7 best Google Meet alternatives in 2026

Google Meet is a great meetings tool. It runs in the browser, comes with Google Workspace from $7 per user per month for Business Starter on an annual plan (as of September 2026), and links tightly to Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Drive.

Many companies outgrow it once they run events for people outside the business. Google Meet has no dedicated webinar mode, no branded registration pages and no automated email sequences, so webinars, trainings and customer events usually need another tool.

The best Google Meet alternatives in 2026 are Livestorm for marketing webinars, Zoom for meetings plus large webinars, Microsoft Teams for companies on Microsoft 365, Webex for security-heavy enterprises, ClickMeeting for training and paid webinars, Zoho Webinar for teams on Zoho CRM and GoTo Webinar for corporate training. Zoom, Teams and Webex can replace Meet for daily calls, while Livestorm, ClickMeeting, Zoho Webinar and GoTo Webinar are webinar platforms you run next to it.

Why teams look for a Google Meet alternative

Google Meet covers internal calls well. The gaps show up when you need to run events for prospects, customers or partners, and get that data into your CRM.

• No webinar mode: you schedule a call in Google Calendar and share the link, with no branded registration pages, reminder sequences or in-room CTAs.

• Capacity limits: meetings cap at 100 to 1,000 participants depending on your Workspace plan. Enterprise editions can live stream to up to 100,000 in-domain viewers, but the stream is view-only.

• Features depend on your plan: Q&A, polls and breakout rooms need Business Standard or higher, and attendance reports need Business Plus or higher.

• Free version limits: on free accounts, group calls end after 60 minutes, with up to 100 participants.

• No CRM sync for events: registration and attendance data usually reach a CRM through exports, Google Sheets or third-party add-ons.

1. Livestorm

Livestorm is a browser-based webinar platform for marketing, sales and training teams. Where Google Meet gives you a call link, Livestorm builds the whole event around it: registration page, reminder emails, live room and follow-up. Hosts and attendees join with nothing to download, just like on Meet, and on average 47.7% of registrants show up live (Livestorm 2026 Webinar Benchmark Report, 33,786 webinars).

Key features:

• Live, on-demand and automated webinars, with up to 3,000 live attendees per event

• Branded registration pages and event rooms, with automated reminder and follow-up emails

• Engagement built in: polls, Q&A with question upvotes, emoji reactions and live CTAs

• CRM and AI: native HubSpot sync on Pro, Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot and Microsoft Dynamics on Enterprise, and a verified Claude connector (MCP)

Pricing: Livestorm charges for attendees, not seats. Credits start at $3.00 per attendee on the 400-credit annual pack (as of September 2026), and hosts, moderators and no-shows don't use credits. A limited free plan lets you test, and a custom Enterprise plan covers larger needs. AI Studio, which turns replays into short clips, is a paid add-on. See Livestorm pricing.

See the full Livestorm vs Google Meet comparison.

2. Zoom

Zoom is a video meetings platform, with Zoom Webinars and Zoom Events sold as paid add-ons. It's the most direct swap for Google Meet's daily calls, and the webinar add-on brings registration, panelists and much larger audiences. The trade-off: Zoom's best experience runs in its app, while Meet works fully in the browser.

Key features:

• Zoom Workplace meetings with polls, Q&A, reactions and raise hand

• Zoom Webinars with registration, panelist roles and attendance reports, for up to 50,000 attendees

• AI Companion, which writes meeting summaries

• App Marketplace to connect calendars, CRMs and marketing tools

Pricing: Zoom has a free Basic plan with 40-minute meetings for up to 100 participants. Zoom Workplace Pro costs about $14.16 per user per month billed annually, and Zoom Webinars starts at $66.67 per month billed annually ($89 monthly) on top of a Workplace Pro license, with capacity tiers from 300 to 50,000 attendees (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Zoom vs Google Meet · Livestorm vs Zoom · Zoom alternatives

3. Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is the collaboration hub in Microsoft 365, with chat, meetings, webinars and town halls in one app. It's the natural choice if your company runs on Microsoft 365 rather than Google Workspace. Unlike Google Meet, it handles registered webinars out of the box, and since April 1, 2026, advanced webinar and town hall features that used to need Teams Premium are included in Teams Enterprise licenses.

