Lifesize Video Conferencing vs. Polycom RealPresence Group Series

Lifesize Video Conferencing

Polycom RealPresence Group Series

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Lifesize Video Conferencing	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Lifesize is a web conferencing platform focused on making video conferencing systems and video conferencing apps work well together, while still being easy-to-use. Their platform incorporates web conferencing software with meeting room devices and wireless screen sharing.	$12.95 Call for pricing
Polycom RealPresence Group Series	Score6 out of 10	N/A	The Polycom RealPresence Group Series is a video conferencing codec that connects to a standards-based video conferencing infrastructure to allow users to make video conference calls. There are three products in the series – RealPresence Group 300, RealPresence Group 500, and RealPresence Group 700. It is certified to use with Office 365 and Skype for Business.	N/A

Pricing

Lifesize Video Conferencing

Polycom RealPresence Group Series

Enterprise: $12.95 per user/month
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Plus: $14.95 per user/month
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Standard: $16.95 per user/month
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Pricing Offerings
Lifesize Video Conferencing	Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

With every plan, you get the collaboration features you use everyday, at no additional cost: • Unlimited video conferences • Downloadable desktop and mobile apps • Secure encryption set by default • Unlimited meeting duration • Free, browser-based web app • Two-way and group chat with popular chat integrations • Centralized, name-based directory • Online reporting and account management • Email and calendar scheduling

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	Lifesize Video Conferencing	Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Considered Both Products	Lifesize Curt Sminkey Network Engineer in Information Technology at Southco (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 201-500 employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing Lifesize Video Conferencing had a comparable video picture to Polycom, but it appeared to require for more bandwidth. As if it wasn't being compressed at all. But the major factor for us was that Lifesize Video Conferencing (at least at the time) was not able to integrate with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing For the TOC, I would say Lifsize has been good. We do use a combination of Lifesize and Polycom endpoints. Polycom does have more capabilities but at a higher cost. Incentivized Helpful? Jim Seevers SGM & CIO in Information Technology at TGNA (Automotive, 10,001+ employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing Lifesize is much less expensive, both in terms of the purchase price as well as in terms of the total maintenance costs. Setup, implementation, and administration are all much easier with Lifesize than with the Polycom units. Updates are simple to install, and the software is … Incentivized Helpful? Christoffer Sorner Videoconferencing Specialist in Sales at ITO Nordic (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing Lifesize is one of the very few, if not only, video manufacturers to develop their own software and hardware making for a very stable solution that isn't as vulnerable to changes on the market and where all the different integrations always work well on both software and … Incentivized Helpful? Derek Letellier IT Specialist, Legal Videographer, Marketing Specialist in Information Technology at Lake Cook Reporting (Legal Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing Lifesize provides a great high-quality professional video conferencing solutions that, with accompanying software like Lifesize Cloud or Zoom, can connect to a multitude of different devices anywhere in the world. While Polycom certainly has more brand recognition in the … Incentivized Helpful? Michael Gunderson Audio/Video Specialist in Information Technology at Highland Community College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing With the infrequent and sporadic use of our system, we could not justify the extra cost of the Polycom. The ease of use for students calling into a virtual meeting room was easy, intuitive and connected flawlessly. In our institution, our needs vary from semester to semester, … Incentivized Helpful? Rich De Brino President and CEO in Corporate at Dynamic Collaborative Solutions (Telecommunications, 11-50 employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing Overall, I'd have to say that on the endpoint side Lifesize really competes well against Polycom and Cisco, and I think they have the best product. On the software front, Lifesize does very well overall and they are continuing to get better. To sum up, when we look at the total … Incentivized Helpful? Kevin M Mulligan Analyst in Research & Development at GLL Real Estate Partners (Real Estate, 51-200 employees) Chose Lifesize Video Conferencing LifeSize is as easy to use as Go-To or WebEx, but is as immersive a tool as Polycom. It's a happy middle-ground. Incentivized Helpful?	Poly Curt Sminkey Network Engineer in Information Technology at Southco (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 201-500 employees) Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series When I started at one of my jobs, they already have Lifesize VC equipment. It was nice, they worked and they were less expensive. But once we started transitioning things to Polycom it was a night/day difference. Some of our large conference rooms had audio issues that the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series Poly has outlasted other competitor's products. I have reviewed Lifesize as one alternative. Ironically, I was impressed with the overall quality over Poly, however, the product did not last as well as Poly units. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series The Polycom RealPresence Group Series was top of the line. It had a lot more features as well as the ability to integrate with Microsoft Teams. With Highfive, you had to pay to keep the device running and it was more like renting it. Although we pay maintenance with Polycom we … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series Polycom is the most flexible video conferencing hardware solution on the market. They provide a fantastic infrastructure but also have the option to directly register or convert to a cloud service endpoint! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series Conference room systems do not seem to be commonly integrated with Skype for Business, so limited usability. Lifesize looked attractive, but the lower cost and local support of Polycom put it ahead. Incentivized Helpful? Danny Dunn Technology Engineering Lead - Conferencing and Collaboration Services in Information Technology at Ascension Information Services (AIS) (Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees) Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series With our investment in the RealPresence infrastructure it just makes sense to use a RealPresence endpoint. The other endpoints integrate with additional work, but the group series just work. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series Polycom is a great company that is always on the edge of new and improving technology. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series We are still evaluating more about the differences between the two devices and how they handle audio and video within a call. Along with bandwidth, flexiblilty in meetings, and security features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Polycom RealPresence Group Series The GroupSeries has performed much better than all the alternative solutions we have tried. We have been a Lifesize shop for a long time, but their direction was cloud only and more proprietary so we wanted a more open solution. We also use Skype For Business and there is … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Lifesize Video Conferencing

Polycom RealPresence Group Series

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Feature	Lifesize Video Conferencing 8.9 161 Ratings	Polycom RealPresence Group Series - Ratings
High quality audio	8.9161 Ratings	00 Ratings
High quality video	8.9159 Ratings	00 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	8.9151 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Feature	Lifesize Video Conferencing 9.0 156 Ratings	Polycom RealPresence Group Series - Ratings
Desktop sharing	9.0156 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Feature	Lifesize Video Conferencing 8.9 149 Ratings	Polycom RealPresence Group Series - Ratings
Calendar integration	8.9113 Ratings	00 Ratings
Meeting initiation	8.9142 Ratings	00 Ratings
Record meetings / events	8.9112 Ratings	00 Ratings
Slideshows	8.997 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Feature	Lifesize Video Conferencing 9.0 93 Ratings	Polycom RealPresence Group Series - Ratings
Live chat	9.092 Ratings	00 Ratings
Q&A	9.062 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Security features of Lifesize Video Conferencing and Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Feature	Lifesize Video Conferencing 9.0 114 Ratings	Polycom RealPresence Group Series - Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	9.0114 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Lifesize Video Conferencing	Polycom RealPresence Group Series
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (162 ratings)	7.7 (24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (24 ratings)	7.3 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.4 (37 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Availability	8.2 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.2 (15 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (49 ratings)	8.3 (4 ratings)
In-Person Training	7.3 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (136 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	7.7 (10 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.4 (10 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.2 (18 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.2 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

Lifesize Video Conferencing vs. Polycom RealPresence Group Series

Lifesize Video Conferencing

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