I sought a software that allowed my customers to view my screen live or join a video conference without having to install any software. Many people's personal or corporate computers don't allow them to download software, which makes zoom impossible to use. So Whereby makes everything much simpler and straightforward.

Whereby appeals to me because it is simple to utilize and includes multiple beneficial features. It's great because there's no need for a download or special access. I also appreciate having a unique URL that I can share.

The free version is very limited i wish they could unlock more features for free users, otherwise it's all good.

Whereby has been a solid solution to easily organize and host consulting calls and "virtual coffees". Its ease of use, and the fact that can be used both on computer, as well as on tablet and smartphone, make it a no-brainer and a tool that should be in every digital business owner's toolkit.

I had been using a wide variety of video conferencing tools before I started using Whereby and the things I found have made a difference are: — the array of features: you can create customized and branded "virtual rooms" where to host calls, you can have one-on-one and group calls and you can do so both through the web-based version and the smartphone version of Whereby — ease of use for both the conference call host and participants: it's incredibly easy to organize your first video conferencing call and have people join it, especially because there's no download nor installation required for them to use the web version of Whereby — web and apps: some video conferencing tools are available only through their web version, while Whereby lets you have calls with your computer, as well as with your smartphone or tablet through the mobile device app

The one thing I don't think is ideal about Whereby is the fact that Call Recording is an add-on feature. I wouldn't have an issue with it being an add-on feature available for the Whereby Pro Plan. However, even if one purchases the Pro Plan, he/she needs to purchase Call Recording as a separate add-on (which cannot be bought as a standalone feature). So you'd end up paying for two separate things: for the Pro Plan and for the Call Recording feature.

it was a good platform to make calls, but i don't see value in paying for the same service that other platforms offer

What I liked most about the platform was being able to have my own room for calls and customize the URL, so I could always use the same one.

when they started charging to keep using the most basic features

Whereby is a quick and easy meeting tool working seemlessly, stable and looking very nice. It also offers a lot of useful features.

What I like about Whereby is, that it is very easy to use and contains a lot of useful features. The interfaces looks very good and users usually get how it works while using it for the first time. The video quality as well as audio is very good. I would even say it's the best quality from the video conferencing solutions I've used so far. The meeting page is very customizable with colors and background images. It also features useful features like breakout-rooms, noise reduction, integration of several collaboration tools, screen sharing and a very nice chat function. The prizing is, starting at $6,99, very cheap. As well nice is, that the meeting url always stays the same. And nobody needs to install any software for using it. It just works in the browser.

Whereby could use a little makeover in case of the android app. It hasn't been updated for quite a while. It's basically a full screen browser. It would be nice, if that could be solved. Helpful would be also, if there could be shown more than just 12 people on camera.

It's extremely easy to use. Links are permanent and you can have your online room with a fixed link with your own password, background, time tracker.... and good integrations with other apps such as Miro or Google Drive.

The value-for-money decreasead when they reduced the options while keeping the pricing. No it's no longer useful for us, too expensive for what they offer.

It can be used by those whom have minimal computing knowledge and exposure especially clients or business partners above a certain age whom are not very comfortable with the technology. Therefore it is very much time saving for both ends.

This is a useful service. It's simple to use, it's quick, and it uses very little of the machine's and connection's resources. I've used it with connections as slow as 1Mbps and I was still able to share screen and video , although not the best of quality, but it works. It's a great place to hold meetings.

The video and audio quality could use some improvement; they're not the best, and they can be slow, dragging, and crashing.

It is an essential application, which is strange that it is not more well known

It is very easy to use and has all the necessary options to have a good experience. Even in its free version, it offers the possibility of having a personal room with its own URL. it is very stable in the connection. Its configuration is simple, it allows screen sharing and it has a good image quality.

In general, it offers everything you need, but the free option does not allow you to record the session.

My experience with whereby has been good to date

The seamless no download and no sign-in (unless you are hosting) features are one of my favorites form the Whereby App

Integration with outlook or google calendar would be great add-on at the moment ones rehires to hop on difference interfaces/software tools to get this done

Registration is not required; participants can easily join the meeting with one click. The video quality is very good and We can collaborate and create material for social media. We can hold all my meetings in a specially designed meeting room that we created.

It eliminates the requirement for users to install and download software. It provides an API that allows video conferencing to be integrated into web pages. It helps us to create personalized links and room for meetings. They offer a great free platform that I just use.

It lacks integration with third-party applications and analytics. We cannot share meeting codes during a private meeting.

It's been a great ride so far.

It's been really easy to set up an interview between our clients (hiring managers) and the candidates, you don't have to ask for Skype users and go back and forward with emails sharing that information, you only have to set up a "conference room" and share that link, that's it!

It's almost perfect, I just wish there's some chrome extension or email/calendar client plug-in to make it even easier.

