🎥 Video Conferencing

Best Free Alternatives to Zoom

1 open-source alternative — with pricing, self-hosting difficulty scores, and step-by-step migration guides.

✅ 1 Alternative Compared 🔓 All Open Source 💰 All Free to Self-Host 📅 October 07, 2026
Current cost: Free / $13.33+/user/month with Zoom
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Why switch from Zoom?

Zoom is a popular video conferencing tool — but at Free / $13.33+/user/month per user, the costs add up quickly for growing teams. Every alternative below is free to self-host, open source, and actively maintained. You own your data, control your infrastructure, and pay nothing per seat.

Jitsi Meet
Free
Free
●●○○○ Easy · ~30 mins
⭐ ~23k on GitHub
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