The chart below breaks down the primary features you receive with each Zoom plan. You can save up to 21% with Zoom by committing to an annual plan. Zoom also has paid plans that range from $15.99 to $25 per month, per user while Enterprise plans are custom-priced. Zoom Basic is the most popular plan offered by Zoom, mainly because it’s free. *Prices shown here are for annual plans monthly pricing is also available Headsets, speakers, cameras and conference room bundle kits are available for purchase through the Google Meet Hardware portal. However, Google Meet offers several third-party products for purchase from vendors, such as Asus, Acer, Lenovo and Logitech, that may improve the overall video conferencing experience. Google Meet doesn’t have the variety of add-on features that Zoom features.
Zoom Premier support plans are custom-priced.
Zoom Translated Captions are available for $5 per month, per license, extended Cloud Storage is available starting at $10 per month and custom-priced Premier Support plans are offered to those who value priority response and access to Zoom Technical Account Managers. You might want to consider several add-on features if you go with Zoom for your video conferencing needs. Zoom was the first platform to add a built-in filter to touch up your appearance, which softens skin and hair imperfections, but now Google Meet offers this feature too.īoth software solutions also provide lighting adjustment tools that you can use to improve the overall appearance of the image you project via video. You can choose from provided templates or create your own background image. Appearance Filtersīoth Zoom and Google Meet offer appearance filters that let you change your background. Paid users only get 5 GB per user on Zoom’s Pro and Business plans while Zoom Enterprise clients receive unlimited cloud storage. Cloud storage is not offered to free Zoom users. With Google Meet, even free users get 15 GB of storage. Paid Google Meet users receive 30 GB to unlimited cloud storage on Google Drive. Google Meet provides considerably more storage for cloud recordings than Zoom. Zoom offers customizable avatars that can add a sense of playfulness to team meetings. Google Meet offers noise cancellation that can improve the quality of the audio experience for participants. Once again, the providers share many features, including digital whiteboards, polling and quizzes, breakout rooms, reactions and hand raising. Zoom and Google Meet come with a wide variety of built-in tools that promote collaboration and engagement. You can track attendance in Zoom Meetings with any paid plan. If you want to track participant attendance with Google Meet, you’ll need to purchase a Business Plus or Enterprise plan. With a paid plan, Google Meet allows a generous time allowance of 30 hours per meeting 24 hours is the maximum length for paid Zoom plans.
Both video conferencing solutions limit attendance to 100 on free versions of their software.
You can host up to 1,000 participants per meeting with Google Meet or Zoom, depending on the plan you choose. Anyone can use the free version of Google Meet, although you’ll need to have a Gmail Account to host a free Google Meet session. With Google Meet’s free plan, meetings can last up to 60 minutes. Zoom Basic is free but limits meeting time to 40 minutes, which is sufficient for some but is inadequate for many business users. As you might expect, you won’t have access to the full feature-rich versions of these video conferencing solutions if you go the free route. You can use Zoom or Google Meet without paying anything, which is good news for those on a shoestring budget. There are several differences between the two solutions, including what’s offered in the free plans, meeting length limits, collaboration tools, participant capacity and cloud storage. Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption, AES-265 encryption for real-time content end-to-end encryption optionalīoth Google Meet and Zoom offer a wide range of in-demand video conferencing tools, including screen and app sharing, meeting chat, participant spotlight and virtual backgrounds. Up to 30 hours (free plan limits group meetings to 40 minutes)Īvailable on Business and Enterprise plansĥ GB to unlimited storage per user on paid plansĮncryption in transit and at rest two-step verification (free plan limits group meetings to one hour) $0 to $18 per month, per user (plus custom-priced Enterprise option)