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Whereby vs Google Meet
Whereby and Google Meet compared on what their own pages say, row by row — nothing about either in our words except a plain reading at the end.
Whereby and Google Meet, row by row
| Whereby | Google Meet | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: how much | “1 room URL” — Free source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Free plan: longest meeting | “Meetings for up to 30 minutes” — Free source | “If your meeting has 3 or more participants, it has a time limit of one hour.” — a personal Google account; a call between two people can run 24 hours source |
| Free plan: people in a meeting | “4 attendees per meeting” — Free source | “You can have a maximum of 100 participants in a meeting.” — a personal Google account source |
| Cheapest paid plan | “$10.99 per month” — Pro, one host source | “$7 per user / month” — Business Starter, with a year's commitment ($8.40 month to month) source |
| Paid plan: longest meeting | “No time limit on meetings” — Pro source | “Meeting length (maximum) 24 hours” — every Workspace plan source |
| Most people in a meeting | “200 attendees per meeting” — Business, $13.99 a host a month, at least three hosts source | “Video meetings with in-domain live streaming, 1000 participants” — Enterprise source |
| Video recording | “Unlimited recording” — Pro source | “Video meetings with recording, noise cancellation, 150 participants” — Business Standard; Starter's line reads "Video meetings, 100 participants" source |
| AI notes and summaries | Not stated on the pages we read | “Gemini AI assistant in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and more” — Business Standard and up; Starter's reads "Gemini AI assistant in Gmail" source |
| API | “If you're looking for our API product, click below to learn more about our plans and get started for free.” — Whereby Embedded, priced separately source | Not stated on the pages we read |
Every cell is the company's own words, linked. Prices change — this is what each page said on 10 November 2026. Something changed? Tell us.
What the two pages add up to
- Whereby’s free plan allows four people for 30 minutes; a personal Google account allows 100 people for an hour, or one other person for 24 hours.
- Whereby Pro is $10.99 a month for one host with no time limit; Google’s Business Starter is $7 a user a month with a year’s commitment.
- Recording is on Whereby Pro and on Google’s Business Standard and up.
Which matters for your meetings
For two people, a personal Google account is hard to beat — a one-to-one call can last a day. For three to four people, Google allows an hour and Whereby's free plan half that. Whereby's appeal is the fixed room link and its paid plan with no time limit at all; Google's paid plans come bundled with email and storage.
What that comes to, worked out
A family call with six people is the clearest case: Whereby's free room holds four, so two would be left out, while a personal Google account takes 100 for an hour. A quick call between two people is different: Whereby's free plan gives 30 minutes in your one room, and Google allows a whole day. Whereby Pro, at $10.99 a month for one host, removes the time limit; Google's paid plans start at $7 a user a month with a year's commitment.
The sums use only the numbers quoted above. Yearly prices are the monthly figure times twelve.
Where Meetful is different from both
Meetful is a video meeting app too, but the notes are part of the meeting rather than an extra. Each person is transcribed from their own microphone, so every line carries the name of whoever said it without guessing, and nobody has to invite a bot. People join from a link in their browser. The notes, the recording and the transcript are free, and anybody in the meeting can leave themselves out of the notes.
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Meetings that take their own notes
Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.