27 Best Alternatives to Zoom - Remote Work Products

Few of the features: - No need to download, install or create an account - Free - No time limit - Anyone can join - Connect as many people as you want - Works with your browser from your desktop or mobile (Chrome, Firebox and Safari on desktop, Chrome on Android, and Safari on iOS) - Screen sharing built-in - Simple to use - Secured with SRTP encryption - No ads, no private data collected"

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We help teams, friends and families connect using a secure quality video conferencing tool.

Working remotely can be a challenge but communication is now simple and secure with Spike.

As the COVID pandemic continues to wreak havoc on world economies, the lack of face to face customer contact is destroying small business revenue generators. Servv provides a one-click easy to use integration of two widely deployed platforms, Shopify and Zoom. With this easy-to-use integration, business owners can post upcoming training sessions online allowing customers to easily sign up and pay

• Free plan available
• Paid pricing plan starts at $29.95 per month
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Shopify Stores, Online Yoga and Gym classes, virtual training, and consultation sessions, 1:1 appointments and bookings, Coaching, Virtual Shopping, Live Events and Tickets

Servv allows Small to Medium Enterprises to restart revenue generators

If you need additional functionalities such as whiteboards, notes, etc. to make your video calls resemble a meeting room as much as possible, Adobe Connect could be your pick.

• Free version available
• Complete Pricing

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If you have meetings consisting of large groups (>10) and need to keep it structured, Adobe Connect might be a good choice.

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• Highly customizable meeting rooms.
• Has a free version which contains almost all features (restricts on no. of users)

• Not very easy to use.
• Can be pricey for larger groups.

Meet is the latest addition to G Suite. A business-focused version of the Hangouts platform, it allows users to conference with up to 50 users at a time. It is integratable with all other G Suite products.

• Comes with G Suite
• Complete Pricing

When G Suite is your everyday destination and you do not want to shift to another platform only for video conferencing.

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• Integrates with all G Suite products such as calendar, mail, forms, docs, sheets, etc.
• Is easy on the pocket as it comes effectively free with Gmail.

• Falls short in document sharing capabilities. Is not integratable with competitors such as Dropbox, etc.
• Support content is filled with jargon becoming tough for a lay man to understand.

We all know that product development is becoming more distributed. If you’ve managed a team, you’ve felt the pain. We believe that relying on async communication and standing meetings isn’t sufficient, and we’re seeing that lots of teams agree.

• Available in limited beta trial - sign up to join the waitlist.

For internal meetings, brainstorms, and co-working sessions when you want seamless, instant collaboration. Taking meeting notes together, team retro, quick voice chats, and extended video+screenshare sessions.

- Helps in real-time collaboration - much needed for remote teams!
- Your feedback will help us make this product awesome! Sign up and email us if you're willing to hop on a quick interview.

Roundee is the All-in-One video meeting solution for teams looking for a smart yet affordable platform that will scale with them as they grow. Roundee offers users custom URL meeting rooms, meeting recording, cloud storage, screen share, file transfer, whiteboard, chat, and more.

• Free
• Complete Pricing

Roundee serves remote professionals and teams that have the need for a robust, easy to use video meeting platform at a freemium price tag.

Roundee's mission is to help remote professionals and teams across the globe connect instantly through smart video conferencing with robust features. Roundee is the All-in-One solution for remote video meetings.

Meetsales is a B2B eCommerce application that solves both problems. It’s a low effort, a no-compromise solution that allows sales to meet clients, show products, discuss prices, and close orders directly in a video call. Meetsales is the only conversational commerce solution that puts an interactive shopping cart directly into the call

• Free pilot until the end of 2020
• Then, 60 USD per licence a month
• Complete Pricing

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Its a tool dedicated for vendors, manufacturers and distributors in the b2b model. We help the sales reps to stay efficient and boost their sales while working from home

It is designed to help sales reps who are working remotely to switch from standard offline meeting, to online model

For video communication, Skype has been the de facto method. With Microsoft's acquisition of Lync and increased focus on businesses, Skype has slowly evolved, and VoIP, audio calling, chat, document sharing has become a part of Skype for Business.

• A part of Office365 suite
• Complete Pricing

When Office365 is widely used within your organization and moving away from it does not make sense.

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• Storage of contacts of all users within an organization.
• Supports 250 attendees in a meeting.

• All VoIP features are not available.
• Integrated dial-in audio conference features aren't available.

"Zoombackground.io makes it super easy to browse and find virtual background images for Zoom and other video chat tools. On the website, you can browse background images from 10 categories such as: Funny 🤪 Home 🏠 Nature 🌳 Cafe ☕ Animation 👸 Movies & TV 🎥 Co-working 👩‍💻 Office 🏢 Meme 🐸 Other 🤷"

• Free

Every time when doing a video call on Zoom or other video chat tools.

Remote teams rely on video chats. This app helps you find the perfect virtual background for every video meeting.

