Lark

4.5 (28)
Collaboration tool for SMEs and education institutes

Overall rating

4.5 /5
(28)
Value for Money
4.6/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.4/5
Customer Support
4.4/5

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Kevin
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great for current times

Reviewed on 15/07/2020

Pros

Video calls were easy to use and you can have a lot of people in one call. I can use the calendar to launch calls and Lark adjusts the time-zones automatically which which makes it easier when dealing with global clients. The interface is simple which is just the way I like things. The main screen combines group chats, calendar assistant, and private messages so there is no need to do a lot of toggling or have a bunch of different tabs open. Internal vs. External teams is also a neat feature I haven't seen with other software.

Cons

As with any new software, it takes some time to get familiar to everything but after a while it becomes intuitive.

Response from ByteDance

Thanks for your feedback Kevin, Really glad to hear you are loving Larksuite.

Dev
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Lark gives my team all the tools for collaboration , Communication & Control

Reviewed on 22/04/2022

4. As the team was growing we needed a way to scale productivity but couldn't find an all-in-one...

4. As the team was growing we needed a way to scale productivity but couldn't find an all-in-one solution till we found Lark. We use the attendance feature to keep track of our workers in the field, we use docs to create collaborate documents and use Lark's video conferencing feature for all our team meetings.

Pros

1. I like that Lark gives me all the tools I need in one place, reducing my need on other apps.
2. Lark's mobile application is very powerful, giving my team and I the same experience on mobile as we get on desktop
3. Lark is really easy to use and set up. Creating groups are a breeze and with things like searchable chat history, rich media support and one click video calls straight from chat make communicating easy.
4. For what Lark offers, the fact that is free is amazing!

Cons

1. Sometimes the features on offer can be a bit overwhelming with a lot to navigate, especially for teams looking at very specific use cases.
2. As a relatively new product, there are sometimes bugs that might pop up but in my experience, it does not take long for tech support to patch these issues
3. video conferencing can sometimes be a bit laggy, especially when sharing screen or using the impressive "Magicshare" feature.

Kevin
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  • Industry: Consumer Electronics
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

Useful for communicating overseas to places like China, but Google Work Suite does this better

Reviewed on 22/12/2022

Overall, my experience with Lark was not the best. I would not recommend it, and would instead...

Overall, my experience with Lark was not the best. I would not recommend it, and would instead recommend another solution like the Google Work Suite.

Pros

I like that Lark integrates multiple tools all into one. Lark integrates chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and even expense reporting all into one tool. This is useful and saves time.

Cons

What I liked least are the security concerns which prevented me from putting this on my personal mobile device, and the cumbersome nature of file sharing where permissions issues slowed down the pace of work.

Bhushan
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  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Quicker, Collaborative, Easy UX/UI

Reviewed on 07/11/2022

Lark is one of the best team communication tools in the tech industry, it has many customized...

Lark is one of the best team communication tools in the tech industry, it has many customized features. which other similar tools have not even thought.

Pros

This tool is on of the best for organizational communications if we compare others similar tools like skype Business, MS Teams, GoogleMeet, and Basecamp its.Non of these are in the race of Lark. its always one step ahead.

Cons

Not every company in same industry are using , so sometimes get limitation for external communications.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams and Skype

Reasons for Choosing Lark

To make communication mre clear and engageable

Switched From

Microsoft Teams and Skype

Reasons for Switching to Lark

Easy to use on every device mobile to desktop, has more customized chat and operations-related features.
Cielo Kaye
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  • Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

All-in-one app!

Reviewed on 14/02/2022

It's a really great collaboration and communications software for companies. Unlike other apps, it...

It's a really great collaboration and communications software for companies. Unlike other apps, it already has almost everything you and your team would need (private & team chats and forums, video conferencing, email, survey creator, task lists, team calendar, etc.). So you'd save time (and money probably) jumping from one app to another for different needs.

Pros

It's an all-in-one app! You can communicate to your team directly through different mediums (chats, emails, and video conferencing). It has a team calendar, and it also allows you to create and send surveys to your team. We've been using the app for more than a year now, and I have to say it has improved its features and added new ones along the way. It's a great replacement for Skype or Zoom. Virtual backgrounds (on video calls) work better too.

