BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. Zoom Workplace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Score 6.0 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
Zoom Workplace
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.
$16.99
per month per user
Pricing
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
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
Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
$5
per month per license
Pro
$16.99
per month per user
Business
$21.99
per month per user
Add-On - Conference Room Connector
$499
per year
Basic
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
starting at $2.49
per month per user
Add-On - Large Meetings
starting at $600
per year
Add-On - Cloud Storage
starting at $120
per year
Add-On Audio Conferencing
starting at $1200
per year
Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
Starting at $300
per year per user
Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
Considered Both Products
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
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)
BlueJeans is only average compared to Zoom. I had no choice in selecting BlueJeans, but if I had a say I would not have selected it.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Zoom, Slack Video calls.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I chose BlueJeans Meetings because of price and recording/highlight features but because of video incompatibility, I cannot continue to use it.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I think BlueJeans stacks up well against all its competition in this virtual meeting marketplace. BlueJeans has all the key features my users want and if they do not have a feature, BlueJeans has always taken our feedback and made improvements on their product in the requested …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans came out on top as the best working solution and at an affordable price. We only lack one feature which is recording sharing with password.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans is reasonably close to Zoom. I do not have a paid account with Zoom, so I prefer BlueJeans when setting up a scheduled meeting. The app is very intuitive and feels relatively non-invasive. I like the phone-in service provided. We have used this quite a lot for …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I have used Skype and Zoom. I don't recall really much about Zoom and Skype, outside of they seemed a bit more complicated to use. Skype annoys me actually, because the sign in box pops up EVERY TIME I open up my computer. I would really like it to just go away.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I would say Zoom is the best one and then BlueJeans. I would prefer to use Google Hangouts, but it lacks certain features that both BlueJeans and Zoom have.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
From the three that I listed, my personal favorite for me to use is Zoom, but supporting other users I prefer BlueJeans because it is the easiest to maintain from an IT standpoint. If a user is unable to connect from the meeting link, the meeting ID and passcode are embedded in …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
We've used a number of different platforms over the years. BlueJeans is probably among the top, if not for anything more than the video sharing component.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
The possibility to use a mobile phone number as an alternative was necessary for some of the clients. Usually, BlueJeans performs very well, even with different users together in different locals, so is more reliable than other competitors. We have also been using it for a …
Zoom Workplace
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom Workplace is a more premium experience to these other products that just works. You can expect enterprise level support for all software and functions.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Blows them both out of the water!!!
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom is the only one that just works. No need for technical support. We can simply conduct our business.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom is way lighter than MS Teams - especially on Mac ecosystem. Participants management is also more clear on Zoom.
Zoom handles numerous participants on the call better than Google Meet.
Zoom does not require dedicated account to log in (unlike Google Meet or MS Teams).
Chose Zoom Workplace
Compared to its competitors, Zoom is more cost-effective, as well as simpler to install and use. It's also more reliable, as Google Meet's call quality has been poor for meetings larger than one-on-one. Even Microsoft Teams has a Zoom plug-in for teams to use. I chose Zoom, so …
Chose Zoom Workplace
Despite the availability of many tools like Zoom on the market, Zoom has made its presence and become the most valuable and loved tool. The tool has all the features that any other tool like this should have and provides a one-stop solution for all the demands any business …
Chose Zoom Workplace
We devised our specifications and evaluated the following products and Zoom has most of the features that we required for our business. The most prominent and frequently used features among our organization is breakout rooms. This minimizes the urgency to buy multiple licenses …
Chose Zoom Workplace
We've run into significantly fewer technical issues with Zoom over BlueJeans.
Chose Zoom Workplace
I did not list all of the software we have tried here, but we have literally tried and used everything, nothing works as seamlessly and easily as Zoom.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom just has much better reliability and seamless multi-platform experience than all of the mentioned products. The only mentioned product that still exists for us is Slack.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom blows all other competitors out of the water from a value standpoint. Features and ease of use are big advantages that Zoom has over its competitors.
Chose Zoom Workplace
It's easier and more cost-effective. It's a no brainer.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Hands down the ease of use for our hosts to initiate and our users to get on a Zoom session. We've used very little hardware so far but the fact that we were able to use Zoom with our laptops and desktops was a huge positive. Now we're looking to see the hardware for Zoom rooms …
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom outperforms all other products I have used.
Chose Zoom Workplace
When were using BJN, we were using outdated Cisco equipment that was quite expensive. Zoom is much cheaper and better in my opinion.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom is certainly a better option than all of the above, which is why we went with Zoom (Org Wide).
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom just works every time. Meeting quality is very dependable and reliable. Other solutions don't have the same track record. Other solutions don't have the same powerful and easy to use conference room solutions like Zoom Rooms. These are the two main differences in my …
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom is by far much superior and has pioneered the user experience and layout that many are familiar with today. In terms of stability of service and ease of use, Zoom takes the cake. For someone that has never administered Zoom before, it is much easier than the god-awful …
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom's presales are much, much more responsive to customer needs. It also is more feature-rich and delivers the functionality they say on paper. Zoom also has a larger ecosystem of hardware vendors that support it.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom is the best experience of all and in most cases less costly to implement and maintain
Features
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
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
Zoom Workplace
8.4
969 Ratings
2% above category average
