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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Chime

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Chime is a communications service from Amazon Web Services with a built-in VoIP solution. Amazon Chime can be used for online meetings, video conferencing, and business calling, and features pay-as-you-go pricing.

    $0

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    West Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ALaunched in October 2020, Hoot Meetings from Intrado was a client-free service used to host and join video meetings. Since rebranding to West Technology Group, the company is discontinuing its collaboration technologies. Hoot Meetings is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Business Calling - Inbound
    $0.002216
    per minute
    Business Calling - Phone Numbers
    $1
    per number per month, US Only
    Meetings - Pro
    $3
    *per user per day
    Meetings - Basic
    Free
    Business Calling - Outbound
    Country Dependent
    per minute
    Business Calling - Receive Text
    Free
    US Only
    Business Calling - Send Text
    Country Dependent
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*up to $15.00 per user per month—
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Amazon Chime and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    23% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    High quality audio10.026 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    High quality video10.026 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements10.021 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Mobile support10.021 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Amazon Chime and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    9.2
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Desktop sharing10.025 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Whiteboards8.311 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Amazon Chime and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    9.7
    25 Ratings
    17% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Calendar integration10.022 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Meeting initiation10.024 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Integrates with social media8.39 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Record meetings / events10.023 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Slideshows10.021 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Amazon Chime and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    21% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Live chat10.022 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Audience polling10.010 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Q&A10.012 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Amazon Chime and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    21% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    User authentication10.018 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions10.021 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list10.016 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Amazon Chime and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video screen sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant messaging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.9 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (27 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon ChimeWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Chime is well suited for online video and audio meetings, IMs, and conducting training sessions using a whiteboard. It can be integrated well with Google Calendar and Microsoft outlook. With Amazon Chime mobile app you can attend meetings on the go as well. Meetings can be locked so that only legitimate participants can join the meeting. Amazon Chime is less suited in case you want meeting transcripts as well for your meetings. Given that Amazon Chime is not used by a larger audience so your client or customer may face some difficulties in join the meeting or accessing some of the features of the Chime.
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    It is a great choice if someone wants to add a large number of participants and have a large team. I have been using it and haven’t found it ruining the quality of video because of participants. Furthermore, My team found it easy to join the link . Something that bothers me is that it doesn’t work well with a weak internet connection and this is troublesome for us.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Chat tools, video calls, on spot meeting invite[s] easy to create and use.
    • Ability to record any meeting and automatically downloads the meeting recording after ending the meeting.
    • UI is clean and easy to navigate around Amazon Chime.
    • Ability to invite outside guests easily using Amazon Chime without any issues.
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    • Its integration with [Microsoft] Outlook is very helpful for us.
    • It provides the best quality of video and audio.
    • Its pricing is so fair and justified.
    • Its mobile application works quite smoothly.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • More simplified dial-in numbers. The PIN for our conference line is long and easy to mistype.
    • You do not have to download the Chime app in order to join a conference, but if you want to do anything beyond join (schedule a conference, participate in a group chat, control participants), you have to have the app downloaded and installed. The app that you have to download in order to launch a conference is a memory hog, and slows down a computer's boot up time.
    • The add-in for Microsoft Outlook is particularly clunky. It helps you add scheduled conference calls/video conferences to your Outlook calendar, but it can cause Outlook to crash, and creates a really slow open time for Outlook. If you can avoid downloading the Outlook Add-In, I would.
    • No built-in screen sharing capabilities.
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    Discontinued Products
    • It requires a profoundly strong internet connection or else it stops working.
    • It is buggy.
    • There should be an update on it.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    They were very supportive in answering all of our questions when we had problems. Their in-person calls but their support site also had a full set of information that can answer a good portion of your questions before you have to pick up the phone. But when you, you will get good service.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Better than Skype for Business in terms of loading the application onto your device. Skype had crashing issues always and those are comparatively low when using Amazon Chime. Amazon chime is fast and easy to work with while collaborating and setting up meetings. The audio and video quality are better than Skype for Business.
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    Discontinued Products
    I was not satisfied with the quality of video Zoom used to provide us. Furthermore, my team didn’t find the Zoom link easy to join and above all creating link for the meeting was very hard and tricky in Zoom which is easy in Hoot and Hoot works well even with a large number of participants, and my teammates find it easy.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • The positive ROI is Amazon Chime helps make our sales reps more professional in their calls leading to an increase in closed/won deals.
    • Amazon Chime has increased overall morale across our sales team because it has greatly improved our call processes when compared to other tools we've used in the past.
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    Discontinued Products
    • My team and I can better coordinate.
    • I am able to bring my team on one page and can communicate freely.
    • I can add my whole team and the quality of the video remains the same.
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