Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications. It’s an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars. Their free plan can host meetings with up to 100 participants. Voted #1 in video conferencing software.
Features:
- Unlimited 1 to 1 meetings for free.
- Calendar integration for both Google and Outlook.
- Desktop and application sharing (multiple people can share at the same time).
- Virtual waiting room option.
Pricing:
- Free version hosts up to 100 participants with a 40 minutes limit on group meetings.
- Paid version starts from $14.99 per month/user.
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Find out what each expert had to say about Zoom.
John Arthur
Laura Handrick
I use multiple tools, both as a teleworker and as an independent consultant.
✓ Zoom
However, Zoom is the one I use the most. That’s because it’s free for one-on-one meetings and allows group calls with up to three people free for 40 minutes. Like GoToMeeting, Zoom allows me to screen share applications. I use it when conducting one-on-one meetings as seeing one another’s faces helps create connection and trust. I also use it when conducting live training sessions, as I can see the participant’s reactions as they view my presentation deck live on the screen.
Katie Ashworth
✓ Zoom
As an agency we sought after the same tools. During this time we have fully relied on Zoom for our conference calls. Zoom has provided us a way to have interactive calls with our teammates face to face without missing a beat.
Working remote can be tough but with these three tools, we have been able to stay more than efficient through this time.
Travis James Fell
✓ Zoom
Zoom is a breeze to set up and use. Somehow, Zoom has mastered using the computer audio and microphone option with my iPhone earbuds, while other vendors play sound out the laptop speakers or do not recognize my microphone. Finally, I love Zoom’s “background image” feature.. It literally looks like I’m participating from a golf course, which encourages me because all the local courses are closed.
Tatiana Gavrilina
✓ Zoom
The most convenient screen recording software for me is Zoom. Why? It is widely used, which means that I can quickly find a solution or an answer to any difficulty or question arises.
Another reason why I choose Zoom among all other similar tools is its free version.
The basic free plan says that one free meeting can last up to 40 minutes.
But as my practice shows, I have also had even longer meetings. I recorded every such meeting and could save it on my computer, upload it to a Google drive or Dropbox. What I’m really used to is Google Drive.
With Zoom, I have free access to my camera and microphone, I can show my presentation, chat and see everyone in the meeting.
This screen recording software is really one of the most convenient for me because it is simple, widely used and free. And one more thing for those who want to pay) If you want much more features like a full day meeting, you can buy a paid plan for $14.99 per month.
Markelle Harden
✓ Zoom
At Knowmad, we’ve been using Zoom Meetings for a little over six-months. We switched to Zoom when previous video conferencing tool outgrew our team; Zoom can handle multiple users under one account and offers plenty of growth plans. We selected Zoom over competitors due to the ease-of-use for our clients and collaboration tools. During a meeting, we don’t have to fumble with controls for sharing our screen. As members of a shared account, anyone on the team can begin screen sharing with the click of a button. Other software options require clunky ‘Pass the Presenter’ features that require acceptance clicks from other users. With Zoom, the recording option is awesome for client onboarding; we can record the meeting for team members who are unable to attend and use the recording as a reference for future planning.
Jonathan Roberts
✓ Zoom
We have found Zoom to be our favorite tool for video conferencing. For some, video conferencing is not really essential to their business. For us it is absolutely essential – getting the right platform was not optional.
We like Zoom for several reasons, but at the top of our list are these:
– Zoom rarely crashes.
– The video quality is consistently high.
– It is very easy to use, even for technophobes.
If you are going to teach a class online, time is of the essence, so you can’t afford to use a platform that is constantly crashing or buggy – or one that people spend 15 minutes of class time trying to figure out how to use. We have students of all ages and walks of life. Some of our students are very tech savvy and others not so much. Zoom, fortunately, is very easy to use, and even technophobes learn to navigate without much difficulty.
Sahin Boydas
✓ Zoom
Zoom is our go-to video conferencing platform where we hold our weekly meetings, thinking about ideas, dogfooding, and many more. But we’ve realized that Zoom probably wouldn’t work well for certain things that’s why we have Screen.io.
✓ Screen.io
Screen.io is a screen sharing platform that is really great in collaborative working. So if we need to edit certain documents together as a team, work on a single code, or deliberate on a document at the same time, Screen.io is really handy in bringing all of us together to collaborate seamlessly.
Bailey Hahn
✓ Zoom
As a completely remote team, at Summit Digital Marketing, we rely heavily on video conference software to facilitate us in meeting together as a team as well as with our clients. Our preferred video conferencing service is Zoom, which allows us to regularly host video meetings. Some of the features that we love about Zoom are: the capacity to host a large number of people in every call; the ability for every participant to share their computer screen with the other participants; the ability to record every meeting; the chat feature, and so much more! We are very happy with our experience using Zoom and would definitely recommend it to others.
Erico Franco
✓ Zoom
Zoom (zoom.us) is the perfect video conference platform.
Both for meetings of two participants and larger videoconferences, with up to 25 people. Zoom stores complete recordings of meetings in the cloud that can then be sent automatically by email. It also supports all operating systems and technologies such as Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Linux, Zoom Rooms and H.323 / SIP
Another interesting feature is to be able to integrate with Google Calendar and add the meeting links to invites automatically that are created directly in your calendar!