AnyDesk vs. BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AnyDesk
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
AnyDesk Software in Stuttgart offers their eponymous remote desktop software, designed to provide resilient remote access even with poor network access.
$274.80
per year 1 licensed user with 3 login devices
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
The BlueJeans Meetings platform supported video, audio and web conferencing with the collaboration tools, as a cloud service that connects desktops, mobile devices and room systems in one video meeting. It was acquired in 2020 by Verizon and discontinued in the sunsetting of the BlueJeans product line by Verizon, in 2023.
$0
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Solo
$22.90
per month (billed annually) 1 licensed user with 3 login devices
Standard
$35.90
per month (billed annually) 20 licensed users in a team
Advanced
$79.90
per month (billed annually) 100 licensed users in a team
Enterprise
Custom
per year billed annually
BlueJeans Basic
$0
per user
Bluejeans Standard
$9.99
per host/per month
Bluejeans Pro
$13.99
perhost/per month
Bluejeans Enterprise
$16.66
per host/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnyDeskBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsAnyDesk is free for personal use and offers a limited set of features and support. Professional users need a license. Only the initiator of a session needs a license, participants are free.
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Community Pulse
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Features
AnyDeskBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
8.6
56 Ratings
8% above category average
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
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Ratings
Screen sharing9.554 Ratings00 Ratings
File transfer9.155 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant message8.650 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication9.217 Ratings00 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers7.139 Ratings00 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session8.952 Ratings00 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile8.446 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations8.943 Ratings00 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management8.535 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard8.643 Ratings00 Ratings
Session record8.847 Ratings00 Ratings
Annotations7.440 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts8.432 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control8.948 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
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Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.4
560 Ratings
7% below category average
High quality audio00 Ratings7.8558 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings7.5536 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings6.9482 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings7.1455 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
-
Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.4
529 Ratings
6% below category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings7.2529 Ratings
Whiteboards00 Ratings7.5252 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
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Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.6
557 Ratings
7% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings7.7502 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings7.2508 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.4175 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.5471 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings8.0346 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
-
Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.6
413 Ratings
6% below category average
Live chat00 Ratings8.2395 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings7.3176 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings7.4225 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
-
Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.7
412 Ratings
4% below category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.0283 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings7.4385 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings7.5252 Ratings
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Getscreen.me
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Remote Desktop Manager
Remote Desktop Manager
Score 9.4 out of 10
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Remote Desktop Manager
Remote Desktop Manager
Score 9.4 out of 10
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(55 ratings)
7.1
(567 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(5 ratings)
4.7
(23 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(31 ratings)
8.9
(203 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(14 ratings)
5.3
(17 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(16 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.1
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
4.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
AnyDesk Software
Quick connection with pre-set clients, where you can connect with or without a password, and even turn on your computer if you have it configured that way. When connecting to multiple devices, managing several windows can be confusing when, in my opinion, it could be better managed by tabs with the connections listed sequentially for visual identification.
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  • Collaboration with team members, clients and partners who spread out across the globe is made simple by Bluejeans meeting. As an Application developer it is easier for me to collaborate with people from various cultures and time zones so this is very important.
  • For code review , it plays an excellent role, it enables real time screen sharing and code discussion among my team, this facilitate quicker and more effective bug detection and correction.
  • Pair programming is a great use for it. It make possible for two programmers to collaborate on same code even when they are not physically near to each other.
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Pros
AnyDesk Software
  • It allows you to troubleshoot and fix system issues remotely
  • It enables you to give online training and presentations to your team and record it for future use.
  • It enhances you remote support experience with advanced tools
  • It offers affordable remote support solution
  • It offers higher availability
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  • Bluejeans' ability to record meetings would be beneficial for future references like If I ever needed to revisit a discussion or training sessions, I could access the recorded content, eliminating the need to take extensive notes during meeting.
  • Calendar program and messaging services are just a couple of the productivity and collaboration tools that Bluejeans frequently integrates with, scheduling of meeting and team members communication would become more efficient as a result.
  • Typically, bluejeans provides mobile app, making it usable on tables and smartphone, this enables me to take part in a meeting even if I am not near a computer system.
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Cons
AnyDesk Software
  • we should be able to connect from windows to iphone or ipad, it is now possible to connect to ipad or iphone. AnyDesk can work on this.
  • the field where we enter remote address should be more visible. New user cannot find where to enter the remote address that takes some time to connect. AnyDesk should change the placement of it.
  • If we can change the colour theme of the UI that will be an addon thing. when you daily use AnyDesk you get bored of the same UI.
  • Just like a Xmax UI. Any desk should constantly change somethings which makes the UI visually appealing.
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Discontinued Products
  • Video quality is different between their desktop app version and web browser version
  • I prefer using Bluejeans web browser version but it lack many features which are there in their Desktop App version, which is really disappointing.
