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Microsoft Teams vs Whereby

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
Microsoft Teams

From $4/user/mo

Whereby

Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo

What it isChat, meetings and calling, sold alone or inside Microsoft 365Video meetings in the browser with permanent room links; also sold as embeddable video for apps
Free planNo1 host; 1 room URL; 4 attendees per meeting; meetings up to 30 minutes
Cheapest paid plan$4/user/mo billed annually (Teams Essentials)Microsoft Teams pricing$10.99/user/mo (Pro)Whereby pricing
What it coversPaid yearly; annual subscription that auto-renews.Per host, billed monthly; the page mentions annual billing saves 17% but did not show annual prices; excludes VAT.
Free trialFree trials offered on the business plans (trial terms on Microsoft's page)14-day free trial of Business
PlatformsWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Businesses already using Microsoft 365 and Outlook
  • Small teams that want chat and meetings in one inexpensive plan
  • Companies replacing a desk phone system with cloud calling
  • 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
  • The prices shown are for annual subscriptions paid yearly
  • Calling to regular phone numbers needs a separate Teams Phone licence and calling plan
  • Some AI features on Business Standard are billed by usage
  • 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 byMicrosoftWhereby

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 team chat apps and video conferencing apps is on their category pages, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.