Webex vs Zoom Workplace vs Microsoft Teams

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	Microsoft Teams From $4/user/mo 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	Chat, meetings and calling, sold alone or inside Microsoft 365
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	No
Cheapest paid plan	$12/user/mo billed annually (Webex Meet)Webex pricing	$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing	$4/user/mo billed annually (Teams Essentials)Microsoft Teams 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.	Paid yearly; annual subscription that auto-renews.
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	Free trials offered on the business plans (trial terms on Microsoft's page)
Platforms	Web	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Web
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	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
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	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
Made by	Cisco	Zoom Communications	Microsoft

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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