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BlueJeans vs Degreed

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BlueJeans

Webinars

Connected through Verizon

From
$10/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Degreed logo

Degreed

LMS

Learning experience platform that indexes skills and third-party content rather than hosting courses

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: BlueJeans shut down. Verizon announced the closure on 8 August 2023 and wound the service down through the first half of 2024, starting with the Basic tier and free trials on 31 August 2023; Degreed pricing is entirely quote-based with no public rate card, and third parties report annual floors around 25,000 USD and licence minimums as high as 150 seats, so a mid-sized organisation frequently cannot buy it at any sensible price.
  • They diverge on capability: BlueJeans covers HD and 4K video, Degreed covers Content aggregation.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlueJeans and Degreed actually diverge.

Attributes where BlueJeans and Degreed differ
AttributeBlueJeansDegreed
Starting price$10/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Macos, Ios, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryWebinarsLMS
Founded1983Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in BlueJeans

  • HD and 4K video
  • Audio conferencing
  • Screen sharing
  • Recording and playback
  • Chat and messaging
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • Hand raising
  • Breakout rooms

Only in Degreed

  • Content aggregation
  • Skills framework
  • Pathways and plans
  • Skill gap analytics
  • Career mobility
  • Learning records
  • Academies
  • Integrations with content providers

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

BlueJeans

  • Enterprise meetingsnot Degreed
  • Healthcare consultationsnot Degreed
  • Financial servicesnot Degreed
  • Government communicationsnot Degreed
  • Large eventsnot Degreed

Degreed

  • A large enterprise that already spends heavily on Coursera and LinkedIn Learning and cannot tell which of it is used or usefulnot BlueJeans
  • An organisation planning a workforce transition and needing a defensible view of which skills exist internally before it hires externallynot BlueJeans
  • A company running compliance training in an LMS that wants a separate, voluntary development experience employees actually choose to opennot BlueJeans
  • A group building internal mobility, matching people to open roles and stretch projects on evidenced skills rather than job titlesnot BlueJeans

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

BlueJeans

  • Shut down. Verizon announced the closure on 8 August 2023 and wound the service down through the first half of 2024, starting with the Basic tier and free trials on 31 August 2023
  • bluejeans.com no longer resolves
  • Verizon bought it for $400 million in 2020 and closed it citing a changing market, so there is no successor product to move to within the same vendor

Degreed

  • Pricing is entirely quote-based with no public rate card, and third parties report annual floors around 25,000 USD and licence minimums as high as 150 seats, so a mid-sized organisation frequently cannot buy it at any sensible price.
  • Degreed is a layer, not a replacement: you keep paying for the learning management system that runs compliance training and for the content subscriptions it indexes, so the licence is a third line on top of two you already have.
  • The skills data leans heavily on employee self-assessment, and self-rated skill is a weak signal; if managers do not validate ratings consistently the workforce capability picture that justified the purchase is not reliable enough to make hiring or redeployment decisions on.
  • Adoption is voluntary in most deployments, so unless the organisation ties learning to something consequential, usage decays after the launch campaign and the platform becomes an expensive search box.
  • Integrations with content providers vary in depth: some surface full metadata and completion write-back while others index only titles, so the unified record of learning the business case assumed can be patchy in exactly the sources employees use most.

Pricing, plan by plan

BlueJeans

$10/month
  • Essentials$10/month
    • 100 participants
    • HD video
    • Screen sharing
  • Pro$15/month
    • 300 participants
    • 4K video
    • Virtual backgrounds
  • Business$20/month
    • 500 participants
    • Custom branding
    • Advanced security
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited participants
    • Custom deployment
    • Dedicated account team

Degreed

On request
  • Degreed for Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Content aggregation across internal and third-party sources
    • Skills framework and gap analytics
    • Pathways, plans and academies
  • Degreed Free (individual)Free
    • Personal learning profile
    • Track learning from any source
    • For individuals rather than organisations

Which should you pick?

Choose BlueJeans if

  • You need hd and 4k video.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Macos, Ios, Android.
  • You also want audio conferencing.
BlueJeans review

Choose Degreed if

  • You need content aggregation.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want skills framework.
Degreed review

Questions people ask

Is BlueJeans or Degreed better?
Neither clearly leads. BlueJeans starts at $10/month and Degreed at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BlueJeans or Degreed?
BlueJeans starts at $10/month and Degreed at On request.
Does BlueJeans or Degreed run on more platforms?
BlueJeans runs on Web, Windows, Macos, Ios, Android. Degreed runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is BlueJeans best used for?
BlueJeans is most often used for enterprise meetings, healthcare consultations, financial services, government communications. Of those, enterprise meetings and healthcare consultations are not what Degreed is typically brought in for.
What can BlueJeans do that Degreed cannot?
BlueJeans covers HD and 4K video, Audio conferencing, Screen sharing, Recording and playback. Degreed covers Content aggregation, Skills framework, Pathways and plans, Skill gap analytics.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Degreed: Does Degreed replace our LMS?

No. It is a discovery and skills layer over content. Compliance training, assignment and certification records generally stay in the LMS, and you pay for both.

Degreed: What does Degreed cost?

It is quote-only. Third-party reports put annual floors around 25,000 USD with licence minimums that can reach 150 seats.

Degreed: Is the skills data trustworthy?

Only as far as your validation process is. It is built on self-assessment plus peer endorsement, so without manager validation it should not drive redeployment decisions.

Degreed: Can individuals use it free?

Yes, Degreed offers a free personal profile for tracking your own learning, separate from the enterprise product.

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