Top 10 Zoom Analogs

Another Russian development, which will become a much more convenient option than Zoom for schools and universities. This is a whole educational platform that makes life easier for teachers, students, and parents. Firstly, the service allows you to create an electronic timetable.Secondly, with the help of "Sferum" you can collect remote parent meetings. Thirdly, it is convenient to conduct lessons on the platform: you can let students answer by turning on their microphone when they “raise their hand”, as well as accept homework and record test results for quick reporting later. True, only educational organizations can access the platform.

Webinar Meetings is more than just Zoom. This is one of the best Russian platforms for working and learning at a distance. Users are offered effective tools such as knowledge tests, drawings on a white sheet and dividing participants into groups. Another advantage that makes the platform convenient is the recording of the conference, which allows you to create autowebinars with link access.Unlike Zoom, Webinar Meetings allows you to control attention, send emails after the broadcast, add files to the chat before, during and after the event. The only thing is that you can add only 30 people to the free plan, and the duration of the conference is limited to 1 hour.

One of the best Russian analogues of Zoom for training or corporate communication. With the help of this service, it is much more convenient to hold lectures and workshops, and the presence of voting and polls allows you to use it for passing exams or laboratory tests. The recording function helps to capture the event and share it with colleagues or students. It is very important that up to 5,000 people can attend a call in parallel. True, only a test period is available for free, and specific prices are available only on request.Of the additional chips, it is worth noting the presence of a waiting room, the ability to exchange almost any files and draw on a white board.

A video calling platform from one of the largest Russian IT companies. This is not just an analogue of Zoom, since the functionality of the Circuit. The sense for corporate clients is much wider. For example, workshops will be more productive if you use the separation of participants function: the administrator can select separate groups for brainstorming, and then return everyone to the general conference. In addition, the creator can call the user by phone number and connect him to the broadcast. It is also very convenient that not only the call record is saved, but also the chat. The only thing is that the subscription is quite expensive, and only a trial period is available for free.

This service is the best in our rating in terms of security, since all data is stored within the corporate network without the possibility of access by unauthorized persons. Of all the Russian videoconferencing developers, only TrueConf has repeatedly been included in the research of recognized analytical agencies IDC and Gartner. Conveniently, for working in small teams of up to 10 people, access to a dedicated server can be obtained for free. When paying for the tariff, the number of participants in a closed network can reach 1000. There is also a TrueConf Online cloud solution. True, the platform is not very suitable for personal conversations between ordinary users: without registration, it will not work to call.

The popular Telegram messenger now offers not only private correspondence, but also group video calls. This functionality is currently used by ordinary people, companies, and online educational courses. To start broadcasting, the administrator needs to select "Voice Chat" from the group menu. This is where the main nuance lies: only users who have joined the community can be participants in the meeting, so the organizer must have a pre-selected audience. But the number of people who can simultaneously join the conference is not limited. In addition, in the chat you can change the background, send emoticons and pictures, and if necessary, you can record a meeting.

A platform for making video calls from the major Russian social network VKontakte. In terms of functionality, it is in many ways superior to the usual Zoom. For example, you can choose virtual backgrounds with 360° technology, but only in the mobile application.It is also worth noting a convenient chat: it is possible to send materials, draw attention to yourself using the “raise hand” option, and the correspondence will continue after the end of the conference, and the discussion can be continued with the meeting participants at any time. At the same time, the full functionality of the service is available for free, unlike Zoom with paid rates, but only a VKontakte user can create an invitation link and start the broadcast.

One of the best analogues of Zoom from a major Russian platform. The teleconference is available free of charge to all users, but the creator of the conference must be registered with Yandex. The platform has all the same features as Zoom: chat, screen sharing, and scheduling a meeting. In addition, you can record a call and even change the background. The main disadvantage is the limitation on the number of participants: you can simultaneously hold a conference for only 40 people. In addition, the invitation link is valid only for a day. But the broadcast time is not limited.Before using the service, you also need to consider that the web version can only be opened in three browsers: Google Chrome, Yandex or Mozilla Firefox.

A convenient solution for making video calls, which, first of all, will be appreciated by Mail.ru mail users. To connect other conference participants, you can create a link or send an invitation in a letter to everyone at once. It is important that there are no time limits. In addition, the platform offers a very convenient chat: during a call, you can send not only notes, but also files, as well as voice messages that are translated into text. The only thing is that the chat will be visible only to users who have joined the conference via Mail.ru mail. But video calls are available to all participants for free, but you can gather no more than 100 people at the same time.

An interesting development for video calls from the Russian Sber ecosystem. The platform offers many features and benefits that Zoom cannot boast. For example, gesture recognition on smart devices with Salyut, voice-to-text translation, seamless transition between devices. At the same time, the interface of the Jazz platform is similar to Zoom familiar to many and includes all the standard functionality: a chat with reactions to messages, screen sharing, the ability to share an invitation link, etc. In addition to personal calls to family and friends, the platform can be used for working meetings , but it will not work to collect more than 200 people.