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Google Meet vs Jitsi Meet
Short answer: Pick Google Meet if you want secure video meetings with AI assistance; pick Jitsi Meet if you want self-hosted video conferencing. Google Meet has a free plan, paid from $3.50/month per user; Jitsi Meet is free.
Which to pick
Pick Google Meet if you want…
- Secure video meetings with AI assistance
Pick Jitsi Meet if you want…
- Self-hosted video conferencing
- A free, open-source tool
Side by side
- What it is
- Google Meet:Google Meet provides secure video conferencing with AI-powered features for businesses and teams.
- Jitsi Meet:Jitsi Meet is a free open-source video-conferencing platform for web and mobile that you can self-host or embed in apps.
- Best for
- Google Meet:Secure video meetings with AI assistance
- Jitsi Meet:Self-hosted video conferencing
- Who it’s for
- Google Meet:Businesses and teams needing online meetings and collaboration
- Jitsi Meet:Developers and teams needing secure, customizable video meetings without vendor lock-in.
- Pricing
- Google Meet:Freemium
- Jitsi Meet:Free
- Starting price
- Google Meet:$3.50/month per user (Starter)
- Jitsi Meet:Free
- Free plan or trial
- Google Meet:Free trial
- Jitsi Meet:Free to use
- Plans
- Google Meet:Starter $3.50 per user per month · Standard $7.00 per user per month · Plus $11.00 per user per month
- Jitsi Meet:—
- Open source
- Google Meet:—
- Jitsi Meet:Yes, 30,053 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Google Meet:Google Docs, Google Drive
- Jitsi Meet:—
Google Meet features
- AI-powered notes & captions. Gemini AI automatically summarizes, translates and captions meetings in real time.
- Live captions. Shows subtitles as participants speak, improving accessibility.
- Noise cancellation & audio sync. AI reduces background noise and prevents echo for clear audio.
- Premium video quality. Up to 1080p video with studio lighting and background personalization on paid plans.
- Large meetings. Host up to 1000 participants and hold calls for up to 24 hours on higher tiers.
- Integrations with Workspace. Join meetings directly from Docs, Sheets, Slides and use other Workspace tools together.
Jitsi Meet features
- Free open-source platform. Provides fully free video conferencing software you can run on your own servers.
- Web and mobile support. Runs in browsers and native apps on iOS and Android.
- Document Picture-in-Picture. Allows interactive document PiP during browser meetings.
- Distributed tracing. Enables tracing of calls across Jitsi backend components.
- Transcription architecture. Offers a speech-to-text pipeline built on Jigasi for meeting transcription.
- JaaS hosting option. The Jitsi team can host meetings for you as a service.
Google Meet vs Jitsi Meet FAQ
What is the difference between Google Meet and Jitsi Meet?+
Jitsi Meet is open-source and self-hosted with no paid plans.
Should I use Google Meet or Jitsi Meet?+
Pick Google Meet if you want secure video meetings with AI assistance. Pick Jitsi Meet if you want self-hosted video conferencing or a free, open-source tool.
Is Google Meet or Jitsi Meet free?+
Google Meet has a free plan; paid plans start at $3.50/month per user (Starter). Jitsi Meet is free.
Which is cheaper, Google Meet or Jitsi Meet?+
Jitsi Meet is free, so it costs less. Google Meet starts at $3.50/month per user (Starter).
Is Google Meet or Jitsi Meet open source?+
Jitsi Meet is open source (jitsi/jitsi-meet on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Google Meet.
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