It offers unlimited video meetings with up to 100 participants, 1GB storage for meeting recordings, unlimited chat and unlimited calling to local phone numbers.

The most basic paid Zoom United plan costs $250/£200/AU$350 per user when billed annually or $25/£20/AU$35 per month. The company has three video conferencing-only plans, but the closest point of comparison is the Zoom United range, which includes collaboration facilities similar to those available with Teams. The Zoom pricing structure (opens in new tab) is a little more complicated, with multiple product lines that offer different sets of features. This package will run your business $20.00/£15.10/AU$27.50 per user per month. Lastly, Microsoft 365 Premium adds advanced security and privacy features, as well as a greater range of device management options. It offers all the benefits of the cheaper package, but also includes desktop versions of Microsoft’s productivity applications (opens in new tab) ( Word, (opens in new tab) Excel (opens in new tab), PowerPoint (opens in new tab) etc.) and business apps such as Bookings, Invoicing and MileIQ. Microsoft 365 Business Standard, meanwhile, costs $12.50/£9.40/AU$17.20 per user per month. Microsoft 365 Business Basic is available for $5.00/£3.80/AU$6.90 per user per month, and includes the ability to schedule and record Microsoft Teams meetings, boosts the file storage capacity to 1TB per user and includes additional security features. If you’re looking to upgrade your Microsoft Teams subscription, there are three options available (opens in new tab): Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard and Microsoft 365 Business Premium. Zoom allows participants to meet for up to 40 minutes, while the Microsoft Teams limit has temporarily been boosted to 24 hours (it’s unclear when the original 60-minute limit will be reinstated).

The two free versions also differ when it comes to the time-limits placed on calls.

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