Vectera

Avantages

Having persistent private rooms for each and every client or small group. Loading files, images or having a whiteboard and they stay in the room. A client can pop in (with a passcode if you want) on their own to check something out.
Recording is easy (using chrome).
Voice and video quality has been excellent with almost no drops.

Inconvénients

Not since they made screen sharing visible on mobile.

Avantages

Extensive API
No account signup needed for participants
Very supportive team

Inconvénients

Video tile could maybe be a little bigger

Avantages

This software is my favorite when comes to One to One meeting. Because:
- it allows screen sharing w/o downloading any software
- whiteboard w/ annotation support
- my custom own branding on the Greeting screen.
- most importantly, a stable connection
All these are extremely helpful for my personal use-case where I need to make discussion about changes with my designer.

Inconvénients

- there are rooms of improvement in terms of UI.
- it doesn't sync nicely with my Google Calendar hence my local holiday is not being reflected in Vectera's calendar. So it didn't stop others from booking during my holiday. :(

Avantages

I've been using Vectera consistently for a couple of years now and they are one of the most reliable video conferencing in the market. They continue to add new features and up their game which I really appreciate. The fact that our clients even remember the URL of their dedicated meeting room tells us that they like the tool as well and find it so easy to use.

Our meeting always involve screen-sharing, to be able to share different browser tabs, window sizes, even resizing the shared window to see responsive effect of a web page is fantastic.

Inconvénients

I wish they have Mac Native software. Even plugins for more than just chrome browser would be great.

Alternatives envisagées 

Microsoft Teams

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

Vectera is much more cost effective and customizable than others.

Avantages

I love how easy it was to set up and use. From setting things up on my end to inviting others on the call and holding the call, I did it all with almost no reading of directions. The drawing tools were fun and useful and really added to the experience of a business meeting. I also used it to make holiday calls to family and it was much better than using zoom.

Inconvénients

I would like to see the ability to have more than 6 people in the meeting room and on camera. It did freeze up once, but that could have been Xfinity's fault, not sure. This would translate well to a webinar tool or training tool if it could handle even 100 users. I realize that was not the intent of program however, and the majority of the time, most business meetings usually feature less than 6 people, though I have been in meetings with over20 people before, so increasing the capacity should be a top priority. I understand you can get about 15 or so on this with audio only, but the video aspect was selling point for me. Also, it would be nice to see the storage capacity for each account level at least tripled, as recording video and saving meeting rooms is a feature that sets Vectera apart.

Alternatives envisagées 

Zoom Workplace

Pourquoi choisir Vectera 

I wanted more features and I thought Zoom fees could get pretty high. I also loved the idea of saving the meeting rooms and all the info, drawings in them. Most business meetings aren't a one in and done deal. If I want to meet with a client over a period of months, we can still log in and see the same notes we left there last time. I can also log in by myself, and add some notes for the next time we meet up. This is such a powerful and wonderful idea and tool.

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

The entire platform of Vectera was just more appealing and I like tools better. I also just love the recurring functions of Vectera.

Avantages

Beyond Vectera being mobile ready, there’s so many other solid features that Vectera offers. In this review, I will point out the main features that have made all the difference in my own business.

On top of my outstanding features list is Vectera’s touch-friendly whiteboard. This is where I can keep a record of all the notes I made during my last call with my guest. In addition to that, I can even upload an image or screenshots, and draw all over them – knowing that in my next meeting, everything we did in that previous meeting will be there ready for us to continue working on in the next one.

Another powerful feature, is the ability to record each session. Given my line of work, I find the session recording feature to be incredibly valuable. With the recording feature, combined with my private notes, not only do I have records of my notes and sketches, I also have a video recording that I can send to my guest. I use the recordings to add extra value for my clients which helps them go back over everything we’ve talked about.

I also love the in-built scheduling feature that stops all of the old-school back-and-forth emails, and the stress that goes with manually trying to arrange a date and time for a meeting. And the thing that I like about the scheduling system, is that it converts your local time as the host, with the local time of your guest, so neither of you miss the meeting.

On top of that, once your guest chooses on a date and time for the meeting, Vectera creates

Inconvénients

Right now, there’s not much to fault. If anything, I think that fast-tracking PayPal as a payment processor option would be a positive step in the right direction.