It's a great product for power users but some more conveniences as mentioned would make it irreplaceable. Don't focus on embedding software - screensharing can show any software, it doesn't need to have native support. Ambient noise is a problem for new users so 'mute' training is something I have to administer to the 20+ people who have adopted on my recommendation.

Single click start and better video experience than skype. Re-instating YouTube 'play together' is a highlight

simple fixes/changes as suggested 24 months ago haven't occurred: - 'v' key to toggle video feed like the 'm' key - a sound indicator on someones window to show they are broadcasting sound (will help detect/identify ambient sound)

I really love the services that Whereby offers. Really easy to use and facilitates solid communications remotely. You all should try it.

So easy to use, and requires little effort to get connected. Also people you are connecting with do not need an account, all you have to do is send a link and they are in the meeting. I really love the simplicity and the custom room makes it fancy to me. It’s worth the money

There really isn’t much to dislike with Whereby. My only gross is that the limit of four people isn’t really ideal for people who work with big companies.

great experience and excellent cost-benefit

it is an online site and we don't have to download any apps to use it. Very affordable.

we can't see the others users screen while presenting something

As part of my job I often get on a call with customers to learn more about their usage of our application. Whereby (previous appear.in) is a great and simple way to quickly and in a no-hazzle way interact with the customer. It allows both them and me to share our screen, which is a great way to 'see what they see'.

Quick and in no-hazzle set up, easy to share link with whoever and quickly get a screen share/cam session running. Most often runs smoothly. Doesn't require any plug-in or installs, simply runs through browser.

Having a free tier that allows up to 4 users in a unique url session, it's hard to complain about anything in this tool. It has lots of competition, and internal company conversations is typically achieved by zoom or slack in our company. But for getting on a call / screen share with a customer, whereby is a preferred solution for us.

Simple to use, good quality, everyone can reach you in your room without installing anything.

It would be great if there was also live subtitles feature.

I really like appear.in. I use it every day for work and can have up to 12 users at a time on it. Sometimes it can go down for no known reason and it takes a while to come back up, but that doesn't happen very often . Overall it's a great product!

EASE OF USE ACCESSIBILITY CAPACITY Screen record Share screens

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT DEPENDABLE quality of video

Its simple, nothing needs to be downloaded or installed, when you're meeting with a lot of different people frequently this is important

it could be simpler. my biggest issue is that I meet with many people who are not tech savy, and have trouble joining my meeting, I would ideally like a big "join meeting now" button on your main websites home screen when users without accounts can simply click and type in the name of the meeting theyre joining

Great alternative to Skype and the like as it's faster to enter in a custom room and begin talking with quality video.

appear.in (now Whereby) has always been my go to site for quick video conferences. When I showed my supervisor how easy it is to create a room and begin talking with quality video, he got totally surprised. Also it allows for screen sharing and room customisation (link, background, everything). Custom rooms can even be restricted.

Too bad they've limited the Free plan so much, and changed the way some sites like Focusmate use it. Apart from that, I don't have much else to say, as it works like a charm.

We use it every day for daily meetings - a distributed team - and frequent room meetings on demand.

Very easy to use, and with some options when bandwidth is not good (suppress camera, Pro rooms)

Lack of a Windows app as an optional feature

We have a lot of meetings during the day because our team is distributed. Appear help us managing those meetings with no effort!

It's super simple! You share a link and that's it. No downloads no gimmicks no account, it's just what I need in the very moment I want it. I love it.

Sometimes it glitches on Firefox but, aside from that, I believe it's close to perfection.

I love this easy to use there's no software to buy or app to download you just go to your browser and get your own personalized URL and send invitations you can view schedules and RSVPs and send messages you can create a waiting room and the people have to knock to enter which is great you can schedule with Google calendar you can also record and share and you can have up to 100 people they have several different options for plans plus a free so it's absolutely great

The free version doesn't have as great a features and it doesn't seem to work with the Safari browser that great and sometimes the sound and quality can be not perfect let's say

Not a good experience overall based mainly on video and sound quality issues as stated in the cons field above.

I think overall the best feature appear.in has is that fact that guests (meeting attendees) don't have to register or download the program, like Zoom for example...

A client I was working with recently insisted on using appear.in for meetings and I easily became frustrated with its many issues, starting with the video quality issues and sound issues, regardless of working on a strong internet connection. Needs much improvement in that sense. FYI, I work on Google Chrome for Mac running on Mojave 10.14.4

Good and simple to use software

With so many video collaboration tools available in the market, appear.in is not doing something new. But I feel they are just doing it in a simpler way keeping the basics right. They are not offering too many features but when it comes to video calls with multiple users, its streaming is very good even at low bandwidth

Might have to add more features to collaborate

It is a video conferencing tool with good stability and audio quality with excellent performance on calls.

It is very easy to use. It has an excellent audio quality in the calls. It allows the creation of individual rooms for each of the users. The price is very good.

After the last update the user's access page was very confused. The plug-in installation is quite confusing for customers who have little technical knowledge. It does not allow remote access to the user's screen.