Video conferencing
Gather
A virtual office where teams walk up and talk, no links needed
Key features
- Screen sharing
- Meeting recording
Video conferencing Category leader
Webex
Cisco's meetings, calling and messaging platform for businesses
Visit WebexWebex by Cisco offers video meetings with screen sharing, breakout rooms, noise removal and an AI Assistant for summaries on paid plans. The free plan allows up to 100 attendees for 40 minutes; paid plans raise this to 200 attendees and up to 24 hours, and Enterprise to 1,000. Cisco also sells room devices that work with it.
Key Video conferencing features
- Participant limit
- Screen sharing
- Meeting recording
- Breakout rooms
- Browser-based join (not listed)
- Meeting length limit
Also includes
- Live transcription
- AI meeting summary
- Virtual backgrounds
- Noise suppression
- Waiting room
- Meeting passcodes
- Polls
- In-meeting chat
- Calendar scheduling
- Live streaming
- Hand raise and reactions
- Interpretation channels
- Dial-in numbers
- Meeting room hardware
- End-to-end encryption
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Video conferencing Category leader
Google Meet
Video meetings that run in the browser, built into Google Workspace
Key features
- Participant limit
- Screen sharing
- Meeting recording
- Breakout rooms
- Browser-based join
- Meeting length limit
Video conferencing Category leader
Microsoft Teams
Video meetings and chat from Microsoft, free or bundled with 365
Key features
- Participant limit
- Meeting length limit