Join.me (discontinued) vs. West Collaboration (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Join.me (discontinued)
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Join.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.
$10
per month
West Collaboration (discontinued)
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Launched in October 2020, Hoot Meetings from Intrado was a client-free service used to host and join video meetings. Since rebranding to West Technology Group, the company is discontinuing its collaboration technologies. Hoot Meetings is no longer available.N/A
Pricing
Join.me (discontinued)West Collaboration (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Lite
$10.00
Month
Pro
$10.00
Month
Business
$10.00
Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Join.me (discontinued)West Collaboration (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Join.me (discontinued)
7.8
75 Ratings
3% below category average
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.5
2 Ratings
6% above category average
High quality audio8.566 Ratings9.02 Ratings
High quality video8.269 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements7.059 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Mobile support7.336 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Join.me (discontinued)
7.9
73 Ratings
1% below category average
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.3
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Desktop sharing8.573 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Whiteboards7.433 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Join.me (discontinued)
8.0
69 Ratings
3% below category average
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.4
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Calendar integration8.551 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.464 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.121 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.052 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Slideshows8.035 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Join.me (discontinued)
8.1
59 Ratings
4% below category average
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.3
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Live chat8.759 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Audience polling7.720 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Q&A7.826 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Join.me (discontinued)
8.3
58 Ratings
1% below category average
West Collaboration (discontinued)
8.7
2 Ratings
4% above category average
User authentication8.244 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions8.251 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Confidential attendee list8.433 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Join.me (discontinued)West Collaboration (discontinued)
Small Businesses
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Meet
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
Google Meet
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Join.me (discontinued)West Collaboration (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(76 ratings)
8.4
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Join.me (discontinued)West Collaboration (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
It is a great choice if someone wants to add a large number of participants and have a large team. I have been using it and haven’t found it ruining the quality of video because of participants. Furthermore, My team found it easy to join the link . Something that bothers me is that it doesn’t work well with a weak internet connection and this is troublesome for us.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
  • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
  • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
  • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
  • Its integration with [Microsoft] Outlook is very helpful for us.
  • It provides the best quality of video and audio.
  • Its pricing is so fair and justified.
  • Its mobile application works quite smoothly.
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Cons
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  • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
  • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
  • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
  • It requires a profoundly strong internet connection or else it stops working.
  • It is buggy.
  • There should be an update on it.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
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Usability
Discontinued Products
Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
I honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
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Implementation Rating
Discontinued Products
This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
I was not satisfied with the quality of video Zoom used to provide us. Furthermore, my team didn’t find the Zoom link easy to join and above all creating link for the meeting was very hard and tricky in Zoom which is easy in Hoot and Hoot works well even with a large number of participants, and my teammates find it easy.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
  • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado)
  • My team and I can better coordinate.
  • I am able to bring my team on one page and can communicate freely.
  • I can add my whole team and the quality of the video remains the same.
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