Explore Zoom's video meeting features, AI Companion tools, and pricing plans from free Basic to Business Plus and Enterprise tiers.
Zoom is a video conferencing and unified communications platform built by Zoom Video Communications, founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan and headquartered in San Jose, California. Its core video meeting product launched publicly in 2013 and became one of the most widely adopted communication tools in the world.
Beyond video calls, Zoom has expanded into a broader Zoom Workplace suite that includes team chat, whiteboarding, scheduling, and Zoom Phone for cloud calling, positioning itself as an all-in-one collaboration platform rather than a single-purpose meeting app.
Zoom serves everyone from individual freelancers hosting free one-on-one calls to large enterprises running company-wide webinars, virtual events, and contact centers on the platform.
HD video and audio meetings support screen sharing, virtual backgrounds, breakout rooms, and cloud or local recording.
AI Companion, Zoom's generative AI assistant, provides automatic meeting summaries, smart chat replies, and follow-up task extraction across supported plans.
Zoom Team Chat and Whiteboard extend collaboration beyond live meetings for asynchronous work.
Zoom Rooms and Zoom Phone extend the platform into physical conference rooms and cloud telephony, respectively, as add-on products.
Zoom's Basic plan is free and supports meetings up to 100 participants with a 40-minute cap on group calls.
Pro (around 13.33 dollars per user per month annually) removes the time cap for meetings up to 30 hours; Business (around 18.33 dollars per user per month annually) adds SSO and supports up to 300 participants; and Business Plus (around 29 dollars per user per month annually) bundles in Zoom Phone and Workspace Reservation.
Enterprise pricing is custom and includes unlimited cloud storage and dedicated support for large organizations.
Yes, Zoom's Basic plan is free and supports meetings for up to 100 participants, though group meetings are capped at 40 minutes.
Zoom Pro costs around 13.33 dollars per user per month billed annually, or 16.99 dollars per user per month billed monthly.
AI Companion is Zoom's generative AI assistant that provides meeting summaries, smart chat replies, and task extraction, included on paid plans at no extra cost.
The Basic and Pro plans support up to 100 participants, Business supports up to 300, and higher participant capacities are available through add-ons or Enterprise plans.
Zoom was founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan, a former Cisco WebEx engineer, and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
No, Zoom Phone is a separate cloud calling product, though it is bundled into the Business Plus plan.
Yes, Zoom Webinars and Zoom Events are separate add-on products for large-scale broadcasts and virtual events.
Yes, Zoom Video Communications trades on NASDAQ under the ticker ZM.