BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) vs. Skype (discontinued)

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)

1,054 Reviews and Ratings

Skype (discontinued)

2,611 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)	Score7.5 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 month
Skype (discontinued)	Score7.1 out of 10	N/A	Skype (the personal edition or Skype free) was a web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software, now superseded by Microsoft Teams' free edition and unsupported from May 2025.	$2.99 per month

Pricing

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)

Skype (discontinued)

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

United States Subscription: $2.99
per month
North America Subscription: $6.99
per month
India Subscription: $7.99
per month

Pricing Offerings
BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)	Skype (discontinued)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Optional

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)	Skype (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Discontinued Products Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Zoom is too expansive for individuals. Skype is too old-school and does provide the most advanced features as other products do. Teams are not good at noise and echo suppression. Not many people are using Google hangouts. During the pandemic, I only use it once at a conference. … Incentivized Helpful? Courtney Birnbaum Senior Specialist, Publications in Product Management at Learfield (Publishing, 501-1000 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans Meetings is the most deluxe, feature-heavy webinar and virtual meetings software program I have used. We began using it to connect for All-Hands Meetings for our country-wide company offices without needing to travel to be together, and we transitioned to using it … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Chatten Minister in Information Technology at Harbor Light Fellowship (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) The landscape has changed considerably in the years since we started with BlueJeans but we originally selected it because it would allow for much larger meetings than Skype, had much better audio and video quality than another vendor we used (whose name escapes me at the … Incentivized Helpful? Alexander Cowen Service Manager - Transformation, Performance & Practice in Corporate at Slough Borough Council (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans was the preferred option over Skype for the reasons mentioned throughout the review, far more intuitive, easy guest access, improved video and audio quality, substantially better on tools (breakout rooms, whiteboard etc). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Zoom is very easy to use and easy to invite external invitees. I think BlueJeans is better than Zoom in terms of quality Skype for Business: I remember so many issues with things like users, active directory problems, and quality problems. BlueJeans is better, however, Skype for … Incentivized Helpful? Sunil Badarla Software Engineer at Zensar Technologies (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) The quality (audio and video) and features it offers makes it stand in the top position. Incentivized Helpful? Sazbir Hossain Assistant Manager at Standard Chartered Bank (Banking, 10,001+ employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Ease of use, Audio/Video quality and most important security. Incentivized Helpful? Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan Agile coach in Information Technology at Standard Chartered GBS (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Its reliable and more flexible to my needs Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Paul Constantopolous System Designer in Corporate at Bounteous (Food & Beverages, 501-1000 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) We needed a tool that allowed our external users to effortlessly join and collaborate with our internal team. This is where this tool really shines compared to some of the others. BlueJeans fit the need and when it was time for collaboration we were thrilled to hear BlueJeans … Incentivized Helpful? Frank Mair Technical Specialist in Information Technology at Les Mills International (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 501-1000 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) It has a better feature set but isn't as well integrated with respect to notifications as Teams is. Performance seems to be better than on other platforms. Cross-platform use is exceptional. The interface is clunky compared to other tools such as Teams, but there are distinct … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans has the best meeting experience for team meetings -- good audio and video quality and good scheduling features. It is also well suited for trainings given the unique video upload feature and good handling of breakout rooms. Incentivized Helpful? Ivano Mangiarotti CIO (Chief Information Officer) in Information Technology at Carlo Gavazzi Automation (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Only Bluejeans work well without any problem. All the others give me some trouble on the quality and with devices (microphone or speaker) Incentivized Helpful? Gregg Porter Writer/Producer at Developed Over Coffee Productions (Media Production, 1-10 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) I began really investigating the various platforms for video conferencing early in 2020 and found many had similar features. But, BlueJeans seemed to have some of the more specific features that we were looking for. Again, to my business, the ability to collaborate via a … Incentivized Helpful? FrGregory Horton Pastor in Customer Service at Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Church (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans outperformed the other platforms in our estimation in the following areas: Privacy and security. Clarity of audio and video. Incentivized Helpful? Junaid Mufti Manager IT in Information Technology at Common Management Unit - The Global Fund (Government Administration, 201-500 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans is amazing because it's simple, it's reliable, it does the job it is intended for without extra bells and whistles. Staff has the confidence that they don't have to fiddle with overly complicated software to to make a presentation or share their point of view during a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Because BlueJeans is not device dependent. We can use existing legacy VCon devices with BlueJeans. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) I know BlueJeans through a customer (Inchcape) and I prefer the design, stability and security. For events I use WebinarJam, I've never used BlueJeans Events in order to compare. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans is head and shoulders above all other VC products we evaluated including MS Teams. Functionality does exist in the other platforms which we would like to see on BlueJeans but not at the expense of the quality service we currently receive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) I chose BlueJeans for the integration with Polycom and Cisco Room systems. The audio quality and Dolby rooms have kept us with the service. Incentivized Helpful? Colin Morris Managing Director in Professional Services at CDMA LLP (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Blue Jeans has a more professional perception. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) BlueJeans is certainly one of the most stable conference calling platforms we have used. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) More convenient and less error-prone. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) Zoom and Webex work pretty well, and I would say those are my top three choices. BlueJeans seemed to be the best fit for us with the price point package they offered. The only downside is that I feel like the other two are more widely used at this time and therefore easier to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) We selected BJ because of the high quality of connection across continents for many participants. Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products Verified User Chose Skype (discontinued) As a business messaging solution, Skype for Business has been replaced by Microsoft Teams which has been a significant upgrade. But the normal Skype hasn't really changed or developed much over the years leading to a steady decline in its customer base as well. A few years back … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype (discontinued) "Describe how Skype stacks up against them and why you selected Skype." Not at all. I am writing this review as a "no more customer," as Skype doesn't work anymore. The only help they offer is to tell you, it's your own connection. Well, if my connection isn't suitable for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype (discontinued) The company I work at uses both Slack and Skype and I have to say that Skype doesn't stack up against the competition. The only thing that Skype offers that Slack doesn't is the ability to make calls. Calls are pretty good quality, both audio and video. However, aside from … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype (discontinued) 1.Slack 2.BlueJeans 3.Skype Incentivized Helpful? Amanda Layman Founder at Tigris Content Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Skype (discontinued) I still use these other services, but Skype is nice for clients who aren't familiar with these other offerings or who just prefer to use Skype. Incentivized Helpful? chongsok lim 사무국장 in Research & Development at 정보통신기획평가원 (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Skype (discontinued) Skype is installed by default in most Windows computers. And since many people have already used it, we don't have to explain what it is and how to use it. Also, it is free of charge, so it is not a burden for the people we want to talk with. Incentivized Helpful? Louis F. DeWeaver III, M.S.I.S. IT Security Administrator in Information Technology at Northwood University (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose Skype (discontinued) I used BlueJeans for the first time recently, and it worked relatively well, although there was some delay in audio/video transmittal. The video also cut out here and there or froze. Altogether, it was about the same average quality as most video conferencing tools that I have … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)

