Help Lightning vs. Zoom Workplace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Help Lightning
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Help Lightning in Birmingham aims to reimagine how businesses, customers and employees are able to give and receive help using Virtual Expertise. The vendor states their merged reality adds missing visual cues, gestures, and non-verbal communication methods to any session. While providing remote assitance, users simply simply reach into a device's field of view and a colleague will see the user's hand merged into their field of view. Users can telestrate, freeze images, use hand gestures,…
$75,000
per year
Zoom Workplace
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.
$16.99
per month per user
Pricing
Help LightningZoom Workplace
Editions & Modules
Enterprise
$75,000
per year per installation
Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
$5
per month per license
Pro
$16.99
per month per user
Business
$21.99
per month per user
Add-On - Conference Room Connector
$499
per year
Basic
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
starting at $2.49
per month per user
Add-On - Large Meetings
starting at $600
per year
Add-On - Cloud Storage
starting at $120
per year
Add-On Audio Conferencing
starting at $1200
per year
Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
Starting at $300
per year per user
Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Help LightningZoom Workplace
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSolutions are available as an annual subscription and the pricing is based on the number of licenses. The price per license will vary based on the number of experts providing help and the number of technicians or engineers needing help.Discount available for annual billing.
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Help LightningZoom Workplace
Features
Help LightningZoom Workplace
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.3
964 Ratings
1% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings8.5956 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings8.7956 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
963 Ratings
4% above category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.3962 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
969 Ratings
3% above category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.8881 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.1943 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.1919 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.2
834 Ratings
1% above category average
Live chat00 Ratings8.8816 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.8
824 Ratings
12% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.7721 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.8791 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
7.8
211 Ratings
7% below category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings7.599 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.2196 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.0
230 Ratings
5% below category average
Answering rules00 Ratings8.6171 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings9.0208 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings8.2131 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings7.5146 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings7.8183 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings7.3169 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
253 Ratings
1% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.5223 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.6158 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Help Lightning
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.5
212 Ratings
4% above category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.4170 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings8.5182 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings8.6160 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.3174 Ratings
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User Ratings
Help LightningZoom Workplace
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(1020 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(25 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(45 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.8
(46 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.3
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Help LightningZoom Workplace
Likelihood to Recommend
Help Lightning
I think that there are different scenarios where the platform can be used, an example is the realization of remote consultancies, individually or in the group. In this sense, I must highlight that it is great whenever you need to work with other people while sharing information, videos, or specific content.
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Zoom
Integration with other products and the AI summaries have been huge wins for Zoom Workplace in our organization. They have been life changing for our team. Also, being able to make and receive calls from our cell phones rather than have to give out personal cell phone numbers has been wildly successful with our attorneys.
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Pros
Help Lightning
  • Sharing graphics, images and other resources.
  • Connect remotely with different experts.
  • Favors team work, even remotely.
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Zoom
  • I love how easy it is to set the focus on the presenter. It is annoying when people don't spotlight themselves as a presenter, so you get to see the whole gallery of attendees in smaller, two-inch windows.
  • I like the capability of having break-out rooms. Even though I don't use them very often, it is nice to have them available if the right situation presents itself for smaller group chats.
  • The recording quality is better than I have experienced with other products (Microsoft Teams, WebEx, etc.), and the fact that it is already an MP4, so I don't have to convert it for publishing on our intranet is huge to me.
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Cons
Help Lightning
  • It needs a strong network or signal connection.
  • Nothing else.
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Zoom
  • Love notes - allow insertion of table or grid
  • Allow admin to turn off DND
  • Allow a way to group individual people chats - not channels just individual peeps into groups for ease of finding - like how you can group shared calendars into sections in Outlook
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Likelihood to Renew
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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Usability
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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Reliability and Availability
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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Performance
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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Support Rating
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
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Implementation Rating
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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Alternatives Considered
Help Lightning
I think it is very important to make it clear that most of these tools compliment and complement each other rather than oppose or surpass each other. In this sense, it is important to know when to apply one or the other, in addition to taking the time to get to know them thoroughly and master their functionalities. However, the different tools that Help Lightning contain put it above most platforms used for remote conferencing.
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Zoom
Zoom Workplace is typically on the more expensive end against other options, but it's the industry leader for a reason. It has the most brand credibility by far, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. There are limitations when it comes to technical performance, customization and video/audio quality. I prefer Slack myself for communication apps, but Zoom Workplace is a good alternative.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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Scalability
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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Professional Services
Help Lightning
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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Return on Investment
Help Lightning
  • Makes work team better, even remotely.
  • Allows to share important information and get constantly retro alimentations.
  • Helps us to respect the Covid-19 prevention measures, while continue working.
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Zoom
  • Zoom, in essence, is how we deliver what we sell. Services delivered over Zoom account for 80% of our annual revenue.
  • Zoom saves me approximately 3 hours every week thanks to integrations with other software I use.
  • Zoom webinars have fueled my list growth.
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ScreenShots

Help Lightning Screenshots

Screenshot of Help Lightning's AR-enabled Remote Visual Guidance software.Screenshot of An expert providing help can reach into the field of view of an onsite technician or customer.Screenshot of Common tools can also be brought into the field of view to help solve problems.Screenshot of Product experts can work virtually side-by-side with anyone, anywhere in the world.Screenshot of Help Lightning supports problem solving involving complex and critical equipment.

Zoom Workplace Screenshots

Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.