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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)

    Score2.5 out of 10
    N/ABlueJeans 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

    LiveWebinar

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALiveWebinar is a cloud-based tool that helps users manage online webinars, meetings, training, live streaming, chats, screen sharing, social media broadcasting and high definition (HD) recording via web browsers. It is a customizable solution that allows users to change logos, room colors, and design layouts, as well as create personalized registration forms to match their business's brand identity, and control email delivery and report designs. LiveWebinar allows users to broadcast…

    $17.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
    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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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsVIDEO 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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    Community Pulse
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    44 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of BlueJeans Events (discontinued) and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    7.7
    30 Ratings
    0% above category average
    LiveWebinar
    7.3
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Dashboards7.526 Ratings6.72 Ratings
    Data exportability8.028 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of BlueJeans Events (discontinued) and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    6.8
    74 Ratings
    18% below category average
    LiveWebinar
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    High quality audio8.874 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Mobile support7.566 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of BlueJeans Events (discontinued) and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    8.2
    73 Ratings
    1% above category average
    LiveWebinar
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendar integration7.764 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.771 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Slideshows6.762 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Event registration9.832 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of BlueJeans Events (discontinued) and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    7.6
    68 Ratings
    11% below category average
    LiveWebinar
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Audience polling8.956 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Q&A8.964 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of BlueJeans Events (discontinued) and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    6.4
    68 Ratings
    27% below category average
    LiveWebinar
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Participant roles & permissions9.466 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list5.856 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of BlueJeans Events (discontinued) and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    6.7
    24 Ratings
    17% below category average
    LiveWebinar
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Branding options7.523 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation6.019 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
    Small Businesses
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.6 out of 10
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score2.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (74 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.3
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (44 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)LiveWebinar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    LiveWebinar is best for individuals holding quick meetings or daily scheduled events. Having friction less meetings for teams which does not require prior app installation or setup makes this the perfect webinar platform for persons with techphobia. Schedule, Send, and Start the meeting. There's even built in surveys and tests which makes the meeting or event more engaging and interactive. Unfortunately for multi-day events, it is very hard to use LiveWebinar for this purpose. Let's say for virtual conferences which has defined dates and times for each session, LiveWebinar won't fit this purpose, or at least, it is very hard to execute this scenario using the platform.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
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    • Let's you create dedicated (permanent) meeting rooms for recurring meetings/training.
    • Easy overview of all past events/webinars.
    • Branding of a meeting room with company logo possible.
    • Lots of features that make the meeting more professional.
    • No need to install software to connect to a webinar.
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    Cons
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    • 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).
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    RTCLab
    • Connectivity and streaming are not always reliable and a webpage needs to be reloaded.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    RTCLab
    Absolutely love the features of Livewebinar and it's probably the most advanced Live webinar solution that I have used. Even with the absence of a native mobile app, the platform is useable on mobile or tablet screen sizes. There's no noticeable lags during the presentation and users find it easy to use and navigate during the presentations / webinars.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    RTCLab
    LiveWebinar is an all in one solution for daily meetings and events. I made it a 9 as it is almost perfect in its current form. However, there were some reported issues on mobile connectivity as there is no native app of LiveWebinar for both iOS and Android. Moreover, I'm hoping that LiveWebinar could connect to my Google, Outlook, or iCal calendar to synch events regularly. I'd love to see my calendar inside LiveWebinar which makes it to the top of the feature wishlist for this platform. Further, if LiveWebinar is able to handle multiple day events or meetings with just a few clicks, that would make this platform, a 11/10 rating!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    BJ Events is Available always when we need it. There was no situation that we encountered an error or an outage. How are you doing this? :)
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    Customer support of LiveWebinar is top notch. They are available almost 24x7x365. I rarely wait for the next response and given that people are not suppose to work on holidays or weekends, their support agents are always there to lend a helping hand. The responses are spot on. It's not that I need help with platform having some issues or anything, but for general account questions, they quickly respond to each and every query I raise over to support. Definitely one of the best things with LiveWebinar.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Important to gather all infroamtion from client and ensure all basis are acknowledged before actually doing the installation of equipment
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    • Lower cost of ownership
    • Same or superior features
    • No additional software needs to be installed to join the meeting since everybody has already a web browser.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
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    Return on Investment
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    • 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.
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    RTCLab
    • LiveWebinar has made coordinating schedules for training easier.
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    ScreenShots

    BlueJeans Events (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of This is the event interface as it appears to event moderators.Screenshot of The presenter interface allows up to 150 on-camera speakers to host events.Screenshot of Join from any video-enabled room, computer, or mobile device. Access events on browsers without downloading an app.

    LiveWebinar Screenshots

    Screenshot of live streamingScreenshot of LiveWebinar brandingScreenshot of Room view on laptop and mobileScreenshot of Room view with live chat and participantsScreenshot of Room view YouTube PlayerScreenshot of User panel - registration forms + automation