Video meetings, webinars and team chat in one platform
Zoom is a video conferencing service used for team meetings, classes and large webinars, with screen sharing, recording, breakout rooms and virtual backgrounds. The Zoom Workplace suite adds team chat, phone, whiteboards and docs, and AI Companion can summarize meetings and draft follow-ups on paid accounts. A free plan covers short meetings with a limited number of participants.
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- alternatives
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- platforms
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- Updated
- Oct 12, 2026
Features
Our take
Pros
- Reliable video quality, even on modest connections
- Breakout rooms, webinars and recording cover most meeting needs
- Widely known, so guests rarely need help joining
Cons
- Free meetings are capped in length and participants
- AI Companion requires a paid account
- Has faced privacy and security criticism in the past
Editorial assessment by the Alternatives.tools team, based on what the product is known for. Not a user review.
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GoTo MeetingFree trialBusiness video conferencing from the GoTo suite
LivestormFreemiumBrowser-based webinars and virtual events from France
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