I use Zoom to demonstrate my solution to my clients. We also use it to make external and internal client calls.
We use Zoom Internally, as well as with our clients.
I use Zoom to demonstrate my solution to my clients. We also use it to make external and internal client calls.
We use Zoom Internally, as well as with our clients.
The features are good. I don't have any issues with the features included with Zoom.
Screen Sharing is the most valuable feature in Zoom for me.
The only issue I have is that some clients have difficulty connecting to the audio side of things. It could be user issues.
I have used Zoom off and on for many years.
I believe that we use the enterprise version of Zoom.
I don't have any issues with the stability of Zoom.
Zoom is scalable.
We don't have more than ten users at once for my purposes. We haven't had to go any further.
I have not contacted technical support directly. Any issues are addressed with my IT team.
Zoom is the only product that I have used since starting with this company.
In the past, I have used GoToMeeting, Teams, Skype, and Webex.
Teams is nice, but it's on the communication platform, you are only using one application. Aside from that, I can't think of any significant pluses or minuses.
To my knowledge, the initial setup appears to be fine. I'm in sales, so I don't set up anything.
I worked for OpenText for 13 years.
In sales, I use what I am given to work with.
I would rate Zoom an eight out of ten.
We use the solution for virtual meetings.
The interface could be more user-friendly. I am only referring to my limited personal experience. This should not present an issue for an experienced user.
It's a little bit hard for me to type the numbers, as we mostly use Teams, meaning our experience is lacking. I have used the solution on several occasions, although not too many. This difficulty could, perhaps, be chalked up to my lack of experience.
We have been using Zoom for one or two years.
I felt the installation to be straightforward.
I do not know for certain how long this process lasted, perhaps 15 minutes.
One can handle the installation on his own, as I have made use of the solution on several occasions. I have endorsed the solution in the past and make use of it myself, so I do not need recourse to the information.
As I am not in charge of managing Zoom, I cannot speak for the licensing requirements. I believe that all of their licenses are purchased, so that they may use the solution for their teaching purposes.
I assume that the solution is cloud-based, although I cannot say for certain as I am just a user.
The solution has so far been fine for me and has not presented too many issues.
I do not know for certain how many users are using the solution in our organization, although I would estimate this figure to exceed 1,000, maybe reaching several thousand. I know there are at least a thousand. As we are a university, we have several thousand people, numbering more than 10,000 students, some of whom are making use of the solution. However, there are those who are not, so I cannot only guess at the number. At least a thousand seems reasonable.
I would recommend the solution to others, although there is really no choice in its use, as this is done out of necessity.
I rate Zoom between a six and seven out of ten.
Everyone in the company uses it, so it's about a few dozen. I use it for interviews and group discussions but very rarely for meetings because there are security issues on that level. So I don't share proprietary information on Zoom, but I use it frequently for normal discussion. Obviously, now that people are getting back to work, we're not using it as much, but it's still useful.
Zoom is more accessible for people without a lot of tech knowledge. So let's say you're setting up a Zoom call with your parents, and they don't have the hardware or other things you need on their computer. It's easy to Zoom with them over the phone rather than inviting them to a meeting and getting them to a place with a microphone and a screen. It's highly mobile and easy for them to join the conversation.
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. Although Microsoft Teams is probably a better enterprise product overall, it's not as good for people who don't have that kind of tech history. Also, I've had some microphone issues and connection issues with Teams.
Security is something Zoom lacks. If you're trying to get proprietary buy-in and enterprise buy-in, security is the top priority. And even though the user interface is simple, every solution could use a tune-up in that department. I found it easy, but those things are not difficult for me. Of course, I can't speak for older adults who might not have experience interfacing with these things. Maybe Zoom could be made easier for them.
But again, when it comes to ease of use, Zoom is on the lower and higher-end, depending on how you look at it. We don't use Zoom for presentations, so I'm unsure if it already has this feature. But if Zoom could enable you to present directly, that's something that would add a lot of value.
We've been using Zoom for over a year.
I haven't had any issues. However, once you get beyond a certain number, it becomes very dependent on the admin to figure out who should be talking. The more people you have, the more difficult it will be to keep track. But I suppose that's a function of any meeting.
Zoom's scalability depends on whether people are following Robert's Rules of Order or how amenable your staff is to have those kinds of meetings. If they're not used to that kind of thing, then you have people speaking out of turn, so it depends on how good your moderator is. Generally speaking, though, the more people on a call, the more difficult it is to manage who's speaking or keep track of who is who.
Hopefully, we won't be expanding our usage any time soon because that would mean things have gone south in terms of the pandemic. For now, our usage will remain steady, and I don't see it expanding to that extent. Even if you have customers across different markets, it won't be expanded on one end because the user base on the proprietary end won't increase.
You really didn't need tech support for Zoom. Something terrible would have to happen before you called Zoom tech support. Even then, you have your internal IT team for stuff like this, but it's not a cumbersome app. People have security issues. They get hacked. I know of a few people who had their Zoom meetings interrupted with frat-boy antics, racist trolling, and all kinds of crazy things. We've never had those kinds of issues, but if your password gets out or something like that, you may have to call tech support and see if they can block some IP address. But we've never had to deal with that kind of issue.
People at this company use Skype and Webex fairly frequently, but Webex is more of an onsite on-prem thing. For example, Webex is used when you don't want to go upstairs to talk to your coworker or you can't fit that many people in a conference room. Webex is more appropriate for direct presentations. We don't use Zoom for that kind of thing. But Zoom is easier to use overall than Webex, Teams, and Skype.
