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Lifesize 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.
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What is Lifesize Video Conferencing?
Lifesize Video Conferencing is a web conferencing solution. The vendor’s value proposition is that they combine a best-in-class, cloud-based video conferencing experience, with award-winning, easy-to-use devices that are designed for any conference room so users can connect to anyone, anywhere. Additionally, the vendor says their video conferencing solutions are designed for the demands of today’s modern enterprise, yet fully accessible to businesses of any size.
Some key features include:
- Interoperable cloud video offering
- Integrated, plug-and-play H D camera systems and HD phones for every room with automatic software updates
- Consistent experience across devices
- Search-based directory with name-based dialing
- Instant and scheduled meetings
- Schedule meetings from Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook
- One-on-one and group calls
- One-on-one chat and group chat in a meeting room
- Share your desktop or a specific application
- Up to 50 live participants in HD video
- Unlimited audio-only calls included for users and guests in more than 50 countries
- Record and share video calls instantly with Lifesize Cloud Amplify
- Skype for Business support
- Web-based app support via our Lifesize Cloud Web App
- Desktop app support
- Mobile app support
Lifesize Video Conferencing Features
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software Features
- Supported: High quality audio
- Supported: High quality video
- Supported: Low bandwidth requirements
- Supported: Chrome compatible
- Supported: IE compatible
- Supported: Available for OS X
- Supported: Available for Windows
Screen Sharing Features
- Supported: Desktop sharing
- Supported: Application sharing
Online Meetings / Events Features
- Supported: Scheduling
- Supported: Calendar integration
- Supported: Meeting initiation
- Supported: End meetings
- Supported: Record meetings / events
- Supported: Dial-in attendance
- Supported: Online attendance
- Supported: Mute
- Supported: Slideshows
- Supported: International calling
- Supported: Multiple webcam streams
Online Events Collaboration Features
- Supported: Live chat
- Supported: Q&A
Online Events Security Features
- Supported: Participant roles & permissions
- Supported: Participant list
Additional Features
- Supported: Meet anyone over video anytime, anywhere
- Supported: Record and share instantly
- Supported: Continue the conversation after the meeting via one-on-one and group chat in a meeting room
- Supported: Invite guests for free
- Supported: Pairs with award-winning Lifesize Icon conference room systems
- Supported: Experience Lifesize Cloud with a free 14-day trial
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Lifesize Video Conferencing Integrations
- Slack
- HipChat (discontinued)
- HCL Sametime (formerly from IBM)
- Skype for Business (formerly Lync)
- Microsoft Outlook
- Google Calendar
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Lifesize Video Conferencing Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Mac |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Countries | Americas, EMEA, APAC |
| Supported Languages | English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Japanese |
Frequently Asked Questions
Lifesize 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.
Zoom, Webex Meetings, and BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) are common alternatives for Lifesize Video Conferencing.
Reviewers rate Live chat and Q&A and Participant roles & permissions highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of Lifesize Video Conferencing are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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June 28, 2019
Great, but expensive
We use Lifesize to connect remote users to the main office and to connect satellite offices to the main office or to one another. We are a state-wide organization so this greatly cuts down on travel time. We have also used it to bring in content experts that are out of state that we wouldn't be able to bring in otherwise.
- Lifesize connects remote users
- Lifesize saves travel time
- I wish the feature for picture-in-picture (so we can see our room as well as the rooms that we are connected to) wasn't buried in the menu system. It would be nice to set it up to show it ahead of time too, so we're not fussing with settings when someone first joins in.
Lifesize is the main conferencing tool we use across the company. We do video conferencing between the different regions using the Lifesize cloud. Also, each user has their own account.
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- The equipment is not good and fails all the time.
- The Equipment and peripherals is very expensive.
- The app keeps crashing all the time.
- The admin portal is not easy.
- The admin page for lifesize equipment cannot be managed centrally.
June 26, 2019
Great tool for remote productivity
Lifesize is used across our entire organization. It is the key tool for the success of our work from home program, allowing employees to work remotely while still keeping in touch. Also, a key tool as we have remote locations in 7 states. Allows us to conference in colleagues without having to travel. We also use it to facilitate new employee onboarding and orientation.
- Easy set up
- Addresses are in the system, easy to look up a participant and connect with them.
