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The Whiteboard feature enables meetings in which everyone can join to type, draw, and write
Pros and Cons
  • "Whiteboard is a good feature for having a meeting in which everyone can join to type or draw, and write. If we have a brainstorming-type meeting, we can share our own ideas with the whiteboard."
  • "They should improve the sharing file features from accessing the internal network. If we cannnot share our documents through this meeting, our meeting productivity will decrease dramatically. We need these features."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoom for our internal meetings and meetings with customers. We also use this platform for our training programs. For internal meetings, we use it through our internal network. For the training, we use the public network. Since we have the COVID-19 situation, we cannot have a meeting or training face to face, so we select this platform instead of Skype for Business which lacks features we expected and has a slow network. Mostly, our meeting size might be 3 to 20, and the training might be 10 to more than 100 people. 

How has it helped my organization?

Showing our faces helps this COVID-19 circumstance to feel that we are not alone and we can easily access and communicate with each other. We do not have a limitation for our communication. We can communicte with each other anywhere and anythime. However, we have a security issue and cannot use some of the features from our company network. One example is that we cannot share the internal use only files because the file sharing feature through our network cannot use it. That made us choose another platform. 

What is most valuable?

Whiteboard is a good feature for having a meeting in which everyone can join to type or draw, and write. If we have a brainstorming-type meeting, we can share our own ideas with the whiteboard.

Breakout room helps us to set the group discussion during the training. Before this platform, we have to design the multi-network to achieve this situation.

Icon status chat helps if the participants have any questions or any comments the facilitator can see through the features. These features are important because the facilitator cannot see their face directly so we cannot see their expression and never know whether they understand what the facilitator says.

What needs improvement?

Security is the biggest concern issue right now, otherwise, we cannot use this platform in our organization. That situation will affect our meeting and training infrastructure. Our use is not only communication but also sharing useful documents and ideas.

They should improve the sharing file features from accessing the internal network. If we cannnot share our documents through this meeting, our meeting productivity will decrease dramatically. We need these features.

We need features like a dashboard type for the whiteboard. After moving to the breakout room, they can write or create some outputs on the whiteboard. However, after moving back to the main room, they cannot share the outputs. If it is a text, we might paste and copy but it is not user-friendly.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for one month. 

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

We are considering some of them like WebEx, MS Teams because it solves our issues.

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

The use case and size will matter to the organization.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Owner at MATR
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Top 5
Provides good video quality and screen-sharing capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution provides good video quality."
  • "Zoom should introduce AI features that allow you to understand a person's emotions."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for personal meetings where I have discussions with outside people.

What is most valuable?

The solution is easy to set up and use. I feel Zoom is stable for the kind of requirement I have. The solution provides good video quality. Zoom has good screen-sharing and presentation capabilities.

What needs improvement?

Zoom should introduce AI features that allow you to understand a person's emotions.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for many years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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Core Solution Delivery Manager at G-Able
Real User
Top 5
Easy-to-use product with efficient reliability
Pros and Cons
  • "It has efficient security features as well."
  • "The product's interface needs enhancement."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for Zoom is for conducting meetings and attending virtual learning sessions.

What is most valuable?

The platform's most valuable features are collaborative video call and chat functionality.

What needs improvement?

The product's interface needs enhancement.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Zoom for many years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product. I rate it a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The platform is capable of handling around many hundred users.

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

We used Microsoft Teams before.

How was the initial setup?

Zoom is easy to install.

What about the implementation team?

I implement the product myself. It's mostly an automated installation process.

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

We have to pay for the product's license.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend stable, easy to use, and reliable. It has efficient security features as well. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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Network Administrator at Letshego
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Efficient solution for virtual meetings
Pros and Cons
  • "The video stream is very cool, and it's an efficient solution."
  • "It's a heavy application that requires a lot of bandwidth. I would like to see Zoom incorporate those features where you can share documents and form teams while still maintaining efficiency."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoom for virtual meetings. We have 250 people in our company using Zoom.

This is a cloud solution.

What is most valuable?

The video stream is very cool, and it's an efficient solution.

What needs improvement?

It could be more user friendly, like having permission to share documents quickly with other users.

It's a heavy application that requires a lot of bandwidth. I would like to see Zoom incorporate those features where you can share documents and form teams while still maintaining efficiency.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution since 2019.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable.

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

Before using Zoom, we used Cisco Webex. Compared to Microsoft Teams, I see Teams as being very heavy. I see it as a solution that was developed in a rush. It's just too heavy if you don't have the bandwidth. It's not as efficient as Zoom.

Zoom gives you the experience of seeing the other person who you are conversing with, even though the person is remote.

