StarLeaf vs Zoom comparison

StarLeaf and Zoom Video Communications are both solutions in the Virtual Meetings category. StarLeaf is ranked #49, while Zoom Video Communications is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3. StarLeaf holds a 0.2% mindshare in VM, compared to Zoom Video Communications’s 11.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of StarLeaf users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Zoom Video Communications users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

StarLeaf

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

49th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zoom

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

209

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of StarLeaf is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoom is 11.1%, down from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Jan Skola

Solution Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Easy to use for our clients and was easy to roll out

I would rate it a nine out of ten. It was really easy to roll it out to our users to implement it to an API. It was very seamless. I don't see any lack of features we need. For the purpose of connecting the client and agent, it works very well. I would like the ability to download or retrieve the call history through APIs. There is no way to download the recordings from the meetings because you can record the meeting. The only way to get the recording from the platform is to log in to my strategic portal and download it manually. There is no way to retrieve the link for downloading the recording through API. I would like to see that in the next release.

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Kallol Chaudhuri

Principal Consultant at Oracle

Helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done and offers the breakout rooms feature.

We are a team located across various locations. Not in the same geographic location. We are distributed. And it's not possible to physically travel and meet people. Sometimes it's simply not possible. But Zoom has helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done. Without Zoom, it would have been very, very difficult. The breakout rooms feature is also helpful. For example, I have a meeting attended by hundreds of people and want to create subgroups. I typically use it for different role-play scenarios during training if we are trying to conduct some training on presentation skills. So there's a large group, which is initially trained by an instructor. Then you get instructions that the room will be split into smaller breakout rooms. I'll give you a topic, and you'll practice in these smaller groups. That's one way I use it. So it's like a simulation of a real brainstorming session I'd have in a physical space.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The pros are that it's like a global leader. It has a translation project, which is very interesting and important for our users because the minority of them are not able to read and speak in English."

"Zoom is scalable. We have about 10,000 users at my company."

"Zoom is a scalable solution, we have 150,000 people using it in my organization."

"The product runs pretty smoothly so I haven't had to contact technical support."

"It is very easy to use. The utilization of the network is very good."

"The whiteboard capabilities are great."

"I like Zoom's ease of use and how easy it is for non-tech people to interface with it. Other video conferencing solutions can be somewhat challenging for non-tech people, so you often end up waiting for people to connect."

"The product quality is very good."

"When I had meetings, I used to take notes or record them, but then someone still had to transcribe everything. Now, I'm fascinated by OtterPilot. It automatically transcribes meetings, summarizes them, and identifies action items. I've been recommending it to everyone I know. It is a tool that you can use during Zoom or Teams calls. It takes real-time notes and then sends a summary and action items to everyone via email. It's been really helpful for about three or four years now."

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Cons

"We have had some problems with stability. A week ago, we had outaging but it has stablized."

"When you are connected to one device and you're going to log into another one, Zoom should ask you to transfer without having to disconnect you."

"They could address the product's limitation of the free version, particularly the 40-minute time constraint on meetings."

"It would be useful, for my purposes, to be able to run a meeting like a webinar where the solution doesn't show all of the people on the actual call. It would be great if it had the flexibility to allow people to "hide" themselves from the meeting, or to give the person running the meeting the capability of choosing who could be seen, or not."

"The only issue I have is that some clients have difficulty connecting to the audio side of things."

"The time limitations for the free version should be increased from 40 minutes."

"It's a heavy application that requires a lot of bandwidth. I would like to see Zoom incorporate those features where you can share documents and form teams while still maintaining efficiency."

"Additional end-user features like polling would be beneficial."

"The video side should be improved, especially if too many people log in at once."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I believe that all of their licenses are purchased, so that they may use the solution for their teaching purposes."

"Zoom is free."

"The annual price of approximately $200 for the solution is reasonable."

"We purchased a license for Zoom."

"I am using the free version, so I don't pay anything to use it."

"There is some basic functionality that's free but if you want to host longer meetings and have more participants, then there is a licensing fee."

"The tool's paid version is not that expensive. You need to pay 150 USD per year."

"My company is using the paid version of Zoom."

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Educational Organization

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What do you like most about Zoom?

The product is scalable.

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There is a concern about the free version's forty-five-minute limit. For education use, having more affordable access through institutions would be beneficial.

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Overview

The StarLeaf solution

Rooms
From small huddle spaces to large meeting rooms and conference suites, StarLeaf allows participants to communicate, share, present and discuss as if they were there in the room.

Meetings
Remove barriers to communication and hold online meetings that anyone can join. Connect with the widest possible audience with audio, video and screen sharing.

Interoperability
Complete interoperability so you can hold meetings with Skype for Business and any standards-based systems including Zoom, Cisco, Lifesize and Polycom.

Messaging
Help your employees to work more productively and collaborate more easily with one-to-one instant messaging, group chats, and the ability to escalate any chat to a video call.

StarLeaf

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.

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Kinderspaital Zurich, HGEM, Stronghold

Fortinet, Veeva, Proofpoint, Box, Ticketmaster, Trend Micro, Caesars Entertainment, Santa Clara University, Pandora, Stanford Continuing Studies

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