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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Meet

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Meet, formerly Hangouts Meet, replaces the former Google Hangouts as the company's G Suite integrated web conferencing tool, allowing users to join meetings directly from a Calendar event or email invite from a computer, phone, or conference room. G Suite's Enterprise edition also creates a dial-in phone number for each meeting, as an additional convenience.

    $6

    per month

    RingCentral Meetings

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Meetings is an HD video conferencing and screen sharing solution that lets the user host unlimited video conference calls and share content while meeting and collaborating with anyone, any time, on any device. RingCentral Meetings helps boost business efficiency and customer engagement without costly and time-consuming travel.

    $19.99

    Per Month Per User

    Pricing
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Editions & Modules
    Google Workspace - Business Starter
    $6
    per month
    Google Workspace - Business Standard
    $12
    per month
    Google Workspace - Business Plus
    $18
    per month
    Meetings
    $19.99
    Per Month Per User
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Meet
    Google Meet has almost all the same features that other applications offer, basically you dot need to worry about missing features since you're at the same level. Google meet has a modern design, light application with a very easy UI.
    Incentivized
    RingCentral
    Chose RingCentral Meetings
    When I was using other options, they were more difficult to schedule appointments and didn't include as many features. However, that was several years ago and they might have caught up by now.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingCentral Meetings
    much better, more intuitive easier to use, you can tell RingCentral Meeting has had many iterations and updates, vs the rest of the field which are newer in this collaboratoin space and do not possess the sames features and functionality needed for most enterprise customers …
    Incentivized
    Chose RingCentral Meetings
    RingCentral Meetings seems to have better bandwidth and background noise management. The video in RingCentral Meetings always seem smoother and "cleaner" even for participants in low bandwidth endpoints. Screen sharing is easy to use and annotate as well as passing presenter …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    64 Answers
    79%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Google Meet and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    Google Meet
    8.8
    60 Ratings
    11% above category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.6
    21 Ratings
    4% below category average
    High quality audio8.760 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    High quality video8.460 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements8.943 Ratings7.320 Ratings
    Mobile support9.354 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Google Meet and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    Google Meet
    8.9
    60 Ratings
    11% above category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.0
    21 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Desktop sharing8.660 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Whiteboards9.240 Ratings6.717 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Google Meet and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    Google Meet
    8.5
    58 Ratings
    4% above category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.5
    21 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Calendar integration9.557 Ratings8.720 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.857 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Integrates with social media6.325 Ratings5.711 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.946 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Slideshows8.847 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Google Meet and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    Google Meet
    8.4
    57 Ratings
    4% above category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.5
    19 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Live chat8.855 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Audience polling8.037 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Q&A8.439 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Google Meet and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    Google Meet
    9.2
    50 Ratings
    13% above category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    6.5
    19 Ratings
    22% below category average
    User authentication9.547 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.145 Ratings5.517 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list8.936 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Google Meet and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    Google Meet
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (65 ratings)
    7.6
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    7.6
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (18 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google MeetRingCentral Meetings
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Well suited for both our workplace and virtual meetings, especially when people are not in one place. It is also more appropriate with audio, visual, and captions. It is also more appropriate to send a recording to your drive for reference on parts that a host may not have captured.
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    RingCentral
    I would recommend RingCentral for any business that looking to make the jump to Voice over IP and also want business essentials like video meetings all in one app. RingCentral Meetings integrates very well with its other communication tools which makes it very easy for a business to manage their communications in a single platform. The only scenario I see where RingCentral Meetings not being a good fit is if a business will be using video meetings as a marketing tool where they need extra marketing features like lead form captures and notification emails to be sent out.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Google
    • It allows multiple people to join in a meeting.
    • The admin can change the role and make anyone as admin of the current session.
    • Even if the meeting gets disconnected due to network in the admin's side error still it remains running on the user's side.
    • Multiple people can share screen together at the same time.
