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State of Video Conferencing 2018

Data to help leaders understand how video conferencing impacts communication throughout their organization and choose what setup is right for them.

Video Conferencing Software & Comparisons

45% of companies choose Zoom or Skype for Business over all other options.

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Video Conferencing Software

Percentage of Respondents by Software

64% of companies with 500 or more employees use Skype for Business. 72% of companies with 500 or fewer use Zoom.

Top Video Conferencing Software by Company Size

    Company Size

    Skype for Business

    Zoom

    Percentage of Respondents Using Software x Company Size

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    Zoom

    Zoom, Skype for Business, and Google Hangouts are the most used amongst growing companies.
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    Zoom and Slack earn highest customer satisfaction ratings on G2 Crowd for video conferencing.
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    Zoom customers are more than 2x as likely to recommend Zoom to friends and colleagues.
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    In 58% of organizations, executives influence which video conferencing solution the company chooses.

    This is consistent across all company sizes.

    31% of C-level executives would like to know the engagement level of their last meeting.
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    Video Conferencing Equipment & Setup

    27% of the time, a team's #1 challenge with video conferencing is finding and booking conference rooms.
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    Companies with 5,000-10,000 employees struggle the most with having enough conference rooms.
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    Today the far majority of conference rooms have a TV or monitor. Very few use tablets to start the meeting.
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    TV or Monitor
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    Speaker Phone
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    In-Room Computer to Run Meetings
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    Screen Casting Device
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    Tablet for Starting Meetings
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    Tablet for Signing Into Room

    Companies with 200 or more employees are 3x more likely to use tablets to manage their conference rooms.
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    Video Conferencing Benefits & Challenges

    93% of people agree that video conferencing is effective at improving the connectedness of remote employees
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    of companies chose their video conferencing solution based on its ease of use.

    89% of companies still use multiple video conferencing platforms.

    On average, a company switches between 2-3 different conferencing solutions.
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    Results are based on the survey responses of 1,152 video conferencing users.

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