Top 5 Video Conferencing Apps Explained in One Video
Summary
TLDRThis video offers a comprehensive guide to the top five video conferencing platforms, including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Cisco Webex, and Skype. It provides a quick overview of how to join and create meetings, details their free and paid plans, and explains key features like screen sharing, breakout rooms, and cloud recording. The video also compares their limitations and upgrades, with additional tutorials linked for more in-depth learning. At the end, the presenter lists other useful video conferencing tools for further exploration.
Takeaways
- 📈 The video discusses the top five video conferencing platforms and apps available.
- 🔍 It provides a brief overview of each platform, including how to join and create meetings.
- 🆓 All platforms mentioned offer a free option, with paid upgrades available for additional features.
- 🚀 Zoom experienced significant growth in 2020 and offers a free plan with a 40-minute meeting limit.
- 💾 Paid Zoom plans provide cloud recording and longer meeting durations.
- 🤝 Microsoft Teams is an all-in-one communication platform with a free plan supporting up to 300 participants for 60 minutes.
- 📱 Google Meet is a free, web-based platform with a 60-minute limit for up to 100 participants, intended for personal use.
- 💼 Google Workspace is a paid plan for businesses, bundling Google's productivity tools including Meet.
- 🌐 Cisco Webex offers a free plan with a 50-minute limit for up to 100 participants and includes features like breakout rooms.
- 📱 Skype has been revamped for personal use, with business use now integrated into Microsoft Teams.
- 🔎 The video concludes with a list of additional video conferencing platforms for further exploration.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video?
-The main focus of the video is to provide an overview of the top five video conferencing platforms and apps, including how to join and create meetings, the features they offer, and the differences between their free and paid plans.
Which video conferencing platform experienced the most significant growth in 2020?
-Zoom experienced the most significant growth in 2020.
What is the limitation of the free version of Zoom?
-The free version of Zoom allows meetings with up to 100 people, but the meetings are limited to 40 minutes in length.
What additional benefits does the paid version of Zoom offer?
-The paid version of Zoom allows for meetings longer than 40 minutes, provides cloud storage for recording meetings, and offers features like breakout rooms and a whiteboard.
How does Microsoft Teams differ from other video conferencing platforms mentioned in the video?
-Microsoft Teams is an all-in-one communication platform that includes video conferencing, chat, and many other options, making it more comprehensive than just a video conferencing tool.
What is the free plan offering of Microsoft Teams at the time of the video recording?
-At the time of the video recording, Microsoft Teams' free plan included up to 300 participants and 60-minute meetings.
What is the difference between Google Meet and Google Workspace?
-Google Meet is a free, web-based video meeting platform for personal use, while Google Workspace is a paid plan that includes Google Meet along with other Google productivity tools like Google Drive and Google Calendar.
What unique features does Cisco Webex offer for virtual meetings?
-Cisco Webex offers features like breakout rooms, virtual backgrounds, and the ability to record meetings to a computer for the free version. The paid version provides additional cloud storage for recording.
What happened to Skype for Business, and where can users find its functionalities now?
-Skype for Business is no longer available as a separate product; its functionalities are now integrated into Microsoft Teams.
What are some other video conferencing platforms mentioned in the video that are not part of the top five?
-The video mentions a list of other video conferencing platforms that are not part of the top five, but it does not specify which ones they are.
Where can viewers find complete tutorials on the platforms discussed in the video?
-Complete tutorials on the platforms discussed in the video can be found in the description section below the video.
Outlines
😀 Top Five Video Conferencing Platforms Overview
This paragraph introduces a video tutorial focusing on the top five video conferencing platforms and apps, with an aim to provide an overview of each, including how to join and create meetings, and the available plans with free options and paid upgrades. The speaker mentions having complete tutorials for each platform and will list other useful platforms beyond the top five. The tutorial starts with Zoom, highlighting its massive growth in 2020, its features like screen sharing, whiteboard, and breakout rooms, and the benefits of its paid version, such as extended meeting times and cloud recording.