- Great audio/video presentation quality
- With multiple participants on a single call, the speaker's video is enlarged on the screen to highlight who is talking. Nice.
- On occasion, the video drops, probably our Internet connection issue.
- Sometimes we have to reboot for an unknown issue. That usually fixes problem though.
June 26, 2019
Lifesize is easy and versatile.
We had been using Lifesize Video Conferencing for a few years, then at the beginning of 2018, we contacted the support center to see if we could add functionality. We started using Virtual Meeting Rooms, and then the recording function. It has allowed us to create a video training library that everyone is excited to use.
- The screen is very clear and easy to understand.
- The support department is very responsive and eager to walk you through new features.
- When we start a conference in our NJ office and there is a video presentation, often when our NY office joins in the presentation switches to them. This is particularly annoying when we have third parties also joining as it makes us look like we don't know what we're doing.
June 26, 2019
My LifeSize Video Conferences Experiences
We have daily meetings with our offshore offices and a higher quality video conferencing experience was desired for these meetings.
- High quality video conference
- Easy connectivity from a web browser
- I really don't have any suggestions, overall it has worked for us.
June 26, 2019
Lifesize is a great product.
Lifesize is a great took for our organization and it is our primary VTC service. We use the service not just for video but for phone conferences as well. Also, it is used during a company-wide meeting for non-local employees which allows them to view the presentations on the screen and they can follow along and see the presenter(s) as well.
- When you send out a meeting invite to an external contact, they are not required to sign up, it just wants your name and maybe your email address.
- The app on iPhone and Android work great and works seamlessly.
- Easy to train employees on how to utilize the service .
- The best feature to is that it allows any user to share their screen during a meeting.
- International users have experienced spotty/jittery sound and video.
- Connecting to meetings that are on different conferencing services is very clunky and not end user friendly.
- Being able to remote control the camera from a mobile device would be nice. If a change is needed during a meeting, the menu is pretty large and draws plenty of attention and distracts the audience.
Lifesize is being used across the organization as a video conferencing solution with the anticipation that it will fill the need to quick, efficient conferencing with remote teams. The system allows us to have people join by PC, phone, or live in person in one of our system set up rooms. It allows for presenting video, audio, and PC presentations live.
- Multiple ways to join a call.
- Setting up reoccurring meetings is relatively easy for admins on the cloud site.
- Phone and computer apps are nicely put together and easy to use.
- Highly proprietary.
- Equipment is very costly compared to other brands.
- Lack of true Microsoft Teams integration.
- Somewhat difficult customer service.
January 10, 2019
A complete package for communication for the organization whether it be video call, audio call or chatting
Lifesize video conferencing is being used in some departments where we need to communicate with several group members simultaneously on an audio or video call.
It solves the problem of communication by allowing one to create a team meeting and have all team members join in the most formal way possible.
Lifesize is available across all platforms like Windows and Android so anyone can use it anywhere by just logging in to their life-size account.
It solves the problem of communication by allowing one to create a team meeting and have all team members join in the most formal way possible.
Lifesize is available across all platforms like Windows and Android so anyone can use it anywhere by just logging in to their life-size account.
- First of all, video calls as well as video conferencing. I think it is [quite stabel] and does not lag much. One can join the video meeting just by using the extension of the teammate. One can record the video chat as well; that is a nice feature to have.
- Audio conferencing, as well as the feature of being able to mute the microphone when needed.
- Chatting and scheduling meetings of any type: audio, video or chat.
- Screen sharing is quite a good feature.
- Recorded video can only be played through the browser and is not saved on the local directory. It should have the functionality to save the recording in the local storage as well.
- It should show a list of people in the same organization. Instead, you have to add them manually.
- Android app has fewer features than the desktop. They should improve this too.
December 29, 2018
Excellent video conference tool
You no longer have to travel for quarterly or monthly meetings, you can just start up your conference room and join the scheduled meetings. When I can’t make it to the office, I’m able to join by my iPhone or iPad. It’s been very convenient. The chat function is very nice we and are able to use it internally.
- Simple installation.
- Quality of camera.
- Clean interface.
- [Would like to have] auto zoom functionality for whomever is speaking.
- Sometimes when starting up a video conference it can be a little slow.
- No longer making the team/rooms 220.
