Review of Zoom
May 29, 2019

Review of Zoom

Hassan Siddiqui | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Personal

Overall Satisfaction with Zoom

I discovered I could profit more when I had the option to utilize a program with full features, instead of depending on workarounds in other programs. Zoom brings to the table premium features for nearly nothing. One-on-one gatherings are not time-constrained or missing any basic options. I'm able to set up repeating meetings by producing a lasting Zoom connect, which is exceptionally valuable to have custom connections for our wide range of contacts.

Zoom makes it conceivable to share the screen with others; either to record a performance session; screen share with others in a gathering while at the same time being able to record sound and video; share just a particular window or the whole work area. There's a fast method to switch between various screens that are configurable. Booking meetings is direct and various choices are displayed to make it simple. Meetings can likewise be incorporated with external timetables/calendars and give options, like having passcode protection. Having the option to visit with my participants and store all significant data about them in Zoom make working with incessant clients a breeze. There are a lot of settings accessible from the main window to change sound, video and recording subtleties and even reconciliation with double screens.
  • Repeating meetings by creating a changeless Zoom Connect.
  • Video & sound controls.
  • Meetings can be planned in seconds and added from Zoom's platform to Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, or Outlook Calendar which allows you to set up welcomes and include extra participants.
  • Zoom gives you the choice to either try out a month to month or a yearly arrangement. You can deactivate and additionally reactivate whenever (useful for sparing additional bucks in the event that you don't run normal month to month online classes).
  • The toolbar won't show up when set at the base of the screen, so controls become inaccessible. There is no real way to resize the toolbar which consumes an excessive amount of room on minor screens (screen size of 13 inches and underneath).
  • It takes a significant effort to resize the primary meeting window. Certain things on screen will be covered or vanish and end up making the recording unusable.
  • Our organization, who works in programming QA and testing, consistently has remote meetings to check in and work together. We chose to change from GoToMeeting to Zoom since it fit our requirements all the more precisely. Zooms client support is strikingly responsive and brisk to address issues.
Our current arrangement that incorporates 100 members, for both video conferencing and online classes, are estimated at a moderate cost for every month (GoToWebinar is almost twofold in cost for a similar arrangement).

The sound on calls and online classes runs well; we have never encountered any issues with dropped calls or glitches during online courses. Being able to join calls and online classes from any work area, tablet, as well as telephone (iOS and Android) is helpful for anybody hoping to get to meetings in a hurry.

Zoom incorporates different features like live screen-sharing, whiteboard, and so forth. This makes working remotely easy. In the event that you are holding a worldwide meeting, students can join through any workstation. Zoom proves to be useful when working with dispersed groups.
Moderate. Dependable. Simple. That is Zoom more or less. Before Zoom, we had encountered the sorrow of running an online class just to have the sound go out and glitch the whole time – finally making our participants drop off. That is not the situation with Zoom. It proves to be useful when working with dispersed groups; Zoom's meeting calling highlights are extraordinary for doing demos, dash arranging, and so on.

I wouldn't suggest Zoom for creating superb recordings for business use or for introductions with a huge group of people (over 100 members), however, it works flawlessly for individual activities and for most conferences.

Zoom Feature Ratings

Not Rated
High quality audio
6
High quality video
3
Calendar integration
4
Meeting initiation
5
Record meetings / events
4
Desktop sharing
7
Live chat
9
User authentication
6
Participant roles & permissions
6