Jitsi Meet vs Zoom Workplace vs Whereby

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Compared on	Jitsi Meet Open source Visit Remove	Zoom Workplace Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo Visit Remove	Whereby Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Free open-source video meetings with no account needed, which you can also host yourself	Video meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one app	Video meetings in the browser with permanent room links; also sold as embeddable video for apps
Free plan	Free with no account; meetings on meet.jit.si limited to 95 minutes from 9 October 2026	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	1 host; 1 room URL; 4 attendees per meeting; meetings up to 30 minutes
Cheapest paid plan	Not publishedJitsi Meet pricing	$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing	$10.99/user/mo (Pro)Whereby 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.	Per host, billed monthly; the page mentions annual billing saves 17% but did not show annual prices; excludes VAT.
Free trial	None stated	None stated	14-day free trial of Business
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Self-hosted server (Ubuntu, Debian)	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	Yes, self-hostable	No	No
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 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	Freelancers and small teams who want a fixed meeting link Telehealth and e-learning sessions run from a branded room Developers adding video to an app (Embedded product)
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 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	Free plan is limited to 4 attendees and 30 minutes Business plan needs at least 3 hosts Embedded is priced by usage on a separate page that was not read
Made by	Jitsi (trademark of 8x8, Inc.)	Zoom Communications	Whereby

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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