Solstice

RATING:

4.1

(7)
Overview

About Solstice

Solstice is a cloud-based meeting collaboration solution designed to help businesses and higher education institutes manage content sharing, HD streaming, meeting room scheduling and native streaming. Key features include desktop/browser sharing, screen mirroring, targeted/locked screen sharing, annotations and mobile screen sharing. Teams using Solstice can drag-and-drop posts to alter the order of content, temporarily mark-up and highlight shared content, approve requests from collaborators to post content to the display or join session and add content stream into existing wireless solutions. The dashboard allows technology managers to monitor, configure and control system endpoints across the hosts' network. Additionally, individuals can share content from their...

Solstice Pricing

Solstice offers a 30 day free trial for new users, after which the software is available across 4 pricing tiers as follows: SGE Standard: $799 Unlimited Standard: $999 SGE Enterprise: $1099 Unlimited Enterprise: $1299

Starting price: 

$799.00 one time

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Solstice connecting to a display

Solstice Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Solstice

7 Reviews

Anonymous

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2021

A Must for Meetings

Solstice gives me freedom by allowing presenters to share their own desktops without requiring my aide, however I have the option to moderate the meeting and remove any unwanted shares. It's a great tool and I am unaware of better alternatives.

PROS

My job is to run the meetings for our County Commissioners. We use various tools to broadcast the meeting and record it, and Solstice has proven itself an invaluable tool to help the meetings run smoothly. It acts a lot like Chromecast and feels a little like Bluetooth. It allows presenters to share their presentations to the monitors in our meeting room. Without Solstice, they would have to give me their presentations on flash drives and then they would be dependent on me to run their slides.

CONS

It is a little complicated for new users to set up their technology if they have not already downloaded the Solstice application. That can take a while, and if there are issues with using the correct IP address to connect to our displays, it can make presenters feel hurried and flustered. Otherwise, once you have the application downloaded, it is pretty simple to share your screen.

Bradley

Higher Education, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2020

Solstice is expensive but you get what you pay for! Very dependable device.

Very dependable but is a bit pricey.

PROS

I like Solstice for its small size and its dependability. On a college campus, our professors depend on the Solstice to teach their classes. Especially during COVID, wireless presentation has been the go to for transmitting video to different displays. They can download the software and use their own laptop or mobile device without having to touch an HDMI cable. Its very easy to connect and the picture is excellent. I have never experienced any choppiness or lag.

CONS

I wish they offered the ability to connect a wireless keyoard or mouse. It would be nice if you could connect your phone to administer the device without the need for a keyboard. My only other complaint is that you now have to buy the power adapter separate from the device itself. This seems ridiculous considering the device is usually over $1000. This price should come down to be more competitive.

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Ethan

Verified reviewer

Higher Education, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed September 2020

Great When It Worked

Overall, I loved using Solstice when it worked, but the issues with certain operating systems made us switch.

PROS

Solstice was a very polished product and had a great backend admin interface.

CONS

We ran into many issues where Solstice would work great on some OS versions of MacOS and Windows but not others.

Rites

Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2019

Review: Solstice

Overall experience is good. Hopping in a meeting room & directly getting connected to the monitor using this app is a good experience.

PROS

1. Excellent tool to share to image you computer screen that helps wonders during the meetings 2. This has an option of getting connected using the IP of the monitor you want to get connected with (No hassles of wire cables or Bluetooth connections)

CONS

The options available in the product are quite limited. Options such as making calls using this app, adding more people to that screen share session can be added to the product

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Jess

Verified reviewer

Higher Education, 501-1,000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2020

Great for wireless projection

I use solstice as a college student to give presentations wirelessly.

PROS

I like that Solstice is wireless, so that I don't have to worry about having the correct cables to connect my device to a projection screen in order to give a presentation.

CONS

It can be glitchy or difficult to connect, which is often an issue with wifi, but sometimes is caused by the application.

David

Higher Education, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2020

Versatile and Useful

We use Solstice for screen sharing during meetings and small workshops in our office. It has made screen sharing much more efficient and less messy than plugging and unplugging HDMI or VGA cables.

PROS

Solstice works with both Mac and Windows operating systems to screen share. It makes software demonstrations much easier than, say, using PowerPoint slides. Plus, there's no need to fumble around with cables when on the fly!

CONS

Sometimes Solstice won't connect to my laptop (Windows), and I have to shut down and restart the software. This is rare, so it isn't a huge problem.

Anonymous

1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2019

Sharing made easier

Working remotely with teams and IT department.

PROS

Easy to connect to other's displays. Good tool for teams.

CONS

No cons. An easy and quick application to use with teams.

7 Reviews