Cisco Meeting Server vs Polycom RealPresence Clariti comparison

Cisco and Poly are both solutions in the Virtual Meetings category. Cisco is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0, while Poly is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0. Cisco holds a 9.2% mindshare in VM, compared to Poly’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Poly users who would recommend it.

Cisco Meeting Server

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80% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cisco Meeting Server and Polycom RealPresence Clariti 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.

To learn more, read our detailed Cisco Meeting Server vs. Polycom RealPresence Clariti Report (Updated: December 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Meeting Server

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Polycom RealPresence Clariti

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Cisco Meeting Server is 9.2%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Polycom RealPresence Clariti is 1.9%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Ahmed Elrayes

Voice Network Engineer at Raya Integration

A scalable tool useful to hold conferences and video meetings

I use Cisco Meeting Server for conferences and video meetings, which are crucial for my company The share screen option available during conferences is one of the best features of Cisco Meeting Server. In Cisco Meeting Server, GUI is an area of concern where improvements are required. In the…

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Sreejith Thulasidas

Senior Engineer - UC - Service and Solutions Deployment at FVC

Provides video calling facilities with good video and audio clarity

Polycom RealPresence Clariti is very bad when moving towards the cloud. I think that Microsoft Teams and Zoom have already taken over the market. Polycom is currently looking into more end devices than server components and infrastructure. A cloud version would have been better, but that will not be feasible for Polycom now. It would have been helpful to have a cloud version during the migration stages, but now the time has gone. As a company, it's better for Polycom to look into the video conferencing devices rather than the infrastructure. Earlier, one of the advantages was that the infrastructure was very much open, and it was easy to integrate the tool with other platforms like Cisco. That is not the scenario now, and Polycom should concentrate on the endpoint hardware devices.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The UI is user-friendly and very good overall."

"The share screen option available during conferences is one of the best features of Cisco Meeting Server."

"What I like most about Cisco Meeting Server is its quick management. The solution also has a straightforward configuration."

"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."

"Some proprietary Polycom features include speaker tracking, acoustic fencing, noise cancellation, active noise cancellation, and noise cancellation AI."

"The most valuable feature is its integration with solutions like Zoom and Teams for endpoints. The picture quality is high, and the conference sessions are stable."

"It's on-prem, which is great."

"It does a good job of integrating with other software."

Cons

"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."

"In Cisco Meeting Server, GUI is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"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."

"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."

"Polycom RealPresence Clariti is very bad when moving towards the cloud."

"The most valuable feature is its integration with solutions like Zoom and Teams for endpoints. The picture quality is high, and the conference sessions are stable."

"The customer needs this platform to be a little bit more customized."

"Could have a wider range of use cases."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco Meeting Server has reasonable licensing costs."

"Price-wise, Cisco Meeting Server is a product that falls in a mid-range category."

"Licensing fees are billed yearly."

"Polycom RealPresence Clariti is definitely more expensive than others in the market because of its high quality."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Government

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco Meeting Server?

Cisco Meeting Server is an easy and less complex solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Meeting Server?

Price-wise, Cisco Meeting Server is a product that falls in a mid-range category.

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What needs improvement with Cisco Meeting Server?

Cisco Meeting Server should include a feature to control another user's screen during a remote session.

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What do you like most about Polycom RealPresence Clariti?

The most valuable feature is its integration with solutions like Zoom and Teams for endpoints. The picture quality is high, and the conference sessions are stable.

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What needs improvement with Polycom RealPresence Clariti?

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What is your primary use case for Polycom RealPresence Clariti?

Our clients use the solution for its video calling facilities and internet calling services. They wanted to use it with different platforms like Microsoft. Polycom RealPresence Clariti is an open p...

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Also Known As

Acano

RealPresence Clariti, Clariti

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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.

RealPresence Clariti is simple, powerful, cloud-ready collaboration infrastructure software for businesses of all sizes that connects people with HD voice, video, content and web collaboration.

Sample Customers

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Baptist Health Corbin, North Carolina Central University

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