#1 most frequent
United States of America
31.6%6 installations of 19
What is Jitsi Meet?
Jitsi is a set of Open Source projects that allow users to build and deploy secure video conferencing solutions. Jitsi Meet is an Open Source WebRTC JavaScript application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, scalable video conferences. Jitsi is an 8x8 trademark.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Calendar integration
Scheduling capabilities integrate with users’ Calendars.
Category average: 8.3
Meeting initiation
Meetings can be easily initiated, whether they are scheduled or on the fly.
Category average: 8.1
Mobile support
Attendees can access meetings/webinars from mobile devices.
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Low bandwidth requirements
Software is optimized so that meetings do not require a huge amount of bandwidth.
Category average: 7.3
High quality video
High quality video connection is consistently available, with few or no interruptions.
Category average: 8.4
High quality audio
High quality audio connection is consistently available, with few or no interruptions.
Category average: 8.5
Who Buys & Uses Jitsi Meet
#2 most frequent
Brazil
10.5%2 installations of 19
#3 most frequent
France
10.5%2 installations of 19
Jitsi Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Post Covid-19 beginning in India, IT companies have started to give work from home as the new norm and video conference systems are playing a vital role in this time. In search of a developed in-house video conference system, we come across Jitsi as an open-source designed and developed video conference and live event platform. Now, we have an in-house and secure communication platform that allows us to host conferences from within and outside organization members.
Pros
- Video conference
- Chat
- Screen sharing
- Audio and video control
- Background changes
- Customization on top of the base product
Cons
- Scalability in terms of participation
- End point hardware improvement
- Stability of core
- Video quality while load generates
Return on Investment
- Scalability
- Stability of base platform
- Great community support
- Continued enhancement by community
Other Software Used
Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams
Value for money
Pros
- Hosting meetings
- Sharing screen
- Business call
- Personal call
Cons
- Screen sharing is fluctuating which can be improved
- It consumes a lot of bandwidth even while text sharing via screen share
- Video quality can be improved for video calls
Return on Investment
- During this global pandemic, it has been a very useful tool for setting up meetings and getting on with everyday office work.
- Good quality audio to have a online phone call with anyone.
Alternatives Considered
Google Hangouts Meet and Zoom
Other Software Used
Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Powerpoint, iOS, Selenium, Wireshark, Ubuntu Linux
A tool that makes initiation of an online meeting easy
Pros
- Background changing
- Screen sharing
- Secure meeting room
- Easy to join
Cons
- Improve the quality of video during screen sharing, especially when we are sharing only test content.
- It consumes a lot of bandwidth if we share our screen as well as open the camera.
Return on Investment
- All in all, jitsi has made the communication between team members easy. Hosting a small meeting is not that difficult so people wo are working from home do not hesitate to start a meet whenever they feel needed.
- Remote working is not possible without proper communication and jitsi has been used for communication in my organization. So, it has been a very usefull tool for us.
Alternatives Considered
Zoom, Google Hangouts Meet and Whereby
Other Software Used
TeamUp, Slack, Ubuntu Linux, Wireshark, Cypress.io