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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Room Series

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Room Series is a video conferencing solution that wakes up when users walk into a meeting room where it is installed and provides theater-quality voice and video, as well as content sharing from personal devices. For small to medium rooms with 6-8 people, there's Cisco Room 55, and for larger rooms of 7-14 people there's Cisco Room Kit (camera and codec in one device) and Cisco Kit Plus (separate codec plus and quad camera). Any of these systems can be run in the cloud or on-premises.N/A

    LiveWebinar

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALiveWebinar is a cloud-based tool that helps users manage online webinars, meetings, training, live streaming, chats, screen sharing, social media broadcasting and high definition (HD) recording via web browsers. It is a customizable solution that allows users to change logos, room colors, and design layouts, as well as create personalized registration forms to match their business's brand identity, and control email delivery and report designs. LiveWebinar allows users to broadcast…

    $17.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    82 Answers
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    Features
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Cisco Room Series and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    LiveWebinar
    7.3
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.72 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Cisco Room Series and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    LiveWebinar
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Cisco Room Series and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    LiveWebinar
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Cisco Room Series and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    LiveWebinar
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Audience polling00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Cisco Room Series and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    LiveWebinar
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Cisco Room Series and LiveWebinar
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    LiveWebinar
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Branding options00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Headsets
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    BlueJeans Events (discontinued)
    Score2.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (93 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (83 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (80 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Room SeriesLiveWebinar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    We had a conference room with a Radvision board that needed to be replaced. Our HQ is not fully Cisco but rather a mish mash of different products such as Rally bars, Poly, Radviison and Cisco. Putting Cisco into the conference room allowed us to have a single pane of glass for our needs.
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    RTCLab
    LiveWebinar is best for individuals holding quick meetings or daily scheduled events. Having friction less meetings for teams which does not require prior app installation or setup makes this the perfect webinar platform for persons with techphobia. Schedule, Send, and Start the meeting. There's even built in surveys and tests which makes the meeting or event more engaging and interactive. Unfortunately for multi-day events, it is very hard to use LiveWebinar for this purpose. Let's say for virtual conferences which has defined dates and times for each session, LiveWebinar won't fit this purpose, or at least, it is very hard to execute this scenario using the platform.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Captures everyone in the room with its wide angle camera automatically.
    • Counts the number of people in the video meeting.
    • Puts the camera focus on the person who is speaking.
    • Enhances the live meeting video experience with its AI features.
    • Removes the overheads of manually setting up cameras and adjusting them.
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    RTCLab
    • Let's you create dedicated (permanent) meeting rooms for recurring meetings/training.
    • Easy overview of all past events/webinars.
    • Branding of a meeting room with company logo possible.
    • Lots of features that make the meeting more professional.
    • No need to install software to connect to a webinar.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Perhaps any downside I might see is not necessarily with this product, it's more interoperability with other products. And I think these are all roadmap items that are being addressed. For instance, when you're in a Cisco meeting, it's not as feature rich as it might be as if you joined from a computer. However, as I said, these seem to be roadmap items which are coming along soon. Things like integration with the text or chat rather in a meeting, and also whiteboard integration.
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    RTCLab
    • Connectivity and streaming are not always reliable and a webpage needs to be reloaded.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    By the time we are up for an upgrade, this particular series of products might not even been in the market. The typical product cycle for such products in the market are about 5 years. More importantly, the codec supported by such devices may also change by the time we are up for an upgrade. Even so, getting this system to a level of functionality we require was a frustrating ordeal that I do not look forward to during the next cycle.
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    RTCLab
    Absolutely love the features of Livewebinar and it's probably the most advanced Live webinar solution that I have used. Even with the absence of a native mobile app, the platform is useable on mobile or tablet screen sizes. There's no noticeable lags during the presentation and users find it easy to use and navigate during the presentations / webinars.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    A lot of the features are really easy. You can just click connect and you're in. But using all of these other integrations and all these other features that are there, it's kind of the blind leading the blind as to how we use it. So it's probably the downside of it.
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    RTCLab
    LiveWebinar is an all in one solution for daily meetings and events. I made it a 9 as it is almost perfect in its current form. However, there were some reported issues on mobile connectivity as there is no native app of LiveWebinar for both iOS and Android. Moreover, I'm hoping that LiveWebinar could connect to my Google, Outlook, or iCal calendar to synch events regularly. I'd love to see my calendar inside LiveWebinar which makes it to the top of the feature wishlist for this platform. Further, if LiveWebinar is able to handle multiple day events or meetings with just a few clicks, that would make this platform, a 11/10 rating!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Once the order was place we received very quickly
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    Performance
    Cisco
    Great product with a great user experience
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco has always stood out for the excellent support and documentation on its products, this is one of the reasons why they are so well positioned. The means by which you can create a case and the response times are very good. I especially like the support through the Webex teams.
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    RTCLab
    Customer support of LiveWebinar is top notch. They are available almost 24x7x365. I rarely wait for the next response and given that people are not suppose to work on holidays or weekends, their support agents are always there to lend a helping hand. The responses are spot on. It's not that I need help with platform having some issues or anything, but for general account questions, they quickly respond to each and every query I raise over to support. Definitely one of the best things with LiveWebinar.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Very easy to implement. Integration into our Unified Communications platform was simple and quick
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    RTCLab
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    As a partner, I always used mainly Cisco products and offered them to my customers. I have personal experience with Avaya, Team and polycom but non of them provided me with the Premium feelings which Cisco does. Even the product quality and look of the product by itself gives you the premium experience. But I want to mention that Polycom has some features and easy setup which Cisco lacks sometimes. It is mainly 3rd party integration.
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    RTCLab
    • Lower cost of ownership
    • Same or superior features
    • No additional software needs to be installed to join the meeting since everybody has already a web browser.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    The product and backend systems are designed to scale from small to very large organization seamlessly and easily
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    RTCLab
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The Cisco MTRoA solution has reduced the time it takes for our users to join their meeting and spend more time concentrating on business rather than the technology.
    • It simply works.
    • Ease of support.
    • We also appreciate the great support we get from intelligent folks in Cisco TAC organization.
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    RTCLab
    • LiveWebinar has made coordinating schedules for training easier.
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    LiveWebinar Screenshots

    Screenshot of live streamingScreenshot of LiveWebinar brandingScreenshot of Room view on laptop and mobileScreenshot of Room view with live chat and participantsScreenshot of Room view YouTube PlayerScreenshot of User panel - registration forms + automation