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Jitsi Meet vs Google Meet

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.

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Jitsi Meet

Open source

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Google Meet

Free plan

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What it isFree open-source video meetings with no account needed, which you can also host yourselfGoogle's browser-based video meetings, free with a Google account and included in Google Workspace
Free planFree with no account; meetings on meet.jit.si limited to 95 minutes from 9 October 2026Up to 100 participants; meetings up to 60 minutes; no duration limit on one-to-one or mobile calls, per Google's Meet page
Cheapest paid planNot publishedJitsi Meet pricingNot publishedGoogle Meet pricing
What it coversNot statedNot stated
Free trialNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Self-hosted server (Ubuntu, Debian)Web, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, Meeting-room hardware
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceYes, self-hostableNo
Good for
  • People who want a free meeting link with no sign-up
  • Organisations that want to run video on their own server
  • Privacy-minded teams that prefer open-source software
  • Teams already using Google Workspace and Google Calendar
  • Quick free calls from a browser
  • One-to-one and mobile calls with no time cap
Watch out for
  • Meetings on meet.jit.si are limited to 95 minutes from 9 October 2026
  • Self-hosting means you run and update the server yourself
  • The project site lists no participant cap, recording or transcription plans
  • 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
Made byJitsi (trademark of 8x8, Inc.)Google

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.

Every tool in video conferencing apps is on its category page, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.