We performed a comparison between Google Hangouts 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."It has efficient recording features."
"Google Meet is a clear and simple solution."
"It is easy to use, and we don't need to make a lot of configurations."
"The most valuable feature of Google Hangouts is the ability to record the classes that I'm not able to attend. I can use the class recording to view whatever I missed later."
"Communication platform that's effective in project planning, project status communication, and virtual meetings. Setting it up is straightforward."
"It's integration with Google is the valuable feature."
"The solution is easy to use and navigate."
"Google Hangouts is easy to use and intuitive."
"The product is quite secure and you can use it remotely. I've never heard of there being any security issues."
"Zoom is easy to use and does not consume very much in terms of resources."
"The product's most valuable features are chat and video streaming."
"A light application that has many features."
"There is no installation, you can give someone a link to the chat and they can access the chat through the link."
"Ability to record interviews."
"The feature I find the most about Zoom is that you can have a private chat in a group call."
"I like Zoom's ease of use and how easy it is for non-tech people to interface with it. Other video conferencing solutions can be somewhat challenging for non-tech people, so you often end up waiting for people to connect."
"Google Hangouts restricts you to those with a Gmail account."
"Google Meet could be more secure."
"There is no recording feature in Google Meet. However, Zoom has the recording feature and we use it for any calls that require recording."
"I think the version that I'm using doesn't allow recording. I guess it's more of a licensing issue than anything else, and it needs to be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see call recording made available."
"The stability of Google Hangouts could still be improved. How virtual backgrounds are handled also needs improvement."
"Maybe they should offer more security features."
"I would like to see more focus on features for interacting with the participants in a group chat, such as screen sharing."
"The price must be improved."
"The product could use some more automation."
"Lacks an indicator on chat to show that a message has been read."
"In the next release, I would like to see better security."
"I can't think of any features that are lacking."
"Zoom is not a good product for webinars."
"Whiteboarding would allow me to utilize the screen to draw something, explain, and write something."
"Zoom could be improved by adding more dashboards."
Google Hangouts is ranked 6th in Virtual Meetings with 51 reviews while Zoom is ranked 1st in Virtual Meetings with 199 reviews. Google Hangouts is rated 8.2, while Zoom is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Hangouts writes "A tool for personal use with good screen-sharing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoom writes "Easy to use and provides good video and sound quality". Google Hangouts is most compared with , whereas Zoom is most compared with Webex, Skype for Business, TeamViewer, Cisco TelePresence and Office 365. See our Google Hangouts vs. Zoom report.
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