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reviewer937242 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Executive at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Real User
Excellent features, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "Screen Sharing is the most valuable feature in Zoom for me."
  • "The only issue I have is that some clients have difficulty connecting to the audio side of things."

What is our primary use case?

I use Zoom to demonstrate my solution to my clients. We also use it to make external and internal client calls.

We use Zoom Internally, as well as with our clients.

What is most valuable?

The features are good. I don't have any issues with the features included with Zoom.

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

What needs improvement?

The only issue I have is that some clients have difficulty connecting to the audio side of things. It could be user issues.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Zoom off and on for many years.

I believe that we use the enterprise version of Zoom.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I don't have any issues with the stability of Zoom.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoom is scalable. 

We don't have more than ten users at once for my purposes. We haven't had to go any further.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted technical support directly. Any issues are addressed with my IT team.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Zoom is the only product that I have used since starting with this company.

In the past, I have used GoToMeeting, Teams, Skype, and Webex.

Teams is nice, but it's on the communication platform, you are only using one application. Aside from that, I can't think of any significant pluses or minuses.

How was the initial setup?

To my knowledge, the initial setup appears to be fine. I'm in sales, so I don't set up anything.

What other advice do I have?

I worked for OpenText for 13 years.

In sales, I use what I am given to work with.

I would rate Zoom an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1472166 - PeerSpot reviewer
Public Sector Cloud Services Account Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
I'm pretty satisfied with the user interface
Pros and Cons
  • "I've never had to use tech support for it. It just works."
  • "My company uses the Zoom security setting that requires the host to admit users. The host often forgets to do that, so you sometimes have a lot of people sitting out there. It would be nice if Zoom made it obvious that somebody is in the waiting room."

What is our primary use case?

Most of my organization uses Zoom. I'm in sales and everyone in this department uses it. Tech and sales use a combination of Zoom and Teams. Occasionally, we might use something like a Cisco WebEx when the customer requires it. For example, we deal with federal government clients and intelligence agencies, and they have strict requirements for communications security.

What is most valuable?

I'm pretty satisfied with Zoom's user interface.

What needs improvement?

My company uses the Zoom security setting that requires the host to admit users. The host often forgets to do that, so you sometimes have a lot of people sitting out there. It would be nice if Zoom made it obvious that somebody is in the waiting room. Also, Zoom could add the ability to have multiple users share screens.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zoom for at least two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoom does seem to use a fair amount of resources on your system. If you have other apps open, the audio can get really choppy sometimes if you try to do something else, like send an email. I did not notice this until just recently, so I don't know if this is something Zoom changed or if my system needs to be updated.

How are customer service and support?

I've never had to use tech support for it. It just works.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before we started using Zoom, we were using WebEx. Quite honestly, I think the reason the company switched was purely political.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zoom nine out of 10. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1384398 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Procurement at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Stable, and scalable, with a setup that's easy
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution can scale easily."
  • "The only thing that I can't get to work well is putting one of those little fancy wallpaper picture screens behind me during meetings so that I don't show my house or the room I'm attending from. Everyone is basically working remotely at this point. It would help to just have a neutral professional background for meetings that's easy to add."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for all of our internal and external meetings.

What is most valuable?

The solution is very stable.

The solution can scale easily.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

What needs improvement?

The only thing that I can't get to work well is putting one of those little fancy wallpaper picture screens behind me during meetings so that I don't show my house or the room I'm attending from. Everyone is basically working remotely at this point. It would help to just have a neutral professional background for meetings that's easy to add. It might be helpful if there was a tutorial to walk people through the process of adding a background. It would also be great if they offered more recommended backgrounds on hand to choose from.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for a year and a half.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is largely very stable. I've only seen one little glitch in Zoom and I don't know if it was from something on our network or Zoom's. That slight glitch happened a few weeks ago. It was only a hiccup, but that was it. That's the only one I've seen. Other than that, there aren't crashes or bugs. It's been reliable, mostly.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's very easy to scale. If we need to expand the solution, we know we will be able to.

Currently, we have at least 2,200 users on Zoom right now. We extensively use the solution on a daily basis. I use it at least five times a day myself.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have a central IT team that handles any issues we may have. We wouldn't contact Zoom technical support directly as we would go through them.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. It's not complex at all.

It's been a year and a half, so I can't recall how long the deployment actually took.

You might only need one person to handle the maintenance, and I doubt if they need to work on it full time. It's pretty low-maintenance.

What about the implementation team?

Our own in-house IT team handled the implementation and configuration for us. We didn't need outside contractors or resellers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay a corporate license for the solution. I don't know the exact pricing on the cost to the company.

What other advice do I have?

We're simply customers of the solution; we don't have a professional business relationship with Zoom.

We're using the latest version of the solution. 

I'm not exactly a technical person, so I am only speaking of my personal non-technical experience.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's been great to use so far.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Research Fellow at Insight 64
Real User
Great for remote meetings, helpful during social distancing and offers a free version
Pros and Cons
  • "There is a free version of the solution."
  • "They could improve security more."

What is most valuable?

The ability to hold remote meetings is helpful.

There is a free version of the solution.

What needs improvement?

The solution shouldn't charge so much for their services.

I'm always in favor of a lower price. That said, I find there's a big gap between the free version and the professional version. When I looked at what it would cost to be able to get the full version, I said, "Gee, that's too much." If there was something in between the free version and the least expensive paid version, I probably would have paid for it. I would've gone for that. 

They could improve security more. 

