BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. Microsoft Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
The BlueJeans Meetings platform supported video, audio and web conferencing with the collaboration tools, as a cloud service that connects desktops, mobile devices and room systems in one video meeting. It was acquired in 2020 by Verizon and discontinued in the sunsetting of the BlueJeans product line by Verizon, in 2023.
$0
per user
Microsoft Teams
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
$4.80
per month per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
BlueJeans Basic
$0
per user
Bluejeans Standard
$9.99
per host/per month
Bluejeans Pro
$13.99
perhost/per month
Bluejeans Enterprise
$16.66
per host/per month
Microsoft Teams Essentials
$4.80
per month per user
Microsoft Teams Enterprise
$5.25
per month (paid yearly) per user
Microsoft Teams Enterprise
$5.25
per month per user
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$7.20
per month per user
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$15
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.
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Community Pulse
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Features
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)Microsoft Teams
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
High quality audio7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Whiteboards7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.5
Ratings
10% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Calendar integration7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Slideshows8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.5
Ratings
9% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Live chat8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience polling7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.6
Ratings
7% below category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
User authentication8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
5.3
Ratings
37% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings4.20 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Search00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
6.6
Ratings
18% below category average
Chat00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
5.9
Ratings
28% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(0 ratings)
6.6
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(0 ratings)
3.7
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(0 ratings)
6.6
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.3
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
  • Collaboration with team members, clients and partners who spread out across the globe is made simple by Bluejeans meeting. As an Application developer it is easier for me to collaborate with people from various cultures and time zones so this is very important.
  • For code review , it plays an excellent role, it enables real time screen sharing and code discussion among my team, this facilitate quicker and more effective bug detection and correction.
  • Pair programming is a great use for it. It make possible for two programmers to collaborate on same code even when they are not physically near to each other.
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Microsoft Teams is ideal for organizations where employees regularly collaborate by sharing files, working on the same documents, updating the progress, etc. This is because different file formats are supported for online editing and collaboration with the help of Microsoft Teams. Additionally, for every file which is shared among the team members, emails are not sent again and again which helps in easily managing and organizing files. It is less appropriate where the team members have to instantly reply to an urgent task as sometimes the notifications are not sent properly which may lead to a delay in the work.
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Pros
  • Smart meeting where it automatically captures and share the important highlight of the meeting.
  • Good connectivity, there are very few instances where i have faced connectivity problem.
  • Easy to navigate user interface
  • Can easily share my screen during a meeting, and can also record a meeting.
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  • Video calls are great with Microsoft Teams. They've made big improvements over the last year and I rarely have issue with getting on. It's nice when things just work.
  • The most used functionality is, of course, the chat feature. It does what it's supposed to do and you can create chat groups from whoever you'd like. We use it a lot when there is a special project and a team from various groups get together for a short period of time to get things done.
  • An overlooked function is the ability to search anything within Microsoft Teams. Any photo, document, or chat can be searched and found pretty easily. I can't tell you how many times this has saved me from having to rewrite something or start over.
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Cons
  • BlueJeans Meetings is not as popular in the non-business world, so your clients may have to install it before you can meet with them.
  • Limited use of 25-person meeting display: it's simply not practical for smaller devices or computer screens.
  • High-quality streaming options are limited by your clients' and employees' stream speeds.
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  • I sometimes have a hard time viewing both the meeting screen and chat window at the same time.
  • There have been times when someone in a meeting will totally lose their connection.
  • At times the sound quality is not what it should be which makes it hard to hear each other.
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Likelihood to Renew
Been using it for a long time, so familiarity with the platform helps. I have already pointed out a few things that I like about BlueJeans which I do not find in other competing platforms. HOWEVER, I do use some other platforms on occasion when I need features BlueJeans does not offer. I will not give up BlueJeans for another platform just yet. That being said, BlueJeans needs to get back to innovating, as it once did, rather than increasingly lag behind in features that are becoming more and more important in today's (and tomorrow's post-pandemic) world.
