Microsoft Teams 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	Microsoft Teams From $4/user/mo Visit Remove	Zoom Workplace Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Chat, meetings and calling, sold alone or inside Microsoft 365	Video meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one app
Free plan	No	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	$4/user/mo billed annually (Teams Essentials)Microsoft Teams pricing	$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing
What it covers	Paid yearly; annual subscription that auto-renews.	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	Free trials offered on the business plans (trial terms on Microsoft's page)	None stated
Platforms	Web	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
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	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	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 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	Microsoft	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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