If you’re evaluating Microsoft Teams for video conferencing, the three strongest independent alternatives in our editorial ranking are Zoom, Google Meet, Webex Meetings. Each has a different best-fit buyer — the right choice depends on team size and workflow, not on which has the loudest review-site presence.
Why Microsoft Teams sometimes isn’t the right pick: Organizations not on Microsoft 365 (Zoom or Google Meet better), buyers prioritizing best-in-class meeting product over bundle economics (Zoom better), or teams wanting a lightweight meeting-only tool (Around / Whereby better). See full “worst for” verdict →
9 Microsoft Teams alternatives
| Rank | Product | Best for | Target size | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Zoom | SMB and mid-market organizations (10-2,000 employees) where Zoom is the de facto meeting tool, and buyers also evaluating Zoom Phone for unified communications consolidation. | 1–10,000+ | ● Transparent |
| #3 | Google Meet | Google Workspace-anchored organizations (10-5,000 employees), education sector, and tech-forward SMB and mid-market valuing simple UX and aggressive Gemini AI feature velocity. | 1–10,000+ | ● Transparent |
| #4 | Webex Meetings | Cisco-anchored enterprises (1,000-50,000+ employees) in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government, defense) prioritizing hardware codec integration, FedRAMP authorization, and Webex Calling UCaaS consolidation. | 500–50,000+ | ◐ Partial |
| #5 | GoTo Meeting | Mid-market organizations (50-2,000 employees) wanting a reliable, predictable meeting platform with public pricing, especially buyers also evaluating GoTo Connect UCaaS bundling. | 50–5,000 | ● Transparent |
| #6 | Around | Distributed remote-first design and engineering teams (10-200 employees) on macOS prioritizing modern UX and audio quality, who can absorb vendor-stability risk on contracts under 12 months. | 5–500 | ◐ Partial |
| #7 | Whereby | SMB and mid-market teams (5-500 employees) prioritizing low-friction external customer meetings, and product teams embedding video in telehealth, education, or customer support applications via Whereby Embedded. | 5–2,000 | ● Transparent |
| #8 | Dialpad Meetings | Organizations consolidating into Dialpad UC (50-2,000 employees), calls, meetings, messaging, contact center as one AI-anchored platform. | 10–5,000 | ● Transparent |
| #9 | BlueJeans (Discontinued) | No new buyers. This product is sunset and unavailable for purchase as of February 14, 2024. | N/A, discontinued | ○ Quote-only |
| #10 | Jitsi Meet | Privacy-first organizations, EU public sector, government, education, and product teams (5-2,000 employees) embedding video where data sovereignty, open-source licensing, or self-host capability matter more than commercial polish. | 5–10,000 | ● Transparent |
Which alternative for which buyer
Zoom
Share leader, commoditized basic meetings, real moat is Zoom Phone cross-sell.
SMB and mid-market organizations (10-2,000 employees) where Zoom is the de facto meeting tool, and buyers also evaluating Zoom Phone for unified communications consolidation.
Microsoft 365 E3 / E5 enterprises (Teams bundle math wins), Google Workspace shops (Google Meet lower friction), or buyers wanting a non-US data residency default (Whereby and Jitsi self-host better).
Google Meet
Google Workspace bundled video meetings with aggressive 2025 Gemini AI feature velocity.
Google Workspace-anchored organizations (10-5,000 employees), education sector, and tech-forward SMB and mid-market valuing simple UX and aggressive Gemini AI feature velocity.
Microsoft 365 enterprises (Teams bundle wins), buyers needing best-in-class meeting product (Zoom better), or organizations needing deep UCaaS integration (Microsoft Teams Phone or Zoom Phone better).
Webex Meetings
Cisco-anchored meetings with hardware codec differentiation; declining share but real for regulated enterprises.
Cisco-anchored enterprises (1,000-50,000+ employees) in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government, defense) prioritizing hardware codec integration, FedRAMP authorization, and Webex Calling UCaaS consolidation.
Non-Cisco organizations (Zoom or Teams better), buyers prioritizing modern meeting UX over enterprise compliance (Zoom or Google Meet better), or SMB and mid-market buyers (Webex pricing and complexity overkill).
GoTo Meeting
Long-running mid-market meetings under Vista Equity ownership.
Mid-market organizations (50-2,000 employees) wanting a reliable, predictable meeting platform with public pricing, especially buyers also evaluating GoTo Connect UCaaS bundling.
Organizations on Microsoft 365 (Teams bundle wins), buyers prioritizing modern AI feature velocity (Zoom, Google Meet better), or enterprises needing FedRAMP authorization (Zoom, Teams, Webex better).
Around
Best-in-category modern meeting UX with material vendor stability uncertainty.
Distributed remote-first design and engineering teams (10-200 employees) on macOS prioritizing modern UX and audio quality, who can absorb vendor-stability risk on contracts under 12 months.
Enterprises requiring FedRAMP / HIPAA (Zoom, Teams, Webex better), Microsoft 365 organizations (Teams bundle wins), Windows-first shops, or any buyer wanting vendor-stability assurance over modern UX.
Whereby
Browser-first Norwegian meeting platform with embedded-meetings API for product builders.
SMB and mid-market teams (5-500 employees) prioritizing low-friction external customer meetings, and product teams embedding video in telehealth, education, or customer support applications via Whereby Embedded.
Enterprise consolidation buyers (Teams or Zoom better), FedRAMP-required customers (Zoom, Teams, Webex), or organizations needing deep large-meeting / breakout functionality.
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Last updated 2026-05-09. Rankings reflect editorial judgment based on the published Top 10 Video Conferencing Software for 2026. We accept no vendor payments. Found something inaccurate? Tell us.