Cisco Room Series

Overview
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Cisco Room Series
Score 8.8 out of 10
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The 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
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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 …
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We were using Polycom group series and poly studio earlier for P2P meetings but after covid scenario totally changed, we are using MS Teams as a main platform for meetings & messaging. Now, the challenge for us to join teams meeting from VC devices. Gradually online meetings …
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Compared to its competitors, Cisco equipment stands out due to the quality of the components it consists of. Absolutely any of their devices is the Rolls-Royce of video conferencing equipment. I would also like to note the extreme ease of setting up the devices. Cisco's …
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We have used many of the older range of endpoints from Cisco and Polycom. The Room Series, being newer hardware are much more capable devices and support many newer features.
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I haven't had a lot of exposure with other teleconference systems. They've all just been little custom jobs with a camera and a computer. So yeah, not much of a comparison.
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They provide quality and superb after-sales support. The durability and reliability of the solution are very commendable, especially in the corporate. High impact technology where company can easily scale up when they start entry-level products of Cisco.

It gives value for money …
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It's not the fairest stack up, since Logitech MeetUp or Rally are not autonomous devices but accessories to a computer or similar device. Besides, the user experience is not even close to any Cisco device.Logitech really becomes an alternative as a cheaper tool, particularly …
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I took this tool as given; that's why I am not sure if there are any alternatives considered or not.
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The video quality is superior to that of the poly studio, the way of operating the devices is very different since the room kit series are professionals compared to the poly studio since it is only like a PC peripheral.
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The Cisco Webex Room Kit definitely has higher-quality audio and video. The integration with our Control Hub has allowed us to customize much of the experience and get valuable insights via analytics. The Webex Assistant has been great as well, as we can say various …
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The Webex Room Kit is without a doubt a much higher quality experience with audio and video. Especially with the recent enablement of USB passthrough mode in certain models, there is almost no comparison. Cisco has committed to the Room Kit being an open solution that will …
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Being a Cisco focused company where we use Jabber, Webex, and other Cisco hardware, the WebEx Room Series fits well into our environment and provides the seamless user experience we would need using the least resources to host and join meetings within the company, as well as …
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Lifesize units were clunky and not efficient. Logitech Rally Kit works well for one solution at a time but does not allow users to join ANY meeting other than the hardened MS Teams solutions
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The major difference the clients are going to look at is cost, upfront and ongoing.
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The operation that it has is very similar, the reason why it is decided to acquire the room kit is that our company manages the Cisco portfolio which makes it easier to acquire and renew all our equipment every 3 years but we could use a cop if we do not have everything …
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When it comes to compatibility with other systems, the Cisco Webex Room Series offers the most leeway. Without an additional Cisco license, the Room Series can connect to Zoom and Microsoft Teams rooms. When compared to our product, the alternatives from other manufacturers …
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The Cisco Webex Room Series is the most flexible in terms of interoperability. The Room Series can join both Zoom and Teams rooms without requiring any extra Cisco licensing. The other vendors either don't work at all or require extra licensing in some cases
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Cisco Webex Room Series is stable, comes with timely updates, has the latest technology, getting upgraded with all features as per requirement.
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We tend to purchase the Cisco Webex Room Series for larger rooms with the dual-screen option (ie: 55 or 70-inch dual screens). We're able to duplicate the output on each screen for local presentations and if on a video call the participants will show up on the left screen …
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CWRS stacks up against mentioned software as it provides a full experience on communication and real-time collaboration. Other software commonly present the following issues that CWRS does not:
  • Session 30min limit.
  • No bilateral control request.
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The Cisco room kits it a cut above the rest of the competition, the interface is easy to use and intuitive. The video quality is best in class. I would recommend that you get one or more if you run any sort of remote training or town halls
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webex is the best option for meetings...
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The interface of Cisco Webex [Room Series] is far better than the rest [of the] three mentioned above. The clarity of sound and voice is also good, which makes communication easy and simple. It is a professional product that is widely being used by mostly all the customers …
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Cisco never fails to impress end users. Cisco WebEx room series provides versatility and at the same time it has excellent feature set. Using a touch controller you can manage meeting by sitting in any corner of the room. You can also mute /unmute any person using touch …
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Cisco Room Series
Small Businesses
Zoom
Zoom
Score 8.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Room Series
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(61 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(64 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Room Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
Firstly from well suited: I have implemented Codec Device and Room Kit Pro in governmental place and it suited very well. It was again on Prem solution working with Cisco Meeting Servers and different countries were connected to the meeting. Network quality was perfect and Video quality voice quality were above the great. Everybody asked about the device which we were using after the call. Mainly the IT guys. For not so well experience I can say the place where we used Board Pro 55 but we have faced with the microphone problems. For the solutions we used wired Cisco SX20 devices microphones it solved the problem. But Board pro 55 itself made our experience little bit bad.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Probably one of the best ones we had recently was using some of the new layouts within the room kits. We've had some kind of hybrids of large groups on site as well as individuals connecting through WebEx and being able to display things out properly and have the presentations easily visible as well as still seeing the presenter. It just makes things a lot easier to work with.
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Cons
Cisco
  • Does not work with other platforms like Zoom or Microsoft team
  • It is very expensive compared to other similar products on the market like Polycom.
  • Needs cisco webex licensing which makes it even more expensive to have this equipment in small offices.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
We like our Cisco endpoints a lot. However, the technology is getting better in the Zoom room market and we are interested in exploring those options. I'd really like to see some new improvements in the room kit series such as wireless controllers and the ability to mount the room kits in multiple configurations. I would also like to see the Room Kit and Room Kit Plus series standardize their audio line inputs to accommodate 3rd party microphone and DSP solutions.
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Usability
Cisco
There is a considerable amount of tech know-how needed to really make the Room Series work for most scenarios. This might be a due to the stark increase in remote based productivity as a result of COVID-19 and quarantine protocols. But CISCO support and documentation have not caught up the increase in adoption of these technologies. As a result, only personnel with substantial technical expertise are able to really make these systems work for the use-cases that is most relevant to our setting here at Clemson University.
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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
With our Cisco service contract, NBD replacement and 24/7/365 support are included. We have not had any issues with trying to get a replacement for defective parts or for support (ie: software or troubleshooting). Very satisfied with the level of support available.
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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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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
The Webex Room Kit is without a doubt a much higher quality experience with audio and video. Especially with the recent enablement of USB passthrough mode in certain models, there is almost no comparison. Cisco has committed to the Room Kit being an open solution that will work in any use case on any platform. To get the best collaboration room experience there is no better choice.
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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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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • With this system, our staff is able to collaborate remotely, eliminating the need for an expensive office space.
  • So that HR can handle a steady workload, we can plan meetings using this tool.
  • Facilitates problem solving, reducing the need for product replacement.
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