{"id":5410,"date":"2020-08-04T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technology.wooster.edu\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2022-08-04T09:21:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:21:41","slug":"videoconferencing-platform-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/videoconferencing-platform-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Videoconferencing Platform Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Below is a comparison of features in Teams and Zoom. These features will be updated periodically and we encourage College employees to consult this information before requesting a Zoom Professional License to verify that Teams does not have a feature that is critical to their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feature<\/th>Teams<\/th>Zoom<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Meeting Basics<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Voice and video conferencing<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Max # of participants<\/td>1000<\/td>100 (500 at additional cost)<\/td><\/tr>
# of simultaneous video streams<\/td>49<\/td>100<\/td><\/tr>
Max session time<\/td>24 hrs<\/td>24 hr (with professional license)<\/td><\/tr>
Dial into meeting<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Custom background<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Custom name<\/td>Y (not per meeting)<\/td>Y (only if not authenticated)<\/td><\/tr>
Application Integrations<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
LMS Integration<\/td>Moodle(Plugin)
Canvas (Built-in)<\/td>		Moodle (Plugin)
Canvas (Manually add link)<\/td><\/tr>
Calendar invite<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Collaboration Features<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Alt video grid layouts<\/td>Y (Together mode)<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Spontaneous breakout rooms<\/td>Y <\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Channel (room) capability<\/td>Y<\/td>N<\/td><\/tr>
Whiteboard<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Doc\/Desktop Sharing<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Live chat<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Polling<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Share system audio<\/td>Y (high quality audio)<\/td>Y (high quality audio)<\/td><\/tr>
Accessibility<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Live CC<\/td>Y<\/td>Manual or 3rd party addon at additional cost<\/td><\/tr>
Automatic transcript<\/td>Y<\/td>Y (English only)<\/td><\/tr>
Keyboard accessibility<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Screen reader support<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Eye control<\/td>Y (Windows 10)<\/td>N<\/td><\/tr>
Customize reading & viewing<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Blur background<\/td>Y<\/td>N<\/td><\/tr>
Contrast themes<\/td>Y<\/td>N<\/td><\/tr>
Do not disturb<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Language translation in chat<\/td>Y<\/td>N<\/td><\/tr>
Session recording availability<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
WCAG Standard<\/td>2.1AA<\/td>2.1AA (with exceptions)<\/td><\/tr>
Meeting Logistics<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Early moderator<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Organizer concurrent meetings<\/td>Y<\/td>N<\/td><\/tr>
Invite on the fly<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Permit outsider participation<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Attendance log<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Tech Specifications<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Encrypted meetings<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Mobile capable<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
App or Browser<\/td>Both<\/td>Both<\/td><\/tr>
Platforms<\/td>Android, Mac, iOS, Windows<\/td>Android, Mac, iOS, Windows<\/td><\/tr>
Recommended browser<\/td>IE 11, Microsoft Edge, latest version of Chrome, latest version Firefox<\/td>Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Chromium Edge<\/td><\/tr>
Meeting room hardware agnostic<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
VoIP-based audio<\/td>Y (additional license)<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Phone bridge<\/td>Y (additional license)<\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Global Availability<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Countries that prohibit access to the application*<\/td>Cuba, Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Sudan, and Syria.<\/td>Cuba, Iran, People’s Republic of Korea, Sudan, Syria, Ukrane<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
* US government list of restricted countries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below is a comparison of features in Teams and Zoom. These features will be updated periodically and we encourage College employees to consult this information before requesting a Zoom Professional License to verify that Teams does not have a feature that is critical to their work. Feature Teams Zoom Meeting Basics Voice and video conferencing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"coauthors":[408],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teams"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom-.jpg",1771,885,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom--150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom--300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom--768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom--1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom--1536x768.jpg",1536,768,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2020\/08\/Microsoft-Teams-vs-Zoom-.jpg",1771,885,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

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