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  3. Skype vs WebRTC vs Zoom

Skype vs WebRTC vs Zoom

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Overview

Skype
Skype
Stacks17.4K
Followers13.5K
Votes653
WebRTC
WebRTC
Stacks328
Followers538
Votes6
Zoom
Zoom
Stacks1.8K
Followers1.9K
Votes155

Detailed Comparison

Skype
Skype
WebRTC
WebRTC
Zoom
Zoom

Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.

It is a free, open project that enables web browsers with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple JavaScript APIs. The WebRTC components have been optimized to best serve this purpose.

Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform. Our solution offers the best video, audio, and screen-sharing experience across Zoom Rooms, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and H.323/SIP room systems.

Calling- Make free Skype to Skype calls or call mobiles and landlines home and abroad at low rates.;Video- Catch up face to face or get a whole group together on a video call.;Messaging- You're always in the loop with instant messaging, voice messaging and sending texts.;Sharing- Send photos, videos and files of any size.
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Join anywhere, on any device; Powerful meeting security; Unparalleled usability
Statistics
Stacks
17.4K
Stacks
328
Stacks
1.8K
Followers
13.5K
Followers
538
Followers
1.9K
Votes
653
Votes
6
Votes
155
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 258
    Free, widespread
  • 147
    Desktop and mobile apps
  • 110
    Because i have to :(
  • 57
    Low cost international calling
  • 56
    Good for international calls
Cons
  • 5
    Really high CPU utilization during video/screenshare
  • 3
    Not always reliable
  • 3
    Outdated UI
  • 3
    Birthday notifications are annoying
  • 3
    The worst indicator noises of any app ever
Pros
  • 3
    OpenSource
  • 2
    No Download
  • 1
    You can write anything around it, because it's a protoc
Pros
  • 25
    Web conferencing made easy
  • 16
    Remote control option
  • 13
    Draw on screen
  • 12
    Very reliable
  • 11
    In-meeting chat is pretty good
Cons
  • 20
    Limited time if you are a basic member
  • 14
    Limited Storage
  • 11
    Hate how sharing your screen defaults to Full Screen
  • 10
    Quality isn't great (Free)
  • 9
    No cursor highlight on screenshare.
Integrations
No integrations availableNo integrations available
Slack
Slack
Okta
Okta
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Safari
Safari
Firefox
Firefox
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Gmail
Gmail

What are some alternatives to Skype, WebRTC, Zoom?

Discord

Discord

Discord is a modern free voice & text chat app for groups of gamers. Our resilient Erlang backend running on the cloud has built in DDoS protection with automatic server failover.

Google Meet

Google Meet

It is the business-oriented version of Google's Hangouts platform and is suitable for businesses of all sizes. It allows users to dial in phone numbers to access meetings, thus enabling users with slow internet connection to call in.

Jitsi

Jitsi

Jitsi (acquired by 8x8) is a set of open-source projects that allows you to easily build and deploy secure videoconferencing solutions. At the heart of Jitsi are Jitsi Videobridge and Jitsi Meet, which let you have conferences on the internet, while other projects in the community enable other features such as audio, dial-in, recording, and simulcasting.

Webex

Webex

Collaborate with colleagues across your organization, or halfway across the planet. Meet online and share files, information, and expertise. Collaborate from wherever you are with Webex mobile apps for IPhone, iPad, Android, or Blackberry. If you can get online, you can work together.

Viber

Viber

It is a cross-platform instant messaging and voice over IP application provided as freeware for the Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS platforms.

Jami

Jami

It is a free software for universal communication which respects freedoms and privacy of its users. Its main goal is to provide a communication framework and end-user applications to make audio or video calls, send text messages and make generic data transfers. It makes this possible via multiple paradigms: a modern decentralized approach using a DHT to find peers or classical centralized SIP as a soft-phone.

TeamViewer

TeamViewer

Its aproprietary software for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.

Hangouts

Hangouts

It is a communication platform which includes messaging, video chat, and VOIP features.

GoToMeeting

GoToMeeting

It is an online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software package that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or colleagues via the Internet in real time.

Livestorm

Livestorm

It is the modern webinar solution for all customer training sessions, demo webinars and employee onboarding. Everything works inside the browser, in real-time, without any download.

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