Kalysys is a cloud-based platform. Kalysys creates industry-specific business management systems that easily lets users manage their clients, projects, customer information and conduct unlimited video conferences from any device.

• Free Account
• Complete Pricing

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Booking client appointments, managing contacts and video calls.

All in one remote working solution - no more switching multiple apps - save on costs and more productivity and connectivity

Kumospace is an immersive group video chat tool. We combine the fun and creativity of video games with the simplicity of video chat, transforming conversations into experiences. Serial founders Yang Mou (Princeton/Google/Oscar) and Brett Martin (Dartmouth/Sonar/ChargeVC) have worked together for over a decade building products. The company has grown virally +100% m/m since launch

• Free unlimited use
• Paid customization
• Grab a free trial for the holidays! We will make you enjoy happy hours. Promise

Used for happy hours, meetings, socializing. Used by remote teams, VCs, meetup hosts, conference organizers, schools, families, and friends. Built for hosts

Kumospace is an immersive video chat tool for remote teams to make video calls fun

MeetButter is an all-in-one video conferencing tool for workshops, interactive meetings, and live courses. It gives tools for meeting and workshop hosts to 1) Prepare the meeting up front - no more setting up things on the fly 2) Run the workshop with a set of tools such as breakout rooms, polls, and timed agendas - no need for extra tools, and 3) Send out structured takeaways after the workshop

• Freemium Plans
• MeetButter is free during the Beta period

For complex meetings with 8 to 50 participants. E.g. workshops, training sessions, online courses

The ambition of MeetButter is to make online workshops better than their physical counterparts

Clapboard is a lightweight Google Chrome extension that lets you Record & share amazing videos across multiple platforms. Record effective video messages that are interactive and easy to understand. Quickly capture your screen & camera together, make your narrative more engaging using the inbuilt design elements. It is the perfect tool for Sales, Customer Success, Tech and Marketing teams.

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Clapboard is a perfect screen and web recording tool for Sales, Customer Success, Marketing and tech teams. Record bug/error screens, personalize clients reach out, deliver better customer support and promote digital content online, effectively with videos made on Clapboard.

Organizations are using Clapboard to maintain a smooth flow of communication and information among team members. Whether you have to suggest a new idea, highlight a bug or present a solution, you can quickly record short video bites and share them with your remote team through a simple copy paste link.

Knit is suitable for socializing events because of their mingling tool. Instead of passively listening to one person throughout the event or meetup, guests can interweave between the room freely. They can also see who is where on the screen. It gives guests a feeling of an offline, real-life event. Knit is an eco-friendly tool that makes networking effective and easy.

• Basic package- $150 monthly
• 1-month 100% money back guarantee
• Complete Pricing

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For socializing and networking, community building, online events

Knit was built for remote socializing. Knit offers customized system as well

• Broadcast live video and interact with people through hearts and comments. • Discover popular live video streams from around the world or search for broadcasts by location or topic. • Missed out on a live video? Don't worry - watch the best parts with replay highlights. • Instantly share your live videos to Twitter and other social networks. • Broadcast privately to specific followers or friends.

• Free

Use Periscope whenever you want to easily broadcast what you're doing to friends and followers.

Remote workers can use Periscope as a simple solution to broadcast their work and connect with others.

Appear.in is a web-based video collaboration tool that lets you have video meetings effortlessly with up to 12 people. You can start a conversation with no registration or download, and claim your own customized video room for regular meetings. appear.in PRO offers further features.

• Free version available with a limit on number of participants.
• Complete Pricing

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Ideal for small teams/ independent workers who want a private space to talk to colleagues/ clients which is straight forward to manage.

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• Lightning fast to set up.
• Entirely anonymous for guests.
• Has a generous free plan.
• Clear video calling even on poor WiFi or 4G.

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The future of work is 'micro' video conferencing. Create virtual meeting rooms once and never bother with setup again, just collaborate while you do your 'work'. EmuCast is like a ""hallway conversation"". Instantly connect with team members and continue working while you host a meeting. Our liteweight user interface sits on top of your computer applications to be as least distracting as possible.

• Free account available

If you are a team with employees who work from home or remote or a different location and you don't want to use heavy video conferencing tools for every interaction, then EmuCast is for you.

Our tool is designed for distributed, work from home and remote teams who want to stay agile in their working approach.

While working remotely it’s easy to forget you have a personal and professional brand presence to maintain during meetings. When you create a HiHello background, your digital business card is linked to a background image. Use one of our pictures or upload your own-it’s up to you. After you add your background to Zoom, your information will be displayed cleanly, allowing you to continue your meetings with potential investors, clients, or customers with ease.

• Completely free

Use a HiHello virtual background you’re looking to make an impression on a Zoom call. Great for networking, large video calls where you may not know everyone, or meetings with potential investors, clients, or customers.

If you’re working remotely, chances are you using Zoom. Our virtual backgrounds show your name, title, company, and logo, so everyone on the cool will know who you are and will have access to your digital business card. HiHello is completely free.

