Amazon Chime vs Zoom | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 7.3 out of 10

Based on 21 reviews and ratings

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 1265 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Chime

Zoom

High quality audio

High quality video

Low bandwidth requirements

Mobile support

Amazon Chime

Zoom

Desktop sharing

Whiteboards

Amazon Chime

Zoom

Calendar integration

Meeting initiation

Integrates with social media

Record meetings / events

Slideshows

Amazon Chime

Zoom

Live chat

Audience polling

Q&A

Amazon Chime

Zoom

User authentication

Participant roles & permissions

Confidential attendee list

Pros

The screen sharing aspect of Chime is very useful when attempting to demonstrate functionality to our remote users.
Using Chime as an instant messaging app between our workforce is extremely helpful.
It is quite simple to send an invite and have Outlook manage the appointment. Then Chime automatically calls you when the appointment is about to start.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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It just works. Biggest complaint with our previous solution is that it took 10 minutes to connect to a meeting. Now, our users connect instantaneously.
Dashboard is fantasitic. Can access real time information to troubleshoot calls.
Admin ports offers quite a bit of information. Like that it's a one stop shop to access everything I need to administer the site, users, run reports and access the dashboard.
Tickets get resolved quickly.
Feature requests are realized quickly.

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Lead IT Network Collaboration Engineer

Informatica LLCInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

Sometimes it's a little too basic and simple
I've come across multiple times where notifications won't go away even after viewing all unread messages
Requires a lot of updates

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Melinda Saternis

Site Opertaions - Content Assistant: Men's Direct Marketing

Brooks BrothersRetail, 1001-5000 employees

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When I used Zoom while conducting some administration tasks, it wasn't quick to switch back and forth between the one providing support and the user for the copy/paste function. When I spoke to the one providing support they said it happened all the time.

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Network System Administrator

Voss IndustriesAviation & Aerospace, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Zoom 9.3

Based on 15 answers

We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.

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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

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Zoom 9.6

Based on 14 answers

Everything is easy to understand and use, new users need no training. On the flipside there are minor annoyances such as calendar export being cumbersome (need re-auth every time) and also not having recordings shared within a team or forcing people to name them.

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Matthew Gardner

Co-Founder/Product

RouteThisComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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Zoom 10.0

Based on 1 answer

There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.

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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

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Zoom 10.0

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Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.

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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Support

Amazon Chime 7.7

Based on 3 answers

Some customer service reps are great, but I find the majority are not really giving you service, they are not solving the problems and issues can go on for weeks. It is very frustrating and has made me question my decision to stay with them. Once again, there are some great ones that actually follow up when they say they will and have concrete answers, even if they say they are still researching, at least I know someone is on it.

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C-Level Executive in Corporate

Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employees

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Zoom 9.1

Based on 14 answers

As I've written before, Zoom makes us feel like we matter and that we're a client rather than a customer. They want us to succeed and they put in the time to make sure that we do. I feel like they're more of a business partner rather than simply a vendor or supplier. They spent a lot of time onboarding with us, giving us demos, helping us get set up, and then giving us follow-up to be sure it's going well.

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Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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Implementation

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Zoom 9.6

Based on 7 answers

If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.

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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Amazon Chime WILL become an industry leader. Amazon is still behind WebEx and is gaining ground on Microsoft. The advantage Microsoft will have is the ability to embed in organizations through Office, and have that advantage over WebEx as well. We selected Amazon Chime as another platform because it aided in our support from the AWS Web Services Support Team.

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Jesse Bickel, MS - PMP

Sr. IT Project Manager

CaptureRxHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Zoom is more user-friendly than any of these other options. The UI is better looking and easier to understand. Zoom also integrates well with our chosen hardware including Avocor touch screens, Huddly cameras and Shure microphones.

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Audio Visual Technician

Western UnionBanking, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

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Zoom 10.0

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Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.

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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

We use the free version, and we benefit from better access to discussions with prospective hires which can lead to increase win percentage.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Human Resources

Human Resources Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Allowed for us to start meetings at a faster speed especially with its Slack integration.
Integration with HubSpot has made it easy to also set up Zoom webinars and sync any contact data within the CRM.
Need battery chargers for laptops in a meeting lasting over an hour - drains them fairly quickly.

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Christine Austin

Creative Lead, Marketing

Impact Branding & Design LLCMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Zoom Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Virtual H.323/SIP Room Connector	49/month
Business	19.99/month

SaaS Edition

Basic	$0
Pro	14.99/month
Business	19.99/month
Zoom Room Conference Room	49/month
Webinar	54.99/month

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