2020 Top Video conference apps
During the recent lockdown, video calls became the last resort for most businesses and activities to happen without delay. From classes to court sessions to job interviews, parties and conferences.
The culture shift that happened within the last months made the following three(3) a major contender for the leading video conferencing software.
Zoom received a major surge in userbase during the pandemic which exposes a major privacy flaw in the software and was fixed between days. While Microsoft being an old player brought in Teams and Google offered Meet. Other players like Facebook delivers Room which is a contender with an app called house party.
That’s all good news for these companies, but all the new user traffic and the unexpected use cases are changing how well these tools compete with one another, which makes things a little more difficult for buyers. Additionally, the ability of video conferencing software to thrive in a low latency network area, battery consumption and storage capacity, especially on mobile devices and pricing, will be a determining factor for a different group of users at different locations.
On the pricing front, several video conferencing vendors have adopted special offers or freemium deployment models to help entice new customers.
To make sure you pick the best for your particular situation we decided to take a look at how three of the most popular video conferencing apps on the market match up right now. That list includes Zoom Meeting, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet (formerly Hangouts) video conferencing tools and how they could work best for your needs.
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When people are talking about Zoom, you’ll usually hear the following phrases: Zoom Meeting and Zoom Room. Zoom Meeting refers to a video conferencing meeting that’s hosted using Zoom. You can join these meetings via a webcam or phone. Meanwhile, a Zoom Room is the physical hardware setup that enables companies to schedule and launch Zoom Meetings from their conference rooms.
Besides its low cost to use, what makes Zoom so attractive is that it is dead simple, and you can easily access it from your laptop or mobile devices. Its key features include the ability to host unlimited one-on-one meetings even with the free plan, meet with large groups, share your screen or audio, and even change your background to a custom virtual image – no green screen required.
Zoom has be the best options for screen sharing and participant control in our opinion, but has faced criticism over some security issues.
- Fully integration with the Microsoft 365 suite
- High performance video conferencing
- Audio conversations and business phone
- Excellent search functionality
- In-line transcription and translation
- File and screen sharing
- Instant messaging and threaded messages
- High level enterprise security
- Business phone access
- Video and voice calling
- Automatic screen focusing
- Access to G-Suite products including instant messaging
- High—level smart search
- Intelligent muting
- Screen and file sharing
- Custom control options for admins
- High-level integrations
- Gallery view for video meetings
| ZOOM | Microsoft Teams | Google Meet | |
| Pricing | FREEMIUM | FREEMIUM | FREEMIUM |
| Devices Supported | Desktop, ios & Android | Desktop, ios & Android | Web, ios & Android |
The choice you make will be dependent on your team size, budget, platforms and location.
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