Cons

You'd have to get used to using the app since it's fairly new, but after a while, it gets intuitive.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Good collaboration platform in particular for startups due to its free tier up to 50 users

Reviewed on 01/02/2023

overall a really good fully featured suite for work

overall a really good fully featured suite for work

Pros

the free tier is really good already and let you use it up to 50 users. It is a really complete suite of softwares and also customizable

Cons

the onboarding sometimes is a bit complicated in particular the account creation and if you want to use Lark as webmail

Alternatives Considered

monday.com, ClickUp and Asana

Reasons for Choosing Lark

Monday gives less than lark for a much higher cost

Switched From

monday.com

Reasons for Switching to Lark

it is the most complete because of the chat and the most inexpensive
Gary
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Lark Review

Reviewed on 23/06/2022

Pros

Aside from fairly large capacity video conferencing, the calendar and event notification was the feature I like the most. The user interface is simple without being boring.

Cons

The mobile version was hard for some employees.

Smritilekha
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Easy to use for trainings and team meetings

Reviewed on 04/02/2022

I had my doubts on Lark before starting my training program. I was not sure if the display would be...

I had my doubts on Lark before starting my training program. I was not sure if the display would be clear enough on video calls and screen sharing or how will be the audio quality. Because these features are absolutely essential to run a good training session. But Lark surprised me on all these counts. Not only did I get a clear sound quality, but also there was no glitch on the display bit either. Although our video files longer than 5 minutes had to be sent as an attachment but files did upload and download fast. So, that was not a problem. The UI was easy to use and understand. So my trainees had no problem in joining the session and sending messages to help each other. It is one of the best softwares I've used for my virtual classroom.

Pros

I was training a global team remotely and Lark was a big part of the reason, it went so smoothly. The screen-share feature of Lark is exceptional. I could share my screen as needed and unlike other softwares where the display quality would become hazy or frozen when the screen is shared, display on Lark remained crystal clear.

Cons

Every time I log out and try to log back in, it sends a 6 digit passcode to my e-mail. It takes a lot of time to check my e-mail and put the passcode in Lark to log in. Also Lark automatically logs me out every 15 days and then I have to wait for the 6 digit passcode again. I wish Lark could find a way to remember me on my PC and not ask for a 6digit passcode every time I get logged out.

lahoucine
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

reviewing lark software

Reviewed on 02/06/2023

i can say it is overall ok not bad

i can say it is overall ok not bad

Pros

i can say that the best thing in lark is screen sharing and video conference

Cons

i like only when we have video conference or meeting or if i want to share my screen for my presentation or project looks better

Francisco
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The best for chat and working from home

Reviewed on 11/05/2023

Is the best one I used, besta than slack and teams

Is the best one I used, besta than slack and teams

Pros

The chat is the best one I ever used. File sharing and mentioning is excellent for Team working

Cons

The limited add-ons or the Chinese support language

Gautam
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to Use and Super Collaborative !

Reviewed on 25/08/2020

Pros

1. The file sharing is a seamless experience across the organization
2. The collaborative tools is great since you can add multiple team members in one document and assign tasks accordingly
3. The Lark video is again impressive as it allows you to give access to your team members laptop if needed and also share files within the call
4. It is compatible both on mobile and on laptop ( without downloading any additional software)

Cons

- the internet bandwidth needs to be good while using this app ( it would have been great if the internet reliability is improved)

Alternatives Considered

Slack
Thor
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  • Industry: Sporting Goods
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

LarkSuite is what we need to run our small business.

Reviewed on 29/09/2022

It does the job for us, we will keep using it no plans to replace it.

It does the job for us, we will keep using it no plans to replace it.

Pros

We ended up with LarkSuite after having tried a number of alternatives. For a small business like us Lark keeps us running. We use Lark to keep documents up to date in the cloud. We had no issues deploying Lark and implement the suite across regions where we have personnel with access to data files.