High quality audio7.7558 Ratings8.6961 Ratings
High quality video7.5536 Ratings8.8961 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.8482 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support7.1455 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
Zoom Workplace
8.6
968 Ratings
4% above category average
Desktop sharing7.2529 Ratings9.3967 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
Zoom Workplace
8.6
974 Ratings
3% above category average
Calendar integration7.7502 Ratings8.9886 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.1508 Ratings9.1948 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.3175 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.5471 Ratings9.1924 Ratings
Slideshows8.0346 Ratings00 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
Zoom Workplace
8.3
839 Ratings
2% above category average
Live chat8.1395 Ratings8.9821 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
5% below category average
Zoom Workplace
8.8
829 Ratings
12% above category average
User authentication8.0283 Ratings8.7725 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.3385 Ratings8.8796 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.5252 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
7.9
214 Ratings
5% below category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings7.7101 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.8126 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.2198 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.0
234 Ratings
5% below category average
Answering rules00 Ratings8.7174 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings9.0212 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings7.5149 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings8.0187 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings7.3171 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
258 Ratings
1% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.6227 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
217 Ratings
5% above category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.6175 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings8.6187 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings8.7164 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.4177 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
Small Businesses
Whereby
Whereby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Broadvoice | GoContact
Broadvoice | GoContact
Score 9.3 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 8.5 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
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(567 ratings)
8.7
(1020 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(23 ratings)
7.4
(25 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(203 ratings)
8.6
(45 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(8 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(8 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(17 ratings)
5.9
(46 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(16 ratings)
6.3
(11 ratings)
Configurability
6.1
(6 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(6 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.3
(7 ratings)
9.6
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.1
(5 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Zoom Workplace
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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Zoom
In most cases, and I mean almost all, Zoom is vastly superior to Teams in terms of functionality and ease of use. Case in point: I recently tried to join a Teams meeting in the web browser, and it took me multiple attempts to access it. This NEVER happens with a Zoom link.
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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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Zoom
  • Audio quality of phone calls is spot on. Calls are clear and crisp.
  • Video quality of video meetings are clear and there aren't any pixelization artifacts that some systems can have.
  • Having AI summaries have been life changing for us. We no longer have to concentrate on note taking, like we did in the past. The summaries are accurate and enable us to put our efforts in the meeting or conversation. Plus, we can save them into our practice management system as required.
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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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Zoom
  • Love notes - allow insertion of table or grid
  • Allow admin to turn off DND
  • Allow a way to group individual people chats - not channels just individual peeps into groups for ease of finding - like how you can group shared calendars into sections in Outlook
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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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Zoom
We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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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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Zoom
Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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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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Zoom
There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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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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Zoom
Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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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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Zoom
Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
It is straight forward and easy to understand
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Zoom
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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Zoom
If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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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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Zoom
Zoom Workplace is typically on the more expensive end against other options, but it's the industry leader for a reason. It has the most brand credibility by far, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. There are limitations when it comes to technical performance, customization and video/audio quality. I prefer Slack myself for communication apps, but Zoom Workplace is a good alternative.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Zoom
The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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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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Zoom
Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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Professional Services
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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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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Zoom
  • We have not lost much productivity in our teamwork during the pandemic because of the ability to have Zoom video calls and keep everyone in touch. This is definitely a positive.
  • We are able to have more people participate in coaching sessions (described earlier) because we don't have room space limitations. This is a big positive.
  • Being able to start a meeting instantly is great when we are doing support and/or training with a client over the phone and need to be able to share a visible
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ScreenShots

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of BlueJeans MeetingsScreenshot of BlueJeans Smart MeetingsScreenshot of BlueJeans Collab Board

Zoom Workplace Screenshots

Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.