BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. Join.me (discontinued)

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
Join.me (discontinued)
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Join.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.
$10
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
Lite
$10.00
Month
Pro
$10.00
Month
Business
$10.00
Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans was a little cheaper than the other options available. The cost was the primary reason for selecting BlueJeans. Join.me was the previous software that we used at the company and we had some issues with being very slow to load at times while having our meetings at the …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Join.me sucked in user experience. WebEx was too expensive.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
There audio and video quality is very poor, that's why we switched to BlueJeans and liked them very much.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Far better quality and ease of use than any other I have used.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I would say the video quality and slide transition is significantly smoother with BlueJeans. The sound and video quality is also better. Sharing my screen is much easier and smoother to do with BlueJeans.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeansrovides more confidence in regards of safe connections
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
It is good, Bluejean works well with people in offices on a computer or on a mobile device.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans is supported by more of our organization members simplifying the process of enabling their employees to access our meetings.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Honestly, we're looking at other alternatives at this time because the audio quality has been extremely frustrating and the pictures / video has been highly pixelated. Our Managing Partner has a huge issue with conference calls that don't work well, and lately I remember more …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans gave us more flexibility than WebEx Meetings. Ultimately, my supervisor made the decision to select BlueJeans.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
The biggest reason that we selected BlueJeans is the reliability and accessibility of the platform. Our POTS conference lines are unreliable, frequently down, or have glitchy issues. We do not experience those daily pain points with BlueJeans. The accessibility from multiple …
Join.me (discontinued)
Chose Join.me (discontinued)
Join.me checks off all the boxes for what we need in a webinar toolset. It is one of the easiest to use and has a small bandwidth requirement that matches up well against the competition. It is priced right for a company of our size (under 10 users). In fact, it works so well, …
Chose Join.me (discontinued)
When there is a very specific task in mind, join.me has served our team exceptionally well for several years. It always makes the budget for renewal, and is one of the first tools that our support staff leverages when helping our clients. Other platforms often carry a higher …
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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
Join.me (discontinued)
7.8
75 Ratings
2% below category average
High quality audio8.9559 Ratings8.566 Ratings
High quality video8.5537 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements8.1483 Ratings7.059 Ratings
Mobile support8.3456 Ratings7.336 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
Join.me (discontinued)
7.9
73 Ratings
0% below category average
Desktop sharing8.5530 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Whiteboards8.1253 Ratings7.433 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.2
558 Ratings
0% above category average
Join.me (discontinued)
8.0
69 Ratings
2% below category average
Calendar integration8.2503 Ratings8.551 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.2509 Ratings8.464 Ratings
Integrates with social media8.0176 Ratings7.121 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.2472 Ratings8.052 Ratings
Slideshows8.5347 Ratings8.035 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.4
414 Ratings
0% above category average
Join.me (discontinued)
8.1
59 Ratings
3% below category average
Live chat8.7396 Ratings8.759 Ratings
Audience polling8.3177 Ratings7.720 Ratings
Q&A8.2226 Ratings7.826 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
8.3
413 Ratings
0% below category average
Join.me (discontinued)
8.3
58 Ratings
0% below category average
User authentication8.0283 Ratings8.244 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.4386 Ratings8.251 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.5253 Ratings8.433 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Meet
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
Google Meet
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(568 ratings)
7.1
(76 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(23 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(203 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(17 ratings)
8.8
(25 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(16 ratings)
10.0
(2 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
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Likelihood to Recommend
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  • 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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I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
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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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  • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
  • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
  • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
  • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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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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  • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
  • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
  • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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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This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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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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Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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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
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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 honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
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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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This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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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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If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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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
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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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  • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
  • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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