BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. RingEX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Score 5.2 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
RingEX
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
RingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.
$29.99
per month
Pricing
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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)RingEX
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing above is per/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Essentials - $29.99/month (paid monthly) Standard - $37.99/month (paid monthly) Premium - $44.99/month (paid monthly) Ultimate - $59.99/month (paid monthly)
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans definitely feels like the corporate/enterprise horse in this race, which is actually more complex than what our business wants and needs. But we chose it because our enterprise clients use it, and attending meetings hosted by them was a pretty bad experience when we …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I prefer BlueJeans to the other technologies we've evaluated. It has the best combination of video/audio quality and user experience. Many of the other technologies require downloading the app or simply have a bad experience. They're all flawed in their own way, BlueJeans seems …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Of all the options we've considered, BlueJeans is by far the easiest to use and most compatible with the largest variety of endpoints. Both of these items were important to us in that our employees tend to connect many different ways and we wanted them all to be accessible …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
The user experience was significantly better. The video quality and seamlessness were unmatched. We are very happy about switching over.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
It works pretty well - the app was easy to download and get working, and it was great to be able to be adaptive to what our customers were already using.
RingEX
Chose RingEX
RingEX provided a more cost effective and complete solution than the competitors we evaluated. Reliability and call quality was of paramount concern for us. RingEX provided a higher level of reliability than many of the competitors we evaluated.
Chose RingEX
It had all what we wanted in a caller. The prices were reasonable and the service had been more or less at par. Never had a major issue with them and the call drops which we had couple of times were rectified within minutes so kudos to their support team.
Chose RingEX
In my experience, I think RingEX has been the largest overarching communication software I've used. For good or bad, it's also made me a lot more accessible both to my colleagues and clients. I also think it offers better communication quality and ease of use than the other …
Chose RingEX
RingEX gave us the best value for our money in a unified VOIP, Teleconferencing, and Web Conferencing solution.
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)
7.2
560 Ratings
9% below category average
RingEX
8.6
1 Ratings
4% above category average
High quality audio7.7558 Ratings9.11 Ratings
High quality video7.4536 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.8482 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support7.0455 Ratings00 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
RingEX
9.1
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Desktop sharing7.1529 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Whiteboards7.4252 Ratings00 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
RingEX
7.6
1 Ratings
9% below category average
Calendar integration7.7502 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.1508 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.3175 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.5471 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Slideshows8.0346 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.5
413 Ratings
7% below category average
RingEX
7.3
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Live chat8.1395 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Audience polling7.2176 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A7.3225 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.6
412 Ratings
6% below category average
RingEX
7.7
1 Ratings
0% below category average
User authentication8.0283 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.3385 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.4252 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
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Ratings
RingEX
8.4
188 Ratings
0% below category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.5101 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings8.3139 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.0170 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
RingEX
8.1
197 Ratings
4% below category average
Answering rules00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings8.6168 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings8.3147 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings8.4158 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings8.7185 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
Online Fax00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
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Ratings
RingEX
9.1
172 Ratings
6% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.0149 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
RingEX
8.4
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.1 out of 10
Broadvoice | GoContact
Broadvoice | GoContact
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(567 ratings)
8.4
(191 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(23 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(203 ratings)
8.7
(11 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(8 ratings)
9.2
(121 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(8 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(17 ratings)
5.3
(28 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(16 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Configurability
6.1
(6 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.3
(7 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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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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RingCentral
RingCentral is generally good for business calls, as its mobile features, combined with landline office options, are great for communication on the go. It is also an affordable option to have a mobile cellular device if you have a lot of staff. Setup especially for multilevel authorization can be a hassle but it works well if well set up, you would have to get help in rectifying this if not calls might be redirected to the wrong extensions and changing it is not very straight forward.
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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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RingCentral
  • Chat and Messaging - Conversations are easy to search, topics can be pinned or bookmarked, and groups are easy to create and administer.
  • Phone - The core functionality works very well allowing voice, txt/sms, and faxing for all users. Administration is generally fairly easy as well.
  • Mobile Client - the mobile app offers all of the same functionality as the desktop or web client.
  • Video - Video calls make it easy to share screens with other users and includes a lot of tools for planning.
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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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RingCentral
  • We can use the RingEx in our Mobile to use for Basic calls and messages, but sometimes the mobile application lags or disconnects while using video calls or screen sharing.
  • we can easily configure in our laptops.
  • The Meeting recording option is really helpful for our organization
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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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RingCentral
We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
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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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RingCentral
They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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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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RingCentral
RingEx is reliable I have not had any issues as of yet. I use both plants we have, and the service is fair to good. The service as a whole is solid and a great method to get in contact with anyone. I know the service also involves Wi-Fi and cellular service, or, in other words, how good your signal is.
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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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RingCentral
Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
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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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RingCentral
Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
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In-Person Training
Discontinued Products
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RingCentral
I really didn't know all the capabilities
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
It is straight forward and easy to understand
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RingCentral
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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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RingCentral
If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
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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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RingCentral
We switched from GoTo's platform with pieces of Teams. At that time, the complexity and difficulty of integrating all of the features and connecting them to get a simple platform that was stable and easy to train weren't available elsewhere.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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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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RingCentral
We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
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Return on Investment
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  • 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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RingCentral
  • Enhanced patient accountability, we can track all calls - incoming and outgoing - patients tend to state that they called and left a message, but they either never called or did not leave a message. With RingEX, we can track whether they really did. It saves us quite a bit of time and aggravation.
  • Faxing is more accurate and usually very quick. Because it's accurate, it saves us time with phone calls about faxes we never received and having to refax items. Also, faxing via the system instead of printing and scanning is a time-saver.
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ScreenShots

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Screenshots

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