BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. MUGA

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
MUGA
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
MUGA is a web-based video conferencing system built to deliver a real-time communication and collaboration experience. In an era of rapid digitization, globalization of businesses, and geographically dispersed teams, the need for dynamic online meeting solutions has been on the rise. In response to the growing demand, the vendor states they have built MUGA as an all-inclusive virtual conferencing platform for seamless communication, effective collaboration, and better remote workforce…
$5.35
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
Monthly ( India )
$5.35
per user
Yearly ( India )
$57.82
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)MUGA
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$5.35 per user
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Webex Calling
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Poor. In my opinion, they are the worst platform of the above 3. In my experience, BlueJeans Meetings does nothing special or even well.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Compared to other alternatives, Bluejeans Meetings is the best and most secure video conferencing and screen sharing application. We have been using it for years now and it has never disappointed us even a single day.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeans meetings is the best and most secure video conferencing platform i have ever encountered. It does not demand any training to use since it has a very friendly and intuitive user interface that makes it super easy to learn and understand. Great customer support team, …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
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 …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeans meetings has a very friendly and intuitive user interface that makes it super easy to use. Since we started using it, we have never experienced any challenges and i highly recommend it.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
The quality (audio and video) and features it offers makes it stand in the top position.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
As i travel alot i faced major connectivity issue with the Zoom and that's why i switch to the Bluejeans. When i joined the Bluejeans i was not sure if it will have connectivity issue or not, but now i can say that Bluejeans has very less connectivity issue in comparison to the …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Better sound and ease-of-use
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
It was easier for us to develop and deliver this software beside our business
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
In one area where i can really see the difference between the BlueJeans Meetings and Zoom is their connectivity even over the slow internet connection.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans Meetings is just as good as the other products I have used in the past, including Zoom and Microsoft Teams. I don't think users of those products would be disappointed with BlueJeans Meetings as the experience is very comparable. BlueJeans Meetings doesn't have any …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans integration was always imo superior to MS Teams and Zoom.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Bluejeans is low-weight, no-flab application with easy and quick deployment. Zoom and Webex, although much better in UI are not cost competitive and do not work well on low end computers which forma significant portion of our deployment platforms. Bluejeans meets all the …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
I've utilized and upheld many gathering items in my vocation (Zoom, GoToMeeting, WebEx) and BlueJeans Meetings certainly has the least hindrance to getting a quick meeting started and is one of the easiest platforms to support.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Select Blujeans Meetings because it allows me to better convey my ideas and at the same time build trust through real-time videoconferences. As well as sharing documents and presentations via screen sharing, I love the option to record play and then share the recording to …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
There audio and video quality is very poor, that's why we switched to BlueJeans and liked them very much.
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
BlueJeans stacks up comparably to other services. It does lack in some areas compared to others, particularly Zoom, which is more widely used, but BlueJeans had been used for quite some time by the University and offered the feature set and accessibility that we were looking …
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Superior to Zoom and MS Teams in terms of audio and video quality. Can improve when it comes to product awareness (since both Zoom and MS Teams are far ahead in terms of adoption).
Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
Not only 3, there are many other I tried but as I disclosed earlier, i faced problems in terms of audio and video quality. I always concern about these 2 criteria because I will be regularly in contact with clients. The reason I selected BlueJeans especially for this criteria …
MUGA
Chose MUGA
No comparison. MUGA was the best solution and the best technology. It was an easy decision. The biggest challenge was getting a contract and securing ourselves as a customer to get the very first video set up and to get a call back on a few insurance/cyber security questions …
Features
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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
MUGA
6.8
Ratings
16% below category average
High quality audio7.60 Ratings8.00 Ratings
High quality video7.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements6.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile support7.00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
MUGA
6.5
Ratings
20% below category average
Desktop sharing7.10 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Whiteboards7.40 Ratings6.00 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
MUGA
7.3
Ratings
13% below category average
Calendar integration7.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Meeting initiation7.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Slideshows7.90 Ratings6.00 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
MUGA
7.0
Ratings
15% below category average
Live chat8.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Audience polling7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A7.30 Ratings6.00 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
MUGA
10.0
Ratings
21% above category average
User authentication8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.1 out of 10
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro
Score 7.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 10.0 out of 10
JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.4 out of 10
Webex Meetings
Webex Meetings
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.7
(0 ratings)
-
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Usability
8.9
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.6
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-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(0 ratings)
3.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.3
(0 ratings)
-
(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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It is great for international use. It has good features, and the security is above and beyond. The service level if I/we have a problem could be better as their customer service is not quick to respond, but other than the occasional glitch, it is the best platform we have experienced and much better than MS Teams. Ease of use - easy set up for new employees inside the co and out.
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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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  • Reliability
  • Good connection
  • Security
  • Ease of use - easy set up for new employees inside the co and out
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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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  • Connectivity at times there are speed + connection issues
  • Price - at times our invoice is different than expected and it is tough to reconcile
  • Service - difficult to get someone on the phone for customer service needs
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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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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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Easy to use and very few complaints. But the usability on the front end was not easy as we had difficult setting up the contract and thus the first call. Timing was urgent and it took too long to get a rep to call us back and that put us in a bind and we had to use another web product
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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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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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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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We have tried to reach out a few times and the cust service dept was inept. Slow to get to and when we did get through they were not bright folks. Thankfully we haven't had to call them often. But it is a security and long term concern that as we expand our need, will they be there for us? That is a remaining question. A
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Online Training
It is straight forward and easy to understand
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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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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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No comparison. MUGA was the best solution and the best technology. It was an easy decision. The biggest challenge was getting a contract and securing ourselves as a customer to get the very first video set up and to get a call back on a few insurance/cyber security questions answered before we had our first official call.
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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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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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  • Great return. It has come in handy for our customers to use it also
  • Great for new employees
  • Good for last minute set-up calls with customers
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ScreenShots

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Screenshots

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

MUGA Screenshots

Screenshot of Login pageScreenshot of Home pageScreenshot of meeting pageScreenshot of Recording tab