Google Meet vs Zoom Workplace

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on	Google Meet Free plan Visit Remove	Zoom Workplace Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Google's browser-based video meetings, free with a Google account and included in Google Workspace	Video meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one app
Free plan	Up to 100 participants; meetings up to 60 minutes; no duration limit on one-to-one or mobile calls, per Google's Meet page	Meetings up to 40 minutes; up to 100 participants per meeting; 3 editable whiteboards; 5 two-minute clips; local recording only; 3 meeting summaries a month
Cheapest paid plan	Not publishedGoogle Meet pricing	$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing
What it covers	Not stated	Pro is $16.99 per user a month billed monthly, or $14.16 per user a month billed annually; USD list prices on zoom.us/pricing.
Free trial	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, Meeting-room hardware	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Teams already using Google Workspace and Google Calendar Quick free calls from a browser One-to-one and mobile calls with no time cap	Teams that want meetings and team chat in one app Short free calls with up to 100 people (40-minute cap) Companies that need SSO and admin controls on a business plan
Watch out for	Free group meetings stop at 60 minutes Recording, transcription and breakout rooms need a paid plan Dial-in phone numbers and PIN are Enterprise only	Free Basic plan caps meetings at 40 minutes Free plan records locally only; cloud recording needs a paid plan Participant caps per plan are shown inconsistently on Zoom's pricing page
Made by	Google	Zoom Communications

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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