Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Google Meet, formerly Hangouts Meet, replaces the former Google Hangouts as the company's G Suite integrated web conferencing tool, allowing users to join meetings directly from a Calendar event or email invite from a computer, phone, or conference room. G Suite's Enterprise edition also creates a dial-in phone number for each meeting, as an additional convenience.
$6
per month
Zoom
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Zoom helps consolidate communications and collaboration in the boardroom, classroom, operating room, and everywhere. Zoom is an intelligent collaboration platform that makes connecting easier, more immersive, and more dynamic. Zoom technology facilitates collaboration through solutions like Zoom Team Chat, Phone, Meetings, omnichannel cloud Contact Center, smart recordings, and Whiteboard.
$5
per month per license
Pricing
Google MeetZoom
Editions & Modules
Google Workspace - Business Starter
$6
per month
Google Workspace - Business Standard
$12
per month
Google Workspace - Business Plus
$18
per month
Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
$5
per month per license
Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
$24.90
per year
Pro
$149.90
per year per user
Business
$199.90
per year per user
Business Plus
$250.00
per year per user
Add-On - Conference Room Connector
$499
per year
Basic
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Add-On - Large Meetings
starting at $600
per year
Add-On - Cloud Storage
starting at $120
per year
Add-On Audio Conferencing
starting at $1200
per year
Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
Starting at $300
per year per user
Add-On - Zoom IQ for Sales
Contact Sales
Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google MeetZoom
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google MeetZoom
Considered Both Products
Google Meet
Chose Google Meet
Well we switched from Zoom because of paying issue. While Google Hangouts Meet is almost free there zoom needs extra charge to long meetings. And Zoom couldn’t meet up our common interests while meeting with foreign clients always. Performing Zoom meetings with phone isn’t …
Chose Google Meet
Zoom can be defined as a much easier , advanced and accessible version of the Google meet with multiple features such as selective chat enable , polls , emoticons , real time liveboard and calendly integration as well
Chose Google Meet
Google Hangouts Meet has integration with other Google Workspace products which stands as a unique feature [compared to] any other software available in the market. Also, it provides high data security with Google's data storage security. Zoom requires high internet …
Chose Google Meet
Google Meet provides good facilities at many situations than any other software.
Chose Google Meet
Each product has its own pros and cons for example we cannot use the previously mentioned product for quick meetings because it's a bit complicated than Google hangout means so we tend to rely on each product depending on the scenario/condition that we will be facing, for …
Chose Google Meet
Easy to use
Integration with calendar and google account
Chose Google Meet
The decision was easy to make, although Google Hangouts Meet, Skype and Zoom met the initial objective, we were inclined to choose Google Hangouts Meet because it not only does a much better job, it is easy to use, it's secure, and guarantees confidentiality in all connections, …
Chose Google Meet
The price will always stand out, as it's cheaper than the other software out there for small meetings (less than 100 participants).
The connection to the servers is great as expected
The features are not really the best of Google Hangouts Meet for teaching kinesthetic learners, …
Chose Google Meet
The user interface of Google Hangouts Meet is very simple among all of the similar tools.
There is some lack of functionality in Google Hangout Meet as compare to Zoom like one-one chatting, screen access.
We require just a few clicks to join or start meeting, where other tool …
Chose Google Meet
As stated before we prefer Zoom. It has more features and our staff has simply grown used to Zoom and prefers this platform. Zoom continues to innovate almost every month. Our Zoom rep is very good and responsive. We tested Google Hangouts Meet after using Zoom and decided to …
Chose Google Meet
The main positive feature in Google Meet over Zoom to me is the fact that Google meet can be seamlessly deployed in the browser with its full functionality. Unlike Zoom for which you need to download an extra application to use. This consequently makes workflow smooth when …
Chose Google Meet
Our firm's requirements matches the features and plans of Google Hangouts Meet. In fact, Zoom has more capability but we are a small team so Google Meet is our best option. We still use Zoom for webinars where there will be around 100 attendees and 2/3 speakers. For the day to …
Chose Google Meet
All of the above perform about the same. I would probably say that the audio and the video quality is probably superior to the other apps. Also, integration with other social media platforms is superior.
