Meetings while TeamViewer is ranked 3rd in Virtual Meetings with 84 reviews. HCL Sametime is rated 8.0, while TeamViewer is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HCL Sametime writes "Easily communicate and share files with colleagues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TeamViewer writes "Solid cross-platform remote control, but with kludgy central management and some serious feature issues on macOS". HCL Sametime is most compared with Zoom, whereas TeamViewer is most compared with TeamViewer Tensor, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Parallels Access, ISL Online and LogMeIn Central.
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