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Zoom Workplace vs RingCentral Video 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
Zoom Workplace

Free plan · from $14.16/user/mo

Google Meet

Free plan

What it isVideo meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one appVideo meetings with an AI assistant, free for RingEX phone customers and available as a free planGoogle's browser-based video meetings, free with a Google account and included in Google Workspace
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 monthUnlimited meetings, each up to 50 minutes; up to 100 participants; limited AI capabilitiesUp 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$14.16/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Zoom Workplace pricingNot publishedRingCentral Video pricingNot publishedGoogle Meet 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.Not statedNot stated
Free trialNone statedNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, Meeting-room hardware
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedLists Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar integrationsNot stated
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
  • RingEX phone customers, for whom Video is included
  • Short free meetings of up to 100 people
  • Teams that want AI notes and live translation in meetings
  • 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 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 meetings stop at 50 minutes
  • AI features are limited on the free plan
  • Standalone paid Meetings prices were not shown on the pages read
  • 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 byZoom CommunicationsRingCentralGoogle

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 is on its category page, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.