BlueJeans: Well-designed and thoughtful, but so is everything else

Due to the pandemic, the video conferencing space became a highly saturated market, with almost every single option becoming more than passable. As such, each company had to focus on something in order to stand out. BlueJeans focused on its audio quality, one-to-many video conferencing, and easier screen sharing features, which allowed it to do well in the education space in which I used it. Zoom has become the standard, but it does not have many standout features other than its name. Microsoft Teams is a well-designed platform that is much better suited to persistent and ongoing communication between a set group of people, but those features come with overhead and require setup time. Finally, while Discord largely enjoys feature parity with Teams, its focus on gamers has kept it out of the corporate world. BlueJeans is a good option if participants are willing to install a program on their device and appreciate the audio quality, administration features, and simple screen sharing compared to other platforms. Other options do exist, however, and BlueJeans may struggle to differentiate itself in a competitive space.