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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lifesize Video Conferencing

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALifesize is a web conferencing platform focused on making video conferencing systems and video conferencing apps work well together, while still being easy-to-use. Their platform incorporates web conferencing software with meeting room devices and wireless screen sharing.

    $12.95

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    WebinarJam

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AWebinarJam is designed to allow users to host online events with HD streaming, interactive features like polls and chat, integrations, analytics, and payment processing that are intended to help maximize online growth.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    Lifesize Video ConferencingWebinarJam
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
    $12.95 per user/month
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    Plus
    $14.95 per user/month
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    Standard
    $16.95 per user/month
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    Starter
    $39
    per month for 1 presenter and 100 attendees
    Basic
    $79
    per month for 2 presenters and 500 attendees
    Professional
    $229
    per month for 4 presenters and 2000 attendees
    Enterprise
    $379
    per month for 6 presenters and 5000 attendees
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lifesize Video ConferencingWebinarJam
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWith every plan, you get the collaboration features you use everyday, at no additional cost: • Unlimited video conferences • Downloadable desktop and mobile apps • Secure encryption set by default • Unlimited meeting duration • Free, browser-based web app • Two-way and group chat with popular chat integrations • Centralized, name-based directory • Online reporting and account management • Email and calendar scheduling—
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    Community Pulse
    Lifesize Video ConferencingWebinarJam
    Considered Both Products
    Lifesize
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    Genesis Digital
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    79%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
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    Features
    Lifesize Video ConferencingWebinarJam
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    8.9
    160 Ratings
    12% above category average
    WebinarJam
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    High quality audio8.9160 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    High quality video8.9158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements8.9150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings8.16 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    9.0
    155 Ratings
    12% above category average
    WebinarJam
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing9.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    8.9
    148 Ratings
    8% above category average
    WebinarJam
    6.1
    8 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Calendar integration8.9112 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.9141 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.9112 Ratings3.28 Ratings
    Slideshows8.996 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings3.28 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    9.0
    93 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WebinarJam
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Live chat9.092 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A9.062 Ratings4.78 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    9.0
    113 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WebinarJam
    10.0
    7 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Participant roles & permissions9.0113 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    4.8
    8 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings2.58 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and WebinarJam
    Feature
    Lifesize Video Conferencing
    -
    Ratings
    WebinarJam
    2.4
    8 Ratings
    107% below category average
    Branding options00 Ratings2.58 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings2.38 Ratings
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    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    GoTo Webinar
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Webex Webinars
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score2.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Lifesize Video ConferencingWebinarJam
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (161 ratings)
    3.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (36 ratings)
    3.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (48 ratings)
    3.2
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (135 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lifesize Video ConferencingWebinarJam
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lifesize
    Lifesize Video Conferencing is a real-time meeting and video conferencing solution that works simply and immediately with features that fit our needs. I recommend it because it is professional, easy to configure, with maximum security, and where collaboration and teamwork are essential. possible, increasing workflow and productivity, to increase communication and efficiency in projects, it offers positive results and a pleasant experience for all.
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    Genesis Digital
    We have used WebinarJam for many reasons. Our main reason is to host large free webinars but we have also used it for smaller live training courses that people paid for, we have held private training classes for companies, and so on. I guess you could get creative and use it for a conference-style virtual event but wouldn't really recommend it for that. You could use it for internal training within an organization and things but I still feel it best suited for webinars and marketing purposes.
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    Pros
    Lifesize
    • The touchpad makes it extremely easy to join or start conference calls with a single pushbutton.
