Zoom Workplace vs 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	Zoom Workplace Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo Visit Remove	Microsoft Teams From $4/user/mo Visit Remove	Whereby Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	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	Video meetings in the browser with permanent room links; also sold as embeddable video for apps
Free plan	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	1 host; 1 room URL; 4 attendees per meeting; meetings up to 30 minutes
Cheapest paid plan	$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricing	$4/user/mo billed annually (Teams Essentials)Microsoft Teams pricing	$10.99/user/mo (Pro)Whereby pricing
What it covers	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.	Per host, billed monthly; the page mentions annual billing saves 17% but did not show annual prices; excludes VAT.
Free trial	None stated	Free trials offered on the business plans (trial terms on Microsoft's page)	14-day free trial of Business
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
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	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	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 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 by	Zoom Communications	Microsoft	Whereby

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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