Webex vs Zoom Workplace 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.

Compared on	Webex Free plan · from $12/user/mo Visit Remove	Zoom Workplace Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo Visit Remove	Google Meet Free plan Visit Remove
What it is	Video meetings, calling and messaging from Cisco	Video meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one app	Google's browser-based video meetings, free with a Google account and included in Google Workspace
Free plan	Meetings up to 40 minutes; up to 100 attendees per meeting; local recording only; basic support	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	Up 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 plan	$12/user/mo billed annually (Webex Meet)Webex pricing	$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing	Not publishedGoogle Meet pricing
What it covers	Webex Meet is $14.50 per user a month billed monthly, or $12 per user a month billed annually ($144 per user a year); USD list prices on pricing.webex.com.	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.	Not stated
Free trial	No credit card needed for the free plan; a 15-day free trial is listed for the Real-Time Translation add-on	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, Meeting-room hardware
Integrations (vendor's figure)	The pricing page lists integration of leading apps on the free plan but gives no count	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Teams that want meetings, messaging and calling from one vendor Short free calls with up to 100 people (40-minute cap) Organisations that need FedRAMP authorized security	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	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	Free plan caps meetings at 40 minutes and records locally only Paid plans on the pricing page are priced per host license Enterprise pricing is quote-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	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 by	Cisco	Zoom Communications	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.

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