# Cisco Webex

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Cisco Webex and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as one of the main video call options, and the only one people name for good transcription. Common caveat: screen sharing and meetings can spike CPU use.

## Why people recommend it

- Major video call option (2 comments): "Meanwhile Zoom, Teams, Webex, and others allow you to join any call without a mic or camera." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695832)) "Zoom or Webex are the only games in town" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47032770))

## What people warn about

- Screen sharing causes problems (2 comments): "Webex meetings and screen sharing would always spike my CPU and make everything unusable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547652)) "WebEx is very guilty of this any time sharing is invoked or changes hands." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46548051))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Zoom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoom.md): 99 recommend
- [Jitsi Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jitsi.md): 42 recommend
- [Google Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-meet.md): 39 recommend
- [Proton Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-meet.md): 17 recommend
- [Galene](https://hackerapproved.com/p/galene.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.webex.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cisco Webex", https://hackerapproved.com/p/webex/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).