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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    West Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ALaunched 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

    Zoom Rooms

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZoom'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.

    $498.96

    per year per room

    Pricing
    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
    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
    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Zoom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of West Collaboration (discontinued) and Zoom Rooms
    Feature
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoom Rooms
    8.5
    25 Ratings
    7% above category average
    High quality audio9.02 Ratings8.824 Ratings
    High quality video9.02 Ratings8.725 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements7.62 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Mobile support8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of West Collaboration (discontinued) and Zoom Rooms
    Feature
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zoom Rooms
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Desktop sharing8.02 Ratings9.115 Ratings
    Whiteboards8.62 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of West Collaboration (discontinued) and Zoom Rooms
    Feature
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoom Rooms
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Calendar integration8.02 Ratings8.615 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.62 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Integrates with social media9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.62 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Slideshows8.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of West Collaboration (discontinued) and Zoom Rooms
    Feature
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoom Rooms
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Live chat8.42 Ratings8.810 Ratings
    Audience polling8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of West Collaboration (discontinued) and Zoom Rooms
    Feature
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoom Rooms
    9.0
    14 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication9.02 Ratings8.814 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions8.42 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list8.62 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    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
    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    West Collaboration (discontinued)Zoom Rooms
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Zoom
    Call quality is generally good with few issues, so everyday calls where Zoom is at its best are always good. In larger meetings with many action points, the AI summary can do a very good job of capturing the most important points. I find the room booking tool to be a nightmare and very inconsistent. Rooms take some time to book and are often rejected for no clear reason.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Zoom
    • Provides an AI transcript of the call, and includes talking points, action items, and other ways to mark up the transcript.
    • Access to "Zoom Rooms' is a great tool for large groups to work virtually off-site and then report back in for feedback.
    • Zoom provides connections via phone or internet using a wide range of toll-free numbers. I have called in via my cell, and while the network support is often too weak to allow for video, the audio is great.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Zoom
    • 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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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Zoom
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Zoom
    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
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Zoom
    • 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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