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Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
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Usability
I don't have much experience of joining a meeting from an attendee of someone else's. As for joining a meeting I've created, it's very easy. For recurring meetings, I find the meeting in my list, and if it's near the time to start, there will be a "Join" button, and I just push that. After that, it gives me the options for joining -- video, audio, phone, screen share only. It remembers my previous choices, so mostly I just can click by that. As for attendees joining, there do seem to be connection problems from time to time and people have to log off and come back on, but we had that trouble with GoToMeeting also. Being able to mute attendees is much better in BlueJeans. When we had GoToMeeting, I constantly had problems with people joining by phone incorrectly, such that they didn't even show up in the meeting list and thus I couldn't mute them when needed.
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The overall functionality of the product is incredible in that it provides a one-stop solution for organization and communication. The product is also very well integrated into Microsoft Outlook and other Office apps. Visually pleasing and very easy to use interface. New features are constantly being added to enhance the user experience.
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Reliability and Availability
I have to give this a 10 rating as we have never had issues with availability. Now "quality" is a different subject
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Rare, but outages do happen
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Performance
This has been a continual issue with our organization. We are a IP/H323 infrastructure so we integrate BlueJeans via the IP/H323 connections to the cloud. We still have inconsistent results with calls. Some work without issue and some calls are horribly choppy and at times freeze. If I have one complaint or reason to seek out a different competitor its this
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Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
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Support Rating
There has been some downside in terms of response but cant really fault heavily because it is expected when a large volume of users need help but there can only be so many people to assist. On the other hand the support team is very helpful in that they are willing and able to jump in your admin control panels and help host a meeting with you to troubleshoot issues or just make things go smoothly
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I think Microsoft Team is overall good application for communication, track Project work inter the teams and also intra teams. I have 7 out of 10 because it needs improvements in certain features like video sharing call, call drop, audio quality and connecting problems even after having good internet connection.
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Online Training
It is straight forward and easy to understand
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No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Well, I hear from many of my clients and other contacts that they find Microsoft Teams/Zoom much easier to use, and that they do not like BlueJeans. I disagree. First, I do not like seeing blank windows of participants who have turned off their video (and many do, given they do not wish to be seen at home, or in casual attire); however, I do use Teams or Zoom or Webex at times. I did not find it difficult to implement BlueJeans in my organization, and those who have used Teams, Webex, or Zoom say the same about these platforms.
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I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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Alternatives Considered
First of all as the product origine was china , so it was little challenging for us to trust the app and after that due to reports of data breaches found is some organisation, we find it difficult to trust more so we started switching to Bluejeans due to its fantastic features special it's audio and video conferencing features enabled with Dolby technology.
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We chose primarily because of the promised integration with the Microsoft Business Suite - which it mostly delivers on. That does give Teams an obvious advantage over competitors. IMHO Teams has a richer, more mature feature set, and the experience is more reliable and stable. Although like any of there there is room for imporvement.
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Scalability
I believe BlueJeans is easy to scale, but we have a different business model that requires a more central scheduling need. Most vendors operate on an enterprise wide environment with a one to one licensing. We have a centralized group of video administrators and schedulers that do the majority of the scheduling for multiple departments. Because we are a centralized scheduling group we need shared access to on schedule not multiple users delegating access to one another. I.E. if I have 5 schedulers, under the current licensing they would each have individual accounts and delegating those accounts to one another. So when receiving a support call they have to search 5 individual schedules to make changes to meetings. This I think is a valid need even for smaller businesses that just have a few schedulers for the rest of the groups. It would be easier if it scaled within the individual accounts
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It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
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Return on Investment
  • Blujeans Meetings is an online communication service that works perfectly offering excellent features and functions that adapt to our needs and is more than what we normally need, it is simple to use, easy to organize and join meetings in addition to its security and speed. I like it because it offers an excellent wireless connection regardless of our internet connection quality, it works from anywhere and any device allowing you to collaborate on the go, it is very easy to share screen and start a conversation using this tool.
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  • User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful.
  • MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organisational communications. This in turn has a positive impact on the overall business outcome.
  • Scheduling meetings have never been so easy in the past. We can schedule meetings on the go without any hassles
  • Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
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ScreenShots

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of BlueJeans MeetingsScreenshot of BlueJeans Smart MeetingsScreenshot of BlueJeans Collab Board