Cisco Meeting Server vs Zoom comparison

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

"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."

"Cisco Meeting Server is an easy and less complex solution."

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

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

"Screen Sharing is the most valuable feature in Zoom for me."

"The initial setup is straightforward as this is a cloud application. It only takes a few seconds."

"The solution is easy to use and loads up documents for sharing."

"Zoom has a variety of functions, including setting up virtual offices and virtual office hours. It's a stable and scalable platform with good chat support."

"One of the most valuable features is the user interface. With every new update, they introduce new useful features."

"The feature I find the most about Zoom is that you can have a private chat in a group call."

"Zoom has facilitated our remote and hybrid meetings, particularly in the context of our agile processes such as scrum. In the past, estimating story points required physical presence in a room, where we would use visual cues or hand gestures. We can create polls with Zoom and share them with team members for direct input. The recording feature is also good. Additionally, features like whiteboarding allow for specific collaboration sessions tailored to different team members' needs. Auto-scheduling meetings and integration with Microsoft Outlook make organizing and attending meetings effortless. Overall, the product is good and convenient."

"There are lots of great features available to every user."

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

"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."

"This is a difficult solution to install and it should be made easier."

"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."

"They should remove any restriction of time."

"In the free version, you are restricted to just 40-minute meetings, however, it is free, and therefore you can't ask for too much. It's still okay."

"The virtual background could be more smoothly integrated with the rest of the software."

"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."

"Zoom's user interface could be improved. For example, it could have bigger buttons for elderly people."

"It would be helpful if Zoom could integrate with our medical systems."

"There are occasional latency, sound and audio quality difficulties."

"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."

"Cisco Meeting Server has reasonable licensing costs."

"Licensing fees are billed yearly."

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

"The personal version is free. However, there are fees required to use the solution for business."

"In the basic version, there is a 40-minute time limit on group meetings."

"Zoom has a less expensive subscription than other solutions such as Cisco Webex."

"My company is using the paid version of Zoom."

"There are paid and free personal accounts for Zoom."

"Zoom is free."

"I am using the free version of the solution. However, it has a time limit of 45 minutes for meetings. We do not have meetings longer than 45 minutes, it is fine for us."

"Zoom is free to use."