7 Best Zoom Alternatives in 2025

Like other Zoom alternatives, GoTo Meeting offers a free plan, but it is not clearly advertised and includes very limited features, such as a 40-minute meeting cap and three attendees. To access more advanced features, GoTo Meeting offers three plans for virtual meetings and conference calls.

The first paid tier is the Professional plan, which includes unlimited meetings without time limits for up to 150 participants. This plan also offers essential tools, like breakout rooms, business messaging, and screen-sharing. In contrast, the Business plan provides meetings with up to 250 participants and collaborative features like remote access and drawing tools, as well as artificial intelligence features, such as note-taking and live transcriptions.

The highest tier subscription is the Enterprise plan which provides a customer success manager and personalized onboarding to create a video conferencing platform that works for your business. Additionally, all GoTo Meeting plans have the option to add-on a Webinar feature for hosting events with up to 3,000 attendees or a Rooms plan with access to conference calling equipment.

• Slide to PDF: Automatically capture presentation slides and convert them into a PDF that can be downloaded after the meeting ends.
• Commuter mode: GoTo Meeting makes it easier to take meetings on the go by creating a color-coded mobile interface in the application. This mode also decreases your bandwidth to save cellular data and improves the audio quality of your call.
• Drawing tools: Annotate presentations using the drawing tools feature in the mobile or desktop app. You can also highlight key points, draw pictures, or spotlight areas of focus.

Use drawing tools to annotate presentations in real time. (Source: GoTo Meeting)

RingCentral offers several video plans for virtual meetings, webinars, and conference calling. The base Pro plan offers free unlimited video meetings with 100 attendees for up to 50 minutes and five hours of video recording. The Pro plan also includes standard video conferencing features like a waiting room, virtual backgrounds, live transcriptions, and breakout rooms.

Then, the paid plans expand the meeting capacity to 200 attendees with 100 hours of video recording, end-to-end encryption, business app integrations, and advanced analytics. Therefore this plan works well for businesses that host regular team meetings and require more advanced security features.

For those hosting large-scale events, the Webinar plan is best because it provides capacity for up to 10,000 meeting attendees, unlimited cloud storage for meeting recordings, live streaming, and integrations with social links and workflow automation. However, the Rooms plan is best for in-person conference calls with virtual attendees. To learn more about adding Rooms to a RingCentral plan feel free to contact a sales representative.

• RingOut: Make calls easily with this feature that enables one-touch calling from any phone or internet-enabled computer.
• Waiting rooms: Before a meeting begins, allow meeting attendees to wait in a virtual lobby before the host lets them in. By enabling this feature you can see who is entering your meeting room before the meeting begins.
• Collaborative notes: Take public or private notes with your team members during virtual meetings or conference calls. You can also assign tasks and download the notes for reference.

Collaborate on note-taking in the desktop or mobile app. (Source: RingCentral)

Zoho Meeting plans are separated into two types of plans: Meeting and Webinar. The free subscription combines the features of these plans by allowing users to host up to 100 attendees in virtual meetings and webinars with 60-minute call durations. Then, the standard and professional plan increases the meeting capacity to 250 participants for 24 hours. These meetings also offer collaborative tools like screen-sharing, whiteboards, and instant chat.

For businesses that need larger meetings and events, the webinar plans are priced per organizer and offer virtual meeting rooms for larger groups of people. These plans are best for broadcasting a meeting or handling complex scheduling because they include registration features, co-organizers, emails, and live streaming. If you want to know if Zoho Meeting will work for your business, start a free trial or request a product demo.

• Meeting reports: Depending on your plan, receive basic or advanced reports with call analytics, such as session duration, participant engagement, and performance.
• Remote access: Control another user’s keyboard or mouse during a virtual meeting. To do this, select a participant from the Roster to view additional options and then select “Request desktop control.” If the participant accepts, you will be granted remote access to their desktop.
• Meeting polls: Use the polling feature to gather audience opinions or feedback during a virtual meeting. You can also launch instant polls during a Zoho Meeting webinar.

Create a meeting poll for greater engagement and feedback. (Source: Zoho Meeting)

All Gmail users can access a free version of Google Meet, but users must purchase a Google Workspace account for more advanced video conferencing features. The workspace includes four tiers of plans, each providing access to multiple applications in the Google ecosystem, making it one of the most cost-effective plans for businesses that want a suite of collaborative tools.

When looking at the Google Meet features alone, the Business Starter plan provides capacity for up to 100 participants, 30GB of pooled storage, and security and management controls. Meeting participation increases with the Business Standard plan, which has a meeting capacity of 150 attendees for video calls with recording, noise-cancellation, and 2TB of pooled storage.

