Highfive (discontinued) vs. Zoom Rooms

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Highfive (discontinued)
Score 6.7 out of 10
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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
Zoom Rooms
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Zoom's conference rooms that make it easy to run or join video meetings with a tap of a button. Zoom Rooms bring HD video collaboration into any space – in the office, in the classroom, or at home – and enables in-person and remote participants to interact in real time. The solution also makes it simple to start a meeting, book a room, and share content.N/A
Pricing
Highfive (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsHardware not included in price.
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Community Pulse
Highfive (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
Considered Both Products
Highfive (discontinued)
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
Highfive has much better video streaming than Skype for business. It allows for multiple attendees to stream at once and collaborate. The options for sharing your screen or desktop is good too.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
I have used most of these products primarily as a user and rarely as a host. The one I have the most experience with is Join.me. I believe that product better matches my needs and is much more flexible for small meetings that I host from my laptop. What they do not have is more …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
In my opinion, Zoom is a far superior product to Highfive because it has everything that they are missing. The ability to remove people from meetings was a huge pain point for us as people will forget to close out of Highfive and we had no way of removing forcing us to create …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
We ultimately did not actually select Highfive. Zoom was more robust than Highfive was and we were already using Zoom for external meetings. We just decided to switch everything to the same licensing.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
Webex is quite clunky. The user interface is not as simple to use as UberConference and you have to download an app in order to use it on your desktop. Because of this, new users are often late to meetings because of the time it takes to download the app. UberConference doesn't …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
I haven't really used anything besides UberConference since I started my professional career. I know that RingCentral has something similar, but every other conference line I've seen has required a huge complicated PIN number. You won't believe how much of a difference that …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference has a great platform that costs us nothing to use. We love it.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
Zoom and RingCentral do not have a free version, to my knowledge. The technology for both is good but requires a download which causes delays for new users, especially when working with multiple clients.

Google Hangouts is my go-to but many clients do not have access to Google …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference offering the conference line and screensharing functions for free was the reason we chose it originally. We looked at Clearslide, Zoom and Webex, and at the time we looked at them they all required a fee and they had a lot more bells and whistles than …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference works well but I think Loom might have a slight edge with screen share recording.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference is comparable to the other platforms for conference calls. We use Zoom internally but vendors use it to schedule our demo calls for their products and services.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
N/A - We have not worked to find other alternatives.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
They all have a free version. They all have clear audio and video. Skype has unlimited amount of time allowed where Zoom and now UberConference limit your calls to 45 minutes and then they just cut out.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference is so much more intuitive, easy to use, and easy to manage compared to FreeConfereceCall.com. The controls over user access and communication is unmatched, too. There's really no reason to ever use FreeConferenceCall.com once you experience UberConference.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference is a much cleaner tool than the other options out there. I prefer to host all conference meetings so we can use UberConference and avoid the other choices. Any time I'm invited to a meeting and a PIN is required, it's become a chore and annoyance.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
We selected UberConference due to its overall value: robust features and a competitive price.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
Uberconference in my opinion is the best software out there. One of the things that makes it especially better than all of the other options is that there is no additional software needed for us our our clients. We used to have so many issues with downloading software and …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
I like the fact that UberConference does not require any downloads. Our being able to conference with clients and colleagues that may not be tech-savvy or may have their computers locked down by IT makes a huge difference to us. UberConference ease of use and free use tier are …
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
UberConference is free and easy to start and invite users to. It lacks the features of other paid options like Zoom and Slack, and even Zoom's free plan can often satisfy many of our requirements over UberConference.
Chose Highfive (discontinued)
If this had conference recording it would stack up well. It's not quite as fully featured, but it gets the job done.
Zoom Rooms
Chose Zoom Rooms
Zoom Rooms is far superior from initial installation, backend management, and user experience though that seems to be changing with time as more and more products and features are added it is becoming more bloated and complicated to manage the service.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Zoom room is much more easy to use, integrates with wide range of audio visual products, supports multi screens "up to 3 screens with confidant screen" smart name tag. multi share and automated translation.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Microsoft Teams Rooms, Webex Meetings, Polycom RealPresence Immersive Studio and Google Meet
Chose Zoom Rooms
Google Meet, Webex App and Microsoft Teams
Chose Zoom Rooms
I personally think Zoom Rooms is superior to Teams. I have setup 3 or 4 Zooms Rooms for my organisation and it is pretty straightforward to do without any formal training or education on Zoom Rooms. My experience with Teams was the opposite. A horrible interface and options …
Chose Zoom Rooms
We were previously with RingCentral/Mitel for our business phone solution. Switching over to Zoom Phone and integrating it with our existing Zoom account has allowed us to drop our phone expenses by over 75% AND get rid of our gigantic desk phones!
Chose Zoom Rooms
I think Zoom Rooms is probably the best
Chose Zoom Rooms
My understanding is that we would need to upgrade this feature in Google Workspace, so there was not a significant cost savings. We felt that the meeting recordings and webinar as well as Zoom Room features in Zoom Workspace made it the better choice for us.
Chose Zoom Rooms
During the evaluation process we found Zoom Rooms to be more reliable on our network and more secure for our students. We enjoyed the controls in the system as well as the flexibility for our staff to teach within their preferences.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Before using Zoom Rooms we had close to 450 endpoints of CISCO Telepresence throughout the state in classrooms and conference rooms. A good product, but could only buy CISCO hardware. No third party hardware available. Zoom innovation has moved the Zoom Room technology …
Chose Zoom Rooms
Zoom Rooms was the first to use proximity technology, the use of broadband is less and the integration it has with harwdare is the simplest there is.
