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Virtual Meetings
April 2024
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We performed a comparison between Cisco Meeting Server and Polycom RealPresence Desktop based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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A scalable tool useful to hold conferences and video meetings
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  • "Licensing fees are billed yearly."
  • "Cisco Meeting Server has reasonable licensing costs."
  • "Price-wise, Cisco Meeting Server is a product that falls in a mid-range category."

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    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    955
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    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
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    Overview

    Cisco Meeting Server brings premises-based video, audio, and web communication together to meet the collaboration needs of the modern workplace. It works with third-party devices, and provides an enjoyable and intuitive user experience. It also scales easily, and can be purchased using our all-in-one, user-based multiparty licensing offer.

    Polycom RealPresence Desktop is a powerful, enterprise-grade video chat app for PC & Mac. The video conferencing software extends communications beyond the typical conference room setting to mobile professionals. RealPresence Desktop combines quality HD video, industry-leading interoperability, and security that is both cost effective and highly scalable.

    When powered by Polycom's infrastructure, customers can extend desktop collaboration value with app management, interoperability, scalability, resiliency, and multi-point calling.

    Sample Customers
    Starz
    John Laing, China Daily, Lincoln Fire and Rescue, NATO Communications and Information Agency, NHS Home Dialysis, Silver Chain, South Carolina Department of Mental Health, nimed
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Government13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Cisco Meeting Server is ranked 8th in Virtual Meetings with 5 reviews while Polycom RealPresence Desktop is ranked 23rd in Virtual Meetings. Cisco Meeting Server is rated 8.4, while Polycom RealPresence Desktop is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Meeting Server writes "A scalable tool useful to hold conferences and video meetings". On the other hand, Cisco Meeting Server is most compared with Webex, Pexip, Zoom, Skype for Business and Cisco TelePresence, whereas Polycom RealPresence Desktop is most compared with Huawei Video Conferencing Platform.

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