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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BigBlueButton

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ABigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing platform designed for online learning.N/A

    BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)

    Score3.6 out of 10
    N/AThe 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.

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    Pricing
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Would buy again
    99 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    83 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    105 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    76 Answers
    Features
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of BigBlueButton and BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigBlueButton
    -
    Ratings
    BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    7.2
    560 Ratings
    9% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings7.6558 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings7.4536 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings6.7482 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.0455 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of BigBlueButton and BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigBlueButton
    -
    Ratings
    BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    7.2
    529 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings7.1529 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings7.4252 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of BigBlueButton and BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigBlueButton
    -
    Ratings
    BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    7.5
    557 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings7.7502 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings7.0508 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.2175 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.4471 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings7.9346 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of BigBlueButton and BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigBlueButton
    -
    Ratings
    BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    7.5
    413 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.1395 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.2176 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings7.3225 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of BigBlueButton and BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Feature
    BigBlueButton
    -
    Ratings
    BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    7.6
    412 Ratings
    6% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.0283 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings7.3385 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings7.4252 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (567 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (203 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.3
    (17 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 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
    BigBlueButtonBlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Open Source
    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
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Open Source
    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
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It is straight forward and easy to understand
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    Implementation Rating
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Open Source
    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
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    • 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

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