bluejeans-meetings-vs-webex-meetings

BlueJeans, from Verizon, and Cisco Webex Meetings are web and video conferencing solutions that offer boardroom and huddle capabilities. As a full video conferencing solution, BlueJeans recommends customers use Logitech devices, though it supports additional Poly devices as well. Cisco Webex provides its own series of huddle room devices, with some third-party support. 

Both solutions are used at companies of all sizes but tend to be deployed at large enterprises. Cisco’s diverse product suite caters to the needs of enterprises so this is not surprising, and both vendors provide advanced security features. 

Features

There are several similar features BlueJeans and Cisco Webex Meetings offer users. However, each product has a few standout benefits.

Cisco Webex Meetings is easy for meeting participants to use with good collaboration features such as screen sharing, whiteboarding, hand-raising, and private and group messaging, etc. On TrustRadius, enterprise Webex Meetings reviewers find sessions easy to join and engage with. Reviewers note the collaboration features make Webex Meetings a viable solution for groups with multiple active participants. 

BlueJeans’ users tout its security features (encryption, meeting code, etc.) and its strong boardroom/ large conference room experience. BlueJeans can be easily deployed using any AV setup. Reviewers on TrustRadius highlight reliably high-quality video and audio, as well as a stable connection. Users also enjoy generous and accessible recording space, and the ability to generate shareable meeting highlights.

Limitations

While Webex Teams and BlueJeans are robust enterprise conferencing solutions, current customers point out some limits to consider.

While Webex Meetings has a great user interface and experience, it can be more difficult for administrators to use. For example, administrative users highlight technical glitches and poor performance related to limited bandwidth as limitations of the platform. Webex Meetings users also struggle to integrate the platform with third-party applications non-Webex video conferencing equipment. 

On the other hand, BlueJeans users on TrustRadius voice issues with the platform’s collaboration feature set. For example, it can be difficult to see all participants on the screen simultaneously.

Pricing

Webex Meetings is free for a single host for up to 50 minutes, with meetings of up to 100 participants. It includes features such as screen sharing, chat, meeting notes, hand raising, interactive whiteboard, and polling. Cisco offers four other meeting plans with multiple meeting hosts, up to 24 hour-long meetings, and cloud storage space for meeting recordings. Pricing ranges from $13.50 per host/month for 9 meeting hosts to $26.95 per host/month for up to 100 meeting hosts. An Enterprise plan with custom pricing is also available. 

BlueJeans does not have a free plan but offers a free 7-day trial. The BlueJeans Standard plan starts at $9.99 per month (annual billing) and supports unlimited meetings for up to 50 participants. BlueJeans Enterprise supports unlimited recording and meetings of 100 participants. BlueJeans offers separate pricing for events, starting at $499 per webinar (up to a 2-hour webinar with 500 view-only attendees), with discussible pricing for large events.