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We performed a comparison between BlueJeans Rooms and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The interface is user-friendly and screen sharing is easy to do."

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"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy.""What is most valuable about Skype for Business is that almost everyone knows about it and almost everyone has it. You will be able to reach a large number of people.""The most valuable features are the history tracking which allows us to see who participated and who didn't in the meetings as well as the integration with Outlook.""The integration with Microsoft Outlook for creating and scheduling meetings is nice.""It's a good and stable product that fits my needs.""Our employees use this solution for a communal space to collaborate for organizational decision making.""The solution is easy to use and includes the ability to text message, video and voice chat, and transfer files.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

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Cons
"If multiple people are part of the meeting and they are in the same room, for example on their laptops, then it will create an echo and the other person may not be audible."

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"Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement.""The video conferencing quality can be improved.""The solution isn't connected to Microsoft Teams, and I feel like there is better communication on that particular solution. The group capabilities are a bit less than Teams.""The solution should improve the chat and add more flexibility to make a call.""The stability could be improved.""We need a feature where you can virtually raise your hand to silently let the presenter know that you have a question.""We are looking for a more collaborative tool, not only in terms of virtual meetings but also for teams to collaborate, share a document, work together, and all those types of things.""I venture to say that 30% of the people using this solution at our company have had issues with stability, due to the volatility and crashes."

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  • "We have been able to save money by moving our conferencing solution to Skype for Business Conferencing."
  • "We negotiated a fair price with Microsoft. It is definitely worthwhile to negotiate with them for the best price for your solution."
  • "The pricing is really good. It is quite affordable because it came with our Office 365. It is on a per-user license, which is nice. I quite like that they have made it very granular with all of their licensing."
  • "It may be considered costly for certain markets, such as in India."
  • "It may be slightly costly, but the features are awesome."
  • "To realize value from the purchase of Skype Business, you need to take advantage of all the important functions of the program."
  • "The cost of Skype for Business is incorporated into our Office 365 licenses."
  • "We purchased an open license."
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    Top Answer:The solution’s video quality is fine.
    Top Answer:The solution has very limited features. The solution should improve the chat and add more flexibility to make a call.
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    Also Known As
    Skype for Business Plan 1, Skype for Business Plan 2, Lync Server
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    Overview

    Make any room a video conference room
    BlueJeans Rooms transforms any room into an easy-to-use video conference space requiring little to no end-user training and effortless IT management, while increasing workforce collaboration.

    One-touch meetings
    Easily reserve rooms for ad-hoc or scheduled meetings through our seamless Microsoft and Google calendar integrations. Start and control a BlueJeans meeting with one touch and share content from the room, your laptop or mobile device, without cables or dongles.

    Works with existing room systems
    With BlueJeans, you can provide a consistent and unified end-user experience regardless of the hardware used. BlueJeans interoperates with any H.323 or SIP room system so you can leverage your existing room systems from vendors like Dolby, Polycom, Cisco and LifeSize.
    DVR Multi Service
    Connects to other conferencing services
    Our MultiService capability connects you to any service that you need — BlueJeans, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Cisco Webex — using the hardware that you already have. Avoid vendor lock-in and get ultimate flexibility and choice with BlueJeans Rooms.

    Easy for IT to deploy, monitor and manage
    Easy installation and simple IT management minimizes setup costs and deployment time, and centralized management through BlueJeans Command Center improves efficiency with bulk provisioning, remote device monitoring, and diagnostics.

    Designed for Modern Business Collaboration

    Enhance productivity with BlueJeans Rooms

    Skype for Business offers features including presence, IM, voice and video calls, online meetings, conferencing, and telephony solutions that support enterprise-level collaboration requirements. Skype for Business Record meetings, share your screen, and annotate PowerPoint for real-time collaboration with up to 250 people and use whiteboard, polls, Q&A, and built-in IM during your business meetings to make them more productive. Skype for Business provides new client experience, Skype for Business Server provides several new features to improve manageability of on-premises servers and hybrid solutions. Skype for Business also supports the Lync client experience so that you can choose a phased upgrade approach to the new client experience for users. Skype for Business is also an integral part of Microsoft Office 365, providing PSTN Conferencing, Cloud PBX, PSTN Calling, and Skype Meeting Broadcast capabilities to Office 365 users.
    Sample Customers
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    EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services,LA Fitness, MedcoEnergi International, Tampa General Hospital, and HopewellHoldings Limited.
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    University8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization87%
    Computer Software Company2%
    Government2%
    Financial Services Firm2%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business4%
    Midsize Enterprise89%
    Large Enterprise8%
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    BlueJeans Rooms is ranked 27th in Virtual Meetings while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. BlueJeans Rooms is rated 8.0, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of BlueJeans Rooms writes "User-friendly, simple to set up, and the screen sharing is easy to do". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". BlueJeans Rooms is most compared with Pexip, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server.

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