Kallu.cc is simply a free, unlimited and worldwide conference call service over the phone that everyone can use for personal or professional purposes. 📞 You and your attendees just call one of our 50+ local phone numbers 🌍, dial in your access code 🔒 and enjoy your free conference call ✨ No lag issue, no internet needed, no limit in term of usage, no hidden fees, no tricks. 🤘

• Free version
• Complete Pricing

Kallu can be used whenever a conference call over the phone is needed, at the office, on the road, when wifi is weak...
It's designed for everyone who needs a quick and reliable collaboration tool: freelancers, entrepreneurs with large teams or small ones, independent workers as lawyers or consultants and obviously remote workers

Free and works everywhere with everyone as long as you have a phone

No more copy-pasting video conference links to Slack. Jackfruit adds an always-on video room to every channel that you invite it to.

• Free

Use it for meetings, or just hang out there while you work.

It's a digital 'water cooler' for remote teams. The goal is to increase collaboration and reduce loneliness.

Record It is a light, practical and professional application that performs well in recording screen and sound activity. The tool enables you to capture everything that happens on your screen as video with great quality. It records your desktop and cursor movements along with sound from your system or microphone. Record It HD is very useful to demo. It mirrors and records your iPhone and iPad screen. It also supports Touchbar to ease your operation.

• 7-day Free trial.
• 50% OFF, Special Discounts for Students & Professors
• Complete Pricing

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Record It provides all the elements needed to create professional-looking product demonstrations of software application, record online video, capture amazing game tricks, ppt and your images slideshows, create vivid tutorials, iPhone simulator and etc. Meanwhile, it records your desktop and cursor movements along with sound from your system or microphone.

With Record It, you can: - Create demonstration videos for any software program - Record the reproduced step of problem with your computer so you can show it to technical support people - Record iPhone/iPad screen and mirror iOS video using USB - Create video tutorials for school or college class - Record new tricks and techniques you discover before you forget them - Make YouTube Videos with Logitech Webcam

Powered by the same company that owns GoToMeeting, the two products cater to completely different markets. Join.me is for independent workers and small businesses as it comes with a free version loaded with basic features and enables hassle-free audio and video calling.

• Free basic version
• Complete Pricing

A video conferencing tool for small businesses, Join.Me has a modern interface that's very easy to use and plenty of features to enhance your online meetings.

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• Has a generous free plan
• Comes with cost-effective, scalable options
• Anonymous for guests

• Lacks some features such as video recording, transcribing etc.
• Login process is complicated and guests too have to download the app to share screen.

Smidge is a video-chat tool that sits within your web app. You can conduct product research and customer interviews instantly, rather than waiting around on survey responses or scheduling user interviews. Easily segment the users you'd like to talk with and have conversations with them today, not next week

• Free trial
• Free premium access while in beta
• Complete Pricing

Smidge exists to make conversations with users instant, easy, in-app, and face to face.

Customer Success Folk and Product Teams can segment users into groups for research or reach out to specific users to help with onboarding, solve problems, or simply have a chat!

No scheduling and time-zone hassles make for easy, instant remote communication

CALIPIO Recorder makes it easy to record your screen, webcam and microphone. No installation or browser extension is required. All recordings are end-to-end encrypted and can be shared with a link

• Free account available
• Complete Pricing

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CALIPIO is used for team communication, support cases and education

CALIPIO Recorder improves productivity and efficiency of remote working teams

GoToMeeting is an enterprise video communications tool. With features to allow users to manage groups comprehensively, the product is built for businesses. It also comes with features such as drawing tools, virtual keyboards and makes it possible to hand over keyboard and mouse control.

• 14-day free trial available.
• Complete Pricing

For businesses who need to conduct regular, highly interactive meetings with their colleagues as well as with clients. In short, your go-to-meeting room in a professional environment.

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• Easy to setup
• Ability to record the session and send it to other attendees/ users.
• VoIP quality is excellent, and easy to use controls for running meetings and granting presenter rights to others.

• Lacks advanced meeting options such as polling.
• Does not come with a chat function.

Pukka Team offers regular live snapshots of your team throughout the day, allowing everyone to know one's availability and also giving a feeling of togetherness (don't worry, it does have privacy options too). It integrates with hangouts, skype, slack, etc. to provide video calling features as well.

• 14-day free trial available.
• Complete Pricing

It is a bit of a quirky tool. Is everyone in your team comfortable with keeping their camera on all the time? Maybe then it might be an interesting way to keep everyone engaged - if not, maybe once a week!

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• New way to interact with your remote team. A bit quirky but maybe something that might work for your team.
• Easy calling features across popular video calling facilities

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1:1 matchmaking is awkward. Instead, network with people in a natural way going into and out of conversations as you walk around the room. The audio and video fade in/out based on your distance to other people allowing groups to form naturally

• Free, no sign-up required

For events, conferences, networking mixers

Build relationships through chance encounters