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We performed a comparison between HCL Sametime and Zoom based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"I can view the status and availability of colleagues or team members, which makes it easy to approach them when they are available."

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"It is a stable product.""Zoom did everything that we needed it to do.""The solution is easy to navigate.""Another advantage of Zoom is that it is easier to link a person that is not a Zoom user than it is with WebEx.""It allows for both support and communication at the same time.""I have found Zoom to be stable and it has good performance.""The solution is easy to scale.""The initial setup is easy."

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Cons
"The webinar should be integrated into Sametime for a larger number of participants."

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"Excessive software updates can sometimes disrupt my experience.""The inclusion of some more advanced security features would be an improvement.""Zoom can improve the user-friendliness of the management when you are doing a webinar.""The product could use some more automation.""Zoom's audio quality could be improved. I feel like Teams is more reliable because sometimes the audio is patchy on Zoom, whereas I've never had a problem with Teams.""I would like to see something like a virtual board or conference room where participants are seated around a virtual table, and pictures of them sitting on the chair or an avatar that the user can choose and control within that virtual world.""Zoom could improve by being more user-friendly.""If Zoom could be more secure, that would be better. Security is always a highly sensitive matter for everyone today."

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  • "Zoom is a very cheaply priced video conferencing solution, and using this product has saved our business a lot of expense."
  • "There is a 40-minute time limit when you use the basic version, which is free."
  • "In the basic version, there is a 40-minute time limit on group meetings."
  • "Zoom is available with an open license that can support meetings of up to 40 minutes."
  • "The cost of Zoom has led me to use WeChat, instead."
  • "I have been using the free version of Zoom."
  • "The price is $149 USD yearly."
  • "We have an account but we are also using the free version."
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    21
    Average Words per Review
    392
    Rating
    8.5
    Comparisons
    Webex logo
    Compared 20% of the time.
    Skype for Business logo
    Compared 16% of the time.
    TeamViewer logo
    Compared 11% of the time.
    Cisco TelePresence logo
    Compared 10% of the time.
    Blackboard Collaborate logo
    Compared 2% of the time.
    Also Known As
    Lotus Sametime, IBM Lotus Sametime
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    Overview

    HCL Sametime. Secure Conversations Across Any Device ​

    Your company can’t afford to take any data risks, but your teams still need to be able to interact and react quickly, wherever they are working. Sametime offers modern instant messaging, file-sharing, and online meetings with the proven security your business can trust.

    Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Our easy, reliable cloud platform for video, phone, content sharing, and chat runs across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Message me to learn more about how Zoom can help your business or organization Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom_us.

    Sample Customers
    Connect2Cloud, Superior Group, Daifuku Co. Ltd., Seaward, The City of Fort Worth, Christian Brothers Services, Berlitz, Deutsche Notes User Group, Danske Fysioterapeuter, Slumberland, La Vacanza, Rheinmetall AG
    Fortinet, Veeva, Proofpoint, Box, Ticketmaster, Trend Micro, Caesars Entertainment, Santa Clara University, Pandora, Stanford Continuing Studies
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    University7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization87%
    University3%
    Computer Software Company1%
    Financial Services Firm1%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business3%
    Midsize Enterprise87%
    Large Enterprise10%
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    HCL Sametime is ranked 26th in Virtual Meetings while Zoom is ranked 1st in Virtual Meetings with 195 reviews. HCL Sametime is rated 8.0, while Zoom is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HCL Sametime writes "Easily communicate and share files with colleagues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoom writes "A solution that is worth the money and requires its users to go through an easy setup phase". HCL Sametime is most compared with , whereas Zoom is most compared with Webex, Skype for Business, TeamViewer, Cisco TelePresence and Blackboard Collaborate.

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