The Google Meet Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Google Meet in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Google Meet
The Insider’s Guide
Browser-based video meetings included with Google Workspace
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among team communication apps, read from Google Meet’s own pages.
Made by Google · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05After you payGetting your money back, getting out, and getting help
- 06The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 07Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Google Meet’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Google Meet’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 21 of the 33 other team communication apps we grade
Google Meet is Google's video meeting service. It runs in a computer browser without an install and in mobile apps, and anyone with a Google Account can host a meeting of up to 100 people for 60 minutes at no cost. Longer and larger meetings, recording, noise cancellation and Gemini note-taking come with Google Workspace plans, which bundle Meet with Gmail, Drive, Chat and the rest of the suite.
To get you started, here are 10 things to know about Google Meet, taken from its own pages and our grades.
If you need recordings without buying a whole suite, look elsewhere.
- 1
Best for quick calls with nothing to install
Google Meet is a video call you start from a browser tab, with nothing to install, and group calls of up to an hour cost nothing.
- 2
Paid plans start at $7 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Google Workspace).
- 3
There is a free plan
Anyone with a Google Account can host meetings of up to 100 participants for up to 60 minutes; 1:1 and mobile calls have no time limit.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
Meetings in the browser
Computers join from the browser with no software to install, and phones and tablets use the Google Meet app from the App Store or Play Store.
- 6
Meeting size and length
No-cost meetings hold 100 participants for up to 60 minutes. Workspace plans allow 24-hour meetings with 100, 150, 500 or 1,000 participants depending on the plan.
- 7
Recordings and transcripts
Recordings and transcripts capture what was discussed, with recordings saved to Google Drive. Recording is a paid feature that starts at Business Standard.
- 8
Refunds: no set window
Meet's paid tiers are Google Workspace, so Workspace's billing rules apply. Monthly is the good half: cancel in the Admin console whenever you like, pay only for the days you used, and Google says leftover credit goes back to your card by itself.
- 9
A 2.8 GPA, above 21 of 33
That is against the other team communication apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 10
Keep it
To replace Google Meet you would be making video calls. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Google Meet at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Google Workspace)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of Google Workspace.
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Category
- Team Communication
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
- Store rating
- 4.8 on the App Store, 2,332,591 ratings
The report card
Best for quick calls with nothing to install
Google Meet is a video call you start from a browser tab, with nothing to install, and group calls of up to an hour cost nothing. But free group calls stop at 60 minutes, recording and noise cancelling need the $14 Workspace plan, you can't buy Meet on its own, there's no desktop app, and people say it works older laptops hard. If you need recordings without buying a whole suite, look elsewhere.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Meet isn't sold on its own. It comes with Google Workspace from $7 a user a month on a one-year commitment, the going rate for this category, but at $7 you get no recording, no noise cancelling and no Gemini. Those start at Business Standard, $14. |
| Free plan and trial | B | Anyone with a Google Account hosts up to 100 participants at no cost, and one-to-one and mobile calls have no time limit. Group calls stop at 60 minutes, though, and guests need a Google Account or letting in one by one. |
| Features | C | The meeting itself: browser joining, 24-hour calls on paid plans, captions, recordings and transcripts to Drive, Gemini notes, 1080p. But the listing puts recording, noise cancellation, Gemini, polls, breakout rooms and Q&A on the dearer plans, so Business Starter is a plain call and little else. |
| Ease of use | A | 4.76 on the App Store from about 2.3 million ratings. Nothing to install on a computer: someone sends a link, you click it, you're in the call in a browser tab. Guests need no account if the host lets them in. Hacker News commenters say calls work laptop processors hard. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | The browser plus iPhone and Android apps. No desktop app is listed, so on a computer it's always a tab. It joins up with Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and YouTube, and Calendar drops a Meet link into an event. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Google Meet is for
- Fits if your team already pays for Google Workspace, because Meet comes with it
- Works for calls where guests shouldn't install anything, and family calls between iPhones and Android phones
Who it is not for
- Tight if your free group calls often run past 60 minutes
- Skip it if you need recordings, noise cancelling, polls or breakout rooms on the $7 plan, because they start on dearer plans
- Not for you if you want a desktop app, since on a computer it's always a browser tab
- Not for you if your laptop is getting old, as people say calls work the processor hard
- Pricey if Meet is all you want: paid features only come with Workspace or Google One Premium, and Business plans stop at 300 users
Good to know
Good for
- Organizations that already use Google Workspace
- People who want guests to join from a browser without installing anything
- Short meetings on a free Google Account
- Teams that want Gemini to take meeting notes and write summaries
Worth knowing
- No-cost meetings end at 60 minutes unless they are 1:1 or mobile calls.
