BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. Microsoft Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Score 8.1 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
Microsoft Teams
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
$5
per month
Pricing
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
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
Free
$0.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$5.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$12.50
per user/per month
Office 365 E3
$20.00
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.
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Community Pulse
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Considered Both Products
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Due to the pandemic, the video conferencing space became a highly saturated market, with almost every single option becoming more than passable. As such, each company had to focus on something in order to stand out. BlueJeans focused on its audio quality, one-to-many video …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans Meetings is the most deluxe, feature-heavy webinar and virtual meetings software program I have used. We began using it to connect for All-Hands Meetings for our country-wide company offices without needing to travel to be together, and we transitioned to using it …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans Meetings is just as good as the other products I have used in the past, including Zoom and Microsoft Teams. I don't think users of those products would be disappointed with BlueJeans Meetings as the experience is very comparable. BlueJeans Meetings doesn't have any …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Poor. In my opinion, they are the worst platform of the above 3. In my experience, BlueJeans Meetings does nothing special or even well.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeans meetings is the best and most secure video conferencing platform i have ever encountered. It does not demand any training to use since it has a very friendly and intuitive user interface that makes it super easy to learn and understand. Great customer support team, …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeans meetings has a very friendly and intuitive user interface that makes it super easy to use. Since we started using it, we have never experienced any challenges and i highly recommend it.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
The quality (audio and video) and features it offers makes it stand in the top position.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Better sound and ease-of-use
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans integration was always imo superior to MS Teams and Zoom.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans stacks up comparably to other services. It does lack in some areas compared to others, particularly Zoom, which is more widely used, but BlueJeans had been used for quite some time by the University and offered the feature set and accessibility that we were looking …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Superior to Zoom and MS Teams in terms of audio and video quality. Can improve when it comes to product awareness (since both Zoom and MS Teams are far ahead in terms of adoption).
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
We were provider will all 3 providers during my time at LinkedIn. We ended up phasing out Bluejeans recently and continued our contracts with Teams (being a Microsoft company) and Zoom due to the quality and consistency that the platform offered. While Zoom is still superior to …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
We needed a tool that allowed our external users to effortlessly join and collaborate with our internal team. This is where this tool really shines compared to some of the others. BlueJeans fit the need and when it was time for collaboration we were thrilled to hear BlueJeans …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
It has a better feature set but isn't as well integrated with respect to notifications as Teams is. Performance seems to be better than on other platforms. Cross-platform use is exceptional. The interface is clunky compared to other tools such as Teams, but there are distinct …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Zoom is too expansive for individuals. Skype is too old-school and does provide the most advanced features as other products do. Teams are not good at noise and echo suppression. Not many people are using Google hangouts. During the pandemic, I only use it once at a conference. …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
While using different tools with the Microsoft team, the main difficulty faced by the team is that the tool is part of the office package and managed by the IT team, and it becomes very difficult while we need to connect with agencies or the external stakeholders and this is …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeans is on top mostly because of the audio & video qulaity which no one can beat.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans has better troubleshooting of attendees over Zoom. BlueJeans scheduling interface is more intuitive than Zoom. Quality and call handling has seem a little better in the competitor products over BlueJeans especially when it comes to IP/H323 dialing and bridging.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Blue jeans is easier to set up meetings
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
We started using BlueJeans because the International Olympic Committee and our other partners started using BlueJeans when the pandemic started.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans has the best meeting experience for team meetings -- good audio and video quality and good scheduling features.
It is also well suited for trainings given the unique video upload feature and good handling of breakout rooms.
Microsoft Teams
Chose Microsoft Teams
For our particular use case, which is collaboration across teams sitting in different geographies in a fast-paced sales organization, Microsoft Teams is just the perfect platform to bring everyone together. Teams helps you keep the dialogue strictly professional which is good …
Chose Microsoft Teams
Teams does not seem to be as useful to us as BlueJeans. This may be because we shifted to the latter after using Teams for some time. BlueJeans does appear to be easier to use overall. In fact, now that Zoom has appeared, it is even easier to use than BlueJeans, particularly …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.4
561 Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
High quality audio8.9559 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video8.5537 Ratings00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements8.1483 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support8.3456 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.3
530 Ratings
4% above category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing8.5530 Ratings00 Ratings
Whiteboards8.1253 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.2
558 Ratings
0% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Calendar integration8.2503 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.2509 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with social media8.0176 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.3472 Ratings00 Ratings
Slideshows8.5347 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.4
414 Ratings
0% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Live chat8.7396 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling8.2177 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A8.2226 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.3
413 Ratings
1% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
User authentication8.0283 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.4386 Ratings00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.5253 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.2
183 Ratings
9% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings7.5138 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.270 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings7.9154 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.795 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings8.0175 Ratings
Search00 Ratings7.4161 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings6.6112 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.7
192 Ratings
4% below category average
Chat00 Ratings8.8191 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.0190 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings8.5178 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings7.2105 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.0118 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.147 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.8157 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.4
178 Ratings
9% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings7.1122 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings7.5151 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings7.6153 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.1165 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings7.5149 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings7.0111 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings6.353 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.0124 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Small Businesses
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.4 out of 10
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.4 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
TeamViewer
TeamViewer
Score 8.3 out of 10
Quickbase
Quickbase
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(568 ratings)
8.1
(270 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(23 ratings)
6.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(203 ratings)
7.2
(52 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(8 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(17 ratings)
8.3
(113 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(16 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
6.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.3
(7 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
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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Microsoft
Positive: The virtual workspace created for a work team within the same company, for the resemblance of information and communications in one place.Negative: The access for members of a non-profit organization who have external emails from the host but need the same access as an internal person since their volunteer work is part of the very core of the federation.
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Pros
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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Microsoft
  • Virtual meetings - ease of set up and execution
  • File sharing! We build channels for projects, and being able to invite only project members is huge!
  • Peer-to-peer communications - being able to "ping" one of my colleagues, either text, video or call-only, on-demand, is what runs our business.
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Cons
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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Microsoft
  • The feature of notifications in the mobile application could be improved. Sometimes notifications of different teams are not visible and are only visible when the application is opened.
  • It uses lots of computational resources while running and thus, slows down the system sometimes.
  • It allows a few channels per team. The number of channels could be increased for better productivity.
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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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Microsoft
Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
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Usability
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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Microsoft
User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful. MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organizational communications. Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Microsoft
Rare, but outages do happen
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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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Microsoft
Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
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Support Rating
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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Microsoft
Using Microsoft Teams has resulted in much faster business communications with both co-workers and consultants. There has been little need for support with this software as the interface is very intuitive and the product is overall very well designed. We did encounter an issue with the built-in phone service, however, this was quickly resolved by the support team.
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
It is straight forward and easy to understand
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Microsoft
I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Microsoft
Our company and IT department previously used Skype for our communication needs. Skype was not dependable in my opinion, because it seems each time I used it during a call and/or a meeting, I and several other team members would get disconnected more than once. This caused a great interruption of our meeting, caused team members to have to ask others to repeat themselves and caused a general lack of interest in employee attendance during meetings.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
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Scalability
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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Microsoft
It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
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Professional Services
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
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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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Microsoft
  • I'm not sure I can point to a specific ROI, but it has improved our ability to communicate and work more effectively together.
  • It's also nice to have records of every interaction, photo, and document that has been shared. Less chance of something completely disappearing.
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ScreenShots

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