Zoom

Founded in 2011, Zoom is a cloud-based group messaging, video conferencing, and virtual meetings solution for organizations of all sizes across financial, educational, government, and healthcare sectors. The system uses high-quality audio and HD video to ensure immersive screen sharing and video conferencing experience. Users can easily add audio and HD videos to make their meetings interactive. Zoom is compatible with both mobile devices and PC as it offers native mobile and desktop apps to help remote teams to collaborate from anywhere.

The platform is designed to broadcast and host online meetings that can accommodate 100 interactive video members and up to 10,000 view-only attendees. With this web conferencing software, users can even share content in wireless mode as it improves remote access to web conferences and webinars.  Exclusively built to host video demonstrations, Zoom is an easy-to-use system that allows participants to start and join meetings with just a single touch of their browsers or mobile devices. Users can run this system on MAC, Blackberry, Windows, or Android devices. Additionally, their system comes with group collaboration functionality, enabling users to create groups and send images, audio, and text files to the group members. They can also invite others to join a group using their smartphones.

This video conferencing and online meetings service help users to add remote attendees, connect conference rooms, and enable "face-to-face" meetings quickly. The software also ensures the end to end encryption for participants' passwords, data, and meetings. Besides, users can easily track the attendance of participants using the attendance indicator. With Zoom, users can commence and schedule conferences by syncing with iCal calendars, Outlook, and Gmail. The software also includes options for increasing participant engagement such as Q/A sessions and polls.

Price: There is a free basic version of their system for personal meetings. The platform includes three pricing tiers: Pro - for small teams starting at $14.99 per month per host, Business - for SMB businesses starting at $19.99 per month per host (minimum 10 hosts), and Enterprise - for large organizations starting at $19.99 per month per host (minimum 100 hosts).

Free Trial: Zoom offers a free version of their system. There is a free trial of this software.

Support: Support is extended via phone and email.

USP: The video conferencing service includes functionality that supports the recording of virtual meetings in M4A and MP4 video formats easily through mobile devices or the web.

Product Advantages: With this system, users can conduct group video meetings while the host can share their screens via mobile devices or desktop. This feature facilitates collaboration and reduces communication barriers among employees and team members.

Product Limitations: The link generated for meetings includes a random string instead of a personalized ID or name, making it difficult for users to recognize the link.