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Discord video chat app
Facebook Messenger video chat app
FaceTime video chat app
Google Meet video chat app
Microsoft Teams video chat app
Signal video chat app
Skype video chat app
Slack video chat app
WhatsApp video chat app
Zoom video chat app
Cost
Pricing model
Freemium
Free
Free
Free
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Recommended products
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Test results
Overall score
Performance score
Ease of use score
First use score
Cancel account score
Data usage for 30 minutes in MB
300
295
62
245
1200
480
406
1155
na
488
Comments
Good points
Games Text chat
Very good audio quality Very good video quality Virtual backgrounds (smartphones only) Games Call scheduling
Very good audio quality Very good video quality End-to-end encryption
End-to-end encryption Text chat Call scheduling Virtual background supported on most devices
Very good video quality End-to-end encryption Interface is straighforward and intuititive Virtual backgrounds (PC, Mac and iOS versions) Text chat Call scheduling All attendees must be admitted by someone already in the meeting
End-to-end encryption Text chat No record of any conference can be kept by Signal or any third parties
End-to-end encryption Virtual backgrounds Text chat Meetings can be recorded Call scheduling
Very good video quality End-to-end encryption Text chat Call scheduling
Very good audio quality End-to-end encryption Text chat
Very good audio quality Very good video quality Excellent spotlighting of the current speaker End-to-end encryption Virtual backgrounds Text chat Games Meetings can be recorded Call scheduling Very extensive array of settings (but could be confusing for some users) Waiting Room function allows people joining the call to be vetted before entry
Bad points
Poor video quality No end-to-end encryption No option for automatic focus on speaker Unintuitive user interface
No end-to-end encryption Not obvious how to send a room link
Restricted to Apple hardware No ability to invite a group of contacts No web browser client
Nothing in particular
1 hour time limit (free version)
No web browser client Interface options are not easy to find whilst in conference Must be installed on a phone before it can be installed onto a PC or Mac
Poor video quality Poor audio quality Messy, confusing user interface Speaker (highlight) View didn't work
Chrome is the only browser supported Free version only supports 1 to 1 meetings Limited settings available in conference
No iPadOS version No web browser client Unintuitive user interface Mac and Windows apps don't support video No option for automatic focus on speaker
40 minute time limit (free version) Can't host a meeting using a browser
Features
Android
iOS
iPad OS
Software for Windows
Software for Mac OS
Linux
Web browser support
Yes (Chrome only)
Yes (as a partcipant, not as a host)
Supporting app
Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, spotify, Reddit, Steam, GitHub, CircleCl, DataDog
Instagram, Portal, Oculus
Messages
Google apps (Gmail, calendar, hangouts)
MS Office
Nothing
Alexa, Cortana, Outlook, Teams
Office 365, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar + many others
Facebook, Instagram
Google, OneDrive, Outlook, and several others
Speaker highlighting
Virtual backgrounds
Yes (phone app only)
Fun filters
Yes (phone app only)
Yes (phone app only)
Games
Layout control
Transcripts
Yes (paid version)
Yes (paid version)
Host capabilities
None
Exclude attendees
None
Mute, exclude attendees
Mute, exclude attendees
None
Mute, exclude attendees
None
None
Mute, exclude attendees
Hand off to other device
Specifications
Participant limit
25
50
32
100
100
16
100
2 (15 paid)
8
100
Maximum on screen participants
25
9
32
49
49
8
49
15
8
49
End to end encryption
ID required
Discord ID
Facebook ID
Apple ID
Google ID
Microsoft ID
Mobile number
Skype ID
Google or Apple ID
Whatsapp or Facebook ID
Zoom ID
Minimum required Android version
5
4
na
5
Last 4 versions of Android
4.4
4.0.4 or devices with ARMv7 CPU
8
4.1
5
Minimum required iOS version
10
8
12.14
12
Last 2 versions of iOS
11.1
11
13.3
10
8
Minimum required Mac OS
10.11
10.12
10.14
na
Last 3 versions of MacOS
10.11
10.11
10.14
10.1
10.9
Minimum required Windows OS
7
10
na
na
8.1
7 (64 bit)
10 (version 1809)
8
32bit: Windows 8 64bit: Windows 10 version 14316.0
7
Hosting location
Australia, Brazil, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, USA
Facebook servers, 5+ countries
Apple servers, 40+ countries
Google servers, 10+ countries
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, UAE, United Kindom, United States
Not stated (third party cloud storage)
Microsoft servers, 10+ countries
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK, USA
Facebook servers, 5+ countries
USA, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India, Brazil, Mexico
Privacy policy
discord.com/privacy
facebook.com/privacy/explanation
apple.com/au/legal/privacy/en-ww/ support.apple.com/en-au/HT209110
safety.google/security-privacy
privacy.microsoft.com/en-US/privacystatement
signal.org/legal/
microsoft.com/en-au/trust-center/privacy
slack.com/intl/en-au/trust/privacy/privacy-policy
whatsapp.com/legal/updates/privacy-policy
zoom.us/privacy
Website
discord.com
messenger.com
support.apple.com/en-au/HT209022
meet.google.com
microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
signal.org
skype.com
slack.com
whatsapp.com
zoom.us