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reviewer1539471 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Vice President at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
It doesn't require any IT skills or use up a lot of bandwidth
Pros and Cons
  • "Zoom is incredibly easy to install. You can download it immediately on a mobile phone or go to the website. You don't need a lot of IT skills to get it running."
  • "Compared to Skype and Teams, Zoom is missing one feature, and that's the ability to call people. In Teams, I can call anyone I want. It's like a telephone. I can do the same on Skype, but I have to send a link in Zoom."

What is our primary use case?

I've used Zoom personally and professionally. We use it for virtual meetings and presentations for management or customers. We use Zoom or Teams for anything that requires a group discussion.

What is most valuable?

Zoom is nice. It does not consume a lot of internet bandwidth.

What needs improvement?

I want Zoom to be integrated with virtual or intelligence boards. This would be useful when you are giving lectures.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using Zoom for three or four years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoom is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have a maximum of 50 users now.

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

I used Skype before Zoom.

How was the initial setup?

Zoom is incredibly easy to install. You can download it immediately on a mobile phone or go to the website. You don't need a lot of IT skills to get it running.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Compared to Skype and Teams, Zoom is missing one feature, and that's the ability to call people. In Teams, I can call anyone I want. It's like a telephone. I can do the same on Skype, but I have to send a link in Zoom. They click on the link and contact me. If I'm driving, I can't just click on one of my team in Zoom.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zoom nine out of 10. It's great software. I would recommend it.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Easy to use and performs well
Pros and Cons
  • "Some of the most valuable features are the performance and ease of use. Also, since everyone knows about and is familiar with Zoom, you don't need to teach them how to use it."
  • "Zoom's user interface could be improved. For example, it could have bigger buttons for elderly people."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case is for conducting virtual meetings. Sometimes I use it for trainings as well. 

What is most valuable?

Some of the most valuable features are the performance and ease of use. Also, since everyone knows about and is familiar with Zoom, you don't need to teach them how to use it.

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for around two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoom is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There are over 1,000 people using Zoom in my organization. 

How are customer service and support?

I have never needed to contact technical support, but I believe their support is good. 

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

I haven't previously used another virtual meeting solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The installation is very simple. You can do it yourself. 

What about the implementation team?

I implemented this solution myself. 

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

My organization has a yearly license for Zoom. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zoom a nine out of ten. I would definitely recommend it to others. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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reviewer1712268 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Stable, good performance, and straightforward implementation
Pros and Cons
  • "I have found Zoom to be stable and it has good performance."
  • "When anyone installs Zoom for organizational purposes, then it's fine because all the safety and protection is taken care of by the organization. However, when it's done on a personal basis the terms and conditions, you are not secure."

What is our primary use case?

Zoom is used for virtual meetings. Additionally, we use it for chatting, sending files, and voice messages in our organization.

What needs improvement?

When anyone installs Zoom for organizational purposes, then it's fine because all the safety and protection is taken care of by the organization. However, when it's done on a personal basis the terms and conditions, you are not secure.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have found Zoom to be stable and it has good performance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoom is scalable. The solution is used by our whole organization and the number of people using it is approximately 250,000.

How are customer service and support?

I have never encountered any issues to contact support.

How was the initial setup?

The installation is straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

I did the installation myself.

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

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

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zoom an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer930951 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Straightforward installation, but the user interface could be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "I felt the installation to be straightforward."
  • "The interface could be more user-friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for virtual meetings. 

What needs improvement?

The interface could be more user-friendly. I am only referring to my limited personal experience. This should not present an issue for an experienced user. 

It's a little bit hard for me to type the numbers, as we mostly use Teams, meaning our experience is lacking. I have used the solution on several occasions, although not too many. This difficulty could, perhaps, be chalked up to my lack of experience. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Zoom for one or two years.

How was the initial setup?

I felt the installation to be straightforward. 

I do not know for certain how long this process lasted, perhaps 15 minutes.

What about the implementation team?

One can handle the installation on his own, as I have made use of the solution on several occasions. I have endorsed the solution in the past and make use of it myself, so I do not need recourse to the information. 

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

As I am not in charge of managing Zoom, I cannot speak for the licensing requirements. I believe that all of their licenses are purchased, so that they may use the solution for their teaching purposes. 

What other advice do I have?

I assume that the solution is cloud-based, although I cannot say for certain as I am just a user. 

The solution has so far been fine for me and has not presented too many issues. 

I do not know for certain how many users are using the solution in our organization, although I would estimate this figure to exceed 1,000, maybe reaching several thousand. I know there are at least a thousand. As we are a university, we have several thousand people, numbering more than 10,000 students, some of whom are making use of the solution. However, there are those who are not, so I cannot only guess at the number. At least a thousand seems reasonable. 

I would recommend the solution to others, although there is really no choice in its use, as this is done out of necessity. 

I rate Zoom between a six and seven out of ten. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1472169 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Good audio and video quality, ease of use, accountability and intuitiveness
Pros and Cons
  • "I rate Zoom as an eight out of ten, owing to the quality of its video and audio, its accountability, ease of use and intuitiveness."
  • "The technical support is very bad."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoom for conference calls of a comparatively large scale. 

