Google Meet, GoToMeeting and other Zoom alternatives in video conferencing applications

With remote work becoming the “new normal” due to the coronavirus outbreak, video conference and virtual collaboration Applications have experienced exponential growth in recent months.

Zoom increase is well documented for now. The Silicon Valley startup has become the default virtual meeting platform, earning the “King of Quarantine Economy” label from AdWeek. Its users have grown 30 times since the COVID-19 outbreak.

However, the growing security concerns around Zoom and the general increase in the adoption of remote conferencing tools has helped other platforms to win significantly. We cover a ton of electronic meeting tools here, and we also reviewed a leading app here.

But every day new applications and tools are implemented. Consolidation is also taking place. In addition, several pre-existing cloud conferencing platforms They are increasing their offerings to take full advantage of current demand.

Your history made a list of some useful virtual meeting applications that go beyond Zoom.

Google Meet

Until recently, Google’s premium video conferencing product Get together It was available only to G-Suite users. It meant that only paying customers could start meetings, but anyone could join one.

Now, with the demand for virtual collaboration tools coming north due to coronavirus blockages, Google Meet is free for all users.

The Internet giant has also “redesigned” Meet to make it more secure, easy to access and reliable. Therefore, anyone can log into the app with their Gmail account or even use Meet directly within Gmail.

Meet works with “Google AI” now, and it comes with useful features like realtime subtitles and low light mode. It offers features like scheduling, screen sharing, live chat, various designs according to your preferences, including a expanded mosaic view – Popularized by Zoom.

Google claims that since Meet was made free in March, it’s users have increased 30 times and three billion minutes of video conferencing are carried out daily.

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Go to the meeting

GoToMeeting has been one of the most sought after meeting tools since closing. Searches in India grew 173 percent in April, the online search crawler SEMRush reveals.

The app has been built by Boston SaaS LogMeIn Home. It was launched in 2016 and has accumulated more than five million downloads in Google Play Store.

Users can join and organize meetings for free with a single click. Go to the meeting supports 250 participants in a single conference Offers a Commuter mode It can save up to 90 percent of data when you join a meeting while in transit.

GoToMeeting also offers features like calendar sync through devices, full band audio VoIP or phone call, share screen, manual filing controls for other attendees, meeting alerts, and live chats with individual assistants or all the participants.

Airmeet

Airmeet is a local virtual meeting and online event platform. The Bengaluru-based startup recently raised $ 3 million in funds to boost its offerings after the pandemic that forced cancellations of widespread events.

With Airmeet, those events can now be connected online and on a large scale. The platform can accommodate up to a million live attendees and allow them to seamlessly interact with each other, thereby replicating the network atmosphere of an offline location.

Community administrators can post your event details online, manage registrationand go live from the event through a single interface, with no additional downloads. Users can organize or join meetings on Airmeet through a browser link.

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Jitsi Meet

Jitsi Meet is a free, open source and fully encrypted video conferencing solution. You can organize and join meetings even without an account. Offers unlimited meeting minutes, participants and conferences. Jitsi Meet can also be added to Slack channels.

One of its key features are lockable rooms that allow hosts to control access to their conferences with a password. Jitsi Meet also offers a custom feature called “Invite by Nice URLs”. It allows users to create custom meeting links instead of random number and letter sequences for meeting rooms.

It has high-quality audio and video along with live chat and screen sharing features. You can install the Jitsi Chrome extension to log in to meetings from a browser too.

Jitsi Meet also provides Google Calendar and Office 365 integrations Also, it allows you to sync meeting invitations, schedules, and reminders across all devices.

MeetFox

MeetFox is a web-based video solution with integrated Planning and payment characteristics. It is designed to Online meetings 1: 1 between companies and clients.

It is available for free for 60 days if you enter a code (displayed on the website), after which MeetFox is paid. Users can join meetings via conference link, screen share, and record video sessions.

Clients who want to meet with business owners can auto-complete your calendarrs directly. MeetFox also enables service providers to generate instant invoices and receive quick payments reducing paperwork.

Businesses can also turn into website visitors to new customers adding a MeetFox “reserve” button or popup to your website, social media, or email signature.

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JioMeet

JioMeet from Reliance is a HD video conferencing tool for mobiles and tablets. The app launched in 2018, but an improved version was released in March 2020 to capitalize on the growing demand for electronic meeting apps.

JioMeet supports five users in the free planand up to 100 users in the business plan. Allows email and OTP-based logins for meeting hosts, while guests can join through a simple conference link either in the application or through a Chrome browser.

Users can answer calls in audio or video mode or toggle between modes. The call host has the option to manage the audio and video transmissions of the participants using host controls.

They can also selectively disconnect participants or end the entire meeting. JioMeet also provides conference historyand all the meetings are PIN protected.

VooV Encounter

Chinese internet giant Tencent is the latest to join the virtual meeting bandwagon. He recently launched VooV Meeting, a cloud based remote conferencing tool for business. The conference is free for up to 300 members; charges apply after that.

Attendees can easily organize or join meetings anytime, anywhere. The tool is available at iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS.

VooV comes with nifty features like intelligent video noise reduction, support for beauty filters and background blur, AI-led speech enhancement and keyboard click sound minimizers. It also offers a seamless, lag-free and lag-free conference experience.

Like most remote collaboration tools, VooV Meeting enables Real-time screen sharing, instant text messages, live discussions, HD session recordings, and more.

(Edited by Teja Lele Desai)