    • The Lifesize solution is affordable and has been extremely reliable for our video conference calls.
    • Camera quality is great and provides clear video for our organization.
    • The pan/tilt/zoom features are very helpful to focus in on specific people or items during a training or demonstration.
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    Genesis Digital
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTHS: Easy to use the dashboard to start a webinar on demand, or schedule one in the future. Each step has a video tutorial made to set you up for success, understanding each set-up step along the way. If I want to practice a session live, I can set up a webinar instantly (called Right Now-takes 6 clicks and 30 seconds to set this up), and stream it through my YouTube Channel, or schedule a full campaign for a later date (takes about 10 minutes) and drive people to attend. I can set up one date, or multiple dates. It's very easy to follow the nine initial steps to (configuration, schedule, registration, notifications, integration, thank you, live, replay and finish) setting up your webinar. Once you have created a campaign, you can always clone them for future use.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: You can inject a pre-recorded video seamlessly. Let's say you did an incredible sales pitch on one of your webinars, you can inject this into future webinars to ensure a perfect presentation.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: Poll your customers BEFORE the webinar, on the registration page to find out what they are looking for, why they have signed up, to be sure the presenter covers each participant's needs.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: Autoresponder reminders can come from Webinar Jam (this is what I have always done to keep it simple) or integrate it with the top systems (AWeber, Active Campaign, Infusionsoft, IContact, MailChimp, ConvertKit, Drip, Kartra, Zapier).
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: I can set up a replay for those who missed the event, or even a replica replay where I can go into the video, fix up my sales presentation, and add a new video for people to see. I can also see who watches the replay.
    • ADMIN/USER STRENGTH: In the analytics page I can see the numbers of people who visited the webinar registration page (to get an idea of how popular my topic was/change headings or topics if it's low, keep presenting if there's a high number), registrants, people in the room when I go live, and numbers for those who watched the replays. I can connect my autoresponder to communicate with people who missed the webinar/replay vs those who attended and even can see when people dropped off so I know if they were engaged for the entire webinar.
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    Cons
    Lifesize
    • Lack of features or options to integrate with other solutions
    • Audio was just ok. If it was a meeting with more than 3-4 people, it seemed it was too much
    • I had a hard time with support. They were not very responsive and felt like an up-hill battle at times.
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    Genesis Digital
    • One of the biggest problems we have is that WebinarJam was sold to us as a lifetime license, and it was supposed to include broadcasting on Facebook. For reasons that were never clear, they stopped providing that functionality, which greatly reduced our use for the product.
    • WebinarJam started out life as an innovative product, full of promise. Things changed within the organization, key staff and players changed, and it seems that key players just moved on to other projects. Users were required to pay for upgrades in order to get the best use out of the product.
    • A big problem that was never really solved was the Lag/Delay between realtime and what the users were seeing and hearing.
    • We really wanted to be able to administer Surveys to people during webinars and be able to store their responses and export them to a database. We were told there was no way to do that.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lifesize
    Other than the HIPAA compliance, we have no compelling reason to retain LifeSize when we can already pay for similar services included with our UCaaS service. Our UCaaS vendor, Fuze, includes video conferencing with the VoIP services via single, integrated client software package. Additional limitations include minimal implementation assistance, training service, training materials and assistance driving internal adoption. Issues with slow speed for desktop sharing and audio quality make the technical aspects of Lifesize inferior to competitors.
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    Genesis Digital
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    Usability
    Lifesize
    Overall experience with Lifesize Video Conferencing has been great. While it serves it's basic purpose of allowing smooth video/audio meetings of people located at different places with option of screen sharing/chatting/ recording, what add to it's pros are it's accessibility from various platforms, flexibility to switch to a listen only mode in case of network issues and ease of operation.
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    Genesis Digital
    The platform is really hard to use and they have a habit of pushing out updates without telling their users first. The last update completely reverted all of our customizations back to the default EverWebinar layout. I only found out about this after a lead kindly send an email to the firm letting us know that [our] registration confirmation page was showing lorem ipsum script. Customization is lacking as well
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lifesize
    Since we are an educational institution we not only have scheduled classes which must be available, but we have staff members in a variety of areas ranging from recruiting and admissions to advancement and the President's office who need to connect with students, alumni and other interest groups, often at odd hours. I have not, since using Lifesize had anyone complain of not being able to connect
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    Genesis Digital
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    Performance
    Lifesize
