What is Google Meet?
Google Meet (formerly Hangouts Meet) provides real-time meetings. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+93 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Google Meet?
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Google Meet Reviews
Vignesh S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Communications
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2025
Simple, Reliable, and Perfect for Google Users
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Meet from other similar products?
Google Meet differentiates itself from other video conferencing tools through its seamless integration with Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), making it incredibly easy to schedule, join, and manage meetings directly from Gmail, Google Calendar, and other Google apps. It offers a clean, user-friendly interface with minimal setup, which is ideal for both personal and professional use. Google Meet is also web-based, requiring no downloads or plugins, and supports high-quality video, real-time captions powered by Google’s speech recognition, and advanced security features such as encryption and anti-abuse protections.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Google Meet is its seamless integration with Google Workspace. You can join meetings directly from Google Calendar or Gmail with just one click, and everything stays in sync—no need to switch apps or worry about meeting links. It makes scheduling and attending meetings incredibly smooth, especially for teams already using tools like Docs, Sheets, and Drive.
What do you dislike most about this product?
What I dislike most about Google Meet is its limited advanced features compared to some competitors like Zoom or Microsoft Teams. For example, breakout rooms, whiteboarding, and meeting controls can feel a bit basic or harder to access unless you're on a paid Google Workspace plan. Also, customization options for layouts and in-meeting tools are somewhat minimal, which might be limiting for users who need more interactive or complex meeting environments.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you're considering Google Meet, I recommend using it especially if your team already works within the Google Workspace ecosystem, as it integrates effortlessly with tools like Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. For the best experience, ensure a stable internet connection and use Google Chrome for optimal compatibility. If you're planning to host larger or more interactive meetings, explore the paid Workspace plans, which unlock features like breakout rooms, live streaming, and longer meeting durations. Also, familiarize yourself with its security settings and participant controls to manage meetings smoothly.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Sara H.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2025
Making it easy to talk from anywhere
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Meet from other similar products?
Google Meet uses smart technology to make calls better, It shows live caption while people in the meeting talking to each other and blocks background noise like traffic, dog barking and other distance sounds and makes our video calls clearer even when light is low or not that much high as needed for great quality for video.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite thing about Google Meet, It does not freeze or crash even when my internet is not perfect. The sound and video usually delivered clear by Google meet. It also work on any device which has good internet and Internet browser like phone, Tablet and all.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I just wish that layout options were more customizable as I can not control, How people appears on the screen which is frustrating sometimes.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need a reliable way have your video calls with your team or world wide, Good Meet can be a great option for you as it delivers simple and secure meetings with your team and others.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Perfect T.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2025
Video conferencing made easy with Google Chat
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Meet from other similar products?
Google Meet is easy to use and the screen is not cluttered so it easy and simple to find what I need. I do not have to download any software to use it, just open the web browser and start using it. That make it convenient for everyone weather you are a tech-savvy or non-tech guy. It can be used on any device as well either it is windows, android or iOS.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I really like that I do not need to download anything to use Google Meet. I just open it in my web browser, and it works. It is quick and easy to join meetings from any device like a laptop, tablet or phone. Which makes it convenient for me as I can join any meeting with it from anywhere, I just need to have a devices with internet connection.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I am disappoint in one thing as Google meet does not offer recording option for free users, It is only available for Google Workspace paid users. At least it would have been great If we had it for limited time as well.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you have a team where all people are not great with technology, Google Meet is a good option for your team. Joining a meeting is easy, just click on a link. We do not need to download anything and go through the setup and all. It always keep thing simple and avoid the confusion for us.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features