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BlueJeans Meetings vs Google Hangouts comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BlueJeans Meetings
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
13th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google Hangouts
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of BlueJeans Meetings is 0.6%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Hangouts is 0.4%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

Saurabh Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Accommodates large meetings with up to 500 participants, and I find it pretty intuitive and user-friendly
As per company policy, most internal meetings happen through Google Meet, but for large-scale meetings with more than 500 participants, we use BlueJeans Meetings. It's more like a broadcast meeting platform, which Google Meet doesn't allow The main advantage is the ability to host large meetings…
ANIS QURESHI - PeerSpot reviewer
Quick and seamless meeting setup offers a smooth experience
I sometimes use Google Hangouts for my personal meetings only I find that Google Hangouts is very quick and easy to create a meeting, which is its biggest benefit. It doesn't have a 40-minute limitation unlike Zoom. It is easy to set up as well, taking just a couple of minutes. So far, I think…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is available in all flavors. You can use it in the browser, and you can use it on an Android phone for which a BlueJeans app is available. I use an Android phone, so I only know about Android. So, you can join a meeting from the application installed on your phone or from the mobile browser, or you can use it from a laptop or a PC."
"It is really easy and there are no complicated graphics or icons. It is simple and has an intuitive design. It's user-friendly over anything else I have used."
"The main advantage is the ability to host large meetings with up to 500 participants. The sound quality is also better on BlueJeans. I find it pretty intuitive and user-friendly."
"The quality of both audio and video is good."
"I think that Google Meet allows for easy interaction and has additional features, such as background blurring, among others."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ability to allow the sharing of screens and the way it allows a user to take control of another system."
"It is very easy to use and is available as soon as you open a Google account."
"I find the sound quality of Google Meet a valuable feature. You can join Google Meet with just your phone. You only need the link of the meeting to join."
"The group chat is a very good feature, where you can see all of the participants on cameras."
"The most valuable features are the chat features and the video conferencing features that enable more than two or three people to be connected at a time."
 

Cons

"I haven't had any big challenges. The annotation feature should be improved. So if I need to mark something or point something out, it's there, but it's not that user friendly. Other than that it's fine. In terms of collaboration, I think there could be some improvement."
"Its cost is very high. If you sell it in India, which is a price-conscious market, the prices should be as per the market competition. You cannot charge the rates that are applicable in the US. They should tailor it to the local market. It should be in line with what the competition is offering."
"Screen sharing is available but there is no feature for remote access, to take control of another machine."
"BlueJeans doesn't allow as much customization of your background in a video call, so that could be improved."
"Google Hangouts is not as feature-rich as Slack. Adding more features to this solution would make it better."
"I would like to see support for showing virtual backgrounds."
"There is no recording feature in Google Meet. However, Zoom has the recording feature and we use it for any calls that require recording."
"Collaboration in Google Hangouts has room for improvement compared to Microsoft Teams. On Microsoft Teams, you can share a document directly and work on that document all at once, in real-time, with other team members, which isn't the case with Google Hangouts."
"I would like for the platform to have a call recording feature in the free version."
"The platform's screen-sharing feature and the participant panel could be improved."
"It is not as stable. They can improve its stability."
"Google Hangouts could improve by allowing someone to record a meeting without the need to have a company email. You cannot record with a Gmail account."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I once tried buying it for myself, but it was very costly. It is quite expensive as compared to other solutions. With BlueJeans, there are carrier charges if you call the toll-free number. The customer doesn't pay for the call, but the buyer or the subscriber of BlueJeans has to pay for it. That is where BlueJeans becomes very costly, and that is where Google, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom are very helpful because you don't have to pay these charges."
"We are a small team and a small organization such as ours just uses the free version of Google, so there's no cost associated with Google Hangouts at the moment."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"We pay an annual license to use the solution."
"Google Hangouts has reasonable pricing, but I don't use the paid version because I only have a small budget, though you get more features from the paid version."
"There is no license cost."
"We are using the free version of Google Hangouts."
"I think there is a need for payment for licensing, but as students, we didn't have to pay for it when we were using it. Our professors were the ones paying for it since they needed to record the sessions."
"There is a need to make certain payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product and some other tools that are included in the suite offered by Google. Google Hangouts alone as a product is available for free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
89%
Government
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Financial Services Firm
2%
Educational Organization
97%
Computer Software Company
1%
Financial Services Firm
0%
Retailer
0%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BlueJeans Meetings?
The main advantage is the ability to host large meetings with up to 500 participants. The sound quality is also better on BlueJeans. I find it pretty intuitive and user-friendly.
What needs improvement with BlueJeans Meetings?
In future releases, I would like to see maybe customized virtual backgrounds, like Google Meet has. BlueJeans doesn't allow as much customization of your background in a video call, so that could b...
What advice do you have for others considering BlueJeans Meetings?
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend using it.
What do you like most about Google Hangouts?
It's integration with Google is the valuable feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Hangouts?
I can't comment on the pricing as I have no idea about it.
What needs improvement with Google Hangouts?
The filtering is good. That said, sometimes, due to system restrictions, I can't use blur effects or other filters. The chat feature could be improved to allow tagging users for notifications.
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Criteo, Seattle Children's Hospital, The Wharton School, Wikia, Telit, Epilepsy, NENW, IPENZ, Medanta, Mphasis, Royal Academy of Dance, Wharton, Red Hat, HKS Architects, Forum of the Future, Commonfund
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