How was the initial setup?

Installation is very easy.

What about the implementation team?

We did the installation ourselves.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10. 

I recommend this solution. It's very comfortable and easy to use.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Zoom meetings, definitively most valuable, but Zoom webinars are also quite good. 

Managing Partner & Founder at Dabahn
Real User
Easy to set up, simple to use, and very intuitive
Pros and Cons
  • "The setup is rather simple and straightforward."
  • "It's not really the fault of the product, however, the internet connectivity can sometimes be an issue."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for meeting with clients.

What is most valuable?

Zoom is very familiar. It's intuitive. It has all of the features you would expect from the other popular conferencing options. 

It's easy to use.

The setup is rather simple and straightforward. 

What needs improvement?

It's not really the fault of the product, however, the internet connectivity can sometimes be an issue.

The splitting of the speaker can be frustrating. When you're talking to folks from the presentation, being able to move them around to different screens would be useful. With Zoom, everyone stays on one screen.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've used the solution for a while. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

While we only have about 20 people that use Zoom, we have clients that have tens of thousands of users on the product.

The solution seems to be scalable. We haven't had any issues with scaling as needed. You can add or remove people easily.

How are customer service and support?

I've never personally used technical support. I cannot say if they are helpful or responsive, having never spoken to them. 

How was the initial setup?

There are no issues with the initial setup. It's very easy. I wouldn't describe it as difficult or complex. 

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

I don't even know what it costs. Someone takes care of that for us.

What other advice do I have?

We're customers and end-users. We don't have a partnership with Zoom.

We are using the most up-to-date version of the solution. 

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. It works well for us and we never have any issues. There are no complaints. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Strategy & Operations at Allstacks
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Very user friendly, easy to share screens, and lots of useful features
Pros and Cons
  • "There are lots of great features available to every user."
  • "How they have the gallery aligned when someone is sharing a screen isn't ideal right now. If there were more options on how to arrange it, would be ideal."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use the solution for remote meetings.

My typical use case is doing product tours, as well as tool connections, and explainer videos for how to use dashboards for our product. I teach people through virtual training. 

How has it helped my organization?

Technically, the solution hasn't changed the way I work so much. I've been remote since before COVID-19 and all my work is being handled in the same way as it was before. However, I'm very aware that for everyone else in the world it's probably changed the way meetings are traditionally handled.

We have a technical product that is quite complicated to understand without being able to visually see and walk people through it and show them how to use it. Zoom makes it possible to do visual training. Instead of being in there face to face, however, we're able to actually just walk them through each training session and new users can ask questions, and dive deep into the product to understand it better.

What is most valuable?

I like being able to record the sessions if I need to. I also like the option to annotate.

The options to add polls and share screens are great.

There are lots of great features available to every user.

It's pretty user friendly and easy for people to use. All the clients I have say they don't typically have any problems getting into it or using it. It's great in that respect.

What needs improvement?

I would say the polls need improvement. 

When you're using the video, there's a little dialogue box that pops up. It's annoying to everybody who uses Zoom. It would be nice if it had some more features for driving interaction and engagement during meetings. However, they need to make sure the dialog box is up there in a more convenient way. 

How they have the gallery aligned when someone is sharing a screen isn't ideal right now. If there were more options on how to arrange it, would be ideal. 

The ability to make it easier for poll creation and usage would be helpful. If I make a poll, I want it to be accessible to all my different meetings, not just that one meeting. Right now, it's a lot of extra work due to the fact that I have to continuously re-create it every time I need it. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for at least a year, or, maybe at this point, two.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't had any problems with stability. It's actually been much more stable than the other five different conferencing tools I have used. I'm happy with that. It's quite reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We only have 16 users on the solution at this time. That's everyone in our organization.

We use the solution often, however, since everyone is already on it in our organization, we don't have plans to scale more or increase usage. We're already at 100% usage.

From day one, we've been using video conferencing as our main method of communication.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've never had to reach out to technical support. I have a background in IT, so my instinct, if I run into issues, is to figure everything out myself. I can't speak to the quality of their service since I've never dealt with them.

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

I've tried about five other solutions, and Zoom, by far, has been the most stable and reliable.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is pretty straightforward in some ways. However, it's not intuitive per se. It's straightforward once you're aware of it, and yet, there are a lot of features I didn't even know were there until I did some research. It wasn't obvious from how they have their website set up. You have to really dig for features. I found it only after six months or a year into using it.

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

We currently use the business account on Zoom. I'm not sure of what the exact costs are to use the solution. The pricing, as I understand it, is very straightforward. There might be just one add-on cost, which would be for users who would like to join in or talk via toll-free dialing.