Chose Zoom Rooms
The biggest issue is video quality. Microsoft can reduce video quality, but I don't always see why it does this. Zoom will be at the quality of your account unless there is a significant bandwidth problem. If the quality issue ends, the video quality improves again.
Microsoft …
Chose Zoom Rooms
We switched to Zoom due to the customer service quality with other vendors. Responses came slow and unblocking every country code one by one was a hassle.
Chose Zoom Rooms
It has easy of use collaboration features for meetings.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Better audio and video handling. Ease of use. We have Google as part of our Technology solutions but still purchased Zoom Workplace.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Zoom Workplace is more refined, better audio and video quality and more features. We chose Zoom Workplace because more of our partners and clients felt comfortable with Zoom Workplace.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Zoom has so many more features. The breakout rooms and interpretation were critical reasons we went with Zoom.
Chose Zoom Rooms
We use Zoom for the specific use cases mentioned because it seems to be the best tool for those use cases. Other tools are in use for other use cases in our enterprise, as well as because of the pricing structure for the tool.
Chose Zoom Rooms
Both work very well, but users had more familiarity with Zoom.
Chose Zoom Rooms
BlueJeans was way too expensive. Webex was stable but hard to use
Features
Highfive (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Highfive (discontinued)
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
Zoom Rooms
8.3
Ratings
5% above category average
High quality audio8.50 Ratings8.70 Ratings
High quality video8.60 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.30 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Mobile support7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Highfive (discontinued)
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Zoom Rooms
8.8
Ratings
11% above category average
Desktop sharing8.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Whiteboards8.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Highfive (discontinued)
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
Zoom Rooms
8.9
Ratings
9% above category average
Calendar integration7.20 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Meeting initiation6.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Integrates with social media8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.70 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Slideshows9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Highfive (discontinued)
7.5
Ratings
7% below category average
Zoom Rooms
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Live chat7.70 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Audience polling6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Highfive (discontinued)
6.1
Ratings
28% below category average
Zoom Rooms
8.8
Ratings
9% above category average
User authentication6.20 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions6.30 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Confidential attendee list5.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Highfive (discontinued)
8.9
Ratings
20% above category average
Zoom Rooms
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Ratings
Video conferencing8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Highfive (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
Small Businesses
Whereby
Whereby
Score 9.9 out of 10
Whereby
Whereby
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.8 out of 10
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.7 out of 10
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Highfive (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
4.0
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-
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Usability
10.0
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8.9
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Support Rating
7.7
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User Testimonials
Highfive (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
Likelihood to Recommend
UberConference is well suited to almost any application. It is best suited for teleconference or p2p meetings over the computer. It can be used as a dial-in conference bridge but the paid tier offers more functionality on that level. It can even be used to technical support due to the built-in screen sharing feature and can be extremely useful when the end-user has no way to install an application privilege escalation. I would not recommend this as it's primary feature as this limited to just seeing what is on the screen and not so much geared toward remote-control or admin level administration. Uber Conference is extremely easy to setup and create spaces for having online meetings, it really excels at this and has handy visual aids to let you know what is going on with everyone else.
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User friendly, reliable and inclusive to remote audiences. The product grows organically for us which speaks for itself ; the business at sites we could not equip with our initial investments requests it. We have made the choice of Zoom rooms 5 years ago and it is still one our our star products supporting frictionless collaboration.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Zoom Rooms is built on the Zoom platform so faculty already know it and use it.
  • All touch panels regardless of manufacturer have the same look and feel.
  • Easy to schedule, easy to use.
  • Supports a wide range of hardware from several vendors.
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Cons
  • 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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  • Support is prompt, but not always the most immediately knowledgable or helpful.
  • Admin portal is convoluted. There's gotta be a better way to assign scheduling permisissions.
  • Zoom account managers are constantly being reassigned. It is nearly impossible to keep track of who presently is our account manager. When we were going through the process of looking into Zoom Phone, our manager was literally switched twice, resulting in us working with three total managers during that two-month process.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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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User friendliness (experience very similar to the already familiar Zoom app), consistency of the UX across locations and manufacturers. Screen sharing is made super easy (proximity). Zoom rooms support strategic needs for Hybrid work and reduced travels. Backend admin interface is simple (that's good) and provides useful dashboards for trend analysis.
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Support Rating
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
UberConference offering the conference line and screensharing functions for free was the reason we chose it originally. We looked at ClearSlide, Zoom and Webex, and at the time we looked at them they all required a fee and they had a lot more bells and whistles than UberConference. Not all of our customers are very tech-savvy, and many of them appreciate UberConference's interface and ease of use.
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I personally think Zoom Rooms is superior to Teams. I have setup 3 or 4 Zooms Rooms for my organisation and it is pretty straightforward to do without any formal training or education on Zoom Rooms. My experience with Teams was the opposite. A horrible interface and options deliberately hidden away in menus levels deep. On top of which, Zoom Room outperforms Teams Rooms in both video and audio. On the desktop, Teams is a bloated app whereas, in my experience, Zoom Rooms works well.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Great value for money as used it more than planned after installation.
  • Finding the use of screen share and whiteboards is becoming very popular and meant we wanted a larger screen for this. ;-)
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