Hi there, I'm considering using Amazon Chime for meetings with over 300 attendees (although these meetings aren't that common), since it seems like Zoom takes too long (3 business days) to enable that functionality.
What's your opinion?

From our perspective, we haven't been acquainted with this service before.
 However, we find it easier to use typical applications such as Zoom or Telegram's voice conference feature.

Personally, I use Zoom, which has a number of disadvantages. I have a small business and a monthly payment of $ 15 does not suit me very much. Another problem is the rapid discharge of smartphones from my interlocutors. I would also like to know about alternatives to using this program.

Amazon Chime can be a great solution for small businesses that have remote employees or those who are away. It offers various features like audio and video communication, multi-participant meetings, and webinar hosting capabilities.

The program is user-friendly and should not be too difficult to learn if you are familiar with other Amazon products. Overall, it's a convenient and efficient tool for businesses with remote teams.

Amazon Chime is a great alternative tool for Zoom that does support up to 250 participant video participants if you're using Chime SDK. However, when using the Amazon Chime app itself, you can host meetings of up to 100 participants. The user interface is clean, and the video/sound quality is decent.

However, for meetings with over 300 attendees using the app interface, Chime might not be the right choice. You could then consider other options, such as:

Microsoft Teams: It allows up to 1000 participants in a single meeting in interactive mode and up to 10,000 participants in view-only mode.

Cisco WebEx: WebEx allows you to host meetings with up to 1000 participants.

Google Meet: Google Workspace 'Enterprise Plus' tier allows 250 participants per call and live streaming to up to 100,000 viewers within a domain.

If you really prefer using Amazon Chime, you might want to contact Amazon Web Services to see if they can provide a specialized solution for your larger meetings.


Beyond the most commonly used platforms (that I've already mentioned), some other options that support large meetings are the following:

GoToMeeting: GoToMeeting is a well-established platform for web conferencing. The "Enterprise plans" can accommodate between 3,000 to 5,000 participants for an event.

BlueJeans: BlueJeans Events offers a webinar product that allows up to 50,000 attendees in a meeting.

Cisco Webex Events: This could be an option if you're planning to host large-scale events. Webex Events can support up to 3,000 participants in a meeting. For larger events, the Webex Webcasting option supports up to 100,000 participants.

Adobe Connect: Adobe Connect also provides solutions for webinars and large meetings, potentially running into the thousands of participants, depending on the plan.

ON24: This is a platform primarily used for webinars, virtual events, and content sharing. It can support thousands of participants depending on the specifics of your arrangement.

Always consider your specific needs beyond just the number of participants, like the quality of video/audio transmission, screen sharing capabilities, breakout rooms, ease of access for participants, backup and recording options, as well as cost per user/meeting. Also consider reliability and user support options, because dips in quality or service can disrupt large meetings.

It would be best to test any service with a subset of users before moving to a full-scale meeting with 300+ participants. This gives you a chance to identify any potential technical issues, as well as get user feedback about the platform's usability.

Finally, if you expect to frequently have these large meetings, it might be worth investing in dedicated virtual event software, which is designed to handle large numbers of attendees, often providing additional features like virtual expo halls or networking areas. Examples include platforms like vFairs, Hopin, or Intrado.

limitations to be aware of. For example, Amazon Chime's free plan doesn't allow users to host group meetings, users can only make one-on-one video or voice calls.

Not yet it used.. Please share your experiece.
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Amazon Chime is a lazy choice for large meetings. It's like choosing a default option without considering the actual needs of your attendees. Zoom might have its limitations, but at least it's a dedicated video conferencing platform with a proven track record. Chime, on the other hand, is a Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none solution that tries to do too much and ends up doing nothing exceptionally well.

If you want to impress your attendees and provide a seamless experience, you should be looking at more specialized platforms, not a generic, one-size-fits-all solution like Chime.