What other advice do I have?

We're just a customer. We don't have a professional relationship with Zoom.

In terms of advice for implementing the solution, I would probably just say make sure that new users go into the settings within their account and see what they have turned on and off. For instance, I just told my CEO and a couple of the other executives about the option to annotate because I assumed that they knew that was possible. They didn't. 

There's also the capability of using a whiteboard. There are a bunch of other really great features that are available as well that are not obvious at first. Users need to just go in through their account settings and click on everything and set the account up in ways that are convenient for them depending on what they're trying to accomplish. 

It's strange that the majority of the cool features are by default disabled, so users have to go in and become familiar with them on the back end. Everyone needs to take the time to make sure you really play around with it, or go to the help center and watch some videos, and read some of the articles to see what's available.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Owner at Sabath Supply Chain Consultants, Inc.
Real User
A great format for connecting visually to clients and for sharing graphics
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to share graphics and visuals."
  • "Occasional system overload that requires a restart."

What is our primary use case?

I generally use Zoom for meetings when presenting to potential customers. It's a good way of being able to present information. I own the company and I'm a customer of Zoom. 

What is most valuable?

It's great that I can see people when I'm talking to them, it's really important to have that feature and to connect to clients. I also like the ability to share graphics; the ability to go through a PowerPoint presentation or share other visuals is very important. Beyond that, I know there are lots of other capabilities that we haven't used very much.

What needs improvement?

There are sometimes too many parallel meetings going on and the system gets overloaded, somebody drops out or we have to start over again. That's something that could be improved. 

I'd like to see 100% reliability in the solution. I also find that the controls are a little awkward, but that's a minor point. It's really the consistency and the reliability that are the big issues.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this product for a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable solution most of the time, but I think it's dependent on the number of users at a given time. Too many users and you can have some issues. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In general, the solution is scalable although there are occasionally issues when meetings are conducted in parallel and we might lose a connection.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've made one or two calls to customer support and shared emails with them so it's been quite limited. I got a reasonable response, they were pretty decent.  

What other advice do I have?

I think the main thing I would suggest is to get some kind of assurance that there won't be overload problems. I believe one of my clients has some kind of arrangement or package with them and we've never had a problem on any Zoom meeting with this client. 

I find that I can have more meetings and greater effect using Zoom. I've had many live meetings and conference calls over the years. It's difficult to connect with clients on a conference call. Zoom makes meetings as effective as a live meeting or close to it.

I'd rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

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Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
High quality video, simple to use, and quick setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The standout feature of Zoom is its excellent connectivity, offering high-quality audio and video. Additionally, its familiarity stems from being an early adopter in the field of online communication during the onset of epidemics. Previously, I had used a different system for video conferences in another company, which primarily relied on room-based conferences rather than peer-to-peer video conferencing. However, with the need to communicate directly with peers, Zoom emerged as the first and preferred choice for me. Overall, I consider it the top option and the primary tool I use. Additionally, the solution has all the functionality I need."
  • "In addition to Zoom, I frequently utilize Slack, and I particularly appreciate its huddle functionality. What I find appealing about Slack is the ability to simultaneously chat and have video capabilities. It would be beneficial if Zoom offered similar features integrated with some form of channel system, although I acknowledge that I am not involved in the product management aspect. Personally, I believe this integration would make Zoom even more compelling and engaging for users like myself."

What is our primary use case?

I use Zoom for virtual meetings.

What is most valuable?

The standout feature of Zoom is its excellent connectivity, offering high-quality audio and video. Additionally, its familiarity stems from being an early adopter in the field of online communication during the onset of epidemics. Previously, I had used a different system for video conferences in another company, which primarily relied on room-based conferences rather than peer-to-peer video conferencing. However, with the need to communicate directly with peers, Zoom emerged as the first and preferred choice for me. Overall, I consider it the top option and the primary tool I use. Additionally, the solution has all the functionality I need.

What needs improvement?

In addition to Zoom, I frequently utilize Slack, and I particularly appreciate its huddle functionality. What I find appealing about Slack is the ability to simultaneously chat and have video capabilities. It would be beneficial if Zoom offered similar features integrated with some form of channel system, although I acknowledge that I am not involved in the product management aspect. Personally, I believe this integration would make Zoom even more compelling and engaging for users like myself.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoom for three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had some issues with the connection but this could be my ISP and not the solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Zoom is good.

We have had a lot of users using the solution in the past.

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

I have used Webex and Zoom has better quality.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Zoom was not difficult. A corporate account can be more difficult. The time it takes for the implementation is quick, approximately 15 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others.

I 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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