We performed a comparison between Cisco Meeting Server and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The share screen option available during conferences is one of the best features of Cisco Meeting Server."
"Cisco Meeting Server is an easy and less complex solution."
"You can use the Cisco Meeting Server to set up conference calls and virtual meetings. Those are the two primary functions of Meeting Server. Most people in the company are using Microsoft Teams, so we only use Meeting Server when we have an internal meeting for all staff."
"What I like most about Cisco Meeting Server is its quick management. The solution also has a straightforward configuration."
"The UI is user-friendly and very good overall."
"The most valuable feature is how useful it has been for virtual meetings during the pandemic."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is that it has many other tools that you can be integrated with it. It makes the meetings more interactive."
"Making calls and having meetings is easy."
"I use the chat feature to communicate with my staff, which is very helpful."
"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 of Skype for Business include its persistent chat, Edge Server, Reverse Proxy, front-end server, back-end server, and business calling capabilities, among others."
"The calling features are most valuable, especially now as we are working remotely."
"The solution is scalable and is capable of working on every appliance on every operating system."
"In Cisco Meeting Server, GUI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"What would make Cisco Meeting Server better is integrating it with Zoom and Teams so that you can connect or make a call through any of the two third-party solutions."
"Cisco Meeting Server should include a feature to control another user's screen during a remote session."
"A few features are missing on the Meetings app, like a recording function. My understanding is that you need to buy a separate recording solution. It's modular, so you have to enable some functions if you want to use them. For example, we had to enable the Mood function. Recording is the primary feature we'd like to see in the app."
"This is a difficult solution to install and it should be made easier."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement."
"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."
"Skype for Business could improve the interface. It could be easier to use. Additionally, it's hard to find the people or add people you want to communicate with."
"I believe optimizing the solution for lighter endpoints, particularly for embedded endpoints on mobile devices, would be valuable."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business."
"The challenge we had with Skype for Business was with the signing in when a user signed out and when signing in back in again, there was a bit of a problem. We switched from Skype for Business to Teams, and Teams never had that sign-in problem once we did the switch."
Cisco Meeting Server is ranked 8th in Virtual Meetings with 5 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Cisco Meeting Server is rated 8.4, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Meeting Server writes "A scalable tool useful to hold conferences and video meetings". 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". Cisco Meeting Server is most compared with Webex, Pexip, Zoom, Cisco TelePresence and Polycom RealPresence Clariti, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and HCL Connections. See our Cisco Meeting Server vs. Skype for Business report.
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