Teams look past Webex when their colleagues and clients already sit in Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or when they want one cheaper meetings tool without a phone system attached. Most go to Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet, and to Jitsi Meet or Nextcloud Talk when they want to host the software themselves.
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What each alternative does differently
1. Zoom
Market-leading meetings platform grown into a work suite · United States
The most direct rival. Its pricing page lists a free Basic plan with 40-minute meetings, Pro at $14.16 per user per month billed annually, and Business with 300 participants. Enterprise reaches 1,000 participants and is quoted. Paid plans allow meetings up to 30 hours.
Switch from Cisco Webex if your clients and partners already send Zoom links and you want the default tool.
Pricing: Per user per month on published tiers, with a free plan capped at 40 minutes per meeting; webinars, rooms, phone and larger meetings are add-ons. (free plan)
Full review: #4 of 14 in our ranking ·
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2. Microsoft Teams
Meetings, chat and calling inside Microsoft 365 · United States
Teams Essentials is listed at $4 per user per month paid yearly, with 300 participants and meetings up to 30 hours. The larger Microsoft 365 plans add Office apps and email. It is a chat-first workspace, so it replaces more than a meeting tool.
Switch from Cisco Webex if your company already pays for Microsoft 365 and wants meetings and chat in one place.
Pricing: Included in many Microsoft 365 business plans or sold as Teams Essentials per user per month; phone, rooms and Copilot are extra. (free trial)
Full review: #5 of 14 in our ranking ·
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3. Google Meet
Browser-based meetings built into Google Workspace · United States
Free for up to 100 people, with group calls capped at 60 minutes. Longer calls, recordings with transcripts and up to 1,000 participants come with paid Google Workspace plans. It is a browser-first tool and best when your staff live in Gmail and Calendar.
Switch from Cisco Webex if your team works in Google Workspace and joins calls from a browser.
Pricing: Included in Google Workspace plans priced per user per month; free with a personal Google account with a 60-minute cap on group calls. (free plan)
Full review: #6 of 14 in our ranking ·
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4. GoTo Meeting
Veteran meetings product from GoTo · United States
Web conferencing for up to 250 attendees, with breakout rooms, single sign-on and end-to-end encryption listed on its meeting page. A 14-day free trial needs no card. Pricing for the plans is not on that page, so confirm tiers with GoTo.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you want a plain web conferencing product with a no-card trial and 250 attendees.
Pricing: Per organizer per month on published tiers, with a free trial; webinar and phone products are sold separately. (free trial)
Full review: #8 of 14 in our ranking ·
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5. Whereby
Browser-based meeting rooms with permanent links · Norway
Two products. Meetings are charged per user license and use permanent room links with basic customization. Embedded is charged by usage and offers an API for building video calls into your own product. Its scope is far smaller than Webex.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you want simple room links, or need to embed video calls inside your own product.
Pricing: Per-host monthly plans for meetings with a limited free tier, and separate usage-based pricing for the Whereby Embedded API. (free plan)
Full review: #1 of 14 in our ranking ·
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6. Zoho Meeting
Low-cost meetings and webinars from the Zoho suite · India
Priced by participant size, from 10 up to 250, with a separate webinar plan and a free plan. The pricing page offers a 14-day trial without a card and lists 5 GB of recording storage per host on Standard.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you want the lowest-cost meeting and webinar plans sized by participant count.
Pricing: Per-host monthly plans for meetings and for webinars, priced low, with a free plan allowing up to 100 participants for up to 60 minutes. (free plan)
Full review: #2 of 14 in our ranking ·
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7. RingCentral Video
Video meetings bundled with RingCentral's cloud phone system · United States
Free meetings run up to 50 minutes, and the paid plans extend meetings to 24 hours, according to RingCentral's video page. It sits next to the company's phone and messaging products, so it suits teams that want calling and video from one vendor.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you want video and phone from one vendor and a free tier to start on.
Pricing: Free meetings users get 50-minute meetings for up to 100 participants; paid meetings seats and RingEX phone plans raise that to 24-hour meetings for up to 300. (free plan)
Full review: #11 of 14 in our ranking ·
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8. Jitsi Meet
Open source video meetings you can self-host · United States
Open source and described on its site as completely free, with quotes from users that no account is needed. You can run it yourself, or use JaaS, the hosted service run by the team that builds Jitsi. It is a core meeting tool without a calling or device business.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you want open source video with no account barrier, hosted by you or by Jitsi's team.
Pricing: Free and open source for self-hosting; the public meet.jit.si service is free, and 8x8's hosted Jitsi as a Service is billed by monthly active users. (open source)
Full review: #3 of 14 in our ranking ·
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9. Nextcloud Talk
Self-hosted chat and video inside Nextcloud · Germany
Part of Nextcloud, described on its page as fully on-premise and 100% open source. Calls sit beside files and chat in one self-run platform, with paid Nextcloud Enterprise support. It needs your own server and admin skill, unlike a Webex subscription.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you want video calls on servers you control, next to your files and chat.
Pricing: Free open source software; Nextcloud Enterprise subscriptions priced per user per year add support and the high-performance backend for larger calls. (open source)
Full review: #10 of 14 in our ranking ·
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10. BigBlueButton
Open source virtual classroom built for online teaching · Canada
Built as a virtual classroom, with teacher tutorials, LMS integrations and a commercial hosting page on its site. The project calls itself open source. It centers on teaching and training sessions, not general business meetings or calling.
Switch from Cisco Webex if your main use is online teaching and you want classroom features and LMS links.
Pricing: Free to self-host under an open source license; managed hosting from its founders and from third-party providers is sold separately. (open source)
Full review: #13 of 14 in our ranking ·
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11. Livestorm
Browser-based webinars and virtual events for marketing teams · France
Webinar-focused. The Pro plan sells attendee credits at 2.50 euros per attendee, one credit per unique participant per session over 12 months, and team members are not counted. Enterprise is quoted. Pay per audience, not per host.
Switch from Cisco Webex if most of your Webex use is webinars and you would rather pay per attendee than per host.
Pricing: Pay per attendee: the Pro plan sells a yearly pack of attendee credits (from about 2.50 euros per attendee, team members free), a limited free plan allows up to 30 attendees, and Enterprise is quoted. (free plan)
Full review: #14 of 14 in our ranking ·
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12. Pexip
Secure video platform and room interoperability service · Norway
Not a like-for-like replacement. Pexip Connect links meeting rooms to Teams, Zoom and Google Meet, while Pexip Meetings targets secure environments such as government and defense. It suits organizations keeping room systems and needing interoperability.
Switch from Cisco Webex if you keep existing room systems and need them to join Teams, Zoom or Meet calls.
Pricing: Pexip Connect Premium room interoperability is sold online at a published per-room price billed annually; Secure Meetings, self-hosted Infinity deployments and larger interoperability deals are by quote. (none)
Full review: #9 of 14 in our ranking ·
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