Cisco Business Edition 7000 vs Miro

Likelihood to Recommend

Its well suited for small to medium scale deployments if the infra is in-house. Webex and other SaaS solutions are in demand these days and are cost-effective too, but if for some reason your deployments need a locally-managed data center, then go for the BE7K or the BE6K depending upon your requirement.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Miro is well suited for scrappy collaborative exercises like affinity mapping where the relative spatial relationships are more important and visual design is less so. The sticky notes features are easy to use and can quickly capture a lot of information. Miro is less well suited for designing user journey maps or other diagrams you want to look nice because the design capabilities are more limited. It does offer templates which can be easy to work with but more difficult to customize.

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Contributor in Research & Development

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Miro

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Miro

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Miro

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

All in one platform that includes all the Cisco UC services in one appliance.
All the services are ready to use and preconfigured.
Tools available improve productivity and user experience.

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Paraprofessional in Social Media

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Built-in video chat.
Limitless whiteboard with frames to enable easy navigation.
Organizer tools allowing me to bring collaborators to my cursor or look at my view.
Ability to invite people from outside my organization.
Quick orientation before people can effectively interact.
Customizable controls for mouse or trackpad.

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Scott Groff, CTP

Director Of Training

Trimble TransportationTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Licensing should be easy and collaborative.
Management interface should be provided with redundancy.
I've came across difficulties while I installed Windows server on BE6K. It's hard to gather Windows server keys.

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Engineer in Customer Service

Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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I also have a personal account. I'd like to be able to toggle between the two without having to log out.
When adding text into a shape, it doesn't seem possible to change the font size of one part without changing all of it. For example, if I want to create a title and make the font bigger, I can't do that.

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Ben McEwing

Communications Consultant

Silverstone EdgeManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Miro 8.7

Based on 3 answers

It's intuitive for the most part but some elements are a little clunky to work with. Particularly, resizing text, aligning boxes, and spacing things out evenly can be challenging without alignment and measurement functionalities. The tool is probably designed for more scrappy, rapid mapping rather than polished, final deliverables, so the usability for that use case is pretty good.

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Contributor in Research & Development

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Miro 9.0

Based on 2 answers

I have not yet had to engage support live. I have found every answer I needed by tapping the extensive knowledge base. I think they are taking the right approach in allowing me to self serve when I need some info. I will update my review if and when I need to tap a live representative.

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Scott Groff, CTP

Director Of Training

Trimble TransportationTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I’m a user of both systems and it’s difficult to say whether one is better than the other for features. Cisco is much more user friendly and has a better interface. I think both are suitable for large businesses, but it’s more about preference of the front end. Security features may be lagging with Skype.

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Engineer in Professional Services

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Miro feels more intuitive than InVision. I think of the two as Apple (Miro) and Android (InVision). Both are very good products and you can ultimately do what you need to with them, but Miro has that X-Factor where everything "just works". I was invited to a board, having never even heard of Miro. I was using it pretty adeptly within a few minutes because everything I wanted to do, I could. And everything I expected to find on the board in a certain location was right there. And the best thing is it's not "over-designed". It doesn't have 5 million features that make it bloated and slow. They've found the balance of function and form. That's the sign of a well made product

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Ben McEwing

Communications Consultant

Silverstone EdgeManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

We were able to sell it to many customers and has proved beneficial always.
Less number of complaints.
Amazing support from Cisco TAC.

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Ujjwal Goel

Senior Build & Design Consultant

BTTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Helps us map our understanding of users
Helps us workshop and get ideas our for quarterly planning

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Verified User

Contributor in Research & Development

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

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

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

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Miro

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Miro

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Miro

Likelihood to Recommend