November 09, 2018
Lifesize Cloud Review
Our entire organization uses Lifesize daily, both for scheduled meetings and for ad-hoc meetings. We use it mainly for meetings with external parties such as our customers, partners, and distributors. As we are based out of Stockholm and many of our customers sit in cities outside of Stockholm, Lifesize provides us with a solution to keep close contact with our customers without the need for travel saving us both time and money.
- Lifesize provides a simple and intuitive GUI which makes it easy to use even for non-experienced users.
- We have many meetings with first time Lifesize Cloud users and all of them have been happy with the easy way of dialing into a meeting with any type of device they have been using.
- Very good integrations with Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack, HipChat and others making it easy for the customers to continue using the preferred calendar/chat software and still be able to have the quality and security of a Lifesize video meeting.
- The licensing could be more flexible, specially for smaller companies that may have use of only a handful of licenses were the Premium 10 is to expensive and a Fast Start doesn't include all interesting features.
- The possibility to have only one portal/login for all our Lifesize customers instead of having to create a login for each and every one of our customers would be highly appreciated.
- Also to be able to pair the video systems to the Cloud before sending the system out to the customer would be a powerful tool.
September 26, 2018
Video conferencing solution for everyone
We're using this solution to bring in remote subject matter experts, distance learning and global collaboration sessions. Some streams are recorded and archived for the future. If you're working with a big distributed teams across the country (or even worldwide) this is perfectly suited case. There are some add-ons services that you can subscribe to to improve the whole process. For the last year we hosted around 2000 meetings (~1600 meeting hours) and Lifesize doesn't let us down.
- It's easy to use once configured
- Video and audio quality is amazing
- Very reliable (more than 2000 meetings per year with no issues)
- Smart focus feature is great
- Add on services are great
- Price is pretty high compare to competitors
- 10 hours is a max for recording
September 25, 2018
Affordable, Great Startup Software
We are a local radio station that covers high school sports in our area, predominantly football. We use Lifesize Video Conferencing for player interviews and meetings while one group is at one game and another group is covering a different game. With player interviews, it helps us record dialogue and easily pull a quote to post to our social media page. Though we use it on a small scale, Lifesize Video Conferencing helps collaborate our work together; this is essential when you have a representative at 17 different high school football games each Friday night.
- Encrypted Communications: Competing against other newspapers and stations is tough. Lifesize Video Conferencing helps us keep our content original and encrypted.
- Multiple Screen Sharing: Before, our preferred method of contact was a text message or a FaceTime call. This program allows us to share the same video chat with multiple sources. We've streamed interviews across 4 different games and given live in-game updates - that's something our competitors can never touch us with.
- Sharable Content: Our meetings and interviews can be recorded and shared amongst our other team members or with the public through social media.
- IT Support: Set up and customer service wasn't the easiest to deal with. After finally getting through the initial setup, everything else was smooth sailing.
- Marketing Approach: It's not meant for everyone. We were simply sold a piece of hardware which was a risk but ultimately it met our business needs. Make sure that it fits your brand for what you're attempting to accomplish.
September 05, 2018
A software I recommend my colleagues
We have five locations across three states, as well as many remote workers. LifeSize offers a way for us to easily have all of our employees join video meetings together, regardless if there are 20 people together in a large conference room using a room system, or if it is a remote worker connecting via their smart phone or tablet.
Additionally, the LifeSize support team has been fantastic in working through optimizing our system over the years. They definitely have a more customer-focused approach than larger vendors or services such as Skype.
The chat functionality is still immature compared to competing group productivity platforms, such as Slack. Would really love to see LifeSize beef up those types of features to make it truly a single platform that can provide robust instant messaging (including rich text, images, etc.) and better notifications for desktop users, in addition to the great video experience that LifeSize is known for.
If you work in small ad-hoc teams, LifeSize may be a little expensive or not offer the right balance of video-to-other collaboration-type communication features, such as robust chat and file sharing.However, if you work in an environment with larger teams spread out that also need to connect with individuals wherever they might be, then LifeSize is a solid consideration. It offers relatively platform-agnostic high quality video meetings with screen sharing and recording as the
- LifeSize happened to be one of the solutions we were able to pitch in easily, as it moved from a complete H.323 system to a cloud solution thanks to the Lifesize cloud. This allowed users to do their Video Conference calls without spending additional money on dedicated lines for your Video Conference.
