Chanty vs Vidyo | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

Chanty is very good for networking messaging and low level collaboration between peers and colleagues. It's not great for video or voice calls or whiteboarding or file sharing.

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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I've had HR professionals ask about using it for interviews. Gone are the days where we have to spend hundreds of dollars to fly candidates in or limit ourselves to phone interviews. Vidyo with it's high reliability has saved the organization thousands in travel costs with candidate recruitment. Business meetings that can often be troubling to get leaders and executive all in one room, Vidyo has functioned extraordinarily well in bringing in people from home, on the road, or the airport. Mobile capabilities are easy and fast.Quick daily calls and chats in the office are probably best suited for the free options out there as Vidyo is not a free service like others. Better yet general phone calls will suffice.

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John Pavarini

Operations Supervisor

Children's Hospital ColoradoHospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Chanty

Vidyo

Task Management

Search

Chanty

Vidyo

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Chanty

Vidyo

High quality audio

High quality video

Low bandwidth requirements

Mobile support

Chanty

Vidyo

Desktop sharing

Whiteboards

Chanty

Vidyo

Calendar integration

Meeting initiation

Integrates with social media

Record meetings / events

Slideshows

Chanty

Vidyo

Live chat

Audience polling

Q&A

Chanty

Vidyo

User authentication

Participant roles & permissions

Confidential attendee list

Pros

Notifications
App loading speed

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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I didn't have to sign up, I just need to log into the "room" I was supposed to, so unlike Skype or other instruments, I didn't need to spend time and create my own account.
To be honest, the largest online class I've attended had 10 people in it (besides the teacher), but it was a good quality connection.
I enjoyed the ability to ask questions or clarifications in the chat (without having to turn on my microphone, so that the teacher could answer the question when he/she finished the thought).

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Zee Gimon

Digital Operations Manager

The App SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Ability to call group members
Ability to video members

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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More updates. Unless these are being implemented under the radar I don't personally see much communication around bug or network fixes.
As with most telehealth technology it's improving rapidly, but still not perfect. Speaking on medical provider’s behalf they still don't love some of the tools and how they feed through Vidyo - sound quality, consistency of tools, etc.
Only real trouble I've seen is when people attempt to call into it like a conference line. Should be utilized for video conferencing only, but improvement could be made for a fully functioning conferencing tool.

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John Pavarini

Operations Supervisor

Children's Hospital ColoradoHospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Vidyo 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Though not as widely used as Zoom or Google Hangouts, it is very competitive as far as features and usability

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Verified User

Manager in Social Media

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Chanty 7.0

Based on 1 answer

I have been sent quite a few emails about functionality and support on a pretty regular basis, which is great. I have not had any need to contact support as the platform is pretty simple to use, it was easy to download and install and I have not encountered any bugs or other issues so far.

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Vidyo 8.0

Based on 3 answers

We have an internal tech team dedicated to setup and troubleshooting of Vidyo. This makes it very easy, because we have access to our own employees for help. Rarely have I or anyone I work with had to escalate something to Vidyo themselves, and we're lucky to have the internal administrators that run the show. Almost like Vidyo is ours and ours alone.

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John Pavarini

Operations Supervisor

Children's Hospital ColoradoHospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

In terms of file sharing and speed of collaboration, I find that Slack is quicker and integration into Google Drive is very handy when it comes to working on documents, I have not seen Chanty do this. As for video Google Hangouts is as simple as it gets; again, I have not seen anything from Chanty in this area. I have also looked at and use https://guild.co/ which is much easier messaging and collaboration wise. The app and notification for Chanty is pretty good but it's loading time is slower compared to Slack and WhatsApp.

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Vidyo is better than the competitors for large meetings with many participants, due to ease of use for participants - everything in-browser has a very low threshold. Due to its lack of breakout rooms, it is less suited for smaller (or internal) meetings, where you can expect everyone to install a client.

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Verified User

Technician in Research & Development

Research Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Increased visibility
Increased opportunities

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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It did help us reach the objective of education - after a while, everyone had a chance to connect and the quality of video/audio once you're in is great. It's just getting there that isn't up to par (but hopefully would be changed in next versions).

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Zee Gimon

Digital Operations Manager

The App SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$3*

* per user, per month

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Chanty

Vidyo

Chanty

Vidyo

Chanty

Vidyo

Likelihood to Recommend

Chanty

Vidyo

Feature Rating Comparison

Task Management

Search

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

High quality audio

High quality video

Low bandwidth requirements

Mobile support

Desktop sharing

Whiteboards

Calendar integration

Meeting initiation

Integrates with social media

Record meetings / events

Slideshows

Live chat

Audience polling

Q&A

User authentication

Participant roles & permissions

Confidential attendee list

Pros

Chanty

Vidyo

Cons

Chanty

Vidyo

Usability

Chanty

Vidyo

Support Rating

Chanty

Vidyo

Alternatives Considered

Chanty

Vidyo

Return on Investment

Chanty

Vidyo

Screenshots

Chanty

Vidyo

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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