Cons

Not much to complain about, a larger operation may have issues, but nothing negative on our side.

Young
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Changed the way we work

Reviewed on 18/11/2019

Lark gave my team more time to operate and made communication and collaboration that much easier...

Lark gave my team more time to operate and made communication and collaboration that much easier for us. I tell all my startup friends about Lark because one app where we can do everything for communicating and collaborating with our team has been the difference in our successful push to close 2019.

Pros

Lark is a very easy platform to use both on mobile and desktop. That was the biggest issue where my team would use Excel sheets and I can't edit it that well on my Iphone. It was frustrating that I would have to wait till I was home to get back on my laptop and edit from there. You can do everything on Lark - video chat, IM, docs, sheets, calendar invites, and I heard email is coming on the way. It's made my day so much easier and my team's day as well. Such a simple idea of having everything on one app, but such a powerful platform. Excited for the upcoming features and seeing Lark grow!

Cons

Because it was still new (came out March 2019), I couldn't find much about Lark. But once I demo'd with their team and saw the platform and tried it out, I knew this was IT for my team, especially because we are all remote and in different states.

Response from ByteDance

Wow thanks Young, glad Lark to support your company.

Morgan
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Enterprise software's best kept secret

Reviewed on 01/11/2019

Since Lark has so much functionality, it took me a little bit to find all of the functionality it...

Since Lark has so much functionality, it took me a little bit to find all of the functionality it provides. With that said,, I couldn't be more glad that I found it. My productivity had undoubtedly been boosted and my team and I couldn't be more happy with this tool!

Pros

With all the context switching I have on a day to day basis, it can be hard to stick to my priorities and stay organized. Lark complements my workflow by centralizing conversations and information so I can focus on what really matters. This is a refreshing new paradigm to work and communication.

Cons

Some of the bots were a bit confusing to use.

Response from ByteDance

Thanks Morgan, we have been working on improving our Bots to make them simpler to use, hope you find them easier to use now.

Billy
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Not just another productivity toolset

Reviewed on 14/07/2020

With LARK, project collaboration is made easier. Reaching out to colleagues with the chat and...

With LARK, project collaboration is made easier. Reaching out to colleagues with the chat and video calling function is simple.

Pros

I really like using LARK Doc for its commenting capabilities.

Video conferencing is easy to set up, and the A/V quality is stellar.

Cons

We had very minor formatting issues, but not big enough to take away the joy of enjoying the functionalities of the 'all in one' application.

Response from ByteDance

Thanks Billy. Really glad you like Larksuite.

rendy
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best remote work application ever!

Reviewed on 10/02/2021

Lark help me and my team to collaborate easier during work from home, and it's really easy to setup

Lark help me and my team to collaborate easier during work from home, and it's really easy to setup

Pros

Lark has all the features that we need in 1 app. The attendance app is really useful to manage the team. We can monitor staff attendance even from home. Also, the video conference is really good to have a meeting with teams

Cons

need to have a good internet bandwidth to have a stable video conference, but I don't think its a big deal since they have a lot of awesome features

Heberth
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A good platform for teamwork

Reviewed on 28/02/2022

In general, I have had a good experience using Lark, it helped me a lot in a project that I had to...

In general, I have had a good experience using Lark, it helped me a lot in a project that I had to carry out as a team and thanks to the functions it has, which are simple but useful, it was always possible to maintain good communication with all the members of the team. In short, I would recommend it to anyone who is going to carry out a project remotely as a team, Lark is the right tool for better managing the tasks to be carried out by the work group.

Pros

Definitely, what I liked most about Lark were the different functions it offers for working in a team. This greatly facilitates the coordination and communication of team members and directly impacts team performance.

Cons

The only thing that I can disagree with is regarding the user interface, it is not completely polished so that it is easy to understand for a user who opens the platform for the first time.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Publishing
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Excellent software for collaboration

Reviewed on 04/12/2020

Lark is a very useful, easy-to-use software for collaborating with your team, conducting online...