- Easy setup and use of devices they really try to make it easy on users
- I dislike that they are no longer making the Team/Room 220's. I am not a fan of the Icon editions that are replacing the Team/Room 220's for my classrooms and conference rooms. I do not like, when I remote into the codecs, that the layout is very limited compared to the Team/Room 220's. I can no longer see if someone is in the room or able to access the remote control or adjust the cameras. Because we are not using the "Cloud" with our codecs, users are no longer able to access a directory. The remote control looks almost like the Apple TV remote, which has very few buttons with no labels on it. My users, who are not very tech savvy, would rather not use the equipment unless some else sets it up for them.
- Software for computers could be more robust. One thing I would like to see is a way to click on one of the video streams to just see it large and be able to toggle which screen I want to see myself, instead of the software deciding which one should be the focus point based on who is talking.
August 24, 2018
Lifesize for News Reporters
We use Lifesize Video Conferencing at my newspaper to make conference calls to sources for stories we are working on. With the hectic schedule of the news cycle, we unfortunately, don't always have time to speak with a source in person. When this is the case, Lifesize has helped us when we need to talk with a source quickly.
- Lifesize has good picture quality
- Sound quality is excellent
- Add on services are great!
- I wish we could record for longer than 10 hours
- I wish the chat room was easier to use during a video call
- The price is not as competitive as other video conferences
August 08, 2018
Good, competitive video conferencing choice.
Our company can be pretty scattered at times. Lifesize video helps us connect with our employees in real time who have tougher personal schedules to work around. Also, sometimes our conference rooms are too small for all of our attendees and this helps us coordinate between large groups that don't fit in one room.
- Easy meeting setups
- Easy installation setup on our devices
- Very good quality video and voice
- The chat feature can be improved. It feels a little clunky.
- The admin panel can be more user-friendly.
- Compared to competitors, price isn't all that great.
July 02, 2018
Encrypted communications
We use the Lifesize Video Conferencing across the whole organization. We use it to have a conference calls internally between departments and colleagues, especially for remote teams and for the conference calls with clients as well. We have been using also some other video conferencing tools like Skype and Zoom for a few years by now and now we've been using mostly Lifesize Video Conferencing during the last year.
- It is secure and enterprise ready, so when we have calls with our enterprise clients, we do not have any problems with using the Lifesize Video Conferencing
- It integrates with Skype for Business and Slack which is great
- Video quality is very very good and it makes online communication more productive and enjoyable
- 24/7 technical support
- Lifesize Video Conferencing has limited number of participants which is 50. We've never needed more, but you never know.. Zoom Meetings for example allows 500 participants
- Price is high for video conferencing software. It starts at $29 per user per month
- It is not very popular, so many of our clients do not know this software
Our company utilizes a Lifesize Express 220 as our main video conferencing system at our headquarters. We typically use the system to connect to video conference centers around the world, and our primary business model is to connect attorneys to witnesses near our area so they can see and hear participants remotely from anywhere in the world.
- Great quality video both sending and receiving. This unit records in high definition at 60 frames per second, and the picture is fantastic if connecting to other Lifesize units with similar capabilities. The system also supports 1080p60 monitors, so the picture quality on our end is great as well
- Audio quality is excellent with the system's utilization of a room microphone for our conference room table. Other mics with greater mic radius are available, but I appreciate that the default microphone works well for our 12 person conference room
- The system has great compatibility with some of the newer web conferencing bridges such as Zoom. As many of our clients wish to connect via a personal computer, the system works great with the Zoom bridge as well as Lifesize's own cloud bridge (which I have little experience with but has worked well in the limited instances I've utilized it)
- The system sometimes has compatibility issues with older hardware, but there are far fewer instances of problems lately
- I have not been able to get URL dialing to work as the system wants to default to SIP calls when I do almost entirely H323, and H323 only seems to work with IP addresses despite not having a similar problem on my Polycom systems
- The web panel is Flash-based, so it requires an older web browser or some tweaks to Chrome to work properly
- Upgrades are difficult and expensive, but so far we have not needed to upgrade all that often
June 22, 2018
Lifesize Conferencing Review
Lifesize Video Conferencing is being used for just that--video conferencing. It's an incredibly clear streaming device that's simple to use anywhere. Its set up is easier than any video conferencing device I've seen used in the past, is portable, and the built in touch screen phone is a nice touch that makes this device elegant, and all in one. I've used this over Skype to have small conferences, and haven't been disappointed.
