BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Score 6.2 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
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Meeting Server was a conferencing solution for allowing the user to setup a conference any time using a wide range of Cisco and Jabber devices, and third-party solutions (e.g. Skype for Business). The product has reached its end-of-life, and is discontinued.N/A
Pricing
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Features
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.3
560 Ratings
8% below category average
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
8.0
9 Ratings
1% above category average
High quality audio7.8558 Ratings8.69 Ratings
High quality video7.5536 Ratings8.29 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.9482 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Mobile support7.1455 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.3
529 Ratings
8% below category average
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.4
8 Ratings
6% below category average
Desktop sharing7.2529 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Whiteboards7.4252 Ratings6.57 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.5
557 Ratings
8% below category average
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.4
9 Ratings
10% below category average
Calendar integration7.7502 Ratings7.98 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.1508 Ratings8.79 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.3175 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.5471 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Slideshows8.0346 Ratings8.48 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.6
413 Ratings
6% below category average
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.5
8 Ratings
7% below category average
Live chat8.1395 Ratings7.98 Ratings
Audience polling7.3176 Ratings7.37 Ratings
Q&A7.3225 Ratings7.47 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.6
412 Ratings
5% below category average
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
8.2
9 Ratings
2% above category average
User authentication8.0283 Ratings8.79 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.3385 Ratings8.29 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.5252 Ratings7.77 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.2 out of 10
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.8 out of 10
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(567 ratings)
7.9
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(23 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(203 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(17 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Cisco meeting Server can be used to host meeting for a small group 2 people and also can host meeting for hundreds of people. Even if the scalability increases no compromise in the call and consistent performance can be observed. The video quality is clear and there is no noticeable latency between audio and video. The recording feature is well placed and it helps a lot in rectifying and processing the important points that might have been left out during the meeting.
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Pros
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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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  • Integrates well with other devices
  • More than 1 person can be on video call with minimal lag
  • Quiet cost effective for a company with many employees
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Cons
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  • 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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  • Allowing more user interaction rather than just video and audio.
  • Split screen option to share content and view faces from those on the meeting.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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because we're satisfied of the product
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Usability
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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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very easy to use and quick to learn
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Reliability and Availability
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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
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
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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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I never used Support
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Online Training
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It is straight forward and easy to understand
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Implementation Rating
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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
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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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Apart from Cisco Meeting Server, only Poly offers full fledged on-premise meeting server. Their solution is called Polycom RealPresence
Collaboration Server. But there solutions are mostly outdated. Even though they have recently changes to subscription via Poly Clarity but servers are still very old. Whereas Cisco Meeting Server was recently updated and integrates well with WebEx and Cisco's other products.
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Scalability
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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
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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  • Good and robust collaboration tool which helped.
  • Easy integration with surrounding tools like MS office was great advantage.
  • Sharing recorded content wasn't easy, so had to use screen capture sometimes, which was not great.
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ScreenShots

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