BlueJeans Events was a cloud-based platform that enables presenters to interact over video and stream their event to thousands of viewers, supporting all-hands meetings, webinars and large-scale events. The product was acquired by Verizon in 2020, and discontinued in 2023.
$41.67
per month
Kaltura
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Kaltura, headquartered in New York, offers enterprise or large scale video storage, streaming, and distribution supporting a variety of purposes such as streaming, enterprise video portal, interactive video and virtual classroom, or podcasting.
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Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Events - Video Webinars 100 Attendees
$41.67
per month
Events - Video Webinars 200 Attendees
$50.00
per month
Events - Video Webinars 500 Attendees
$57.50
per month
Events - Large Scale Events (Up to 150k Attendees)
Custom Quote
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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
No setup fee
Additional Details
VIDEO WEBINAR / EVENT FEATURES
Host an unlimited number of non-concurrent webinars
100, 200, 500 attendee plans available
Maximum webinar duration is two hours
Attendee registration workflow & reporting
Moderator Dashboard delivers production controls in a single pane
Attendee engagement - Chat, Raise Hand, Q&A with Up-Voting, & Live Polling
No download, browser-based attendee experience
Dolby Voice included for crystal-clear audio
Widescale live streaming via Facebook Live
Automated closed captioning for improved accessibility
Intermission & Pause Broadcast feature
Presenter prep room and attendee waiting area
Online support only
Live and Self Paced Training (free)
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Features
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Reporting & Analytics
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7.7
30 Ratings
1% above category average
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Dashboards
7.426 Ratings
00 Ratings
Data exportability
8.028 Ratings
00 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
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6.8
74 Ratings
18% below category average
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High quality audio
8.874 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile support
7.566 Ratings
00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
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8.2
73 Ratings
1% above category average
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Calendar integration
7.664 Ratings
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Record meetings / events
9.771 Ratings
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Slideshows
6.862 Ratings
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Event registration
9.832 Ratings
00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
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7.6
68 Ratings
10% below category average
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Audience polling
8.956 Ratings
00 Ratings
Q&A
8.964 Ratings
00 Ratings
Online Events Security
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6.4
68 Ratings
27% below category average
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Participant roles & permissions
9.366 Ratings
00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list
5.856 Ratings
00 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
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6.7
24 Ratings
15% below category average
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Branding options
7.423 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation
6.019 Ratings
00 Ratings
Video Marketing
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7.5
5 Ratings
1% below category average
Lead generation
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5.72 Ratings
Video personalization
00 Ratings
10.04 Ratings
eCommerce
00 Ratings
5.72 Ratings
Support for advertisements
00 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Video SEO
00 Ratings
7.33 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation
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7.01 Ratings
Video Platform Integrations
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7.3
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Integration to Salesforce.com
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5.01 Ratings
Integration to Marketo
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5.01 Ratings
Integration to Eloqua
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9.01 Ratings
Integration to LMS
00 Ratings
10.03 Ratings
Video Security
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8.3
7 Ratings
4% below category average
Video access controls
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8.57 Ratings
User management
00 Ratings
8.07 Ratings
Video link sharing
00 Ratings
8.07 Ratings
Internal video
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8.76 Ratings
External video
00 Ratings
8.37 Ratings
Video Player
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7.8
6 Ratings
5% below category average
Player customization
00 Ratings
8.35 Ratings
Embedded videos
00 Ratings
8.36 Ratings
Video quality / Bandwidth controls
00 Ratings
8.76 Ratings
Mobile compatibility
00 Ratings
5.76 Ratings
Video Analytics
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6.4
5 Ratings
20% below category average
A/B testing
00 Ratings
6.02 Ratings
Streaming quality reports
00 Ratings
6.43 Ratings
Per viewer tracking
00 Ratings
6.45 Ratings
Per video tracking
00 Ratings
6.45 Ratings
Video analytics dashboard
00 Ratings
6.75 Ratings
Video Hosting, Management & Storage
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8.1
7 Ratings
7% below category average
On-Demand video
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8.05 Ratings
Live streaming
00 Ratings
7.73 Ratings
Impact of streaming on network
00 Ratings
8.33 Ratings
Video upload & format support
00 Ratings
8.37 Ratings
Video library / File management
00 Ratings
8.07 Ratings
Video portal
00 Ratings
8.56 Ratings
Video Engagement
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BlueJeans Events is really well-suited for large attendance virtual events and meetings. It was perfect for many of the classes I've taken, as well as hosted, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, where oftentimes in-person classes and interactions have been limited. I love how BlueJeans Events fosters meetings and interactions for large numbers of individuals, despite the fact that in-person meetings of this size have not entirely been feasible during the past year and a half.
