Google Meet is the search giant’s video-conferencing tool, and it offers a decent range of features.

Read our full Cisco Webex Meetings review (opens in new tab). You can upgrade to the Starter, Business, and Enterprise packages to add more features, longer meetings, and extra participants. Webex works with more than 100 third-party apps, so it can integrate with your business, and the Webex Suite packages all the app’s services alongside options for hosting virtual events (opens in new tab), employee polls (opens in new tab), and easy staff management – alongside enterprise-grade security.Ĭisco’s software is free to use if you want to host meetings up to 50 minutes long with 100 participants.

The Webex app makes it easy to make crystal-clear calls, host video meetings, and use an instant messaging service that has added collaboration tools (opens in new tab), and you can enhance meetings with presentations (opens in new tab), emojis, background noise removal, and real-time translation. Webex is one of the big names in corporate video conferencing, and it’s got some impressive boardroom and office credentials. Read our full Microsoft Skype review (opens in new tab). Be aware, though, that Zoom still allows larger group calls, so Skype is an excellent tool that works best with smaller numbers. Skype is free to use, and it’s easier to use than Zoom too – it’s very intuitive, and it works on almost everything. Skype integrates smoothly into all of Microsoft’s other software as well as loads of other apps and products, and Skype interactions are protected by end-to-end encryption. Skype works on basically every device you can think of, including those that support Alexa, and it’s even possible for hosts to launch Skype meetings and calls even if they don’t have Skype installed thanks to a slick web interface. Indeed, Skype goes beyond Zoom in several important ways.

Skype has been around for nearly two decades and is one of the biggest names in video-conferencing and instant messaging, so it’s no wonder that it’s also a superb alternative to the all-conquering Zoom.

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