They should make it a little bit easier to use, in terms of screen-sharing. One of the problems I have is when I go into a screen-sharing mode, I don't see what the other people see. If I could have my screen synced with what was being shared and me, that would be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for a couple of years, but my usage, like everybody else's really picked up with the COVID pandemic.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution can be pricey.

What other advice do I have?

I do use Zoom, but again, just as an ordinary consumer. I don't have any experience with the high end or professional version.

Normally when I would use it, it would be because some associate or organization I was dealing with was using Zoom in order to reach out to people like me. I didn't even realize until a few months ago, that Zoom charged in order to get a version that was capable of handling more than a few users. I always wondered how they made money.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1380390 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founding Member at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Ability to record interviews has assisted with my studies; screen share and annotation are good features
Pros and Cons
  • "Ability to record interviews."
  • "Variable sound quality."

What is our primary use case?

My main use for Zoom has been for collaborating with other students, but I also use it for tutoring and for recreational purposes with friends and family. I'm not using Zoom in the workplace but at the university where I study, all the students use it and we meet regularly on Zoom. I've downloaded it to my computer and mobile phone and for now, I'm using it on a daily basis. I would love to work remotely so I would definitely consider using it more. I'm an elementary educator and customer of Zoom. 

What is most valuable?

Screen share is a great feature. I've used it for recording interviews and then I'm able to refer back to it or download and publish it. Annotating is a very helpful feature and of course the chat is nice if there's a lot going on and you want to talk individually to an individual who's on there. I think it's quite an intuitive solution regarding use and I've had pretty good luck with the quality, so it's just an easy place to have a group gathering.

What needs improvement?

It seems that lately it takes a while to connect and a long time to load. It would be helpful if that was a little more instantaneous. And then I guess sometimes the sound quality can be a bit of an issue.

I'm not super technical, but it really would be great if the quality could be improved. I'd also like to see the ability to receive alerts when the product is offline, and notifications about upcoming meetings. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for almost a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

So far it's working. It's very stable for me.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very straightforward, it took just a few minutes. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Enterprise Engineer at Computech Limited
Real User
An extremely significant time saver for our employees
Pros and Cons
  • "It allows for both support and communication at the same time."
  • "When sharing a screen, it's only dedicated to one particular window, not multiple windows"

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is for our engineers who spend some of their time working remotely. For now we have four people in the company using the solution but we're in the process of encouraging use of the solution for our customers who need support so they will no longer need to go to customer sites. The main reason is that when it gets to the level of engineering, we need to dedicate a particular team to do the remote support and they need to work on something which can be used easily at any time. I'm an enterprise engineer and we're a customer of Zoom. 

What is most valuable?

The valuable feature of Zoom is that it's easy to setup and is very user friendly. It allows for both support and communication at the same time.

What needs improvement?

The only limitation is that when you're sharing your screen, it's only dedicated to one particular window, not multiple windows, as opposed to Teamviewer where you can have the entire environment and access the laptop rather than sharing a window. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for 18 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I find it more stable than other products such as AnyDesk or Teamviewer.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and technical support?

I haven't needed technical support because it was easy for me to navigate through and find what I was looking for. It is self-explanatory. If you want a meeting, you look for a meeting. If you want support, you go for support and it's open, transparent.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup is very straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

It's important to create an awareness of the product and its uses to customers because most customers over here don't understand what Zoom is. This is not only for meetings but for our technical support. It saves us so much time not having to travel great distances. 

It's straightforward and very easy to implement. It doesn't need any dedicated process to install or to configure. All you need is just an email account or a Facebook account and you're good to go.

I would rate this product a nine out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Thomas Köppner - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Consultant at Apptio
Real User
Top 5
A highly stable solution that can be used for video conferences and webinars
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Zoom are the audio and video quality and the ease of use when setting up meetings."
  • "The solution is not very useful for chat and lacks highlighting functionality."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoom for video call sessions.

How has it helped my organization?

Zoom drastically reduced the amount of travel because most customer meetings can be done via Zoom meetings. It makes training and webinars quite interactive with the help of breakout rooms, which is quite nice.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Zoom are the audio and video quality and the ease of use when setting up meetings. Interacting during the meeting by highlighting things, using whiteboards, and chatting makes it an interactive and good experience. The webinar functionality and the interaction options during meetings are useful features of Zoom.

What needs improvement?

I often use a highlighting feature in Slack Huddles, which makes it easier to point someone in someone else's screen share. Zoom should include a highlighting feature like in Slack Huddles. The solution is not very useful for chat and lacks highlighting functionality.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoom is a highly stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoom is a scalable solution. We have a couple of hundred Zoom users locally, and we have worldwide around 1,000 users.

What other advice do I have?

We use the cloud version of Zoom. Users should really focus on the video conferences and webinar functionality. Zoom is not designed for chats, channels, or discussions.

Overall, I rate Zoom a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Henny Claessens - PeerSpot reviewer
SIG’s (Security & Authorizations, HCM, BI, Solution Manager, User Experience) at VNSG
Real User
Top 20
Provides valuable feature for communication and has an easy setup process
Pros and Cons
  • "Zoom's most valuable feature is communication."
  • "There could be more integration options for Zoom."

What is most valuable?

Zoom's most valuable feature is communication.

What needs improvement?

There could be more integration options for Zoom.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Zoom for five to six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Zoom's stability an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is highly scalable. I rate its scalability an eight out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. I rate its process a nine out of ten.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is an inexpensive product. I rate its pricing a two out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

It is a good product. I rate it a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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