Setting up Zoom is incredibly easy. Let's say you're told that you need to go to a Zoom conference that starts in five minutes. You can set yourself up in that time and not be late. With some of these other solutions, you're doing mic checks, interface checks, internet checks, etc. It's easy to set Zoom up right away.
I rate Zoom seven out of 10. Again, I would say seven because of ease of use, how widely available it is, and how easy it is to adapt. But I don't know how well it can work at the large enterprise level. For our normal usage, I think it's solid.
At the same time, I wouldn't present via Zoom unless I had an experienced presenter. You have to keep the audience's attention or use Webex so the presentation is onscreen. When using Teams or Webex, you're sharing screens, so it's a direct kind of thing. In Zoom, you have a camera, and you're presenting. In my experience, it's not a direct-to-screen presentation. It's more of the audience watching you present from a screen. So that requires a little bit more attention. If you're having a town hall or something along those lines, I would say Zoom is the way to go. On the other hand, if you're trying to do something that involves specifications and very minute details, use Teams or Webex.
We use Zoom to communicate with colleagues and hold meetings with colleagues and clients.
It's popular. Many people use it not only personally, but also in businesses.
When you have a large group of people on Zoom, the focus becomes hazy. When there are larger groups, people can become easily distracted.
When you have 10 people and three or four of them are primarily engaged in the conversation, the rest of the group has ventured or wandered off. I am not sure if it's a complaint. It's simply a fact.
I would like to see better video quality, especially when it's being used by a large group of people using it.
I'm not aware of any file transfer capabilities with Zoom. It would be useful to be able to share files with my colleagues.
There are some things that we require that Zoom does not have.
I have been using Zoom for approximately one year.
Our company is small.
When we use Zoom, we may have one client and possibly another group of participants who are not affiliated with the organization.
Because we are in the software development and implementation business, we use other tools in addition to Zoom.
While we are on a call, we use Go to Assist, and Fast Support to track our time and transfer files.
We access it through the Zoom web application. We don't install it or publish it.
I would rate Zoom a seven out of ten.
We use Zoom for video call sessions.
Zoom drastically reduced the amount of travel because most customer meetings can be done via Zoom meetings. It makes training and webinars quite interactive with the help of breakout rooms, which is quite nice.
The most valuable features of Zoom are the audio and video quality and the ease of use when setting up meetings. Interacting during the meeting by highlighting things, using whiteboards, and chatting makes it an interactive and good experience. The webinar functionality and the interaction options during meetings are useful features of Zoom.
I often use a highlighting feature in Slack Huddles, which makes it easier to point someone in someone else's screen share. Zoom should include a highlighting feature like in Slack Huddles. The solution is not very useful for chat and lacks highlighting functionality.
I have been using Zoom for four years.
Zoom is a highly stable solution.
Zoom is a scalable solution. We have a couple of hundred Zoom users locally, and we have worldwide around 1,000 users.
We use the cloud version of Zoom. Users should really focus on the video conferences and webinar functionality. Zoom is not designed for chats, channels, or discussions.
Overall, I rate Zoom a nine out of ten.
Zoom is interoperable and user-friendly.
It would be great if Zoom could continue to enhance all of its features to keep up with other solutions on the market. The free version of Zoom could be improved and offer more functionality. We would also like to have whiteboard and drawing functionality.
We have used this solution for three years.
This is a stable solution.
This is a scalable solution but I am not sure how many users it is possible to have on one call.
The technical support for this solution is good.
Positive
The initial setup is straightforward.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
I am a pre-sales consultant.
I use the basic features in Zoom, to have conversations with clients, show some presentations, and for sharing. I'm not a very advanced user.
The sharing and recording, are the most valuable features of Zoom.
If whiteboarding is not available, it would be beneficial. I'm not sure if it exists. If I can do some whiteboard sessions, that would be great.
Whiteboarding would allow me to utilize the screen to draw something, explain, and write something.
I have been working with Zoom for two years.
The corporation updates this solution on a regular basis.
Zoom is a stable solution.
I'm not sure about scalability because I didn't host that many people on it, so I can't really comment on scalability or how well it performs when there are a lot of attendees and sessions. I really don't have the experience.
I have not contacted technical support.
It is maintained by my company; I am a user who does not get involved in the technical aspects.
I am exploring Microsoft, but Studio is no longer supported.
I have some experience with Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
I use Teams a lot and prefer it to Zoom simply because I'm more comfortable with it and there's no time limit. I don't need to worry about when my meeting ends.
The initial setup is simple, it's straightforward.
Zoom is maintained by my corporate IT team. I am a user, I use this solution.
What I don't like is the 45-minute time limit on the free subscription. Teams, on the other hand, do not operate in this manner. You can utilize as much use of Teams as you want. There are no time limits in the free version of Teams.
It is included with your Office 365 subscription. If you have Office 365, which everyone does, it is included. You can't use Word, Excel, or PowerPoint without it.
The free version has a time limit, but paid subscriptions are available.
I would rate Zoom a seven out of ten.
We are using Zoom for the standard video communication.
The most valuable features of Zoom are its ease of use, screen sharing, and annotations.
The chat functionality in Zoom could improve.
I have been using Zoom for approximately two years.
The stability of Zoom has been fine.
We have approximately 100,000 users using this solution in my organization.
We have all of our software in our company pre-installed.
We have a technical team that does the implementation of our software.
I rate Zoom a ten out of ten.