    • The admin can make the meeting open to all so that every time someone joins the admin does not have to allow them one by one. Once it's open, all can join without permission of the admin.
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    RingCentral
    • Screen sharing is wonderful in [RingCentral] Meetings. It makes presenting easy.
    • Being able to mute and turn off cameras when necessary is a nice feature too.
    • Switching from the computer to the cell phone when on the go is a nice benefit.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Google
    • One major one — I always say that we cannot send attachments during the meeting. Teams has that, so I believe Google should add that as well. Because you can have the conversation in the messages, but you can’t provide a file. So let’s say I have a technical conversation with someone, and I want to share a document, like an architecture diagram — I cannot send it. We have to use Gmail or Drive for that. It can be integrated for sure, so that’s an improvement that definitely can be done.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • Screen share functionality is rather limited in capability. Screen takeover functions seem limited to desktop devices (view-only for mobile device users)
    • Interface feels a bit clunky. Workable for advanced technical users, but a bit confusing for older senior-level executives
    • Integration with existing RingCentral software. Jumping between RingCentral meetings and telephone feels wrong, they should be integrated into one application for the business user with a standalone application for non-subscribers who wish to join the meeting
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    This app is still having a lot of redundant features as compared to other industry apps such as Zoom and Webex which offers much more on the functionality side along with the option to have greater user access control to the admin/host of the meetings. A sense of interaction is always found to be missing in Google meet which can be easily adopted in the Zoom
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    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into an unlimited toll-free minutes plan with RingCentral, so as long as we have them as a VoIP provider, we get Meetings free. If they ever start to charge us for using meetings as well, we'll drop that part in a second and switch to Skype for Business, which we currently have as well part of our Office 365 package.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Google
    Google Meet is very easy and simple to use. I can schedule a meeting right on my calendar - it literally takes a few seconds. There is no additional app I have to open to schedule anything. Guests can click on the link easily to join any meetings. 10/10!
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    The interface is easy to understand for a wide variety of user experience levels. The only real negative are the links included in meetings being in a format that first opens a browser before launching the RingCentral Meeting app, and as mentioned previously, this may be a platform-specific issue for macOS.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    Google does a great job of providing tech support for this product, as it does many others. Similarly, Google has FAQs that cover a large amount of issues faced by users. Problems have not persisted in our use of this product. Problems are resolved quickly and easily, with or without personal Google support.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    RingCentral is a great tool for everyone interested in making animations. The thing that appealed to us most about it is that it is very simple to use and works with much perfection. Like lip-synchronization goes so well with the character as soon as we add voice-over in it. Also, we can add characters and scenes without any hardship. We highly recommend this software.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    I use Microsoft Teams, but obviously Google Meet is much better than that because there are some challenges which I see as part of this. One of the main pros that I see here is that in Google Meet, whenever you have all those recordings as part of the Google Suite, you have those recordings stored in Google types. So that's the same Google product and everything stays in the same thing.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    As a consulting company, we often have to adapt to our customers' needs in communication - which can mean using whatever system they're already on. Most of the time, they come around to preferring RingCentral Meetings over whatever they're using, and we've found it's a great value for us since it's already included in our RingCentral subscription, and runs on Mac, Windows, and Mobile devices. Despite the big drawback of needing to install the app locally and not having an in-browser solution for guests, it's lightweight, intuitive interface makes it an easy conferencing tool to adopt.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    I wasn't involved in the unit pricing factor. So far I used Google meet in the office where I got access to all these Google applications including the Google Meet feature. So I wasn't involved much in this pricing factor of Google Meet and also regarding the contact terms of the product.
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Google
    This is very good in the professional services as I started using this first for the professional service only. While using this Google Meet itself gives a professional feel as the UI works in a professional way. The video background modification, multi-screen feature, and some other features help in professional service.
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Google
    • It's definitely the way that we engage with our customers and each other. So I think it's really good that it can help you bring remote people together and feel like you've met with them online. And then when you meet them in person you're like, this tracks, this definitely coincides with who I saw online. So it definitely is a really good platform to just bring people together, but remotely.
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    RingCentral
    • It has had a positive impact. We replaced an archaic solution with a more modern, streamlined version or product. Like anything else, it has its downfalls and isn't perfect, but overall it's been a good product and has outshined its predecessors like Zoom and Skype.
    • It also has an integrated office phone feature which has been great as our phones are essentially our laptops. It cut down on those costs and in general freed up space on our desks since we didn't have to have them anymore and everything is on our computer now.
    Incentivized
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