Avantages

Clear WebRTC as it should be. Starts with a P2P setup and kicks in a SFU when a third participant joins.
Instant, clear supportservice
Well documented API
Well documented customization of UI
Intuive UI
Plug and play
Software detects hardwareschanges (speakerphone, camera) and gives user the ability to switch within the session
Networkchanges without loss of session !!
Built with security in mind --> HIPAA certified

Inconvénients

Non so far. All the features we have in our mind are already present or are on the Vectera's roadmap.

Alternatives envisagées 

Jitsi

Pourquoi choisir Vectera 

Cost, intuitive UI, mature company

Avantages

Vectera doesn't require any software beyond a recent Internet browser. This has the advantage that less savvy guests or guests that don't have privileges to install software can join your call seamlessly. I also like that you can share notes and graphics with your guests thanks to the built-in whiteboard. This enables for a more interactive session with guests. The integrated meeting scheduler integrates with your calendar and works great.

Inconvénients

My experience with video/audio quality is a bit flaky. Most of the times quality was ok but at times the quality was below par. After we switched to Teams or Zoom the quality was ok - this makes me think that Zoom or Teams use video/audio connections that require less bandwidth and are less susceptible to slower internet connections.

Avantages

I have been using Vectera for over a year now, and found it great for video calls. It is browser based, so no more forcing people to download client software, it is stable and the picture quality is great.

You can easily record calls, and the recording is available almost instantly, rather than having to wait for it to 'process...zzzz' before you can use it.

The ability to have perpetual rooms to use with clients is great too, you can upload files, use whiteboards etc and they are there ready for the next call with them. No more playing 'hunt today's link' either, for regular calls you use the same link.

Built in scheduling is another great feature, along with being able to take payments at the point of booking too.

The support (when needed) has been great too, fast and helpful. Not that I have needed it often, but great to know it is there if you do!

Inconvénients

None so far in general use.

There are limited integrations which may be an issue for some, but for me it integrates with my CRM so not a big issue.

Avantages

The ease of selecting the tools to use, while being able to customize the size of text and line thickness is very easy to use.

Whiteboard can be fit an expanded page, or you can also add more pages, which can then be saved into one pdf without the use of pdf converter.

Having the ease to key in math tools makes it even more wonderful to use!

Liking the co-browse function which most virtual rooms only offer screenshare which limits the other parties' engagement in the virtual room.

Able to record the virtual room and save in local drive for free. Some will require payment which discouraged me from using them.

Inconvénients

Syncing of things keyed in can be slow, probably due to free trial when everyone is using it, thus causing a lag in syncing of things keyed and drawn.

the lack of shapes to draw.

will be useful if the formula tool can allow multiple line input as well.

Chinese characters when typed in vectera looks perfect. But when downloaded and saved as pdf, the words stacked together. Worked fine when I was using it at the start. But nearing the end of free trial, this bug appeared and thus all of my worksheets are still in Vectera waiting to be downloaded. Still waiting for the bug to be fixed.

Will be good to allow unsync of room so that we can split up and go to different whiteboards to do our task if necessary. Currently if I scroll up, my student will be 'forced' to scroll up as well. I cannot mark while they are doing the next question.

Avantages

Its ease of use. I am not a "techy" and I find it extremely intuitive and appealing to use. I can set up a meeting in literally seconds. My clients have also expressed to me how easy the software is to use.The private meeting rooms with all of their tools are outstanding and you can seamlessly pick up on meetings on returning to them. The video and sound quality are exceptionally good. I had to contact customer support on a few occasions and every time I was blown away by their responsiveness and willingness to help.

Inconvénients

At this time I will say that I have not been given the opportunity to dislike anything about Vectera. Whenever I had an issue it was promptly responded to. Their R&D team are mind readers and stay ahead of the curve by anticipating and resolving potential problems.

Alternatives envisagées 

Zoom Workplace

Pourquoi choisir Vectera 

Originally it was for the price and after I used it, it was for the quality of the product and the amazing customer support. I also wanted a product that was browser based so my client didn't have to download anything to use it and could access it on any device.

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

Price and affordability as well as ease of use.

Avantages

I do "on the fly" support meetings with my clients all day. I have used two other web collaboration services prior to Vectera. Neither of them directly served my needs as they were bloated with too many features, too difficult for my clients to get on the meetings and too expensive. I was looking for software that would be quick and easy to use both for myself and my clients. Vectera was just what I was looking for.

Each client gets their own "meeting room" and I have my own custom domain with their address in it to share with them. The client simply bookmarks their custom address and they can join me very and easily.

Inconvénients

The software is still in its "growing stages" and has a couple of quirks, none that cause me to give it a critical review. I live on Firefox all day and discovered that Vectera works best on Chrome. I believe they are working on making Firefox so it works as well as Chrome does.

