Google Meet is Google’s video meeting service, available to personal Google accounts and through Workspace editions. It is a natural candidate for teams scheduling through Google Calendar, while organisations should match recording and administrative needs to their subscribed edition.
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Zoom provides online meetings within its wider Zoom Workplace collaboration platform. It is worth evaluating when scheduled calls and external participants are central to the workflow, with the exact host plan determining duration, capacity, recording and AI allowances.
Vendor-described capabilities; availability can depend on the plan.
✓Video meetings and screen sharing
✓Google Calendar and Workspace connections
✓Paid meeting recording and administration by edition
Google Meet pricing considerations
Free plan available
Core personal meeting access is free. Expanded business capabilities come through eligible Google Workspace or other paid Google subscriptions, with edition-specific allowances.
A Google Account can host free meetings with published duration and participant limits; Workspace is a separate paid suite.