Chose Google Meet
I think it is the best option, personally. Zoom is a little more well known, I think but Google Hangouts Meet is so much more user friendly. As a company, we used to use Join.me, and I feel like it was glitchy and complicated to get clients on the platform. Google Hangouts Meet …
Chose Google Meet
Google Meet is about the same level of convenience and I use it like Skype and BlueJeans for my needs and my subscription levels. Zoom and Microsoft Teams (which we subscribe to as well) have much better features for our educational use cases like classrooms.
Zoom
Chose Zoom
Everyone has positive and negative things, as expected.
Personally, I prefer Zoom-ing because both the free and paid versions are highly customizable, and despite many rumors, they are constantly working to improve the product (including security). Something that I really liked …
Chose Zoom
Zoom and Teams both support online meetings, chats, calls, screen sharing, and file sharing, among other capabilities. The main distinction between the two is Microsoft's integration of Teams with its Office 365 suite. Zoom's ability to display up to 49 individuals on one …
Chose Zoom
Zoom is much better than Google Hangouts Meet and Cisco Webex. Google hangouts has a limit on number of participants and doesn't have the ability to breakout participants into groups. Also, google hangouts have been buggy for a very very long time. Additionally, we need a …
Chose Zoom
Google Meet compared to Zoom has fewer functions, no whiteboard, no Q&A section, no possibility to grant screen sharing permission to other tools. But instead of it, Google Meet delivered together with other G-Suite products and tools so it has deeper integration possibilities …
Chose Zoom
Zoom is much more reliable, and the call quality on Google Meet has been less than great for any meeting more than 1-on-1. I chose Zoom because I could try that it would work and that I could hear the other person. It's easier and simpler to use. Zoom wins.
Chose Zoom
Honestly not sure why someone would choose one over the other. I was told by my company that all client meetings need to be done on Zoom. They said internal can be conducted on Google Meet. All 3 applications are extremely similar.
Chose Zoom
The main core reason why we are still choosing Zoom its because of the large-list feature. With Google Meet we have the limitation of potential attendees to the meeting, that results in a big issue for meetings where we need to involve large portions or the whole company.
Chose Zoom
Zoom is way lighter than MS Teams - especially on Mac ecosystem. Participants management is also more clear on Zoom.
Zoom handles numerous participants on the call better than Google Meet.
Zoom does not require dedicated account to log in (unlike Google Meet or MS Teams).
Chose Zoom
With Zoom, the audio and video quality surpasses the quality of Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. The biggest benefit of Zoom is screen share. You can select which tabs you want to show your audience and once your screen is shared, you can still view the video of others in the …
Chose Zoom
The only reason why my company uses Zoom is because the company-wide meeting is too large to continue using Google Meet. Thankfully, this is not often.
Chose Zoom
Zoom is way better in video conferencing, desktop sharing and stability. Also having the ability to create rooms, so you can divide your team during the meeting to work on several projects is great! Also for me to be able to draw in order to explain or highlight on desktop …
Chose Zoom
Our concern was easy to use platform and simple User Interface. We found Zoom standing top of the three we evaluated.
Chose Zoom
Zoom has a very friendly UI that allows any kind of people to easily use the application, it has a light design but with all the necessary features without overflooding the options. Zoom has great stability and great performance among other counterparts making this a very …
Chose Zoom
Zoom is more scalable than any other similar product, with great room for users with enhanced video and audio quality.