Avantages

FAST -- Nobody needs to install anything. Just click and go.
EASY -- We schedule a meeting (using Vectera, or otherwise), establish a single link, and are done.
SECURE Point to Point -- In the 90s we used point-to-point meeting solutions, but then the whole industry moved to central-server approaches. Vectera offers secure endpoint to endpoint webmeetings. Where ZOOM can sneakpeak into anything taking place, Vectera meetings are behind closed doors.
FEATURE-RICH -- All features you need.
Perfect!

Inconvénients

We see no cons. Sounds a bit odd, but it's true. Vectera's solutions meets all our one-on-one meeting needs.

Avantages

Scheduling feature is great. But sets Vectera apart is the sharing functionality. Yes, you can share your screen but you can upload entire decks, pdfs, and more. You can also whiteboard during the call. You get write on the board but your client can as well. Whatever you put on there you can download and save. You can also cobrowse. Let's say there's a cool new example you want to use with your client but you haven't had a chance to download yet. You can search for it, find it, and use it together in real time.

Inconvénients

The scheduling can be a little tricky at first because of the built-in buffer capability. But the good news is the customer service rocks and will help you!!

Avantages

They are approachable for product feedback. Think eco-system as well.
Communicate enough but not too much about the product and company.

Inconvénients

That it overwrite my Meeting title when choosing vectera meeting afterwards (title is the 1st thing you enter when adding a meeting) but they fixed it!

Avantages

Vectera allows for online scheduling integration. Each of my clients has their own private room which can be branded with ease. The sessions can also be recorded for future reflection and to share with clients.

Inconvénients

The software keeps improving. The biggest fix that needs continual improvement is the call quality. I have had several times where it has frozen and we had to resume on zoom which was a bit embarrassing.

Avantages

I love I can share and join into a meeting really easy. To share a meeting you just need to send the link of the meeting and to join you just click on it, there is nothing to download.
Furthermore, it is great my clients can book meetings easily, and those meetings are synchronized with my Google calendar.

Inconvénients

Your meetings must be up to 6 people to get a good quality

Avantages

- No install or download needed!
- Great support.
- Peer to peer / not 3rd party dependent!
- Privacy oriented.
- Ease of use anywhere from any device.
- Persistent meeting rooms (when/if needed)
- Share, co-browse, annotate, whiteboards.
- Customizable
- Public and alive roadmap
- Affordable

Here is a short Vectera review
https://shor.by/VecteraReview

Inconvénients

Because it is peer to peer the quality can fluctuate without a strong internet connection.

Alternatives envisagées 

Zoom Workplace et Microsoft Teams

Pourquoi choisir Vectera 

No install/download needed. Easy of use. Great support. Affordability. Possibility to scale.

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

Features!

Avantages

Vectera is very easy to use. For coaching, it’s been the best for my needs. The permanent meeting rooms are perfect because they keep files and whiteboards until the next time the “room” is used. To be able to give a client the link and they can pop in a meeting without having to download anything at their end is a bonus. The call and video quality has been top notch. Some meetings have gone on for a few hours with no connection problems.

Inconvénients

It’s on the roadmap but I wish the feature was available today - full screen on screenshare and side by side video chat where participants are in the same sized boxes.

Avantages

The best part of this platform is the ease of use - both for our clients and internally. Of equal importance, of course, is the audio/video delivery and that has been nearly flawless.

Inconvénients

I had a small complaint about the email confirmations sent to clients, but they completely cleared that up this week with an update. So I don't have any complaints at the moment. That's something I rarely say about software.

Avantages

The integrated booking, billing and meetings is incredibility easy to use. My clients enjoy the platform, since there are nothing to install. The ability to upload meeting assets and have them accessible during and after meetings for participants is a true time saver. Peer to peer based sessions bypass a lot of the current zoom issues.

Inconvénients

The ability to edit appointments and update the calendar is a bit of a pain but is supposed to be on the road map

Avantages

Vectera handles very easily, like a good car. I had some issues at first, but they were due to my browser. Customer service was impeccable. When we use a service and product that works, like Vectera, this means peace of mind. Invaluable.

Inconvénients

My only "con" is the limited number of calendars integrating - Google, Outlook, iCal. It would be great if that option had a wider range with smaller but just as efficient companies providing a calendar/schedule type of service.

Alternatives envisagées 

Zoom Workplace

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

I had a fantastic offer and took a chance on the software. Then I realized what I bought into - custom domain, permanent meetings, whiteboard, video calls, recordings, and much more.. Worth every penny.