- Portable
- The ability to record conferences
- Ability to use from multiple devices
- Sometimes the streaming can be laggy, but that's to be expected
Score 9 out of 10
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It is being across the department to communicate with our clients and other stakeholders involved in our operations and who are located outside our locality. It eliminates the constant need for traveling around the country/globe meeting the clients physically thereby cutting our costs. The innovative ways which we've used Lifesize have been to hold consultative forums and meeting with the clients and stakeholders
- Easy to install and use
- Defies physical location in communication
- Customer support is available to help the new customers
- Updates should be easy to download and install
- Have a full review on the functionality of the software once per year
- Enable customization of the software
April 20, 2018
LifeSize does the job great.
We use Lifesize for administrative and executive meetings as well as an academic tool to offer students hybrid type education.
- The new internet version serves us well because it allows us to invite people outside our organization to participate in video conferences with us.
- We also use the internet version to allow students at their home to participate in classroom sessions.
- We also use Lifesize internally to meet among ourselves without moving from our desks.
- A Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection (any wireless option) to the ICon devices would make connections easier.
- We have experienced problems with the microphones on the icon equipment. The cable (usb) connectors are flaky.
April 17, 2018
Moderator Controls to Manage ie Mute, Change Layout and check network of Participants - then you don't need Blue Jeans
Used across the Whole Organization
Easy access to VC communications
Connecting desktop mobiles and VC Rooms
Easy access to VC communications
Connecting desktop mobiles and VC Rooms
- Easy of Connecting a VC
- Connecting VC Rooms, desktops mobiles ie almost anybody
- It can dial out which no other Product ie Zoom or BJ can do
- Pl check out the Admin or Moderator Capability of Blue Jeans - Lifesize MUST HAVE Capability to Control and Manage a Conference ie mute participants, check participants network etc
- MODERATORS MUST HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CONTROL LAYOUTS OF THE CONFERENCE
- Reporting like Blue Jeans
April 16, 2018
Try Lifesize, Feel Connected!
Lifesize Video Conferencing has made a significant contribution by connecting all our remote locations and renders a real time face to face conference experience. It has helped us to cut down our traveling expenses. It gives an exceptionally good output even at low bandwidths. The cross-platform connectivity enables users/guests to join in from any device wherever they are.
- Works exceptionally good on low bandwidths
- Cross-platform connectivity with external participants
- Gives real time face to face conference experience
- Helps in cutting down traveling expenses and saves on man-hours spent on traveling to a location for meetings
- Centralised call management facility to admin in cloud panel i.e. to add users to call/record call
- Call host can mute participants at other locations to avoid noise pollution
- Further optimisation on band width
April 13, 2018
Lifesize Review
Lifesize Video Conferencing is used across the entire organization. We have offices across 2 states, and it allows departments to hold meetings without requiring people to travel. Remote employees use the desktop version to connect to conference rooms and other staff members.
- It's easy to invite people with and without Lifesize Cloud accounts to a meeting.
- Video calls can be made through a web browser. We don't have to require attendees to install software.
- The desktop client can be pushed out using Active Directory group policies
- The Lifesize Cloud management portal is a bit clunky. It could use a redesign.
April 11, 2018
Lifesize-videoconference
Lifesize Video Conferencing is being used by corporate division. The solution has permitted to connect different country and city, having a experience and best quality for the meetings, sometimes one of the directors connecting for the mobile device, the functions and quality are not lost. I am very satisfied with the operation of this platform.
- quality video and sound have good experience for the participants
- the dynamic function shared desktop and video of other participants is great.
- The local directory and the function to call another video conference system is really good, no have borders for the communication.
- Have 2 or more profiles and directory by account.
- Unified Calendar for the Video Systems and Manager
- allow to connect voice calls to video conferences, some users of mobile devices do not always have an internet connection, this option would be wonderful
April 09, 2018
Lifesize
It's used by the whole organization across the different islands of Hawaii to connect and meet with everyone at one time.
- Recording video conferences
- Ability to present while conferencing
- Smoothness of quality video
- Connecting to more than just Lifesize and Skype systems