Webex: pricing, features and alternatives
Video meetings, calling and messaging from Cisco
What is Webex?
Webex is Cisco's meetings, calling and messaging product. The free plan allows unlimited meetings of up to 40 minutes with up to 100 attendees and lists unlimited messaging. Webex Meet is $14.50 per user a month billed monthly, or $12 per user a month billed annually, and raises meetings to 24 hours and 200 attendees with an AI assistant. Webex Suite adds business calling at $25 per user a month monthly or $22.50 billed annually, and Webex Enterprise is quoted by sales.
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
Key features
- Video meetings with screen sharing and annotation
- Unlimited messaging listed on the free plan
- Whiteboards and Vidcast video sharing
- AI Assistant and AI-powered cloud recording on paid plans
- Live polling and Q&A through Slido on Webex Meet and above
- Business calling on Webex Suite
- FedRAMP authorized security on Webex Enterprise
Limitations to know about
- 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
- Calling add-ons, translation and international calls cost extra
Webex pricing
Webex has a free plan. Webex Meet and Webex Suite cost $12 and $22.50 per user a month billed annually, or $14.50 and $25 billed monthly. Webex Enterprise is priced on request.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Webex Free | Free | Unlimited meetings up to 40 minutes, up to 100 attendees, unlimited messaging, local recording |
| Webex Meet | $14.50/user/month billed monthly, or $12/user/month billed annually | Meetings up to 24 hours, up to 200 attendees, 10 GB AI-powered cloud recording, closed captions, AI Assistant |
| Webex Suite | $25/user/month billed monthly, or $22.50/user/month billed annually | Everything in Webex Meet, plus business phone number, calling to any telephone number, visual voicemail, 6-way conference calling |
| Webex Enterprise | Contact sales | Everything in Webex Suite, plus up to 1,000 attendees, unlimited cloud recording, FedRAMP authorized security |
Free plan limits: Meetings up to 40 minutes; up to 100 attendees per meeting; local recording only; basic support
What a team pays: For a team of five on Webex Meet: $60 a month billed annually ($720 a year), or $72.50 billed monthly.
Costs on top of a plan
- Call Me, domestic: $48/license/year, billed annually (Covers US and Canada; added to Meet or Suite at checkout)
- Call Me, international: $429/license/year, billed annually (Covers 70 countries and regions; added to Meet or Suite at checkout)
- Real-Time Translation: $300/license/year, billed annually (Closed-caption translation from English to over 100 languages; 15-day free trial)
Webex alternatives
Zoom Workplace
Video meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one app
Google Meet
Google's browser-based video meetings, free with a Google account and included in Google Workspace
Microsoft Teams
Chat, meetings and calling, sold alone or inside Microsoft 365
Whereby
Video meetings in the browser with permanent room links; also sold as embeddable video for apps
GoTo Meeting
Business video meetings with dial-in numbers, breakout rooms and cloud recording
Jitsi Meet
Free open-source video meetings with no account needed, which you can also host yourself
Frequently asked questions
Is Webex free?
Webex has a free plan. Meetings up to 40 minutes; up to 100 attendees per meeting; local recording only; basic support. Paid plans start at $12/user/mo billed annually.
How much does Webex cost?
Webex Meet and Webex Suite cost $12 and $22.50 per user a month billed annually, or $14.50 and $25 billed monthly. Webex Enterprise is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Webex Meet: 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. Prices as published on Webex's pricing page on 7 November 2026.
What is Webex used for?
Webex is Cisco's meetings, calling and messaging product. People use it for teams that want meetings, messaging and calling from one vendor, short free calls with up to 100 people (40-minute cap) and organisations that need FedRAMP authorized security.
What are the alternatives to Webex?
Tools that do a similar job include Zoom Workplace, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Whereby and GoTo Meeting. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes Webex?
Webex is made by Cisco, based in San Jose, California, US. The company was founded in 1995.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from the pages below, read on the dates shown: Cisco's own pages first, and a named public reference where they are silent.
- pricing.webex.com/us/en/ (pricing for Meet and Suite (monthly and annual), Free plan limits, Enterprise, add-ons, features by plan) read 7 November 2026
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webex (company founded (1995, as WebEx Communications) and headquarters (San Jose)) read 7 November 2026
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