Avantages

My favorite thing initially about this software was its low cost per entry. It was very easy to register and activate my account. I decided to try out the software via an App Sumo lifetime deal to keep my business costs down.

Inconvénients

I wish the room sizes could hold just a few more people. They are generally best for up to 6 people. I also wish the video recording was more than 15 frames/per second for the lower tiers of service.

Alternatives envisagées 

LiveWebinar

Pourquoi choisir Vectera 

I needed a cost-effective online meeting resource without a monthly recurring expense.

Logiciel antérieur 

Zoom Workplace

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

It really boiled down to the cost of entry. It was so low that it was worth it to try out the service. And there was no recurring cost through the App Sumo purchase.

Avantages

User friendly and very easy to use with clients who live far away
Clients can easily schedule meetings which autocreates meeting rooms.
There are no downloads needed, everything is browser based.
The meeting rooms are persistent, if I want to make another appointment with the same client, we just continue where we left last time.

Inconvénients

Overview of the scheduled appointments in the dashboard, this would be very convenient.

Avantages

- Very easy to communicate, schedule meetings and have one to one meetings. No downloads needed. Very good customer support.

Inconvénients

- Sharing videos, whiteboards and share screens in full screen mode. I've seen it's on the roadmap but I would love this feature to be here already.

Avantages

Cobrowsing
No account signup needed for participants
Low resource & browser based making it cross compatible
Handy for anything ranging from tech support to tutoring
Presenter tools such as whiteboard allow for a lot more interactive possibilities than standard video and screenshare

Inconvénients

Color scheme can get an update
Presenter mode is hidden in the interface

Avantages

Vectera offers the individual virtual rooms. While I first didn't understand this, it has worked out well to have a meeting room where I can leave 'stuff' and come back to it during the next meeting.

Inconvénients

When I schedule a meeting with a client, I cannot schedule a specific room... do this as a second step. Now, it could well be possible to do this, I just haven't taken the time to figure out if it is possible.

Avantages

Wow, what an amazing product! It's great to be able to have my clients just jump into the video chat we scheduled, rather than asking what platform they use (Skype, ZOOM, etc.) and coordinating around their requirements.

Inconvénients

I would like to see a little more customization in each area, such as changing colors for branding, etc.

Avantages

Lots of features for a very low cost. Easy to use, the customer doesn't have to install anything. User-friendly interface.
With a simple link you can connect to the meeting room. No complicated setups or settings to get microphone and speakers working.

Inconvénients

Nothing at all. New features are added regularly, the tool does what it promises to do.

Avantages

Besides the great customer service, it's VERY easy for clients to access the meeting room. Cobrowse is amazing for training and tech support. Really like the scheduler and being able to white label the url. Makes my small business look more professional.

Inconvénients

Once in a while a caller will drop off. The background blur takes too much resource.

Avantages

You only need a few minutes to know your bearings and after that you're good to go.

Inconvénients

I prefer Safari as my web-browser and it doesn't have the best compatibility with Safari.

Avantages

Very easy to schedule a meeting
Nothing to install

Inconvénients

a good internet connection is always necessary. Sometimes, the wifi of customers is not fast enough when they use the camera

Avantages

The ability to have it be used from the mobile phone and NOT have to download anything was unbelievable. My clients are on the older demo and not tech friendly and the fact that I can just give them a link and they can have all the features of a "zoom, skype, Google, etc" without downloading anything.

Inconvénients

Whenever I have more than 3 people in my meeting room the connection is no longer stable and people get disconnected, you can't hear, the video gets fuzzy, it just goes bad.

Avantages

I love the way Vectera works and keeps growing. They really listen to their customers and keep me up to date about features coming up and features we requested ourselves.

Inconvénients

So far no real cons, every starting software needs growing and I love to be a first-mover here!

Avantages

Vectera allowed me to automate my workflow, it made my life easier and that of my clients who do not need to install software or configure anything, with a single link they access the meeting in just seconds.

I must also highlight the great technical support service that are very receptive to solve doubts and take very into consideration the ideas of improvement of the application of their clients.

Inconvénients

The main disadvantage is the capacity of users in a meeting room, it only allows a maximum of 6

Avantages

i like that I can use it for client scheduling and for client video coaching calls. So far it’s worked well. I like that you don’t need a specific app to use it on mobile devices.

