Whereby

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Whereby	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	Norwegian company appear.in offers their flagship video conferencing platform to small teams, both in a free edition hosting up to 4 guests simultaneously in a session or a paid edition that supports up to 12 simultaneous meeting guests, among other features.	$0 per user

Pricing

Whereby

Editions & Modules

Free: $0
per user
Pro: $9.99
per user
Business: $59.99 and up
per user/room

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Whereby
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Whereby
Considered Both Products	Whereby Rohan Tomar Associate Project Manager Chose Whereby Whereby has no login issues like zoom has, I love how clean and easy it to use. The app is so easy to operate and navigate, and the tools are excellent unlike Zoom where I found to have challenge to find tools and have a lot of trouble using it. I also liked the user interface … Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Whereby For me it was Zoom, Google Meet vs. Whereby. For me, the main idea was to make it easier for the clients (non-technical people) to join and starting to have a talk. For Zoom, it was too much, even for myself, and Google Meet always needs a calendar integration, but with Whereby … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Whereby I did not evaluate other applications against Whereby, because we had a very specific need, which was the partner that we would use the solution, only accepted to use Whereby, so, we accepted to use the solution. As it was for a specific period, there was no problem. And in the … Incentivized Helpful? Leonardo Barbosa Corrêa Sócio / Designer Gráfico Chose Whereby It is a very simple tool. It can be accessed by all very fast. Sometimes we do more than one videoconference simultaneously and Whereby helps a lot as a second option, especially with few participants. Incentivized Helpful? Sara Marie Ambjørndalen Chief Operating Officer Chose Whereby Nicer layout than any other competitor by far, reactions for emojis pop up on your video (have not seen this anywhere else), easier to access (no downloads). Also, useful internally to always use the same URL, so if you have an ad hoc meeting everyone knows where to go. This … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Whereby Whereby offers better features and is easier to use than both Zoom and Google Hangouts. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose Whereby We looked at BlueJeans, Zoom, and Google Hangouts. We selected Whereby because you can see multiple people (up to 12) in one screen. We also liked the interface. Incentivized Helpful? John Flett CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose Whereby Zoom I find clunky and not user-friendly as it's always asking you to do updates, attend their seminar trainings, and different codes. It's also expensive. GoToMeeting is much the same as Zoom. Incentivized Helpful? Alvin Landicho Cloud Integration Consultant Chose Whereby When compared to the other VC platforms, we found Whereby the easiest to use for users and invitees. The only install from a recipient's point-of-view is a Chrome extension. Zoom requires a download and an account to sign into. Microsoft Teams is only for other members on the … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Sexton Recruiting Manager Chose Whereby You're able to create unique links for people to join and use words and phrases in the link for the invite. I think that helps you with branding yourself as a company. On Google Hangouts we're not able to do something like this, which is why I appreciate Whereby and being able … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose Whereby Whereby allows you to see everyone instead of just the last few people to talk. It also has no software to download and install. It works on any device that can access a website. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Ball-Marian Senior Product Manager Chose Whereby I don't know that it is an apples-to-apples comparison because in most other cases I used these platforms alongside Whereby. The best direct comparison would be Google Hangouts. With Whereby, I think the video and audio are superior, the UX is superior, and it's just a better … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Whereby Whereby is a great tool for individual meetings or among small groups. It's super simple to use and very convenient. But if you need to have meetings with more than 10 people, a tool like Zoom is probably necessary. You'll have more options to control who can share and who can … Incentivized Helpful? Hernán Silva Senior Front-end developer Chose Whereby appear.in was the least expensive alternative at the time my company used it. It included the right set of features for what we needed. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Video quality Pro Video conferencing
Top Cons	Minus Free version Minus Number of participants Minus Google chrome

Features

Whereby

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
	Whereby 8.6 14 Ratings 8% above category average
High quality audio	9.414 Ratings
High quality video	8.914 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	9.412 Ratings
Mobile support	6.611 Ratings

Screen Sharing

Online Meetings / Events

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
	Whereby 7.7 13 Ratings 6% below category average
Calendar integration	8.05 Ratings
Meeting initiation	9.310 Ratings
Integrates with social media	7.03 Ratings
Record meetings / events	6.07 Ratings
Slideshows	8.56 Ratings

Online Events Collaboration

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
	Whereby 8.0 9 Ratings 5% below category average
Live chat	8.99 Ratings
Audience polling	7.02 Ratings
Q&A	8.02 Ratings

Online Events Security

Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
	Whereby 8.0 11 Ratings 5% below category average
User authentication	8.37 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	8.59 Ratings
Confidential attendee list	7.05 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Whereby
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	5.3 (17 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Whereby
Likelihood to Recommend	Whereby If you cannot use another more common solution on the market or are looking for an alternative to the known solutions, it is a great alternative. If you have other tools already, and just want to test [them], that's fine, but I think the better-known ones have a better chance of using, knowing, and the learning curve will be shorter. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Whereby Easy to use: The app is very, very easy to use. Literally just create a chat room (input a name) and access it to chat. Call/video quality: I've experienced better call quality on appear.in than in almost all other chat and video conferencing services out there. Incentivized Hernán Silva Senior Front-end developer Read full review
Cons	Whereby The paid version may have dial-in. But I have always used the free version. Dial-in is typically required for an "official" multi-purpose teleconference platform. I did have some trouble with larger groups (5+) when it was Appear.in but almost always use it for small 1-on-1 or 3 person meetings. Incentivized Michael Ball-Marian Senior Product Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Whereby We are using a larger tool suite that already includes video conferencing instead of our older approach of using different apps from different vendors. appear.in has a simple but great set of features but its pricing scheme is not as scalable as we really need in a 500+ employee company. Incentivized Hernán Silva Senior Front-end developer Read full review
Usability	Whereby Very easy to use, technical and non-technical colleagues have used it with no instructions needed. That says all about the app and services. Incentivized Hernán Silva Senior Front-end developer Read full review
Support Rating	Whereby Never had to contact support, so we cannot give a rating for their overall support. When we noticed the audio was not always great quality, we simply educated our users to mute the mic and use the in-room conference phone which is connected via a dedicated VOIP link and had much better voice quality. The video performance varied by locations network speed and found it got much worse when the room size increased to over 4 connections. Incentivized Alvin Landicho Cloud Integration Consultant Read full review
Implementation Rating	Whereby After a recommendation from a partner, as the system is very easy to use, we simply start. Incentivized Leonardo Barbosa Corrêa Sócio / Designer Gráfico Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Whereby For me it was Zoom, Google Meet vs. Whereby. For me, the main idea was to make it easier for the clients (non-technical people) to join and starting to have a talk. For Zoom, it was too much, even for myself, and Google Meet always needs a calendar integration, but with Whereby you can just share the URL whenever and people would remember your URL which is nice. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Whereby My team's favorite feature was the addition of sharing YouTube Videos directly in the page so we could watch and listen together. Easy to use, no login issues and is user friendly application. I like the rooms and sharing links. It's great to be able to make up my own room and share. Finding links is easy and make sense. Rohan Kumar Associate Project Manager Read full review
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