Skype (discontinued)

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) and Skype (discontinued)
Feature	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) 7.2 561 Ratings	Skype (discontinued) 9.5 138 Ratings
High quality audio	7.6559 Ratings	9.7135 Ratings
High quality video	7.4537 Ratings	9.6133 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	6.7483 Ratings	9.4130 Ratings
Mobile support	7.0456 Ratings	9.4118 Ratings

Comparison of Screen Sharing features of BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) and Skype (discontinued)
Feature	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) 7.2 530 Ratings	Skype (discontinued) 9.3 119 Ratings
Desktop sharing	7.1530 Ratings	9.4118 Ratings
Whiteboards	7.4253 Ratings	9.260 Ratings

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) and Skype (discontinued)
Feature	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) 7.5 558 Ratings	Skype (discontinued) 9.5 118 Ratings
Calendar integration	7.7503 Ratings	9.485 Ratings
Meeting initiation	7.0509 Ratings	9.7106 Ratings
Integrates with social media	7.2176 Ratings	9.465 Ratings
Record meetings / events	7.4472 Ratings	9.477 Ratings
Slideshows	7.9347 Ratings	9.968 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) and Skype (discontinued)
Feature	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) 7.5 414 Ratings	Skype (discontinued) 9.7 111 Ratings
Live chat	8.1396 Ratings	9.7110 Ratings
Audience polling	7.2177 Ratings	9.964 Ratings
Q&A	7.3226 Ratings	9.562 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Security features of BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) and Skype (discontinued)
Feature	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) 7.6 413 Ratings	Skype (discontinued) 9.7 101 Ratings
User authentication	8.0283 Ratings	9.688 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	7.3386 Ratings	9.583 Ratings
Confidential attendee list	7.4253 Ratings	9.960 Ratings

Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) and Skype (discontinued)
Feature	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued) - Ratings	Skype (discontinued) 9.3 4 Ratings
Video conferencing	00 Ratings	9.74 Ratings
Audio conferencing	00 Ratings	9.04 Ratings
Video screen sharing	00 Ratings	9.14 Ratings
Instant messaging	00 Ratings	9.34 Ratings

User Ratings
	BlueJeans Meetings (discontinued)	Skype (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (568 ratings)	8.9 (140 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	4.7 (23 ratings)	10.0 (5 ratings)
Usability	8.9 (203 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Availability	9.6 (8 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	5.5 (8 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	5.3 (17 ratings)	10.0 (42 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	6.0 (16 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Configurability	6.1 (6 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	5.5 (6 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	4.3 (7 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Professional Services	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	5.1 (5 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	5.1 (5 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)