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Difference between Zoom and Google Meet

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1. Zoom :
Developed by Zoom Video Communications Inc., Zoom is a cloud based peer to peer software used for teleconferencing, imparting distance education and maintaining social relations. It is one of the easiest videoconferencing tools that are present in recent times. It had been in scrutiny recently due to its security breaches and false claim of end-to-end encryption, which have been effectively handled by the company. It is very popular in case of online meetings and video chat with friends or family.

2. Google Meet :
It is a video conferencing software. It was developed by Google Inc. in the year 2017. It can run seamlessly on android, iOS and Web platforms. It can have up to 100 free participants for a time limit of 60 minutes. It can have 16 people on-screen at a particular time. It has a very secure and robust system with intelligent background noise filtering.



Difference between Zoom and Google Meet :

S.No. Zoom Google Meet
1. There is no need to download any app as it can be accessed from website as well. The app download is necessary.
2. You can touch up your appearance. This does not have face touch up.
3. Audio calls, video calls and chat functionality is available. It has phone, video call and chat facility.
4. It can be accessed on Desktop, PC, Android and Apple devices. Desktop version or app on Android or iOS devices is available.
5. It has customizable virtual background. It has no background customization.
6. Privacy to the room can be provided by using virtual background feature. There is no privacy if you are working from home.
7. It can handle up to 100 participants. 250 participants can collaborate in it.
8. 40 minutes of video calls is permitted in it. It allows 60 minutes of video calls.
9. It has come up with free and paid versions starting from $14.99. It can cost between $6 and $12 per month for paid version.
10. It can have 49 people on screen at once. It has up to 16 people on screen at once.
11. It has integration with email and calendar. It has integration with G Suite Google Docs Google Drive Google sheets and Google notes.
12. It has fully encrypted meetings and host controls of people joining the meeting. Waiting room feature is present in the application. Host can also report user using the report user button. It is very secure. Host can mute, admit or deny participants. It has complex meeting ID that is resilient to brute force hacking attempts. People can join in only 15 minutes before the meeting, which is done to prevent security attacks. New people, who have not been invited originally need to send a request participation from the host.
13. It was initially focussed on business entities but now it aims at friends, family as well as clients in meetings. It aims at anybody with a Google account.
14. Documents collaboration is not possible. Collaboration in terms of office documents cannot be done.
15. It does not support scheduling meetings from Gmail inbox. Direct schedule from Gmail inbox is possible.
16. It does not have noise filtering. It does not have noise filtering.
17. It has Zoom Video Communications Inc. as developer. It is developed by Google LLC.
18. It was developed in 2013. It was developed in the month of March in 2017


Last Updated : 07 Jul, 2020
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