Zoom Alternatives for Online Meeting or Class
Zoom has been known as not really secure for having online meeting or online classroom because of its vulnerabilities. Even hackers are selling its exploits online for $500,000.
Here below are some Zoom alternatives for online meeting from two of the biggest tech companies: Google and Microsoft.
Formerly named Hangouts Meet, as stated on its website, Google Meet “keep your team connected with enterprise-grade video conferencing built on Google’s robust and secure global infrastructure. “ Google Meet is already included if you have G Suite or G Suite for Education. During Covid-19 pandemic, Google has given free access to their advanced Google Meet video-conferencing capabilities for all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally until September 30, 2020, which typically only available in the Enterprise edition of G Suite and in G Suite Enterprise for Education
Not only video conference, Microsoft Teams also enables its users to collaborate documents. You can access, share, and edit Word documents, PowerPoint, and Excel files in real time. Same as Google, Microsoft also has a special offer during Covid-19 pandemic. Users can get first 6 months free of Office 365 Business Essentials (which includes Microsoft Teams) with annual commitment.