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Zoom Workplace: pricing, features and alternatives
Video meetings with team chat, mail, calendar, docs and an AI companion in one app
What is Zoom Workplace?
Zoom Workplace is Zoom's bundle of video meetings with team chat, phone calling, mail and calendar, tasks, whiteboards, clips and an AI companion. The free Basic plan allows meetings of up to 40 minutes with up to 100 participants. Paid plans start with Pro at $16.99 per user a month billed monthly, which lifts the meeting length and adds cloud storage and more AI features.
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
Key features
- Video meetings with screen sharing and recording
- Team Chat, VoIP calling, mail and calendar in the same app
- AI Companion: meeting summaries and in-meeting questions
- Whiteboards, docs, tasks and short video clips
- SSO and managed domains on Business
- Webinars and room systems on Enterprise
Limitations to know about
- 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
Zoom Workplace pricing
Zoom Workplace has a free plan. Pro and Business cost $14.16 and $18.33 per user a month billed annually, or $16.99 and $21.99 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | 40-minute meetings, up to 100 participants, Team Chat, local recording only |
| Pro | $16.99/user/month billed monthly, or $14.16/user/month billed annually | Meetings up to 30 hours, unlimited meeting summaries, 10 GB cloud storage per user, unlimited clips |
| Business | $21.99/user/month billed monthly, or $18.33/user/month billed annually | Everything in Pro, plus SSO, managed domains, device management, unlimited booking pages and whiteboards |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Phone system (PBX), webinars for 500 attendees, Rooms, unlimited cloud recording |
Free plan limits: 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
What a team pays: For a team of five on Pro: $70.80 a month billed annually ($849.60 a year), or $84.95 billed monthly.
Zoom Workplace alternatives
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
GoTo Meeting
Business video meetings with dial-in numbers, breakout rooms and cloud recording
RingCentral Video
Video meetings with an AI assistant, free for RingEX phone customers and available as a free plan
Whereby
Video meetings in the browser with permanent room links; also sold as embeddable video for apps
Jitsi Meet
Free open-source video meetings with no account needed, which you can also host yourself
Guides that use Zoom Workplace
Frequently asked questions
Is Zoom Workplace free?
Zoom Workplace has a 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. Paid plans start at $14.16/user/mo billed annually.
How much does Zoom Workplace cost?
Pro and Business cost $14.16 and $18.33 per user a month billed annually, or $16.99 and $21.99 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Pro: 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. Prices as published on Zoom Workplace's pricing page on 7 November 2026.
What is Zoom Workplace used for?
Zoom Workplace is Zoom's bundle of video meetings with team chat, phone calling, mail and calendar, tasks, whiteboards, clips and an AI companion. People use it for teams that want meetings and team chat in one app, short free calls with up to 100 people (40-minute cap) and companies that need SSO and admin controls on a business plan.
What are the alternatives to Zoom Workplace?
Tools that do a similar job include Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, GoTo Meeting, RingCentral Video and Whereby. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes Zoom Workplace?
Zoom Workplace is made by Zoom Communications, based in San Jose, California, US. The company was founded in 2011.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from the pages below, read on the dates shown: Zoom Communications's own pages first, and a named public reference where they are silent.
- zoom.us/pricing (pricing for Pro and Business (monthly and annual), plan features, participant caps, Basic plan limits) read 7 November 2026
- zoom.com/en/products/collaboration-tools/ (plans overview and Basic (free) plan limits: 40 minutes, 100 participants) read 7 November 2026
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Communications (company founded and headquarters) read 7 November 2026
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