- Paid Meet features are not sold separately: they come with a Google Workspace plan, or Google One Premium for individuals.
- Business Starter has no recording, noise cancellation or Gemini in Meet, and Business plans stop at 300 users.
- Computers join through the browser; the site lists apps only for phones and tablets, not a desktop app.
What people say
- 4.8on the App Store, from 2,332,591 ratings
What they like
- Reviewers of the iPhone app use it for video calls with friends and family who do not have iPhones, where FaceTime is not an option for them.
- Commenters say meetings run in the browser with nothing to install, including on Linux and in Firefox.
What they don’t
- Commenters say calls are heavy on the computer, with reports of laptops that struggle or had to be replaced to keep up.
- Reviewers of the iPhone app report calls that fail to connect or drop them straight out, and features that do not work as they expect.
10 App Store reviews, eight of them more than three years old and several written when the app was called Duo, and about 18 Hacker News comments from June to September 2026
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$7
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Google Meet has a free plan. Paid plans start at $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Google Workspace).
Free (Google Account)
$0
Meetings of up to 100 participants and 60 minutes, with no time limit on 1:1 and mobile calls.
Business Starter
$7
per user / month, 1-year commitment, billed monthly
Google Workspace suite plan: Meet with 100 participants and 24-hour meetings, without recording, noise cancellation or Gemini in Meet.
Business Standard
$14
per user / month, 1-year commitment, billed monthly
Suite plan: 150 participants, recordings saved to Drive, Studio Sound noise cancellation and Gemini in Meet.
Business Plus
$22
per user / month, 1-year commitment, billed monthly
Suite plan: 500 participants with attendance tracking, plus 5 TB of pooled storage per user and Vault.
Enterprise
Custom
Suite plan: 1,000 participants and in-domain live streaming, with no minimum or maximum number of users.
The free plan
Anyone with a Google Account can host meetings of up to 100 participants for up to 60 minutes; 1:1 and mobile calls have no time limit.
Trying it first
14-day free trial of Google Workspace.
Read from workspace.google.com on Oct 9, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 16% with a 1-year commitment
Google's pricing page says the Annual plan saves 16% compared with paying without a commitment. The listed prices are the Annual ones, billed monthly.
Stated on workspace.google.comOther savings
Up to 50% off the first 3 months
New Google Workspace customers get up to 50% off their first 3 months, for a limited time with no end date given. Which plan gets 50%, 30% or 20% differed between copies of the page from October 4 to 7.
Stated on workspace.google.comBy country
Lower price shown to buyers in India
On 9 October 2026 the pricing page showed Business Starter at ₹270 per user a month to a reader in India, against $7 on the US page. Google's help center says it sometimes offers country-based discounts.
Stated on workspace.google.comNonprofit
Free Google Workspace for Nonprofits
Eligible nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0 per user with 150-participant meetings, and Business Standard for $3.50 per user / month on a 1-year commitment.
Stated on google.comEducation
Education Fundamentals at no charge
Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which includes Meet, is available at no charge to qualifying institutions. Education Plus is a paid edition.
Stated on edu.google.com
How its prices have moved
- Feb 1, 2025Business Starter: $6 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($7.20 flexible) → $7 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)The archived copy of the Google Workspace pricing page of 1 February 2025 shows $7 for Business Starter; the copy before it, of 1 January 2025, still shows $6. The price rose between the two copies; both are US dollar copies showing the 1-year commitment price.
- Feb 1, 2025Business Standard: $12 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($14.40 flexible) → $14 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)The archived copy of the Google Workspace pricing page of 1 February 2025 shows $14 for Business Standard; the copy before it, of 1 January 2025, still shows $12. The price rose between the two copies; both are US dollar copies showing the 1-year commitment price.
- Feb 1, 2025Business Plus: $18 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($21.60 flexible) → $22 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)The archived copy of the Google Workspace pricing page of 1 February 2025 shows $22 for Business Plus; the copy before it, of 1 January 2025, still shows $18. The price rose between the two copies; both are US dollar copies showing the 1-year commitment price.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
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Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Browser-based video meetings included with Google Workspace. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, meeting notes, transcription, noise cancellation, video calls.
The browser plus iPhone and Android apps.
- Meetings in the browser
- Computers join from the browser with no software to install, and phones and tablets use the Google Meet app from the App Store or Play Store.
- Meeting size and length
- No-cost meetings hold 100 participants for up to 60 minutes. Workspace plans allow 24-hour meetings with 100, 150, 500 or 1,000 participants depending on the plan.