  • Not a big issue but if they decrease their pricing, it will be great
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Likelihood to Renew
AnyDesk Software
This is the best remote access tool to any pc/laptop/desktop. We can make sure that we are 24/7 monitored, connected and if any technical problem arises, there can be a solution remotely with the help of AnyDesk. As AnyDesk has a remote access tool, it is easy to show clients how to do simple technical tasks on their remote pc/laptop just by loggin in from abroad
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I have used many other competing platforms platforms; however, despite the fact that BlueJeans lacks certain features others offer, familiarity, ease of use, and several things BlueJeans does better than others mean that I will stick to BlueJeans. Further, whenever I have faced a problem, I have found BlueJeans support excellent overall; no lengthy wait to understand and resolve an issue. Good product, great support, BOTH TESTED OVER TIME; I do not have an incentive to move to another platform.
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Usability
AnyDesk Software
I would like to rate it 9 out of 10 stars because the software has significantly simplified the interaction process for us. Additionally, knowledge sharing and team support can be accomplished in just a few seconds through video conferencing and screen sharing. The physical movement of manpower has been minimised after installing this software in our business.
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I don't have much experience of joining a meeting from an attendee of someone else's. As for joining a meeting I've created, it's very easy. For recurring meetings, I find the meeting in my list, and if it's near the time to start, there will be a "Join" button, and I just push that. After that, it gives me the options for joining -- video, audio, phone, screen share only. It remembers my previous choices, so mostly I just can click by that. As for attendees joining, there do seem to be connection problems from time to time and people have to log off and come back on, but we had that trouble with GoToMeeting also. Being able to mute attendees is much better in BlueJeans. When we had GoToMeeting, I constantly had problems with people joining by phone incorrectly, such that they didn't even show up in the meeting list and thus I couldn't mute them when needed.
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Reliability and Availability
AnyDesk Software
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
I have to give this a 10 rating as we have never had issues with availability. Now "quality" is a different subject
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Performance
AnyDesk Software
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
This has been a continual issue with our organization. We are a IP/H323 infrastructure so we integrate BlueJeans via the IP/H323 connections to the cloud. We still have inconsistent results with calls. Some work without issue and some calls are horribly choppy and at times freeze. If I have one complaint or reason to seek out a different competitor its this
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Support Rating
AnyDesk Software
I didn't have any technical problems and I didn't suffer from bugs or errors. Customer service has improved a lot and I no longer need to leave the office to go to the user's computer. With AnyDesk I install and remove programs, printers, scanners, settings in general. Screen sharing is excellent and without delays. Overall, I recommend and approve AnyDesk.
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Discontinued Products
In all these years, there has been ONE instance when a problem I pointed out (with screenshots, no less) was DENIED. That apart, though there have been a few instances where there has been a delay in resolution (more to do with offering new features), I have NEVER felt frustrated about help not being on hand when I needed it most.
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Online Training
AnyDesk Software
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
It is straight forward and easy to understand
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Implementation Rating
AnyDesk Software
Its easy to implement
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Discontinued Products
For me its a simple video conferencing call tool, and implementation is simply setup user account give quick tutorial during the newhire orientation faze and then the user is good to go. There is not much you need to do to get this operational. sure if you want more security there are a couple extra steps but overall simply
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Alternatives Considered
AnyDesk Software
Getscreen.me connects remotely directly from your browser, it's very convenient - no need to explain to customers what and how to install. Also, it has a very user-friendly interface. They also have all the necessary features for remote access (file sharing, WoL, black screen, session recording) and are significantly cheaper.
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Discontinued Products
Select Blujeans Meetings because it allows me to better convey my ideas and at the same time build trust through real-time videoconferences. As well as sharing documents and presentations via screen sharing, I love the option to record play and then share the recording to colleagues who couldn't attend is what's needed.
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Scalability
AnyDesk Software
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
I believe BlueJeans is easy to scale, but we have a different business model that requires a more central scheduling need. Most vendors operate on an enterprise wide environment with a one to one licensing. We have a centralized group of video administrators and schedulers that do the majority of the scheduling for multiple departments. Because we are a centralized scheduling group we need shared access to on schedule not multiple users delegating access to one another. I.E. if I have 5 schedulers, under the current licensing they would each have individual accounts and delegating those accounts to one another. So when receiving a support call they have to search 5 individual schedules to make changes to meetings. This I think is a valid need even for smaller businesses that just have a few schedulers for the rest of the groups. It would be easier if it scaled within the individual accounts
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Return on Investment
AnyDesk Software
  • It is currently the best alternative for remote assistance
  • The best option because it allows multi-platform connection between different operating systems, guaranteeing remote assistance to any type of client
  • The best integration to provide technical support, meeting your needs
  • Es la mejor alternativa para asistencia remota actualmente
  • La mejor opción ya que permite conexión multiplataforma entre distintos Sistemas Operativos, permitiendo garantizar la asistencia remota a cualquier tipo de cliente
  • La mejor integración para brindar soporte técnico atendiendo las necesidades
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  • All-Hands meetings were improved to feel less like a prerecorded video show and more like an actual conversation using BlueJeans.
  • Client meetings remained smooth in the transition to working-from-home with easy video calling and scheduling.
  • These were the main points that helped my department, as I am unfamiliar with how BlueJeans was implemented in external sales uses, but I imagine it was equally helpful for meetings when in-person was not available.
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ScreenShots

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Screenshots

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