Compared to these two plans, the Business Plus plan surpasses many other video conferencing platforms by including a 500-participant video meeting capacity with attendance tracking, 5TB cloud storage, and enhanced security. Additionally, the Enterprise plan tops out at 1,000 video meeting participants, 5TB of pooled storage, and advanced security at a custom price.

• Anonymous joins: Invited meeting participants can join your meeting on their computer, even if they don’t have a Google account.
• Livestreaming: Use Google Meet’s live streaming feature to reach a larger audience or broadcast your session company-wide. Moderators can stream meetings so others can watch them without being on the call.
• Translated captions: Google Meet supports multiple translation languages and can translate spoken English into French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Turn on live captions for clear communication during meetings. (Source: Google Meet)

Microsoft Teams offers a free plan for home users and three annual subscriptions for business users. The free plan includes unlimited chat, group calling for up to 60 minutes with 100 participants, collaborative planning tools, 5GB of cloud storage, and data encryption.

These features compare to the Microsoft Teams Essentials plan which includes unlimited group calling for up to 30 hours, a 300-participant meeting capacity, 10GB of cloud storage, and live captions in English. For business owners who want more workspace tools, the Business Basic plan includes a professional email, whiteboard, collaborative annotations, team meeting recording with transcripts, and 1TB of cloud storage per user.

The highest tier plan is Business Standard, which includes the desktop version of Microsoft (MS) 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This plan also provides webinar hosting, attendee registration, and reporting tools, which are best for large meetings and event planning. If you are interested in MS 365, consider signing up for a one month free trial to access Teams and other apps.

• Instant chat: Use the chat feature to instantly message colleagues for discussion, clarification, or feedback. You can also start a chat with yourself to draft messages to colleagues, save a note or two, or send a file from one device to another.
• Slash commands: Use quick phrases to work efficiently and cause specific actions within the app. For example, type “/files” in Microsoft Teams to see your recent files.
• Call recordings: Create an archive of your meetings using the Teams apps to record calls. All recordings are saved in the cloud, including transcripts and live captions in English.

Record virtual meetings with MS Teams. (Source: Microsoft)

Webex by Cisco offers several plans for virtual meetings and events planning. The Webex Free plan is similar to Zoom because it includes a 100-participant capacity and 40-minute duration, advanced noise removal, local storage for meeting recordings, and private and public chat.

For businesses that need larger team meetings, the Webex Meet Plan accommodates up to  200 participants and allows meetings to last up to 24 hours. It also includes local storage and 10GB of cloud meeting recording, closed captions, and meeting highlights, with recording encryption.

If you want to pair video conferencing with phone capabilities, the Suite Plan offers VoIP features, including call waiting, an auto-attendant, hold and transfer options, as well as unlimited local and domestic long-distance calling. Then, the Enterprise plan offers a 1,000-person meeting capacity, local and unlimited cloud recording, Facebook meeting stream, simultaneous interpretations, and visual voicemail.

In addition to the Meeting plans, Webex offers a Webinar and Events plan that provides even more features. For example, the events plan supports 100,000 meeting attendees, and the Webinar plan includes artificial intelligence features. To learn more about the Enterprise and Events plans, you can contact sales for pricing.

• Background noise removal: Webex’s AI-enhanced noise cancellation removes background noises, such as keyboard typing, doorbells, or nearby conversations, to minimize distractions.
• Calendar integrations: Use the Google and Microsoft plugins to schedule meetings and invite attendees directly to your calendar.
• Breakout sessions: Divide your meeting into smaller groups and use these sessions for more intimate discussions, workshops, and group discussions.

Start a breakout session using the desktop or mobile app. (Source: Webex)

Dialpad offers two meeting plans with add-ons for toll-free numbers and larger meetings. The free plan offers unlimited audio recordings and video meetings for personal use, with up to 10 participants and a 45-minute duration. This plan is best for solopreneurs who don’t require video recordings or artificial intelligence features.

In contrast, the business plan includes all of Dialpad’s meetings and AI features, with the option to host up to 150 participants for 5 hours. Although this plan provides a larger meeting capacity, you will need the large meeting add-on to host up to 1000 meeting participants. Therefore, this plan is best for businesses with small teams or one-on-one client interactions.

• Virtual backgrounds: Dialpad’s background modification features, such as blur or a custom background image, allow you to adjust the background and appearance of your virtual meetings. This is a great way to minimize visual distractions or use company branding during virtual meetings.
• Screen-sharing: Collaborate effectively with partners, colleagues, and employees by choosing what you share during meetings. Share an entire application, your web browser, or even send a link to your screen share.
• Participant search: Make it easier to message meeting attendees or customize your screen with the participant sorting feature. Search for participants by name or sort by participant type to find the meeting host.

Search for meeting participants with Dialpad’s sorting feature. (Source: Dialpad)