- Recordings and transcripts
- Recordings and transcripts capture what was discussed, with recordings saved to Google Drive. Recording is a paid feature that starts at Business Standard.
- Gemini in Meet
- Gemini can take notes, summarize and translate meetings. It is included from Business Standard up and is not part of Business Starter.
- Noise cancellation and video quality
- AI reduces background noise, and video runs at up to 1080p with studio look and lighting options. These are premium features on certain paid plans.
- Captions and audience tools
- Live captions show subtitles as people speak. Polls, breakout rooms, moderation controls and Q&A are premium features on certain paid plans.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- Google Drive
- YouTube
Who makes Google Meet
Google, the largest business of Alphabet, makes Google Workspace, which includes Chat and Meet and is sold by subscription. Alphabet earned more than 70% of its 2025 revenue from online advertising.
- Founded
- 1998about.google
- Based
- Mountain View, Californiaabout.google
- Ownership
- Publicly traded. Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose Class A and Class C shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GOOGL and GOOG, according to Alphabet's annual report for 2025.sec.gov
- Team
- Alphabet, Google's parent, reported 190,820 employees as of December 31, 2025.sec.gov
- Founders and leaders
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabetblog.google
- Larry Page, Co-founderabout.google
- Sergey Brin, Co-founderabout.google
- Hiring
- Google Careers lists 3,138 open jobs across the whole company, with no filter applied.google.com
- Referral program
- Google Workspace Referral Program: a one-time cash reward per new user, in the United States USD 8 for Business Starter, USD 15 for Business Standard and USD 23 for Business Plus, for up to 100 users per referred account and 200 users a year.workspace.google.com
- Affiliate program
- Google Workspace Affiliate Program, joined through CJ Affiliate, for people who refer at least 100 users a year. Pays per new user, for up to 300 users per account, with no annual cap; rates vary by country and edition.workspace.google.com
- Lately
- Built-in interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams on Android (AOSP) devices, now generally available · Oct 1, 2026
- New Google Meet 'Take notes for me' settings for admins and end users take effect September 29th · Sep 22, 2026
- Quick notes in Take notes for me · Sep 22, 2026
- View conference room and meeting location details directly on the Google Meet homepage · Sep 16, 2026
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
21/33
Other team communication apps it is graded above
Google Meet's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 21 of the 33 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on ease of use (A, above 28 of 33) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $7 a month for each person, against a middle price of $7 for the category: 12 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 34 team communication apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Google Meet’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 2 of 33
- BFree plan and trialAbove 23 of 33
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 33
- AEase of useAbove 28 of 33
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 33
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 31 team communication apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Google Meet is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Google Meet you would be making video calls. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $84 a year.
What you could not
- Video calls.
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- Audio cleaned up live as you speak.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Google Meet’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Refunds
After you pay
Getting your money back, getting out, and getting help
What happens once you have paid: whether you can get your money back, how to leave, and how to reach a person when something goes wrong. Each is graded from Google Meet’s own terms and help pages.
Refunds and cancelling
Good · checked Oct 18, 2026
Meet's paid tiers are Google Workspace, so Workspace's billing rules apply. Monthly is the good half: cancel in the Admin console whenever you like, pay only for the days you used, and Google says leftover credit goes back to your card by itself. The yearly commitment is the other half, where cancelling early still costs you the rest of the contract. That split, under an agreement that says plainly it owes you no refund, is a B and not an A.
- Refund window
- No set window
- How you cancel
- Yourself, in settings
- Getting your money back
Google says billing is prorated and unused credit refunded: if a credit balance is left after you cancel everything, a refund to the original payment method is started automatically, and a balance can also be claimed under Billing, then Payment accounts. On an Annual/Fixed-Term Plan, payments through the end of the term are not refunded. The Workspace agreement adds that it owes no refund on termination.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.com- How to cancel Google Meet
An administrator cancels in the Google Admin console under Billing, then Subscriptions, which needs the Billing management privilege. The payment-plan comparison says a monthly Flexible Plan can be cancelled at any time without penalty, while an Annual/Fixed-Term Plan must be paid in full even if cancelled early. A subscription billed through Google Play or the iOS Settings app is cancelled in that store instead.
