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Zoom vs Webex
Zoom and Webex compared on what their own pages say, row by row — nothing about either in our words except a plain reading at the end.
Zoom and Webex, row by row
| Zoom | Webex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: longest meeting | “Meetings up to 40 minutes” — Basic, the free plan source | “Unlimited meetings, up to 40 min per meeting” — Webex Free source |
| Free plan: people in a meeting | “Participant capacity 100” — Basic, the free plan, and Pro source | “Up to 100 attendees per meeting” — Webex Free source |
| Accounts | Not stated on the pages we read | “Anyone can join a Webex meeting as a participant, they don’t need a host license to attend a meeting.” source |
| Cheapest paid plan | “$14.16” — Pro, a user a month billed yearly source | “$144” — Webex Meet, a user a year ($12 a month) source |
| Paid plan: longest meeting | “Meetings up to 30 hours” — Pro source | “Unlimited meetings, up to 24 hours per meeting” — Webex Meet source |
| Most people in a meeting | “Meet with up to 300 participants” — Business; more with the Large Meeting add-on source | “Up to 1,000 attendees” — Webex Enterprise source |
| Languages | “Translated Captions” — named in the plan comparison, without saying which plans source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Video recording | “Local & 10 GB cloud (per license)” — Pro; the free plan's row reads "Local", to the computer source | “Local recording” — Webex Free; Webex Meet adds 10 GB of cloud recording source |
| AI notes and summaries | “AI notes, summary, and chat” — Basic, the free plan, marked limited source | “AI Assistant included” — Webex Meet and up source |
| Single sign-on | “Custom branding for URLs, SSO, and more” — Business 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
- Free meetings on both last up to 40 minutes, with up to 100 people.
- Webex Meet is $144 a user a year ($12 a month) with its AI assistant included; Zoom Pro is $14.16 a user a month billed yearly.
- Both free plans record to your own computer.
Which matters for your meetings
Free meetings on both stop at 40 minutes and 100 people, so a free account will feel much the same. Webex puts its AI assistant into its cheapest paid plan; Zoom lists AI notes on its free plan, marked limited. Webex's top plan lists up to 1,000 attendees, Zoom's Business 300 before the add-on.
What that comes to, worked out
Per person per year, Webex Meet is $144 and Zoom Pro $169.92 billed yearly: $25.92 apart, or $155.52 for a team of six. Both allow 40-minute free meetings with 100 people, which suits a stand-up but not a planning session. Paid meetings run up to 24 hours on Webex Meet and 30 on Zoom Pro. Webex includes its AI assistant from its first paid plan; Zoom lists AI notes on its free plan, marked limited.
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.