📈 In-Depth Look at Microsoft Teams and Google Meet
The second paragraph delves into Microsoft Teams, emphasizing its growth and comprehensive communication platform that goes beyond video conferencing. It discusses the free plan's capabilities, such as accommodating up to 300 participants for 60 minutes, and the necessity to upgrade for recording meetings. The paragraph then contrasts Google Meet, a free web-based platform designed for personal use with a 60-minute limit and up to 100 participants, with Google Workspace, a paid bundle for business users that includes additional Google productivity tools. The paragraph also briefly mentions Cisco Webex and Skype, noting their features and the transition of Skype for business to Microsoft Teams.
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Keywords
💡Video Conferencing
💡Zoom
💡Microsoft Teams
💡Google Meet
💡Cisco Webex
💡Skype
💡Breakout Rooms
💡Virtual Backgrounds
💡Screen Sharing
💡Cloud Storage
💡Free Option vs. Paid Upgrade
Highlights
Introduction to the top five video conferencing platforms and apps available.
Overview of each platform's meeting creation and joining process.
All platforms offer free options and paid upgrades.
Explanation of the benefits of paid upgrades for each platform.
Complete tutorials available for each platform.
Zoom's massive growth in 2020 and its features.
Zoom's free option allows meetings with up to 100 people for 40 minutes.
Paid Zoom plans offer extended meeting times and cloud recording.
Zoom features include screen sharing, whiteboarding, and breakout rooms.
Microsoft Teams as an all-in-one communication platform.
Microsoft Teams free plan details and meeting features.
Google Meet's free web-based meeting platform.
Difference between Google Meet for personal use and Google Workspace for business.
Cisco Webex's two platforms: Webex Meetings and Webex Teams.
Webex Meetings' free version allows up to 100 participants for 40 minutes.
Skype's personal use model and the integration of business features into Microsoft Teams.
List of additional video conferencing platforms for further research.
Resource links provided in the video description for further tutorials and information.
Transcripts
hey everyone in today's video i want to
show you the top five video conferencing
platforms and apps that are available to
you right now
and what i want to do with this video is
i want to show you a brief overview of
each one how to join a meeting how to
create a meeting i want to show you some
of the plans that each one has every
single one has a free option and has
paid upgrades and i'll explain to you
why you may want to get the free upgrade
and i do have complete tutorials on
every single one of these so i'll put
all of those in the description below
this video so if any of them caught your
attention and you want to learn all
about it go ahead and check out those
independent videos now at the end of the
video i'll show you a list of other
video conferencing platforms that i find
useful beyond the five but just to make
this video somewhat short i'll just
focus on the top five let's start with
the one that had the most massive growth
in 2020 and the one that most people
used and that is zoom now zoom is a
video conferencing and video meeting
platform and it's available at zoom.us
and you could also get the app which is
available for pcs and macs and there is
an app for ios and android again i
covered those different apps in
different videos on zoom zoom has a free
option that lets you have a video
meeting with up to 100 people and there
is a limitation on the length of time
you can have a meeting of 40 minutes so
the reason why you would want to upgrade
to a paid zoom is because if you want
more than 40 minutes without getting
kicked off of your meeting you are going
to want to upgrade for one-on-one
meetings you don't have to worry about
the 40-minute limit though the paid
upgrade also lets you get some cloud
space so you could record your meeting
to the cloud the free version lets you
record your meeting to your computer's
local hard drive so that's another
benefit of the paid version of zoom now
each zoom meeting allows you to do many
many things like sharing your screen
sharing videos that are playing on your
computer with audio you could use what's
called a zoom white board where you
could go ahead and draw with markers and
pens and pencils and other people could
see that drawing on a whiteboard and you
could even create breakout rooms which
are very beneficial and when you
schedule a meeting in advance you could
even pre-assign those breakout rooms so
when a meeting starts all the breakout
rooms are already there i have about a
dozen different zoom videos on this
channel so if you want to learn more
about that i'll put the playlist there
it shows you how to use any one of those
things i just mentioned second on our
list is microsoft teams and that also
grew very very rapidly in 2020 and
beyond and microsoft added a lot of new
useful options to teams now teams is
beyond what you've seen with zoom and
other video conferencing platform
because team is an all-in-one
communication platform so the virtual
meeting the video conferencing is just
one small part of microsoft teams
microsoft teams also has chat and many