- In the Google Admin console, open Menu, then Billing, then Subscriptions (this needs the Billing management privilege)
- Click your subscription, then More, then Cancel Subscription
- Select a reason for cancelling and click Continue
- Review the alternatives to cancelling that are offered, then click Continue to cancel
- Tick the box to confirm you have read the information
- Enter your email address and click Cancel My Subscription
- What you keep afterwards
You lose the core Workspace services, Meet among them. Google warns that users' Workspace data will be deleted and cannot be restored, and tells you to download anything you want with the Data Export tool before you cancel. User accounts, groups and the organisational structure stay unless you also delete the organisation's Google Account. You can resubscribe within 51 days, or after 84 days.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.com- Renewals
The agreement says a Flexible Plan order term is monthly and renews automatically each month unless cancelled in the Admin console, and that an Annual/Fixed-Term order term renews in line with the elections in the order form or Admin console. Either side that does not want a renewal must say so at least 15 days before the term ends. No reminder before a renewal is mentioned.
Stated on workspace.google.com
In your favour
- On monthly billing you cancel yourself in the Admin console at any time, with no penalty.
- Monthly billing is prorated: you pay for the days you actually used and no more.
- Credit left over after you cancel everything goes back to your card without you asking.
- The Data Export tool means you can take the files, mail and calendars with you.
Watch out for
- Cancel a yearly contract early and you still owe the rest of it. Nothing comes back.
- The agreement is blunt: ending or not renewing does not oblige Google to refund fees.
- Once you cancel, users' Workspace data is deleted and cannot be restored. Export it first.
- The terms ask for 15 days' notice before the term ends if you do not want it to renew.
Customer support
Excellent · checked Oct 18, 2026
Every Workspace licence includes Standard Support, and it is not a token gesture: live chat with a Google agent from the Admin console, round the clock in English, with a stated four-hour target on the most urgent cases. Behind it sit a huge help centre and a public admin community. Live help on every paid plan, with hours and a response time in writing, is an A. The catch is that only administrators can open a case.
Ways to get help
Live chat
Get help in the Admin console opens a chat with an assistant; typing Contact support and choosing Chat puts you in a queue until a Google support representative is free. It needs an administrator account with the Support administrator privilege.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.comPhone
Phone support is offered only to Google Workspace Premium Support customers and certain Education editions, in English only. You generate a PIN in the Admin console, valid for 60 minutes, and call the number shown for your region.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.comEmail
The same Get help flow offers an Email option, which sends the question to Google support rather than opening a live chat.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.comAccount manager
Premium Support includes a designated Technical Account Manager, described as helping with operational rigour, platform health and architectural stability.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.comHelp centre
The Google Meet Help Center has articles on setting up Meet, starting and joining meetings, host controls and troubleshooting, open to anyone without signing in. A separate Admin Help Center covers billing and administration.
Stated on support.google.comCommunity or forum
The Google Workspace Community is a public forum where administrators and Google product experts answer troubleshooting questions.
Stated on support.google.com
- When people answer
Google publishes hours by country. English support is listed as 24/7 for all countries. Some local languages are weekday hours only: German for Austria and Germany, and Dutch and French for Belgium, are listed as 9:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday, UTC+1.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.com- How fast it says it replies
Standard Support, included with every Workspace licence, states a four-hour service-level objective for P1 cases. Enhanced Support states one hour for P1 cases and Premium Support 15 minutes. Those are the published targets for the most urgent priority, not for ordinary questions.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.com- What depends on your plan
Standard Support comes with the licence on every paid edition, with 24/7 access. Enhanced and Premium are paid upgrades: Enhanced adds faster targets and help with third-party applications, Premium adds the fastest targets, designated technical advisors and a Technical Account Manager. Every Workspace user gets the Help Center and the admin community.
Stated on knowledge.workspace.google.com
In your favour
- Live chat with a Google agent is included with every paid licence, not sold as an add-on.
- Google puts a number on it: a four-hour target for the most urgent cases on Standard Support.
- English support is listed as running 24 hours a day, every day, in every country.
- The help centre is enormous, free to read, and backed by a public admin community.
Watch out for
- Only administrators with the Support administrator privilege can open a case.
- Phone support is kept for Premium Support and some Education editions, in English only.
- The chat opens with an assistant, and you have to ask it for support to reach a person.
- Round the clock means English. Several local languages are weekday business hours only.
What these two grades rest on. Read on 18 October 2026: the Google Workspace agreement and Google's help articles on cancelling a subscription, refunding remaining credit, the Flexible and Annual/Fixed-Term payment plans, renewals, Workspace support offerings, contacting support, support hours by language and phone support, plus the Meet Help Center and the Workspace community. Nobody here cancelled a plan or contacted its support. They are graded apart from the five that make the GPA. How we grade refunds and support.
Part 06 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Whereby and Jitsi Meet
The 5 tools Google Meet is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Zoom
Free plan · from $14.16/mo
Video meetings bundled with team chat, phone and AI notes.
- Only Zoom lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Only Zoom lists a browser extension.
