The Zoom alternative at less than half the price
The meetings you hold on Zoom — HD video, screen sharing, recording, breakout rooms and polls — for $5 a host instead of $14.16. More people per meeting, twice the cloud recording, and it all runs in a browser tab.
- Free plan, forever
- Nothing to install
- No credit card needed
6 people here · you are the host
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— Alex MorganInlineMeet vs Zoom
Plan for plan, at list prices.
| InlineMeet | Zoom | |
|---|---|---|
| Pro, billed yearly | $5 / host / month | $14.16 / user / month |
| Pro, billed monthly | $6 / host / month | $16.99 / user / month |
| Business, billed yearly | $8 / host / month | $18.33 / user / month |
| Business, billed monthly | $10 / host / month | $21.99 / user / month |
| People in a Pro meeting | 150 | 100 |
| People in a Business meeting | 300 | 300 |
| Cloud recording on Pro | 20 GB | 10 GB |
| Cloud recording on Business | 100 GB | 10 GB |
| Free meetings | 35 minutes, 100 people | 40 minutes, 100 people |
| Put meetings inside your own product | Included on every paid plan | A separate developer product, priced separately |
Zoom list prices and limits from zoom.us/pricing, checked September 2026. USD, per user per month.
What your team keeps
A year of Pro, billed yearly, for the hosts in your team. Guests are always free on both.
The features you use on Zoom, all here
Meetings run up to 30 hours on every paid plan, with nothing to install for you or your guests.
Screen sharing, with sound
A window, a tab or the whole screen, with the audio of whatever you play.
Cloud recordingPaid plans
20 GB on Pro — twice Zoom Pro’s 10 GB.
Breakout roomsPaid plans
Up to 20 rooms: shuffled, hand-picked or chosen, with a timer.
Polls, quizzes and Q&APaid plans
Multiple choice, ratings, word clouds and upvoted questions.
WhiteboardPaid plans
An infinite canvas in the call, kept with the room for next time.
Waiting room and passwords
Let people in one at a time or all at once; change the password mid-call.
Raise hand
Hands go up in a queue, so you always know who’s next.
Background blur and pictures
Blur your room, pick a background, or upload your own.
Calendar invites
Schedule meetings that land in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
Switch from Zoom in five minutes
Sign up free
No card. You get a working account — and meetings — straight away.
Send the new link
Start or schedule a meeting and share its link wherever your Zoom link used to go. Invites land in any calendar.
Upgrade when you need to
Each host licence runs one meeting at a time, for $5 a month on Pro. Everyone who joins stays free.
Switching from Zoom, answered
Is InlineMeet a good alternative to Zoom?
If your meetings are video calls with screen sharing, recording, breakout rooms, polls and a whiteboard, InlineMeet does all of that for less than half the price — in the browser, with nothing to install. It doesn’t try to be a whole suite: there’s no team chat app or phone system, just meetings, and a call screen you can embed in your own product.
How much cheaper than Zoom is it?
Pro is $5 per host a month billed yearly, against Zoom Pro’s $14.16 — 64% less. Business is $8 against $18.33, 56% less. A team of ten hosts on Pro saves about $1,099 a year.
How does the free plan compare with Zoom’s?
Both let up to 100 people meet for free. Zoom’s free meetings run 40 minutes; ours run 35, one every 2 hours. If you meet for longer or more often than that, Pro costs $5 a month.
Do my guests need Zoom, or any app?
No app at all. Guests open your link in their browser — on a computer, phone or tablet — and they’re in. They don’t need an account either.
How do I switch from Zoom?
Sign up free, start or schedule a meeting, and send the link where you used to send a Zoom link — calendar invites work the same way. There’s nothing for anyone to install, so the switch is just the new link.
Can I embed meetings in my own product, like the Zoom Video SDK?
Yes, and it’s included on every paid plan rather than sold as a separate developer product. Your server creates rooms and join tokens; your app renders the whole call screen from one React component. See the video call API.
More of what InlineMeet does
Try it on your next meeting
Free in seconds, nothing to install. Bring your team over when you’re sure.