Comparison of Free Version of Google Meet and Zoom

  

Comparison of Free Version of Google Meet and Zoom

Here is a quick comparison of free version of Google Meet and Zoom for Video conferencing and meetings.

I use both zoom and Google Meet as a host but prefer zoom as a participant! The 40 mts limitation of zoom is overcome by taking a break for five minutes and re-joining. The host can use Personal Meeting ID so that he need not schedule a meeting every time and circulate the link / URL every time. There are lot more things that may be compared. However, some deciding factors like:  whether you are hosting a simple lecture where people listen to, whether it is an interactive participative event; level of familiarity among your audience with the platform, or using the microphone, speaker or video etc; whether they are joining from mobile or laptop etc have to be taken onto account.  Anyway, happy videoconferencing – a thing that has become the new normal which we have to contend with for some more time.

 

SN	Feature	Google Meet	Zoom
1	Available on platforms	Web, Android, iOS	macOS, Windows, Android, iOS
2	Ease of Access	Via Web, Gmail	Via Zoom App
3	Duration*	60 mts up to March 2021	40 mts
4	Video quality	Grainy – poor	Good
5	Host control – mic	No	Yes
6	Local Recording	No	Yes
7	Host re-assign	No	Yes
8	Screen sharing	Yes	Yes
9	Real time captions	Yes	Yes
10	Numb of participants	100	100
11	Numb of tiles on screen	16	49
12	Tiles on screen- size	Uneven sized	Evenly sized
13	Background noise control	No	?
14	Security	AES 256 bit GCM  ??	IETF / DTLS claimed to be Better
15	Calendar Integration	Yes	Yes
16	Familiarity among MY friends	Not much	Yes

 Note: A few items may change over time. Please check at the time of use in case of doubt.

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