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Zoom Workplace vs Microsoft Teams vs GoTo Meeting

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
Zoom Workplace

Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo

Microsoft Teams

From $4/user/mo

GoTo Meeting

Free plan

What it isVideo meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one appChat, meetings and calling, sold alone or inside Microsoft 365Business video meetings with dial-in numbers, breakout rooms and cloud recording
Free planMeetings up to 40 minutes; up to 100 participants per meeting; 3 editable whiteboards; 5 two-minute clips; local recording only; 3 meeting summaries a monthNoMeetings up to 40 minutes; up to 3 participants
Cheapest paid plan$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing$4/user/mo billed annually (Teams Essentials)Microsoft Teams pricingNot publishedGoTo Meeting pricing
What it coversPro 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.Not stated
Free trialNone statedFree trials offered on the business plans (trial terms on Microsoft's page)14-day free trial, no credit card required
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, AndroidWebWeb, iOS, Android
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedLists Slack meeting launcher, Office 365, Google Calendar and Salesforce integrations
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • 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
  • Organisations that want dial-in numbers in many countries
  • Meetings of up to 250 attendees
  • Teams that already use other GoTo products
Watch out for
  • 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
  • Free plan is limited to 3 participants and 40 minutes
  • Paid plans are priced per organizer, billed annually
  • Plan prices were not readable on the pricing page
Made byZoom CommunicationsMicrosoftGoTo

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