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We performed a comparison between Polycom RealPresence Clariti and Zoom 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. Zoom Report (Updated: May 2024).
770,765 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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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.""Some proprietary Polycom features include speaker tracking, acoustic fencing, noise cancellation, active noise cancellation, and noise cancellation AI."

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"Zoom is very easy to set up. You simply download it and use it.""The most valuable feature is the screen recording.""The solution is stable and reliable.""The ability to share graphics and visuals.""Zoom is interoperable and user-friendly.""The initial setup is quick and easy.""The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use.""The product has video access which is a great feature."

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Cons
"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.""The customer needs this platform to be a little bit more customized.""Polycom RealPresence Clariti is very bad when moving towards the cloud."

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"The product's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required since sometimes users get dropped off from meetings.""It's not really the fault of the product, however, the internet connectivity can sometimes be an issue.""Sound is not an issue, however, with video I've always had issues when using the free service.""Zoom should have more functionalities for large online events.""Zoom is not a good product for webinars.""They need to improve the background feature, to be able to set a background without interfering with the current background.""They should remove any restriction of time.""The chat functionality that is included is always in plain text, and you cannot change fonts by making them bold or italic. It's a very plain and basic chat."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Polycom RealPresence Clariti is definitely more expensive than others in the market because of its high quality."
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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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    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:Hi @Krista Thompson ​ - Yes, LucidSpark is a much more nimble and, in some ways, user-friendly tool than LucidChart. LucidSpark is designed to do a better job managing multiple users participating… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's paid version is not that expensive. You need to pay 150 USD per year. The licensing part of the product is not expensive. I rate the product price as nine out of ten. There is no need to… more »
    Ranking
    15th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    331
    Comparisons
    174
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    503
    Rating
    8.0
    1st
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    8,262
    Comparisons
    1,864
    Reviews
    35
    Average Words per Review
    432
    Rating
    8.3
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    Also Known As
    RealPresence Clariti, Clariti
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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.

    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
    Baptist Health Corbin, North Carolina Central University
    Fortinet, Veeva, Proofpoint, Box, Ticketmaster, Trend Micro, Caesars Entertainment, Santa Clara University, Pandora, Stanford Continuing Studies
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Educational Organization8%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    University7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization87%
    University3%
    Computer Software Company1%
    Financial Services Firm1%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise72%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business3%
    Midsize Enterprise87%
    Large Enterprise9%
    Buyer's Guide
    Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Zoom
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Zoom and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    770,765 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Polycom RealPresence Clariti is ranked 15th in Virtual Meetings with 4 reviews while Zoom is ranked 1st in Virtual Meetings with 202 reviews. Polycom RealPresence Clariti is rated 8.0, while Zoom is rated 8.4. 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 Zoom writes "Easy to use and provides good video and sound quality". Polycom RealPresence Clariti is most compared with Cisco TelePresence and Cisco Meeting Server, whereas Zoom is most compared with Webex, Skype for Business, Cisco TelePresence, TeamViewer and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Polycom RealPresence Clariti vs. Zoom report.

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