Kaltura is an excellent tool IF you have a large library of content. It can be pretty pricey so if you are early in launching an online program you may be better off waiting a few years until you've amassed a large enough catalog to warrant the investment in such a tool. The tool is best purchased by a University or company-wide vs having a single department try to find the budget for it. The unlimited plan pays for itself in most cases if you go this route. Secondly, you must be willing to invest time and resources into on-going training for your faculty and staff, especially for those who wish to create their own media and use the quizzing features.
Automatically generated reminder emails to registered attendees before the event.
Easy to host a panel and have them meet before the event goes live.
Moderator chat allows for those running the program to chat without all of the attendees seeing. This allows for you to address technical issues, program flow, etc.
Very easy to use interface for uploading videos or capturing a screen recording. There are very few clicks required to get the media up and running. The video conversion process that happens on the back-end is fast and provides videos in device agnostic formats.
Integrates well with other systems, such as our Moodle LMS. This extends the capabilities of the LMS and also allows us to keep video/multimedia content organized in a central location (the KMC).
Kaltura can be connected to various processes within your organization. For example, we have a system in place that allows a video lecture in a classroom to be uploaded to Kaltura in a very easy manner.
User/role management is very important as some people on campus have more privileges to publish content than do others. We have Kaltura connected to our Single Sign-On solution for authentication and we can assign roles to specific people within the Kaltura software.
Reliability is the biggest challenge I see with BlueJeans. There are times when BlueJeans seems to handle the demands of a big company seamlessly, but then there are other times when BlueJeans runs into issues that I've seen affect entire offices for extended periods of time which creates a challenge for the teams who depend on BlueJeans to effectively run their remote meetings. While in the grand scheme of things, these outages have been few and far between, when they happen people aren't able to start their BlueJeans meetings and have to scramble for an alternate way to meet (while attendees are simultaneously having issues trying to dial into the BlueJeans meeting).
Aside from the occasional outage, the quality of the video and audio is pretty solid. With variables that are likely outside of the BlueJeans product (office connectivity, bandwidth issues, internal routing) there are times where BlueJeans would either lag or echo which would either impact the output for the host of the meeting (who likely has a room full of participants) or multiple attendees. It would be great to see BlueJeans enhance their packet handling in these cases to prioritize audio over video (and perhaps auto-adjust video quality when there are bandwidth issues).
We use it frequently and it has its advantages so I don't see better options for some kind of meetings. The quality of video and audio are great and that's what is very important to us. We like thing being professional. BlueJeans is simple and rich in possibilities. What's more, BlueJeans support is great and professional, they don't forget about their customers.
The choice to renew our subscription does not belong to us, though we are able to provide input. We are aware of competitive products who have matured in the past three years, and we are aware now of alternatives to conventional plugin usage (LTI).
This rating comes from end user experience. When they step into a meeting, they get asked to put in SSO credentials if the meeting is restricted. In many cases, the meeting is open to anyone and staff needs to enter a name to continue. Some staff will forget to add a name and come in as a Guest. Call in options will only provide the phone number for the person calling in on the participant roster. This overall can be a little confusing for some, but to others this is a great service.
I think that BlueJeans Events is 7/10 because it's pretty efficient. The audio and video quality is pretty great. I've only had a few connectivity issues but otherwise, it's performed fine. The features are also impressive; I am a huge fan of being able to record my calls so that I can refer back to them whenever necessary.
I really like site bluejeans.com and how simple it is.You can find there instructions, tips and how to create event or secure it! Of course FAQ is always useful and that's what you can find there too! Of course there is contact to support team which I remember was great and professional. Support Team really cares about their customers and don't forget about them. It feels like you can always count on them and reach out with any kind of question(s) which I think is very important.
The first line support agents seldom are able to diagnose or troubleshoot any problems that we have. These agents simply open support tickets in their system which are escalated to a foreign level 2 support agent which creates at least a day delay between reporting a problem and getting initial feedback. Any back-and-forth questions add at least another day delay.
BlueJeans Events is an all-in-one platform that works well when used as a moderator and as part of the audience. The feature that was useful was the practice session it allowed us to do for our tech check. Made the day of our event less stressful.
Kaltura was the best option given the sheer volume of people we needed to support digitally. Others were better in their own regard, but due to limitations in number of attendees or sessions, Kaltura was the best option
We've been using BJ Events with big event and it worked as good as smaller one. All meetings were international and it didn't seem like it at all, I mean the quality was great. Maybe time delay was noticeable sometimes (sound to video) but it might also be caused by poor quality of internet connection.
There has certainly been significant cost savings on travel, particularly for internal communications. We have also found that BlueJeans has been better than other client systems like Webex. For example, we regularly switch to using BlueJeans over customer systems (Webex, Skype for Business).
Certainly meetings are shorter and more productive, specifically our daily standup meetings with remote users.
Managing video content with the KMC has greatly reduced the amount of hours previously needed to manage.
User issues ie: uploading video, viewing video has been greatly reduced.
Increased user engagement with using video in LMS courses. We currently have 6,929 videos on our system. Last month , 2/1/14, 17,623 videos were viewed at least 75% of the way through.