Chose Zoom
Zoom cannot be beaten for ubiquity - 100% of my clients and prospective clients are already familiar with Zoom. This is the #1 reason why I use Zoom. Additionally, Zoom integrates with AcuityScheduling, saving me a lot of time in creating meetings and adding them to the …
Chose Zoom
Zoom is more universally understood and professionally accepted, giving everyone a greater ease of use when connecting with external parties. Most people have Zoom loaded on their work computers and there is very little issue setting calls with Zoom.
Chose Zoom
Zoom is easy to use. No conflict tools, bright video, and good quality of audio. I can also use it on my mobile phone.
Chose Zoom
I used to use Skype before Zoom. Zoom's robust and quality features are not available in Skype. Zoom is a video conferencing solution that maintains advanced online collaboration features while improving video quality. It has made it possible for me to continue my work as a …
Chose Zoom
Zoom is more user-friendly and its voice calling and video quality is better.
Chose Zoom
There are many other online platforms but the Zoom has the best user interface and features. Zoom is easy to learn for participants, which helps to attract more and more traffic towards Zoom. Zoom has a recording feature that helps to record the complete session and download it …
Chose Zoom
We started testing the tool and quickly changed everything. We chose to use it because it worked very well and with a higher quality than expected. Today we do not think of using another tool because it is meeting all our needs. We managed to keep the team updated and united, …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Google MeetZoom
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.7
52 Ratings
8% above category average
Zoom
7.2
710 Ratings
12% below category average
High quality audio8.952 Ratings7.7704 Ratings
High quality video8.252 Ratings7.6706 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements8.843 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support8.947 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.0
52 Ratings
0% above category average
Zoom
7.6
698 Ratings
5% below category average
Desktop sharing8.952 Ratings8.1697 Ratings
Whiteboards7.134 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.2
51 Ratings
0% below category average
Zoom
7.5
703 Ratings
6% below category average
Calendar integration8.850 Ratings7.5626 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.750 Ratings7.9685 Ratings
Integrates with social media7.425 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events7.639 Ratings7.7658 Ratings
Slideshows8.540 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.9
50 Ratings
5% above category average
Zoom
7.3
613 Ratings
5% below category average
Live chat8.548 Ratings7.4595 Ratings
Audience polling9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A9.233 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
8.3
43 Ratings
1% below category average
Zoom
7.1
591 Ratings
5% below category average
User authentication8.040 Ratings6.7511 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.238 Ratings6.9565 Ratings
Confidential attendee list7.729 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Zoom
5.3
15 Ratings
42% below category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings4.68 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings5.010 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings6.411 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Zoom
6.7
19 Ratings
20% below category average
Answering rules00 Ratings6.510 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings5.810 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings6.510 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings6.314 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Zoom
7.4
18 Ratings
15% below category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings6.812 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Zoom
5.5
11 Ratings
30% below category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings4.98 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings5.39 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google MeetZoom
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(54 ratings)
7.0
(727 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.2
(6 ratings)
4.3
(16 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(12 ratings)
7.0
(39 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(18 ratings)
4.7
(39 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.6
(2 ratings)
7.9
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google MeetZoom
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Meet was a perfect video conferencing solution for us during our training sessions. The only problems encountered were due to weak signals, which sometimes required us to turn off our video. All features worked very well in tying together a team across four different time zones. I was very impressed with the tool's performance
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Zoom
I think Zoom runs circles around Teams! I just wish starting meetings was easier - anyone with a link should be able to start the meeting the way you can in Teams. It would also be great to be able to see participants when you are sharing your screen.
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Pros
Google
  • First off, the quality of the call is pretty good, especially when all of us are working remotely.
  • We can easily schedule our meeting in Google Calendar.
  • Sending an invitation link is easy.
  • What makes Google Meet stand out from other video conferencing tools is that we can use it for an unlimited time, even if we use the free account.
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Zoom
  • I love how easy it is to set the focus on the presenter. It is annoying when people don't spotlight themselves as a presenter, so you get to see the whole gallery of attendees in smaller, two-inch windows.