Lark is a very useful, easy-to-use software for collaborating with your team, conducting online video sessions, and sharing files and documents with your team in real-time. Scheduling and file sharing is easy. The calendars and notifications make sure you don't miss a meeting. I love the interface as well, and it is free!

Pros

Lark has everything I need in a collaboration platform. It has an excellent UI, easily understandable for beginners. Sharing documents and files among your team members and changing access settings are a breeze. Emojis and the ability to react to individual messages make group conversations a delightful experience. I also like that you can simply 'tick' a conversation that's over so your inbox doesn't seem crowded. The video conferencing works surprisingly well on low networks too. Most of all, it doesn't have a lot of hassle with signing up, and it is free!

Cons

My only slight problem was that while video conferencing, the chat interface is very small and difficult to navigate. Otherwise, I'm pretty much satisfied with everything else.

Rosalia
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  • Industry: Online Media
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Far better than other softwares

Reviewed on 06/07/2021

My experience is great. You can share and communicate, tag people, use tools that help you to...

My experience is great. You can share and communicate, tag people, use tools that help you to organize your job. When you share a meeting or a tutorial, there is even a function that automatically write the script of the video. It's simply great.

Pros

It is easy to share, communicate and manage tasks. And all these functions become critical when you are working in a team. You can organize teams in groups and choose to have different archives for each group.

Cons

There is nothing I would like to suggest for improvements. My experience it's absolutely positive. Nothing bad to say.

Mark Oliver
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Web Development

Reviewed on 06/12/2021

Pros

I work in a startup company that has decided to have a work from home setup. Lark offers all we need.
especially communciating with different teams/ departments.

google calendar can be integrated, and if you have your phone with you and lark installed on it, life is like haven.

conferences and meetins are a breeze, especially with screen sharing

Cons

chat box needs some improvement it needs to be always opened and might as well position it better :p

Nora
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Comparte documentos en segundos desde cualquier parte del mundo

Reviewed on 10/06/2022

Effective communication with colleagues from other countries, without time, space and speed limits.

Effective communication with colleagues from other countries, without time, space and speed limits.

Pros

Security the safe sharing of documents, messages in groups and individuals.
It is super easy to use, friendly, excellent to integrate into day-to-day processes regardless of the line of business.

Cons

The tool is quite friendly in its use, it can be translated into Spanish if you do not have knowledge of the English language. It was not difficult to integrate them with my processes.

Clarissa
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  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Employed: Because of Lark, Knowledge is Flowing, Everyone is Learning and Communicating

Reviewed on 23/08/2022

Nice experience. I will highly recommend Lark because it's very person and employee friendly.

Nice experience. I will highly recommend Lark because it's very person and employee friendly.

Pros

The chat, file transfer and screen sharing because this is very helpful especially for us that we are working from home, we can just chat our leaders about somethings important and they will be notified real time.

Cons

This will not be applicable for me be because Lark itself is very helpful, I'm convinced that company should invest on this.

Rina
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Platform, Great UX, Awesome UI

Reviewed on 20/07/2020

chat, video conference, cloud documents, calendar, meetings all in one platform, most importantly...

chat, video conference, cloud documents, calendar, meetings all in one platform, most importantly easy navigation,

Pros

Easy navigation, will benefit all ages, combines important features i.e calendar/meetings/documents under one platform

Cons

Side bar, if the contacts, chat, calendars can be swapped according to user preference

Response from ByteDance

Thanks for the positive input.

Abdelrahman
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Our of Home of collaboration

Reviewed on 05/11/2020

I wish lark exist earlier as it helped me finally stop jumping from platform to another.

I wish lark exist earlier as it helped me finally stop jumping from platform to another.

Pros

I really like how each component works great with the rest of the software from docs, messenger to meetings and calendar.
Enterprise-level-Administration given for for small teams.
Connectors and automations that make everything goes smoothly

Cons

If your work is storage-sensitive you may run out of the 200GB cloud storage

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Lark Review

Reviewed on 24/09/2021

Pros

Easy to use and goes beyond just being a team communication tool where there are options to set up sheets/documents to share with other team members and collaborate.

Cons

Nil. Overall is good. Have not experienced any technical difficulties or issues.