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With its collaboration-focused custom version of Windows and video conferencing capabilities, the Surface Hub 2S makes hosting meetings easy. However, the Surface Hub 2S does have some significant drawbacks. You can learn more about Vibe as a Microsoft Surface Hub alternative on our comparison page. Jamboard was launched by Google as a direct competitor to the Surface Hub. On the plus side, the Jamboard features a vibrant 4K display with touchscreen capabilities for easy whiteboarding.

Using Android and iOS apps, users can access whiteboard content on a range of personal devices. Jamboard has also become popular with educators, thanks to its intuitive design. However, the Jamboard offers a limited suite of integrations, which for many offices could mean having to adjust workflows to work with it. Additionally, some reviewers have reported glitches in the software. Read more about how Vibe stacks up against Google Jamboard on our smart board comparison page.

Samsung Flip 2. The budget answer to the more powerful Jamboard and Surface Hub, the Samsung Flip 2 is a bare-bones smart board for small- to mid-sized businesses. It comes with an attractive price tag and features real-time whiteboard capabilities on its UHD 4K touch display. Read more about Vibe vs. Samsung Flip 2 on our comparison page. The team at Fluxspace brainstorming on a Vibe interactive whiteboard. Some smart boards take advantage of the cloud to allow for simultaneous viewing of the canvas across desktop and mobile devices.

Some go the other way as well, allowing for screencasting from external devices to the board. Certain products, like Vibe , also securely auto-save sessions to the cloud for easy recall. That means no more eureka moments lost to the dreaded eraser. A relative newcomer to the space, the Vibe touchscreen smartboard was designed from scratch by an independent technology company to fill a gap left behind by Samsung, Microsoft, and Google. In Google's first decade online, Google and Microsoft didn't seem to be the kind of companies that would compete directly with each other.

Google's main product is an Internet search engine and the company's revenue comes from ad sales. Microsoft's main products are an operating system, office productivity suite and other software.

Where's the conflict? Today, there are several points where Microsoft and Google cross paths. The two have taken each other on in their native product categories, and expanded into new markets as well.

Microsoft's direct competitor attempt is a search engine called Bing. Its features are similar in look, feel, and function to Google's search. It's still not close, even if you add in Microsoft's new year search engine partner Yahoo, at 14 percent. Google has made an attempt to compete with Microsoft's Office software suite with its Web-based productivity software called Google Docs. Google Docs includes a word processor, spreadsheet application, slideshow presentation maker, and even a form builder and drawing tools, all with the portability of access from any Web browser.

It also makes it easy to collaborate with others on a project, with the ability for both users to edit the same document, even at the same time.

Google Docs is not as robust and feature-rich as Microsoft Office software, though, and depends on Google for privacy and availability. OLW readily works with files in proprietary Microsoft Office formats for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Using Android and iOS apps, users can access whiteboard content on a range of personal devices. Jamboard has also become popular with educators, thanks to its intuitive design.

However, the Jamboard offers a limited suite of integrations, which for many offices could mean having to adjust workflows to work with it. Additionally, some reviewers have reported glitches in the software. Read more about how Vibe stacks up against Google Jamboard on our smart board comparison page. The budget answer to the more powerful Jamboard and Surface Hub, the Samsung Flip 2 is a bare-bones smart board for small- to mid-sized businesses.

It comes with an attractive price tag and features real-time whiteboard capabilities on its UHD 4K touch display. Read more about Vibe vs. Samsung Flip 2 on our comparison page. Some smart boards take advantage of the cloud to allow for simultaneous viewing of the canvas across desktop and mobile devices. Some go the other way as well, allowing for screencasting from external devices to the board.

Certain products, like Vibe , also securely auto-save sessions to the cloud for easy recall. That means no more eureka moments lost to the dreaded eraser. A relative newcomer to the space, the Vibe touchscreen smartboard was designed from scratch by an independent technology company to fill a gap left behind by Samsung, Microsoft, and Google. It has similar capabilities to its competitors , with manufacturer-agnostic app integrations and a more competitive price tag to boot.

Vibe also supports screencasting from computers and mobile devices to the board, regardless of the device manufacturer. Vibe is also a powerful multitasker that seamlessly shifts between apps. Compatible with many USB webcams , Vibe allows teams to video conference with 3rd party apps and share the whiteboard screen in real-time.