  • I like the capability of having break-out rooms. Even though I don't use them very often, it is nice to have them available if the right situation presents itself for smaller group chats.
  • The recording quality is better than I have experienced with other products (Microsoft Teams, WebEx, etc.), and the fact that it is already an MP4, so I don't have to convert it for publishing on our intranet is huge to me.
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Cons
Google
  • Meet as it comes doesn't have a great way to handle large meetings.
  • I don't like the way they hide the mute button. It's a disruptive view to mute/unmute.
  • Chat box is the only way to document collaborations within the meeting.
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Zoom
  • Sharing zoom complete information is not visible on the screen, and also a bit is confusing minimizing and maximizing.
  • Every time someone enters the chat, a chat box appears on my screen, and some features are missing from this version.
  • Automatic conference connection based on a schedule isn't an option, and neither is enhanced security measures.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
This app is still having a lot of redundant features as compared to other industry apps such as Zoom and Webex which offers much more on the functionality side along with the option to have greater user access control to the admin/host of the meetings. A sense of interaction is always found to be missing in Google meet which can be easily adopted in the Zoom
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Zoom
We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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Usability
Google
Google Meet is very easy and simple to use. I can schedule a meeting right on my calendar - it literally takes a few seconds. There is no additional app I have to open to schedule anything. Guests can click on the link easily to join any meetings. 10/10!
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Zoom
Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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Reliability and Availability
Google
No answers on this topic
Zoom
There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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Performance
Google
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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Support Rating
Google
Google does a great job of providing tech support for this product, as it does many others. Similarly, Google has FAQs that cover a large amount of issues faced by users. Problems have not persisted in our use of this product. Problems are resolved quickly and easily, with or without personal Google support.
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Zoom
As I've written before, Zoom makes us feel like we matter and that we're a client rather than a customer. They want us to succeed and they put in the time to make sure that we do. I feel like they're more of a business partner rather than simply a vendor or supplier. They spent a lot of time onboarding with us, giving us demos, helping us get set up, and then giving us follow-up to be sure it's going well.
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Implementation Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
Zoom
If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
The main positive feature in Google Meet over Zoom to me is the fact that Google meet can be seamlessly deployed in the browser with its full functionality. Unlike Zoom for which you need to download an extra application to use. This consequently makes workflow smooth when transitioning between something like emails and taking part in a meeting.
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Zoom
Zoom cannot be beaten for ubiquity - 100% of my clients and prospective clients are already familiar with Zoom. This is the #1 reason why I use Zoom. Additionally, Zoom integrates with AcuityScheduling, saving me a lot of time in creating meetings and adding them to the calendar. Zoom is disappointing in terms of video quality, interactivity features, and privacy. In cases where I need to use the recording of webinars for digital products, I will always use Crowdcast, and in cases where privacy is essential, I will use JitsiMeet.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
I wasn't involved in the unit pricing factor. So far I used Google meet in the office where I got access to all these Google applications including the Google Meet feature. So I wasn't involved much in this pricing factor of Google Meet and also regarding the contact terms of the product.
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Zoom
The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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Scalability
Google
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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Professional Services
Google
This is very good in the professional services as I started using this first for the professional service only. While using this Google Meet itself gives a professional feel as the UI works in a professional way. The video background modification, multi-screen feature, and some other features help in professional service.
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Zoom
Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Negative: on each webinar someone from our team had to write manually the people that were participating and after that matching it with the registered people list. We wasted time. It could be easily resolved by adding the export list feature
  • Positive: Collaboration and internal meetings. Calendar integration helps us save time.
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Zoom
  • It enables me to send and receive messages from my team members during video calls, handling online presentations.
  • With the ability to quickly stop, mute, and even receive notifications when someone enters or exits the meeting room, I'm never obligated to show up while making a call.
  • It is possible to record online meetings for future reference and more effective customer service. As we dealt with a lockdown, Zoom helped our business run smoothly.
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