Inconvénients

Some of my clients have had to download or switch to a different browser to be able to connect to the video,

Avantages

In the middle of this lockdown Vectera has proven to be a very valuable tool. Unlike more popular and free tools, this provides a lot of privacy. I also can fully personalize my meeting rooms and subdomain. That gives my meetings a much more professional touch vs other tools.

Inconvénients

Maybe the fact that we cannot add more backrgrounds (at least until september 2020)

Alternatives envisagées 

Zoom Workplace

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

Its ability to customize my domain and meeting rooms. It´s also very easy to use and there is no need to download any software.

Avantages

The Software can easily be customized to fit your own brand. Usage of the software is even simpler and very intuitive.
Everybody whom I invited had no trouble at all logging in (nothin to install), all sessions had great quality and recording was flawless.
Non of the other video conferencing solutions offer such a smooth and streamlined workflow.

Inconvénients

The Software was designed for smaller number of participants. Wished the product would also offer Webinars for higher participant count in the same great way

Avantages

What I like most about the software is that you can upload documents in the meeting room. Therefore, you can discuss the files together and even make notes. For me, it's an ideal solution for professional meetings. The scheduling feature also made my life easier: Vectera is linked with the Google Agenda which makes it possible for clients to pick a time of appointment that suits them best and it's immediately scheduled in while both parties receive a confirmation email. There's also no need to download anything which makes it easy and accessible in use for all participants, even if they have never used the software before. It's also a platform that keeps improving and keeps adding more helpful features.

Inconvénients

I didn't experience anything that I didn't like so far.

Avantages

Vectera allows us to provide our clients with face to face video meetings in our own branded professional room.

Inconvénients

The software could have a plgin for recording with Firefox like it does for Google Chrome. Recording sessions can be a bit buggy.

Avantages

Easiness to create and start a meeting room.

Inconvénients

Interface it's a bit outdated and connection is not always good.

Alternatives envisagées 

Whereby et Zoom Workplace

Pourquoi choisir Vectera 

Needed a more powerful platform at the time and found a great opportunity to acquire Vectera.

Logiciel antérieur 

Whereby

Pourquoi passer à Vectera

Value for money.

Avantages

We bought Vecterra as an alternative to Zoom. I like, that you can easily integrate files during the meeting and edit them together with you team member. With small restrictions, Vecterra is also an alternative to TeamViewer, because it has the great "co-browsing" feature, which we like to use.

Inconvénients

Saving the videos could be a little easier.

Avantages

Vectera is so easy to use and config it is amazing! The fact that you can run it under your own custom domain makes it even better! It has an integrated booking feature!

Inconvénients

There is nothing so far that i don´t like.

Avantages

Easy to use, no need to install any software, quality is great.

Inconvénients

Software products works for my business needs. So far there are no cons.

Avantages

Vectera goes above and beyond to deliver a much more comprehensive experience for you and your attendees than does the competition. Highly suggested if you're looking to put on product demos, sales pitches, or even instructional sessions.

Inconvénients

Nothing, works great and the team is fantastic.

Avantages

-Share Screen easily.
-Mobile-Friendly.
-User-Friendly Interface.
-Record Sessions.
-Specified Meeting Rooms for each user/client.
-Meeting Rooms keep all documentation, so you can go back & start right where you left off (with all documents available from the last few meetings.
-Create meeting invites & sync calendars all from the software.
-Ability to use on your own domain.
-The ability to have around 6 people in one room is cool.
- Great customer Support

I am sure there are more features, but these are what I use

Inconvénients

I really didn't find any cons. Actually, if I ever did have an issue with understanding how to use a feature, the customer support is absolutely incredible.

OK, OK... If I had to give 1 con, it would be that I wish they had the capability to do a Screen Recording before a meeting (sort of like LOOM or Camtasia)

Avantages

Handy drag and drop
Light footprint on my system
Secure P2P connection
Extensive API

Inconvénients

Color scheme could probably get an update

Avantages

Cobrowsing works well, despite delay.
Sharing screen while being able to see the person is definitely a pro.
Separate rooms.
Shared content.

Inconvénients

Delay in cobrowsing for a few seconds.
All the other features work great, no other remarks, really not.

Avantages

UI is straight forward, no installations or configurations, easy to do client trainings, intake / presales meetings etc.

Inconvénients

Nothing mentionable. When there are support questions they respond quickly.

Avantages

Privacy-guarantee
Interactive: easy to 'play' and interact with children because they're used to online tools and adapt very easy

Inconvénients

None. Everything went well. Maybe sometimes the connection wasn't stable.