- Google Meet also covers transcription and noise cancellation.
- 3.0GPA
Microsoft Teams
Free plan · from $4.00/mo
Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365.
- Only Microsoft Teams lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Google Meet also covers meeting notes.
- Microsoft Teams also covers whiteboard, team chat and file sharing.
- 2.8GPA
Webex
Free plan · from $12/mo
Cisco's app for video meetings, messaging and calling.
- Only Webex lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Google Meet also covers meeting notes and transcription.
- Webex also covers whiteboard, screen recording, team chat and file sharing.
- 2.4GPA
Whereby
Free plan · from $10.99/mo
Browser-based video meetings with permanent room links.
- Only Google Meet lists an Android app.
- Google Meet also covers meeting notes and transcription.
- Whereby also covers whiteboard and file sharing.
- 3.0GPA
Jitsi Meet
Free
Free, open-source video meetings you can self-host.
- Only Jitsi Meet lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Jitsi Meet is open source, self-hostable and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Google Meet also covers meeting notes, transcription and noise cancellation.
Part 07 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
21
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Google Meet free?
Google Meet has a free plan. Anyone with a Google Account can host meetings of up to 100 participants for up to 60 minutes; 1:1 and mobile calls have no time limit.
How much does Google Meet cost?
Google Meet lists 5 plans. Free (Google Account): $0.
What platforms does Google Meet work on?
Google Meet is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Google Meet offer any discounts?
Google Meet publicly lists the following: Save 16% with a 1-year commitment; Up to 50% off the first 3 months; Lower price shown to buyers in India; Free Google Workspace for Nonprofits; Education Fundamentals at no charge.
How is Google Meet rated?
Google Meet's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2,332,591 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 7, 2026.
Is Google Meet any good?
We have not tested Google Meet, so this is what reviewers say. Often praised: Reviewers of the iPhone app use it for video calls with friends and family who do not have iPhones, where FaceTime is not an option for them.
Does Google Meet have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Google Meet is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Google Meet have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Google Meet is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Google Meet open source?
Google Meet is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
What does Google Meet integrate with?
Google Meet's listing names Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drive and YouTube.
Does Google Meet have a student discount?
Education Fundamentals at no charge. Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which includes Meet, is available at no charge to qualifying institutions.
Does Google Meet have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day free trial of Google Workspace.
Who makes Google Meet?
Google Meet is made by Google. Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose Class A and Class C shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GOOGL and GOOG, according to Alphabet's annual report for 2025.
What are the alternatives to Google Meet?
The closest alternatives to Google Meet in our directory are Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Whereby and Jitsi Meet.
Does Google Meet give refunds?
Google says billing is prorated and unused credit refunded: if a credit balance is left after you cancel everything, a refund to the original payment method is started automatically, and a balance can also be claimed under Billing, then Payment accounts.
How do I cancel Google Meet?
An administrator cancels in the Google Admin console under Billing, then Subscriptions, which needs the Billing management privilege.
What happens to my data if I cancel Google Meet?
You lose the core Workspace services, Meet among them. Google warns that users' Workspace data will be deleted and cannot be restored, and tells you to download anything you want with the Data Export tool before you cancel.
How do I contact Google Meet support?
Google Meet's pages list these ways to get help: live chat, phone, email, account manager, help centre and community or forum.
How does Google Meet compare with other team communication apps?
Google Meet's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 21 of the 33 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 7.
Is Google Meet good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Google Meet C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $7 a month for each person, against a middle price of $7 for the category: 12 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Google Meet?
To replace Google Meet you would be making video calls. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Google Meet’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Based on Google's Workspace pricing page, its Meet product page and Meet help pages as of 9 October 2026, its App Store reviews and Hacker News threads about it. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-07-26.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Google. Prices change, so check workspace.google.com before you buy.
- workspace.google.com/pricing
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Part 08 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Google Meet, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/google-meet
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Prices and grades as they are today
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Please name ToolGPA and link to the live page, so readers can check the figures for themselves:
ToolGPA, "Google Meet: The Insider's Guide", checked Oct 9, 2026. https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-meet
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See our other guides
The best-graded team communication apps after Google Meet, each with an Insider's Guide of its own.
- Team Communication Insider's GuideEvery one of the 34 team communication apps we grade, compared
- Discord Insider's GuideFree text, voice and video chat built around servers3.6 GPA
- Pumble Insider's GuideTeam chat with unlimited message history on the free plan3.6 GPA
- Zoho Cliq Insider's GuideTeam chat, calls and meetings from the Zoho suite3.4 GPA
Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Google Meet’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Google Meet is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Google. Prices and plans change: check workspace.google.com before you buy.