other options within teams i have a
different teams tutorial to show you all
of those right now let's focus on the
virtual conferencing of microsoft teams
now microsoft's team's free plan at the
time that i'm recording this includes up
to 300 participants and up to 60 minutes
now this does change all the time in
fact all these platforms that i'm
mentioning do change how big and how
long your meetings could be so check out
all the resources in the description for
the latest numbers at the time i'm
recording this 300 people 60 minute
limit and with teams you also could
schedule meetings in advance you could
go ahead and create your own meeting and
share a meeting and join a meeting very
very easily like the other platforms
you could also screen share
you could also customize your background
with virtual backgrounds but from what i
could see on their platform you do have
to upgrade to record your meeting that
is not available with the free plan
next is google meet and google meet is a
video meeting platform from google that
is free to use
but this is where the confusion took
place at least in the comment section of
my videos with google meet there's two
different places you can have a meeting
there's
meet.google.com and it's a web-based
meeting platform so you don't need to
download anything like the other apps
require you to download something or the
web-based version is not the native way
of using it they really want you to get
the app
google meets even though it has a really
good ios and android app you could also
use it at meet.google.com just on a
browser and it's completely free again
up to 60 minutes and up to 100
participant at the time i'm recording
this
but it is really intended for personal
use
there's a whole different thing from
google called google workspace and that
has google meet in that too
designed for people that are using it
for work
and that is a paid plan so a little bit
of confusion that i've seen in the
comments of my videos there's google
meet
that is at meet.google.com for personal
use up to 100 people on a 60 minute
limit and there is something called
google workspace that has google me in
it but it's a bundle for all of google's
productivity tools like google drive and
google meet and google calendar but
what's available with google workspace
is you get a lot of things bundled in
for one price not just google meets so
if you're using it for work i recommend
taking a look at google workspace
if you're using it for personal use you
could just use meet.google.com now next
is cisco webex and what's unique about
webex is there's kind of two different
platforms with webex you have webex
meetings
that is a browser-based platform you
could just use that online at the webex
website and then you have something
called webex teams
webex teams is kind of like microsoft
teams where it's not just about video
conferencing it's an all-in-one
communication platform for chat and
sharing files and really a complete kind
of a solution to working remote but
we'll focus on the virtual meeting
section of it for now and again the free
version of webex lets you have meetings
with up to 100 participants with a 55-0
minute time limit at the time of this
recording webex also has all the great
features like breakout rooms they have
virtual backgrounds you could record to
your computer with the free option and
if you get the paid option you get a lot
of cloud storage space that you could
record your video to the cloud makes it
easier to share that way
and there are some interesting things
within the webex teams platform where
you could raise your hand great for
classrooms for example you could take
polls within the meeting you could take
notes and you could screen share and a
lot more and next you have skype and
skype especially in 2020 really added a
lot of features and revamped how it
works
so you could use skype.com to actually
meet with people now
without having to download anything but
there's a really solid skype app for mac
pc ios and android as well now what's
unique about skype is skype had a
different model for business it was
called skype for business but it is no
longer available because that part is
now built into microsoft teams so this
version of skype that i'm mentioning now
is really for personal use if you want
skype for business you just use
microsoft teams which we already went
over and here's a whole bunch of other
video conferencing platforms that i did
not mention in this video and you could
research any one of them on this list
here and this is just really the tip of
the iceberg there's so many video
conferencing platforms but these are
just some of the ones that i have
complete tutorials on and some of the
other ones that i found useful so i
wanted to kind of create this video to
give you all your options here but again
there is a lot more and you could
research that i hope you found this
useful again everything we talked about
including complete tutorials on separate
platforms are linked below this video in
the description section so you don't
have to really search around everything
is in one place and i just wanted to
make it a little bit easier for you to
do your own research here thanks again
and i'll see you next time
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