MeetupCall review

A bright, colourful welcome is waiting for you on the MeetupCall website and straight away you’ll have an array of information to digest. That’s not to suggest that it’s a way of dressing up sales patter, although there’s always a certain amount of that and it’s to be expected. But you do immediately get a clear idea of the different packages and services available and, perhaps of greater significance, what it’ll actually cost.

Shopping around for the best deals in conference calls shouldn’t be a time-consuming exercise. It shouldn’t have to involve trawling through page after page trying to find the price per minute of keeping in touch with business clients and colleagues around the world. Fortunately, the powers that be at MeetupCall realise the importance of telling you precisely what you want to know, when you want to know it.

With the lowest call costs ranging from 2.5p per minute as part of the ‘Bundles’ package to 4.3p a minute in the ‘Payg’ (pay as you go) package, the bold claim that you can take advantage of “up to 60% savings over other service providers” seems to hold weight under closer scrutiny. There is also an option to pay as you go comes without any bills or contracts – you just pay and go. Enter the basic details and wait for an email to arrive in your inbox, complete with the relevant dial-in numbers, conference IDs and PIN numbers.

The no-nonsense approach of the website is to be commended and will be appreciated by users eager to get set up quickly and efficiently. It’s difficult to distinguish whether the company tagline that sits atop of every page – ‘teleconferencing…that’s all’ – is either brilliantly brief or a little too understated. Regardless, the site stays on topic at all times and is straight to the point.

Client testimonials from the likes of Netto and Seabrooks Crisps are easily accessible if you want to read all about the success stories. There’s even a blog on the website with posts on anything and everything to do with teleconferencing and a calculator to work out your carbon footprint that congratulates you on becoming ‘green’ by considering conference calls as an alternative to travelling up and down the UK’s road network to attend meetings.

The ‘User Guide’ drop down menu will walk you through the whole process of starting or joining a conference call if you’re unsure how it all comes together, while you can request for a member of the MeetupCall team to ring you to chat more about the business solutions on offer should you wish to.