What is most valuable?

I rate Zoom as an eight out of ten, owing to the quality of its video and audio, its accountability, ease of use and intuitiveness. The UIs are very easy. Everything on Zoom is good. 

What needs improvement?

The technical support is very bad. If one is using Zoom SDK for building up his internal tool, then the support he can expect on a Mac OS is very bad. There will not be support for the latest version of the Xcode and development involvement. There are many challenges and integration is difficult. These are some of the issues which have been relayed to me by certain developers. 

There is an issue with the integrations with custom applications. If, say, I am using Zoom SDK for customizing a product, I would encounter difficulty in integrating it with one of my native products. The technical expertise and documentation provided is very poor and that won't help the developers integrate everything smoothly.

I have encountered certain difficulties with Zoom screen-sharing and multi-use of sharing. There should exist the ability to share for multiple users. 

How are customer service and support?

Zoom's technical support is very bad. The technical documentation and expertise they provide is very poor and does not facilitate an entirely smooth integration by the developers. 

What about the implementation team?

We integrated in-house. However, the responses we received to the many questions we posted on the Zoom developer portal were not good, lacking prioritization. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

In addition to the solution, we evaluated Zudy VINYL, but noticed that the packages they offer are a bit on the costly side. 

What other advice do I have?

A friend of mine customized Zoom for one of his solutions. 

We are working with customers on multiple solutions, as we are part of a service provider company. We have the technology tools that our customers require.

Our Zoom use spans the entire organization. Mainly managers make use of it and sharing will be done with the team. We generally use Microsoft Teams for internal communication. 

I rate Zoom as 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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reviewer1642617 - PeerSpot reviewer
OEM Medical & Defense Business Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Easy to set up, simple to use, and very stable
Pros and Cons
  • "It's got a simple, easy-to-understand user interface."
  • "There were some security issues early on, however, they have fixed the problem, and now it is fine."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use the solution for virtual meetings.

What is most valuable?

The solution is easy to use.

It's got a simple, easy-to-understand user interface.

The solution is stable. 

The product scales well.

The installation is very easy.

What needs improvement?

I cannot recall coming across any missing features. It works well enough.

I've never had any issues with the product itself. 

There were some security issues early on, however, they have fixed the problem, and now it is fine.

The solution could always use better performance. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for two years now. It's been a while. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is very good. It's reliable and works when you need it to. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

You can scale this solution. If you need to expand it, you can do so in order to incorporate more people.

We have a few thousand users that use the product in our company currently. It's pretty widely used. 

How are customer service and support?

I haven't had any issues with the product. Therefore, I've never spoken with technical support. I cannot comment on how helpful they would be, or how responsive due to never having dealt with them directly. 

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

I also use Microsoft Teams, and I prefer using that over Zoom.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's quite straightforward and very simple. A user shouldn't have any problem with the process. 

What about the implementation team?

I can handle the implementation myself. I do not need the assistance of an integrator or consultant. The entire deployment is very quick.

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

I don't have any details in regards to the licensing or the general cost. It's not an aspect of the solution I deal with. 

What other advice do I have?

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten overall. I've mostly been happy with its capabilities. 

I would recommend the solution to other users or organizations. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1316499 - PeerSpot reviewer
Research Assistant at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Good video quality and screen recording, but the 40-minute time limit is too short
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is the screen recording."
  • "I found it very confusing to set up a meeting."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoom to have weekly team meetings. These are informal meetings for a software development group.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the screen recording.

What needs improvement?

Zoom should provide online storage where we can send and share documents with people in our meeting.

Zoom is not totally free, which is one of the reasons that I don't choose to use it.

I found it very confusing to set up a meeting.

I was only able to host meetings that were 40 minutes long, which was not enough time. That duration was not long enough for the topics that we needed to cover.

I would like to see a chat function for messaging outside of video conferencing.

Privacy needs to be improved because when you download a meeting transcript after it is complete, even the private chat of other users is visible.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for about four months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoom is stable for video but I have had trouble with hearing the voice. This could have been related to my network.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Our meetings normally have 12 users.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have never contacted technical support. If I have a problem then I just switch software, rather than spend the time speaking with support.

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

I have now switched to using WeChat instead of Zoom for most things, other than my weekly team meetings. First, WeChat is totally free. Also, with the enterprise version, we are able to share documents while we're sharing screens. It has quite a bit of storage that we can use to upload material.

Most of the students in my school have WeChat and when we have a meeting, a notification is sent. It's quite convenient. WeChat is better designed for Chinese users and it takes their habits into account.

WeChat has a scheduling feature where people can see my calendar, which is very important for setting up meetings.

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

The cost of Zoom has led me to use WeChat, instead.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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staff at ARIZONA HUMANITIES
Real User
Easy to use, but takes end-users time to become comfortable with it
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
  • "It takes time to acclimate end users to the product."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary uses for this solution are committee meetings and webinars.

How has it helped my organization?

It did not make a difference one way or the other. Users cared more about audio than they did the video connection.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use.

What needs improvement?

It takes time to acclimate end users to the product. It cannot replace direct, face-to-face human interaction.

For how long have I used the solution?

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