We performed a comparison between Cisco TelePresence and Skype for Business 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."Telepresence's most valuable feature is keeping highly paid employees, such as executives, on the ground instead of wasting time flying around the world. So if you have the right telepresence plan and form, it's not just the video cameras and the systems behind them, it's the way you lay out your meeting room.You can have multiple offices interconnecting in a single meeting, and it looks like everybody's in the same big conference room together because the telepresence yields such a fantastic amount of clarity."
"We have a dual screen option to enable video and content sharing."
"It was stable. So, I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The configuration is a valuable."
"The most valuable features of Cisco TelePresence are the basic standard features and the ease of use. Additionally, the configuration and integration are exemplary."
"PresenterTrack cameras improve the meeting experience."
"TelePresence allows our customers to have a quick meeting while traveling and still be effective. It saves time and money."
"The SpeakerTrack feature is the most valuable feature."
"I like the seamless integration to local telecommunications."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is overall it is an okay solution."
"I have found Skype for Business to be stable."
"The solution is scalable and is capable of working on every appliance on every operating system."
"The solution is easy to use and includes the ability to text message, video and voice chat, and transfer files."
"The most valuable features are the history tracking which allows us to see who participated and who didn't in the meetings as well as the integration with Outlook."
"File sharing and email invitations for a conference. I can have a meeting with people at the opposite end of the Earth, sharing documentation; it is quite easy."
"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"The calling features can be improved."
"The price of Cisco TelePresence overall should be reduced."
"MX800 comes only with one available DVI port. A few more HDMI ports will improve the system's capability."
"The tool is expensive."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup a three out of ten, with ten being expensive. It was complex with badges and certificates. Too crazy."
"I was in touch with one of our clients and they mentioned that they would like to have a holographic video conferencing. It would be great if that feature would be added."
"We would like to better customize our instructions within the Outlook plugin/invite, but we are unable to do so."
"Skype for Business is not stable."
"I feel bored with the look and feel of the tool, so it should be changed."
"There might be some invitation issues with Skype for Business."
"The solution should improve the chat and add more flexibility to make a call."
"I am not familiar with all of the features or whether they can hold conferences because we use Zoom for that. But, in my opinion, if they can do something similar to what Zoom is doing, it will be a complete solution."
"Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."
"The challenge we had with Skype for Business was with the signing in when a user signed out and when signing in back in again, there was a bit of a problem. We switched from Skype for Business to Teams, and Teams never had that sign-in problem once we did the switch."
Cisco TelePresence is ranked 9th in Virtual Meetings with 7 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Cisco TelePresence is rated 8.0, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco TelePresence writes "A scalable solution that needs some improvement in pricing and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". Cisco TelePresence is most compared with Zoom, Webex, Polycom RealPresence Clariti and Cisco Meeting Server, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Cisco TelePresence vs. Skype for Business report.
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