The comparison between Google Meet and Webex by Shuwei Khor

The difference between Google Meet and Webex

shuweikhor1 — 2024-05-07 03:17:56 UTC

Features

shuweikhor1 — 2024-05-07 03:20:38 UTC

As Google users, they can launch Google Meet with their Google Account in the browser of any desktop device or mobile app, whereas Webex must be downloaded.

For the promotional features of these platforms, Google Meet has an advantage over Webex due to its built-in reminder email system. Users can manage their audience when using the Google Meet platform, which is not possible when using Webex. In addition, Google Meet can invite any audience on stage while Webex does not have this feature.

Google Meet does not have face touch-up or background customization, whereas Webex allows blurring or replacing the background. Google Meet is integrated with Google Workspace applications such as G Suite, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Notes. Users can easily schedule and join meetings directly from these applications. On the contrary, Webex is integrated with a wider range of third-party applications including Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Salesforce. This makes it suitable for organizations using a diverse set of collaboration tools. Google Meet offers intelligent noise filtering while Webex does not have any noise cancellation mechanism. Webex has a complex meeting ID that is resilient to brute-force hacking attempts but Google Meet does not have this feature.

Time Limit

shuweikhor1 — 2024-05-07 03:35:22 UTC

Google Meet provides a free plan for users, which allows for video meetings that can last up to 1 hour with a maximum of 100 participants. Webex also provides a free plan for its users. However, it just offers video meetings for up to 50 minutes and allows up to 100 participants.

Pricing Tiers

shuweikhor1 — 2024-05-07 04:02:17 UTC

For Google Meet, its paid offerings are one of the parts of Google Workspace, which starts at $6 per user per month from the Business Starter Plan. It takes longer the meeting time and enhances the quantity of participants as well as provides additional features like business email and storage. For the Google Meet Business Starter, the meeting duration and participant limit are subject to the plan. Besides, it includes cloud recording and offers a standard support feature. Compared to Google Meet Free, it limits the duration of the meeting to 60 minutes with 100 participants as well as it does not include cloud recording and it just provides the community support feature.

For Webex, it offers a Starter Plan priced at $13.50 per host per month. It extends the limit of meeting duration and increases the quantity of participants which is up to 150 participants. It also offers advanced features such as cloud recordings and administrative controls. For the Webex Starter Plan, there is no time limit to video meetings with a maximum of 150 participants. Besides, it includes cloud recordings and provides a full support feature. Compared to Webex Free, it limits the duration of the meeting to 50 minutes with 100 participants as well as it does not include cloud recording and it just provides the community support feature.

In conclusion, the pricing plan of Webex is more expensive than Google Meet.