Zoom

Video meetings, with chat, phone and docs bundled around them

Zoom is a video meetings platform that has grown into a wider work suite marketed as Zoom Workplace: alongside meetings it carries Team Chat, a cloud phone system, mail and calendar, a scheduler, whiteboard, clips and documents in the same app. Meetings themselves cover HD video with gallery view, screen sharing, breakout rooms, recording, live transcripts and captions, with a 40-minute limit on group calls for free Basic accounts. Its AI layer, ZoomMate, summarises meetings and chat threads, writes notes and answers questions across the workspace. Separate product lines cover Zoom Rooms for meeting spaces, Webinars and Events, and a Contact Center for customer service teams.

  • HD video meetings with gallery view, screen share and breakout rooms
  • 40-minute limit on group meetings for free Basic accounts
  • Team Chat with channels, threads and file sharing
  • ZoomMate summarises meetings and chat threads, and writes notes
  • Live transcripts and captions during a meeting
  • Cloud phone system, mail, calendar and scheduler in one app
  • Whiteboard, Clips, Docs and Canvas alongside meetings
  • Zoom Rooms for meeting spaces, plus Webinars and Events

What people are saying about Zoom

53% neutral
“If I’m using it for back-to-back 1:1 meetings, is there a way to immediately jump to the next person waiting without Zoom asking me to assign the current meeting to someone else? If that makes sense.”
SweetTongSui · reddit ·
“In my HOA anyone attending the meeting via Zoom is given the benefit of the doubt assuming they don’t have a noisy background or they are overly disruptive.”
Initial_Citron983 · reddit ·
“They can then raise their hand (zoom icon feature) and either speak or can type to the meeting moderator who can then bring it to the board.”
bfvbill · reddit ·
“[FL] After experimenting for a couple of meetings we settled on using a waiting room, turning off nearly all Zoom host tools (mute all audio & video, chat off, whiteboard off, everything but the basics for the board to be heard. We share agenda and slideshows.”
Familiar_Vehicle_638 · reddit ·
“I prefer Webex over Zoom but that's probably not well-received in this subreddit.”
vtbrian · reddit ·
“I have reported the poor audio to our board numerous times. They do not care that they can’t be heard on Zoom. The fewer attendees at a board meeting, the fewer the complaints.”
Wabi-Sabi-Iki · reddit ·
“I found hybrid meetings too difficult to hear unless the association has the proper equipment. For that reason we are completely zoom.”
Curly5762 · reddit ·
“Members are unmuted one at a time and we use the Zoom 'raised hand' function/emoji to see who wants to speak. Zoom is usually controlled by our CAM, although sometimes the President is set as a co-host.”
sr1sws · reddit ·
“We haven't had Zoom/Teams meetings, but I would advise any board to keep non-director audience on mute, and use the hands-up signal to give them a set time to speak.”
peperazzi74 · reddit ·
“Maybe use the “Raise Hand” option in Zoom if someone has something that they want to say during the time they don’t normally speak. See: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm\_kb&sysparm\_article=KB0068290”
TheDigitalPoint · reddit ·
“For those that have meetings on zoom, are owners muted for board business followed by an open forum or does everyone have a microphone and the whole thing is an open discussion?”
Numerous_Teach_3814 · reddit ·
“It’s probably a breach of the Zoom ToS but that’s not a GDPR issue, and you were asking GDPR questions.”
Solid-Penalty3942 · reddit ·
“Zoom needs to know that some company register without consent, Github that they use their data in some way that even for them is "unclear" from their last message.”
Ghostfly- · reddit ·
“Have you tried using Zoom’s built-in YouTube Live integration instead of screen-capturing the meeting in OBS? If you still want OBS for overlays and switching, you could send the Zoom feed into OBS rather than capturing the whole Zoom window.”
Aisha_2547 · reddit ·
“What’s the best way to livestream a Zoom meeting to YouTube with good quality?”
That_Expert_2415 · reddit ·
“Isn't it hilarious that they spend millions of dollars every year for Office365 and Teams, but then use Zoom for this shit?”
Lucr3tius · reddit ·
“I have a zoom meeting that I’d like a cubicle like area for so I have some privacy, but am not in my bedroom :) and I don’t want to bother anyone”
Time-Sandwich9348 · reddit ·
“I kept fumbling for the mute button during calls, so I built a small app that turns the Flipper into a keyboard for Zoom Workplace. It connects over USB or Bluetooth HID and sends Zoom's own keyboard shortcuts, so there is nothing to install on the computer side.”
Mableton2002 · reddit ·
“Man I loved zoom all day. Till the boss dropped in and instead of me it was a deer taking a nap next to me.”
garagejesus · reddit ·
“I'm just saying they both have pretty much the same features, Zoom chat even has status badges too. Switching doesn't make sense for the company unless they are already in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem for stuff.”
QueefyBeefy666 · reddit ·
“Turn the zoom off and make them fire you so you can get unemployment. If boss asks why, tell them it's disruptive and affects your productivity.”
grumpi-otter · reddit ·
“I’m still on zoom, connected. Just my camera is covered.”
KooliusCaesar · reddit ·
“They were like "we're like a family here, and want you on a zoom call during your whole shift every day" and then I immediately backed off lol.”
excitedguy · reddit ·
“I thought it was a zoom meeting for 2 hours a day, which is fine, but the whole day? Not cool.”
PicklesAndCoorslight · reddit ·
“I would not enable the video on the Zoom. I would take this up with his boss.”
nytel · reddit ·
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