    Lifesize is an amazing platform for VC. However, it is a costly solution for any scaling startup. However, implementation and user acceptability was fairly easy and worth the additional spend. Quality has always been on point and support has always taken care of us. Our account manager also ensured a seamless transition process for Google Hangouts. Will go with this solution again at any other organization.
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    Genesis Digital
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    Support Rating
    Lifesize
    Support has been decent throughout our use of Lifesize Video Conferencing. There were times we needed to make changes, customizations and additions to the application which took a little longer than expected. Overall the support team for Lifesize was very responsive to our requests. When we experienced issues with the application they were resolved to our expectations.
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    Genesis Digital
    The support overall is good. In the early days, it wasn't the best but they have definitely stepped it up lately. If you have questions about the platform, issues, setup, etc, and don't mind waiting 24 hours to get a response then it's good. They may have faster response times now but when they updated to 4.0 it took a while as they were getting hammered with emails cause there were issues. It seems like they have worked out some of the kinks so I imagine their support can respond much faster now. There is no phone number to call so there is no way to get immediate help or answers which can be frustrating when you have issues right before or during your webinar
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    In-Person Training
    Lifesize
    Sensus was really helpful in the initial setup and training of our technical Support Team. Sensus gave us training on site so that it would be our own equipment that was set up. Then the in house tech team took over to train other users who would be using the system. When needed the Sensus and Lifesize tech support were really helpful in trouble shooting or guiding us through any difficulty.
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    Genesis Digital
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    Online Training
    Lifesize
    I gave this rating because Lifesize's website offers multiple quality videos that shows you exactly how the software works. The videos are divided into different categories which makes searching for a video fairly simple! If for some reason you have a question not answered in one of the how-tos you can always contact support. Excellent product, excellent service!
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    Genesis Digital
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    Implementation Rating
    Lifesize
    Great for companies that need to accomplish multiple things at once while at different places. From our experience, broadcasting news is most favorable considering the level of excellence you get with the product plus the affordability. It can be used both privately amongst employees, or shared publicly through covering events
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    Genesis Digital
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lifesize
    When compared to Zoom, one of the massive benefits that Lifesize brings is total peace of mind with security. Call encryption is part of the core in Lifesize and not an optional feature as in Zoom. I don't know about you, but every conversation can contain private and confidential information, so protecting me, my team, and my customers is totally covered with Lifesize! When compared with other providers, the quality of the video and lip sync on Lifesize is simply flawless. With the ability to deliver a call at 4k ultra high definition at 60 frames per second, the platform is simply awesome! Zoom is only 720p and the data share is only 5 frames per second. Zoom is simply substandard when compared to Lifesize. We often speak with clients who are using Teams or Skype for Business, but when you compare the video and audio quality with that achieved by Lifesize, they simply do not match up. If you want excellent quality video and ultra-sharp audio, then Lifesize is the only way to go!
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    Genesis Digital
    I prefer WebinarJam due to its super-easy setup and great integration options. It works well with other tools like ClickFunnels, Hubspot and Mailchimp. From the tools we tried, this one seems to work the best for our company and clients!
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    Scalability
    Lifesize
    With LifeSize Cloud, it's very easy to simply add another Icon to your system and join it to your cloud. You can easily and instantly create meetings and add users both in your organization and out without any difficulty. The cooperation between the Icons and cloud users running on their laptops makes it easy to scale this out to your entire company, including joint venture without difficulty.
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    Genesis Digital
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    Return on Investment
    Lifesize
    • Training users on how to use the software is quick and easy.
    • Calling abroad saves a good chunk of money for both the end user and company.
    • Does save on travel as remote users are able to have a similar experience as the people attending the meetings and no need to travel to the other locations for meetings.
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    Genesis Digital
    • WebinarJam has allowed us to present to multiple audiences at our prospective customers, rather than just a few individuals which made it difficult to get to the next sales step. By engaging a larger audience, we were able to drive more attention to our product and made follow up with the customer much easier.
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    ScreenShots

    Lifesize Video Conferencing Screenshots

    Screenshot of Lifesize Web App directoryScreenshot of Lifesize Web App screen sharing and five-way callScreenshot of Lifesize Desktop App home screenScreenshot of Lifesize Desktop App group video call with moderator controlsScreenshot of Lifesize Record & Share personal video libraryScreenshot of Lifesize Record & Share personal video library - video feed