Robin vs. Zoom Rooms

Zoom Rooms

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Robin	Score 9.4 out of 10	N/A	Robin helps companies simplify workplace management with software for desk and room booking, in-office scheduling, visitor management and analytics to support decision making.	N/A
Zoom Rooms	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	Zoom's conference rooms that make it easy to run or join video meetings with a tap of a button. Zoom Rooms bring HD video collaboration into any space – in the office, in the classroom, or at home – and enables in-person and remote participants to interact in real time. The solution also makes it simple to start a meeting, book a room, and share content.	N/A

Pricing

Robin

Zoom Rooms

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Robin	Zoom Rooms
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Primary solution (Desk and Room Booking) includes 25 user licenses. Additional user licenses and add-ons are available for purchase. Add-ons: Visitor Management, Advanced Analytics, Priority Support, and Advanced Authentication and Security Integrations.

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Community Pulse
	Robin	Zoom Rooms
Considered Both Products	Robin LM Lauren Morrissey People & Culture Administrator Chose Robin N/A - Our parent company decided on implementing Robin above all other alternative applications, and I am personably unaware of any alternatives. And though there are some minor changes I may suggest, the integration and simplicity of Robin makes me wonder if there could be a … Incentivized Helpful? JW Jon Windred Perfomance Associate Director Chose Robin Robin seems to do a good job and is better than manual room logistic Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin I have not evaluated any similar products. Incentivized Helpful? Abrar Ajrame Logistics Manager Chose Robin Zoom Events Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin I haven't used any software like Robin. Other places I worked required an archaic way of doing things...like using pen and paper and a calendar book. Robin is sooo much better. I don't know how large companies make do reserving spaces without it. I would recommend Robin to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin As an employee I can't comment on the final decision but I have used in-house alternatives in the past and also investigated other third party solutions, what stood out was Robin's value and its continued development of new features particularly analytics as this is an area … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin I have not used any product other than Robin. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin none Incentivized Helpful? Josiah Sinanan Digital Lead Chose Robin I have only used Robin Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin When we started with Robin, we looked at the Evoko Liso as far as a hardware and software solution. Robin was much more compatible with the software we wanted and offered much more customization at less cost. I looked at other software solutions and nothing integrated as well … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Gallant, FMP, LEED GA Facility Manager Chose Robin In terms of meeting room booking platforms, I compare Robin to Condeco, which I used previously. Condeco (at the time at least) ran on proprietary hardware, which was a nightmare to manage compared to the ease of use with Robin running on iPads. iPads are easily swapped out and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin We were a longtime customer of Teem at our current organization and I used it at a former employer. Being a greater Boston based company we liked that we were close to Robin's HQ. This gave us face-time with the owners and our account executives. Aside from that, Robin was … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin We only used Robin for room/meeting management. We recently transitioned to Zoom video conferencing, and they have enough room/meeting management features that we no longer need Robin. Robin does more, like dashboards, and many other features, but we never leveraged them. Incentivized Helpful? Isidoro "Roy" Jovero IT Support Engineer Chose Robin While all of these do essentially the same thing, Robin stands out in its simplicity. The main display has a colored overlay that informs users of the room status, whereas, with a system like Teem, this can be overlooked depending on the chosen theme. Incentivized Helpful? Steven Hiersche, Jr. Vice President, Information Technology Chose Robin We did not evaluate any competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin Robin has a lot more functionality currently, although I suspect Zoom's version will eventually be just as good at a much lower price point. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin Unlike Fishbowl, Robin was available on the Kindle App Store and was also much more configurable. Meet Joan was interesting but given that it runs on its own proprietary hardware, there was a committed investment in testing it. Having an app which runs on multiple platforms, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Robin I honestly haven't yet. We used to default to a Google Calendar work around before implementing Robin. Incentivized Helpful? RS Robin Sands CEO Chose Robin I don't recall names of others we have been exposed to. Robin works best. Incentivized Helpful?	