VidyoConnect

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Screen sharing, an in-call whiteboard where access is granted by the host, Active Speaker and Continuous Presence layouts at up to 1440p30, and H.264 SVC adaptive layering documented to hold up over LTE, 3G and unmanaged networks are all on the record. What I never found is a participant limit per plan, a waiting room, breakout rooms, or documented mute and remove moderation; the one capacity figure covers 300 concurrent recording views, not meeting seats. Strong engineering story, but the numbers a buyer sizes a contract against are missing. 1 2 3 7

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The only encryption statements are generic: webcasting and recording run "via a secured and encrypted connection" and "data encryption" appears in a list of ISO 27001 controls — no method named, no key handling, no end-to-end claim for any meeting type on any plan. Meeting access amounts to click-to-connect links; I found no public information on a lobby, meeting passcodes, locking, or SSO-gated joining. That is the level of "encrypted, somehow, join by link." 4 6 7

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Browser joining via click-to-connect links across four browsers, iOS and Android endpoints, and a genuine dial-in path — a dedicated local or toll-free number per customer, sold through partners in 39 countries, with overage billed at $25 per additional 1000 minutes — are documented. But no country-by-country number list, no guest access without an account, no accessibility standard or keyboard and screen-reader testing, and the AI captions attach to recordings rather than live meetings. Dial-in is real; the rest of "everyone can join" is unproven. 1 3 5 7

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There is real admin structure: administrators set per-user-group permissions for who may record, webcast and access stored content, recordings sit on a stated appliance holding more than 2000 hours of HD video with NAS supported, and sharing is gated by hashed links, access levels and PINs. I found no public information on notifying or asking consent of participants when a recording starts, on deletion or retention rules, or on access logging — and AI captions and summaries ride along with no documented switch. Halfway to a works-council-defensible recording policy. 1 6

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An Outlook plug-in for single-click scheduling, single sign-on through Active Directory, H.323 and SIP room-system interoperability, an SDK with APIs to embed voice and video, LMS integration, and a stated cloud-or-on-premise deployment cover most of the ground. The Microsoft evidence on the pages dates to Lync 2010 and 2013 and Windows XP through 8, I found no public information on Google Workspace support, SCIM provisioning or webhooks. Broad, but the depth is dated. 1 7

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The jurisdiction facts the pages do give point away from Europe: a Hackensack, New Jersey headquarters dateline for Vidyo and a parent, Enghouse Systems Limited, traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. I found no public information on EU data residency, an EU contracting entity or representative, a data processing agreement, or any subprocessor — no European element is evidenced anywhere, and for this buyer that weighs heavily. Scored just above the bottom because the non-EU facts cover only vendor domicile while the rest stays unknown. 4 6

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The only public figures are an introductory price of $9,500 for the recording and webcasting solution, dial-in overage at $25 per additional 1000 minutes, and a free Lync plug-in for customers with a current maintenance agreement. The VidyoVoice offer is described as "a low, fixed annual fee" with no amount, and I found no per-host price, no tiers, no participant limits per tier, no storage allowance, no minimum term and no VAT treatment. A buyer cannot begin to compute an annual invoice for their host count. 5 6 7

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