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."
"Cisco Meeting Server is an easy and less complex solution."
"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."
"The UI is user-friendly and very good overall."
"What I like most about Cisco Meeting Server is its quick management. The solution also has a straightforward configuration."
"The best thing about Zoom is that it is very easy to use."
"Zoom is easy for non-tech people to use. It's straightforward and simple."
"I'm not a really technologically sophisticated user. From my point of view, if I can use it, it's likely very straightforward."
"Zoom has great functionality for virtual meetings. It's best in class."
"I've been using Zoom since the pandemic started. It's actually been a life saving product under the circumstances that were thrust on everybody."
"The grid view option is great, as you get to see everyone who is in the video conference at the same time."
"Zoom has helped me with collaboration and remote working."
"There are no restrictions on the number of participants in a single meeting, That is the beauty of Zoom, and it is also very fast compared to others."
"In Cisco Meeting Server, GUI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"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."
"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."
"This is a difficult solution to install and it should be made easier."
"Cisco Meeting Server should include a feature to control another user's screen during a remote session."
"I would like to see something like a virtual board or conference room where participants are seated around a virtual table, and pictures of them sitting on the chair or an avatar that the user can choose and control within that virtual world."
"When a lot of people join a meeting it is not possible to shrink the pictures and show them on a single screen."
"I would appreciate it if the updates weren't so frequent."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"There was a situation not long ago when there were some security fears. Some users had somebody else take control of their calls. They might have addressed these issues now, but the security needs to continue to be upgraded."
"Although I have not experienced this issue directly, I have heard that there are a lot of security issues with Zoom. Security is very important to us and I have read in the news, there have been a few security issues with them, which worries us in general. We have to update this solution to use it for business purposes soon. We have to check it with an independent security product to verify its safety."
"The security can be improved because this is one of the reasons that my organization prefers to use Skype."
"Zoom should continue to add new features to the product."
Cisco Meeting Server is ranked 8th in Virtual Meetings with 5 reviews while Zoom is ranked 1st in Virtual Meetings with 195 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 "A solution that is worth the money and requires its users to go through an easy setup phase". 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, TeamViewer, Cisco TelePresence and ON24 Platform. See our Cisco Meeting Server vs. Zoom report.
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