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We performed a comparison between Polycom RealPresence Clariti 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Skype for Business Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"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.""It's on-prem, which is great.""It does a good job of integrating with other software."

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"The product's initial setup phase is very easy.""Scalable communication tool that's easy to install. Even old people are using it, because of its ease of use.""The product helps me make international calls.""The solution is easy to use and includes the ability to text message, video and voice chat, and transfer files.""A good option for virtual meetings.""I like the seamless integration to local telecommunications.""The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is overall it is an okay solution.""Video conferencing to hold virtual meetings helps to prevent employee displacement, where everyone can now enjoy the comfort of their own offices."

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Cons
"The customer needs this platform to be a little bit more customized.""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.""Could have a wider range of use cases."

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"I should be able to make a desktop phone call when I click a member of my Lync directory.""I am not familiar with all of the features or whether they can hold conferences because we use Zoom for that. But, in my opinion, if they can do something similar to what Zoom is doing, it will be a complete solution.""We overcame the audio quality issues by asking users to use the 'Call Me' feature with their desk phone.""If one of the users has a poor internet connection, this failure will compromise the meeting, causing delays and distortions in the communications.""I believe optimizing the solution for lighter endpoints, particularly for embedded endpoints on mobile devices, would be valuable.""The group feature of Skype for Business needs improvement. It should also be improved for online lectures.""Lacks a zoom-in feature for whoever is presenting.""Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."

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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:The firewall integration should be improved, but it depends on what works on the network from the customer side. In some situations, we used Poly endpoints with Cisco servers. The integration… more »
    Top Answer:We build teleconferencing infrastructure based on Polycom.
    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.
    Ranking
    15th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    333
    Comparisons
    172
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    503
    Rating
    8.0
    4th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    2,839
    Comparisons
    1,073
    Reviews
    23
    Average Words per Review
    332
    Rating
    7.7
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    RealPresence Clariti, Clariti
    Skype for Business Plan 1, Skype for Business Plan 2, Lync Server
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    Overview

    RealPresence Clariti is simple, powerful, cloud-ready collaboration infrastructure software for businesses of all sizes that connects people with HD voice, video, content and web collaboration.

    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
    Baptist Health Corbin, North Carolina Central University
    EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services,LA Fitness, MedcoEnergi International, Tampa General Hospital, and HopewellHoldings Limited.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Educational Organization8%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    University8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization87%
    Computer Software Company2%
    Government2%
    Financial Services Firm2%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise71%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business4%
    Midsize Enterprise89%
    Large Enterprise8%
    Buyer's Guide
    Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Skype for Business
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Skype for Business and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,924 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Polycom RealPresence Clariti is ranked 15th in Virtual Meetings with 3 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Polycom RealPresence Clariti is rated 8.0, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Polycom RealPresence Clariti writes "Increases the ability of Teams when collaboration is required". 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". Polycom RealPresence Clariti is most compared with Cisco TelePresence and Cisco Meeting Server, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Skype for Business report.

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