Zoom Rooms Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms During the evaluation process we found Zoom Rooms to be more reliable on our network and more secure for our students. We enjoyed the controls in the system as well as the flexibility for our staff to teach within their preferences. Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Reeve Director - Teaching and Learning Technology Chose Zoom Rooms Before using Zoom Rooms we had close to 450 endpoints of CISCO Telepresence throughout the state in classrooms and conference rooms. A good product, but could only buy CISCO hardware. No third party hardware available. Zoom innovation has moved the Zoom Room technology … Incentivized Helpful? Wenceslao Unzueta Product Manager Chose Zoom Rooms Zoom Rooms was the first to use proximity technology, the use of broadband is less and the integration it has with harwdare is the simplest there is. Incentivized Helpful? John Drinkwater CTO Chose Zoom Rooms The biggest issue is video quality. Microsoft can reduce video quality, but I don't always see why it does this. Zoom will be at the quality of your account unless there is a significant bandwidth problem. If the quality issue ends, the video quality improves again. Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms We switched to Zoom due to the customer service quality with other vendors. Responses came slow and unblocking every country code one by one was a hassle. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms It has easy of use collaboration features for meetings. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms Better audio and video handling. Ease of use. We have Google as part of our Technology solutions but still purchased Zoom Workplace. Incentivized Helpful? George Dial Chief Information Officer Chose Zoom Rooms Zoom Workplace is more refined, better audio and video quality and more features. We chose Zoom Workplace because more of our partners and clients felt comfortable with Zoom Workplace. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms Zoom has so many more features. The breakout rooms and interpretation were critical reasons we went with Zoom. Incentivized Helpful? Ben Polen Manager IT Chose Zoom Rooms We use Zoom for the specific use cases mentioned because it seems to be the best tool for those use cases. Other tools are in use for other use cases in our enterprise, as well as because of the pricing structure for the tool. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms Both work very well, but users had more familiarity with Zoom. Incentivized Helpful? RW Rich Wong Director, Campus Tech Chose Zoom Rooms Zoom Rooms is far superior from initial installation, backend management, and user experience though that seems to be changing with time as more and more products and features are added it is becoming more bloated and complicated to manage the service. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms Google Meet, Webex App and Microsoft Teams Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms Zoom room is much more easy to use, integrates with wide range of audio visual products, supports multi screens "up to 3 screens with confidant screen" smart name tag. multi share and automated translation. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms Microsoft Teams Rooms, Webex Meetings, Polycom RealPresence Immersive Studio and Google Meet Incentivized Helpful? JL Jason Leo Senior System Administrator Chose Zoom Rooms BlueJeans was way too expensive. Webex was stable but hard to use Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms We were previously with RingCentral/Mitel for our business phone solution. Switching over to Zoom Phone and integrating it with our existing Zoom account has allowed us to drop our phone expenses by over 75% AND get rid of our gigantic desk phones! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms I personally think Zoom Rooms is superior to Teams. I have setup 3 or 4 Zooms Rooms for my organisation and it is pretty straightforward to do without any formal training or education on Zoom Rooms. My experience with Teams was the opposite. A horrible interface and options … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms I think Zoom Rooms is probably the best Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zoom Rooms My understanding is that we would need to upgrade this feature in Google Workspace, so there was not a significant cost savings. We felt that the meeting recordings and webinar as well as Zoom Room features in Zoom Workspace made it the better choice for us. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Robin

Zoom Rooms

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
	Robin - Ratings	Zoom Rooms 8.5 Ratings 7% above category average
High quality audio	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
High quality video	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Screen Sharing

Online Meetings / Events

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
	Robin - Ratings	Zoom Rooms 8.7 Ratings 5% above category average
Calendar integration	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Meeting initiation	00 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Record meetings / events	00 Ratings	8.60 Ratings
Slideshows	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Online Events Collaboration

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
	Robin - Ratings	Zoom Rooms 8.2 Ratings 0% above category average
Live chat	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings

Online Events Security

Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
	Robin - Ratings	Zoom Rooms 8.6 Ratings 6% above category average
User authentication	00 Ratings	7.70 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Robin	Zoom Rooms
Small Businesses	Zoho Calendar Score 9.8 out of 10	Intermedia AnyMeeting Pro Score 7.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Zoom Rooms Score 8.7 out of 10	JioMeet Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises	No answers on this topic	Webex Meetings Score 8.4 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Robin	Zoom Rooms
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.2 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.7 (0 ratings)	8.3 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Robin	Zoom Rooms
Likelihood to Recommend	Robin is my benchmark for room displays. It effectively does what it is meant to do without additional fluff. The default theme is more than you'll ever really need, but customization is available. I just really wish there was a simpler way to remove check-in requirements for events. I would always recommend them first for most situations, but my company has a special use case that Robin, or any other competitors for that matter, have not been able to achieve yet. Incentivized Isidoro "Roy" Jovero IT Support Engineer Read full review	User friendly, reliable and inclusive to remote audiences. The product grows organically for us which speaks for itself ; the business at sites we could not equip with our initial investments requests it. We have made the choice of Zoom rooms 5 years ago and it is still one our our star products supporting frictionless collaboration. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	The integration to GSuite calendars is fantastic. Very simple and straightforward. The ability to customize the interface a very nice feature to have in Robin, as it offers you to allow the UI to reflect the vibe/brand of your company, and not force its own brand on you. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Zoom Rooms is built on the Zoom platform so faculty already know it and use it. All touch panels regardless of manufacturer have the same look and feel. Easy to schedule, easy to use. Supports a wide range of hardware from several vendors. Kevin Reeve Director - Teaching and Learning Technology Read full review
Cons	Cancelling out my reservation for the room if I miss the mark on check in. Not sure if it's a bug, but sometimes I have to repeat my reservation if I don't get it confirmed or have a notification of confirmation the first time. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Support is prompt, but not always the most immediately knowledgable or helpful. Admin portal is convoluted. There's gotta be a better way to assign scheduling permisissions. Zoom account managers are constantly being reassigned. It is nearly impossible to keep track of who presently is our account manager. When we were going through the process of looking into Zoom Phone, our manager was literally switched twice, resulting in us working with three total managers during that two-month process. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	It is easy to use and gives us all we need Incentivized Robin Sands CEO Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Robin's UI is very well designed and modern which makes it a pleasure to use. Personally this a big factor for me enjoying a product and so I'm always happy to use Robin - moreover as a relatively new user the UI was quite quick to pick-up, whether that be using the online system or the Display app for rooms around the office. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	User friendliness (experience very similar to the already familiar Zoom app), consistency of the UX across locations and manufacturers. Screen sharing is made super easy (proximity). Zoom rooms support strategic needs for Hybrid work and reduced travels. Backend admin interface is simple (that's good) and provides useful dashboards for trend analysis. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	I have rarely had to contact customer support, but when I have, they have provided quick answers to solve the problem I was having. The software is pretty easy to use and not too buggy, so I really haven't had the occasion to contact them needing support. And no users have ever had issues. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	N/A - Our parent company decided on implementing Robin above all other alternative applications, and I am personably unaware of any alternatives. And though there are some minor changes I may suggest, the integration and simplicity of Robin makes me wonder if there could be a better alternative, regardless. Incentivized LM Lauren Morrissey People & Culture Administrator Read full review	I personally think Zoom Rooms is superior to Teams. I have setup 3 or 4 Zooms Rooms for my organisation and it is pretty straightforward to do without any formal training or education on Zoom Rooms. My experience with Teams was the opposite. A horrible interface and options deliberately hidden away in menus levels deep. On top of which, Zoom Room outperforms Teams Rooms in both video and audio. On the desktop, Teams is a bloated app whereas, in my experience, Zoom Rooms works well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No more meeting room conflicts, better office space management Booking a room literally takes 2 clicks, very easy and quick - saves time for more important things We bought a bunch of iPads to display meeting information on each room and we need to remember to charge them every night Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Great value for money as used it more than planned after installation. Finding the use of screen share and whiteboards is becoming very popular and meant we wanted a larger screen for this. ;-) John Drinkwater CTO Read full review
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