Cisco Webex
Shares rank 7 of 9 video conferencing apps by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Major video call option
“Meanwhile Zoom, Teams, Webex, and others allow you to join any call without a mic or camera.”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “Meta's Legal Team Abandoned Its Ethical Duties” “Zoom or Webex are the only games in town”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “OpenAI Should Build Slack”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Screen sharing causes problems
“Webex meetings and screen sharing would always spike my CPU and make everything unusable.”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Newer macOS runs slower on Intel (undeniably) – on purpose or "accident"?” “WebEx is very guilty of this any time sharing is invoked or changes hands.”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Why does macOS still lack focus stealing prevention in 2025?”
Other video conferencing apps people recommend
The four most recommended other video conferencing apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom | 99 | 155 | 39% | 12 | 5 yrs5 owners | — |
| Jitsi Meet | 42 | 15 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Google Meet | 39 | 48 | 45% | 10 | — | — |
| Proton Meet | 17 | 23 | 43% | 5 | — | — |
| Cisco WebexThis page | 5 | 5 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's wonderfully "undemocratic" and equally useful”
“Webex meetings and screen sharing would always spike my CPU and make everything unusable.”
“You can make a proper native application that just works and is not electron.”
“You should see what Cisco employees say about Webex!”
“only Webex has good transcriptioning”
“Zoom or Webex are the only games in town”
“someone actually went and developed an internal app to make it usable by piloting WebEx through accessibility APIs”
“Meanwhile Zoom, Teams, Webex, and others allow you to join any call without a mic or camera.”
“WebEx is very guilty of this any time sharing is invoked or changes hands.”
“but not in Webex, unfortunately”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.