# Zoom

> Video meetings bundled with team chat, phone and AI notes

Zoom sells its video meetings as part of Zoom Workplace, a bundle that also covers team chat, VoIP calling, whiteboards, clips, mail, calendar and documents in one app. The free Basic plan allows 40-minute meetings with up to 100 participants plus instant messaging. Paid plans extend meetings to 30 hours and add cloud recording, unlimited AI note-taking and admin controls, while webinars, larger meetings and rooms are add-ons or Enterprise features.

- **Category:** Team Communication
- **Made by:** Zoom Communications, Inc. (since 2011)
- **Website:** https://www.zoom.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Zoom has a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.16 per user / month, billed annually ($169.90 a year).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Workplace Basic: meetings of up to 40 minutes and 100 participants, instant messaging, 3 editable whiteboards, 5 two-minute clips, and AI summaries for 3 hosted meetings a month.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Workplace Basic | $0 | Meetings of up to 40 minutes and 100 participants, instant messaging, 3 editable whiteboards, 5 two-minute clips and limited AI features. |
| Workplace Pro | $14.16 per user / month, billed annually ($16.99 billed monthly) | 30-hour meetings with 100 participants, unlimited AI note-taking and meeting summaries, unlimited clips, and 10 GB of cloud storage per user. |
| Workplace Business | $18.33 per user / month, billed annually ($21.99 billed monthly) | 300 participants per meeting, Scheduler with unlimited booking pages, unlimited whiteboards, SSO and managed domains. |
| Workplace Enterprise | Custom | 1,000 participants per meeting, plus a full-featured phone PBX, webinars for 500 attendees, Rooms and translated captions. |

Read from https://zoom.us/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zoom before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 17% less with annual billing** (Annual discount): Workplace Pro is $169.90 a year ($14.16 a month) against $16.99 billed monthly, and Business is $219.90 a year ($18.33 a month) against $21.99. Source: https://zoom.us/pricing
- **50% off for verified nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Zoom's pricing FAQ says verified nonprofit organizations worldwide get a 50% discount on Workplace Pro, Workplace Business, Webinars and Large Meetings. Source: https://zoom.us/pricing

## Key features

- **Video meetings:** Meetings run up to 40 minutes on Basic and 30 hours on paid plans, with 100 participants on Basic and Pro, 300 on Business and 1,000 on Enterprise.
- **Team chat:** Instant messaging is part of every Workplace plan, including the free Basic plan, and sits in the same app as meetings and calling.
- **AI notes and meeting summaries:** Basic includes AI note-taking 3 times a month and summaries for 3 hosted meetings. Pro makes both unlimited and takes notes in Zoom, third-party and in-person conversations.
- **Whiteboard and Clips:** Basic allows 3 editable whiteboards and 5 two-minute clips. Clips become unlimited on Pro, and whiteboards become unlimited on Business.
- **Mail, Calendar and Scheduler:** Basic connects Gmail or Outlook and syncs Google or Microsoft calendars. Pro adds Zoom Mail and Zoom Calendar, and Business adds unlimited Scheduler booking pages.
- **Recording and cloud storage:** Basic records locally only. Pro adds 10 GB of cloud recording storage per license, and extra cloud storage is sold as an add-on from $10 a month for 30 GB.

## Good for

- Teams whose main need is video meetings with chat alongside
- Occasional hosts who can work within 40-minute meetings
- People who want AI meeting notes built into the meeting app
- Companies that plan to add phone, webinars or rooms later

## Worth knowing

- Basic meetings end at 40 minutes, and the plan records locally only with no cloud storage.
- Meetings of 300 people need Business; beyond that the Large Meeting add-on starts at $50 a month for 500 participants.
- SSO and managed domains start at Business, and webinars, the phone PBX and Rooms are bundled only into Enterprise, which is sold by sales.
- Annual plans are charged as one upfront payment; the monthly figure shown is the annual total divided by 12.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 3,244,104 ratings in the United States, read Oct 7, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id546505307

## Works with

Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Salesforce, ServiceNow

**Tags:** Video calls, Team chat, Meeting notes, Whiteboard, Booking links, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Google Meet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-meet): Browser-based video meetings included with Google Workspace. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-meet-vs-zoom)
- [Microsoft Teams](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-teams): Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-teams-vs-zoom)
- [Webex](https://toolgpa.com/tools/webex): Cisco's app for video meetings, messaging and calling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/webex-vs-zoom)
- [Whereby](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whereby): Browser-based video meetings with permanent room links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/whereby-vs-zoom)
- [Slack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slack): Channel-based team messaging with huddles, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slack-vs-zoom)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://zoom.us/pricing
- https://zoom.us/billing/pricing?pageType=workplace
- https://www.zoom.com
- https://www.zoom.com/en/products/collaboration-tools/zoom-workplace-pro/
- https://zoom.us/download
- https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0060748
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoom-workplace/id546505307
- https://www.zoom.com/en/about/

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