We performed a comparison between Google Hangouts and Polycom RealPresence Clariti 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."It's integration with Google is the valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the chat features and the video conferencing features that enable more than two or three people to be connected at a time."
"The ability to share a screen during a meeting is one of the most valuable features. You can also be directly connected on the computer and on the phone with the same account. It is flexible."
"It is easy to use, and we don't need to make a lot of configurations."
"The most valuable feature of Google Hangouts is there are no predefined or meeting durations. For example, Zoom meetings have a set duration, typically ranging from thirty minutes to an hour, whereas Google Meet meetings can continue indefinitely. Additionally, it is effortless to generate a meeting, whether it is a live session or for future use, and distribute your link to others, making these aspects appealing to me."
"The group chat is a very good feature, where you can see all of the participants on cameras."
"The most valuable feature of Google Hangouts is the ability to record the classes that I'm not able to attend. I can use the class recording to view whatever I missed later."
"The facility is always online and very easy to share the screen using the solution."
"The most valuable feature is its integration with solutions like Zoom and Teams for endpoints. The picture quality is high, and the conference sessions are stable."
"Some proprietary Polycom features include speaker tracking, acoustic fencing, noise cancellation, active noise cancellation, and noise cancellation AI."
"It does a good job of integrating with other software."
"It's on-prem, which is great."
"Google Hangouts could work on making the service better for slow connections."
"As someone who is not very familiar with technology, I find it acceptable. I prefer to wait and see what they will come up with in the future. However, I notice that they keep introducing new features that are better than the previous ones."
"The product was quite unstable during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when we shared our screens, as it often resulted in a black screen."
"The stability of Google Hangouts could still be improved. How virtual backgrounds are handled also needs improvement."
"I would like to see support for showing virtual backgrounds."
"The solution can improve by having more integration with different platforms."
"Google will not have two identical chat platforms. Google Chat is always a winner because it is compatible with my device."
"One area where I see room for improvement in Google Hangout is the voice quality during meetings."
"The most valuable feature is its integration with solutions like Zoom and Teams for endpoints. The picture quality is high, and the conference sessions are stable."
"The customer needs this platform to be a little bit more customized."
"Could have a wider range of use cases."
"Polycom RealPresence Clariti is very bad when moving towards the cloud."
Google Hangouts is ranked 6th in Virtual Meetings with 51 reviews while Polycom RealPresence Clariti is ranked 15th in Virtual Meetings with 4 reviews. Google Hangouts is rated 8.2, while Polycom RealPresence Clariti is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Hangouts writes "A tool for personal use with good screen-sharing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Polycom RealPresence Clariti writes "Increases the ability of Teams when collaboration is required". Google Hangouts is most compared with Zoom, whereas Polycom RealPresence Clariti is most compared with Cisco TelePresence and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Google Hangouts vs. Polycom RealPresence Clariti report.
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