Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued) vs. Highfive (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Meeting Server was a conferencing solution for allowing the user to setup a conference any time using a wide range of Cisco and Jabber devices, and third-party solutions (e.g. Skype for Business). The product has reached its end-of-life, and is discontinued.N/A
Highfive (discontinued)
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Highfive was a web conferencing platform acquired by Dialpad in 2020. Its functionality became part of the now obsolete Dialpad Meetings, the functionality of which is now contained in Dialpad Connect.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Features
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
8.0
9 Ratings
1% above category average
Highfive (discontinued)
7.8
27 Ratings
1% below category average
High quality audio8.69 Ratings8.527 Ratings
High quality video8.29 Ratings8.626 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements8.38 Ratings6.323 Ratings
Mobile support7.18 Ratings7.922 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.4
8 Ratings
7% below category average
Highfive (discontinued)
8.4
25 Ratings
6% above category average
Desktop sharing8.38 Ratings8.825 Ratings
Whiteboards6.57 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.4
9 Ratings
10% below category average
Highfive (discontinued)
7.7
26 Ratings
6% below category average
Calendar integration7.98 Ratings7.219 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.79 Ratings6.825 Ratings
Integrates with social media5.55 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Record meetings / events6.79 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Slideshows8.48 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
7.5
8 Ratings
7% below category average
Highfive (discontinued)
7.5
12 Ratings
7% below category average
Live chat7.98 Ratings7.712 Ratings
Audience polling7.37 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Q&A7.47 Ratings8.76 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
8.2
9 Ratings
2% above category average
Highfive (discontinued)
6.1
17 Ratings
27% below category average
User authentication8.79 Ratings6.216 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.29 Ratings6.314 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.77 Ratings5.86 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Highfive (discontinued)
8.9
53 Ratings
16% above category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings8.832 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.253 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.825 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.4 out of 10
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.7 out of 10
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(9 ratings)
7.6
(83 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(39 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Meeting Server (discontinued)Highfive (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Cisco meeting Server can be used to host meeting for a small group 2 people and also can host meeting for hundreds of people. Even if the scalability increases no compromise in the call and consistent performance can be observed. The video quality is clear and there is no noticeable latency between audio and video. The recording feature is well placed and it helps a lot in rectifying and processing the important points that might have been left out during the meeting.
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The free version I would absolutely recommend, we've had some great use out of it for the past few years. Presenting, sharing screen, the conference line and some other features are all free. If we did need more analytics and more features, perhaps making it easier for the potential customer to share screen, we might re-start the search and we'd potentially rate UberConference lower, but for the free version it's been great for us.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Integrates well with other devices
  • More than 1 person can be on video call with minimal lag
  • Quiet cost effective for a company with many employees
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  • I appreciate being able to select a local phone number: it adds credibility and convenience for in-market clients/prospects.
  • I like being able to customize the hold music. One of our employees wrote and produced custom hold music for Anvil, which generates discussion and engagement as an ice-breaker.
  • The screen sharing is easy-to-use and is far more reliable than in the past. Prospects and clients do not have to download any app to make it work properly.
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Cons
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  • Allowing more user interaction rather than just video and audio.
  • Split screen option to share content and view faces from those on the meeting.
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  • Can be very laggy - I have been part of screen share conferences where the connection keeps dropping.
  • Call quality is not always the best.
  • Limited functionality - this cannot be your all-in-one go-to conferencing solution because there are no video call capabilities.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
because we're satisfied of the product
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Discontinued Products
UberConference is more expensive than some of its competitors and we have not found a real advantage to using UberConference over certain less-expensive applications. UberConference charges per month per organizer and those costs add up quickly, so we will be moving forward with a more budget-friendly option in the coming months.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
very easy to use and quick to learn
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The interface is intuitive and stupidly simple, no complicated sub-menus or configuration settings. Easy to create a meeting space and then have others join with a link or dial-in PIN on the free tier. On the paid tier it's even easier with PIN-less joining and automatic reminder calls to get participants to join.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
I never used Support
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I haven't needed support for the most part, which is a positive for Highfive. It's intuitive and most features are straightforward to use. In the one instance that I did contact them, it took them longer then expected to respond, but they were able to answer my question once they did.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Apart from Cisco Meeting Server, only Poly offers full fledged on-premise meeting server. Their solution is called Polycom RealPresence
Collaboration Server. But there solutions are mostly outdated. Even though they have recently changes to subscription via Poly Clarity but servers are still very old. Whereas Cisco Meeting Server was recently updated and integrates well with WebEx and Cisco's other products.
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Uberconference is by far more reliable and has a better quality of service than the other providers in this space. I have never had a dropped call with Uberconference (unlike Skype and Hangouts). I do think they need to do more marketing because fewer people know about them than others and sometimes people decline to use the service so we have to use one of the other platforms to connect.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Good and robust collaboration tool which helped.
  • Easy integration with surrounding tools like MS office was great advantage.
  • Sharing recorded content wasn't easy, so had to use screen capture sometimes, which was not great.
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  • Our teams use this every day. It makes it easy to meet with clients and share a screen and display analytics.
  • Some of my clients thought that they need to register first to be able to contact me. It's bad that they are not notified in any way that it's enough just to enter its names and that's it.
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