Key features:

• Webinars with registration, presenter roles, event emails and waitlists

• Up to 1,000 fully interactive attendees, 3,000 with chat, polls and Q&A, and 10,000 view-only in town halls

• Attendance and engagement reports for webinars and town halls

• Works with Outlook, PowerPoint Live and SharePoint, with native Dynamics 365 integration

Pricing: Microsoft Teams has a free version for up to 100 participants and 60-minute group meetings, and Teams Essentials costs $4 per user per month. Webinars come with Microsoft 365 Business Standard at $14 per user per month paid yearly, Business Premium costs $22, and Teams Premium adds $10 per user per month for advanced branding (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Microsoft Teams vs Google Meet · Livestorm vs Microsoft Teams

4. Webex

Webex is Cisco's collaboration platform, with meetings, Webex Webinars and Webex Events. It suits large organizations with strict security or compliance needs, where Google Meet relies on Workspace security controls that vary by edition. Webex also scales events well beyond Meet's 1,000-participant cap.

Key features:

• FedRAMP authorization, HIPAA compliance with a BAA and end-to-end encryption

• Webex Webinars for up to 1,000 attendees, with branded registration, simulive and on-demand sessions

• Webex Events for audiences of up to 100,000

• Simultaneous interpretation, plus native Salesforce, Marketo and Oracle Eloqua integrations

Pricing: Webex has a free plan with 40-minute meetings for up to 100 people. Webex Webinars is listed at $2,700 per license per year for up to 1,000 attendees, Real-Time Translation adds $300 per license per year, and larger events go through sales (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Webex vs Google Meet · Livestorm vs Webex · Webex alternatives

5. ClickMeeting

ClickMeeting is a browser-based webinar tool built for online classes, training and paid sessions. If you use Google Meet to teach or run workshops, it adds what Meet lacks: registration, automated webinars and built-in payments. Its self-serve plans fit audiences of up to 500.

Key features:

• Live and automated webinars, in the browser for organizers, presenters and attendees

• Built-in PayPal and Stripe payments for paid webinars

• Virtual whiteboard, breakout rooms, polls and surveys

• Moodle, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Keap integrations, plus Zapier

Pricing: ClickMeeting prices its plans by your largest expected audience: MyWebinars Basic covers 25 to 100 attendees, MyWebinars Pro covers 50 to 500, and Enterprise is quoted by sales (as of September 2026). Annual plans save up to 20%, and there's a free trial with no credit card required.

Related comparisons: Livestorm vs ClickMeeting

6. Zoho Webinar

Zoho Webinar is Zoho's webinar tool for training, onboarding and town halls. It's a good fit if your business runs on Zoho apps, and a low-cost way to add registered webinars next to Google Meet. Attendees can join from the browser, as they do on Meet.

Key features:

• Polls, Q&A, emoji reactions, raise hand, annotation and dial-in

• AI transcripts, summaries and smart chapters on recordings

• Native Zoho CRM, Zoho Campaigns and Zoho Backstage integrations, plus HubSpot from the Professional plan

• Up to 5,000 live attendees on Enterprise

Pricing: Zoho Webinar has a free plan for up to 20 attendees and 60 minutes per webinar. Paid plans are priced per organizer and by audience size, from $8 per month billed annually on Standard, and Enterprise adds on-demand webinars and up to 5,000 attendees (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: Livestorm vs Zoho Webinar

7. GoTo Webinar

GoTo Webinar is a long-established, webinar-only product from GoTo. It suits teams that run regular training sessions and internal events for up to 3,000 attendees. Like Livestorm, it adds the registration pages and webinar tools that Google Meet lacks, though the experience leans on its apps.

Key features:

• Plans for 500, 1,000 or 3,000 participants

• Breakout rooms, practice mode, certificates and a native mobile app

• Simulive events and AI summaries from the Elevate plan

• Recording with transcription and live captions

Pricing: GoTo Webinar charges per organizer, by audience size. Reach costs $59 per month billed annually for up to 500 participants, Elevate costs $103 for up to 1,000, and Complete (up to 3,000) is quote-based. There's a free trial but no free plan (as of September 2026).

Related comparisons: GoTo Webinar vs Google Meet · Livestorm vs GoTo Webinar · GoTo Webinar alternatives

Google Meet alternatives compared

Ratings: average of G2 and Capterra, October 2026. Prices as of September 2026, from each vendor's pricing page.

How to choose a Google Meet alternative

• Meetings or webinars: to replace Google Meet for daily calls, look at Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Webex. To keep Meet and add external events, pick a webinar platform such as Livestorm, ClickMeeting, Zoho Webinar or GoTo Webinar.

• Pricing model: suites like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 charge per user. Zoom, Webex, ClickMeeting, Zoho Webinar and GoTo Webinar charge by audience tier, per license or per organizer. Livestorm charges only for attendees who join, and no-shows are free.

• CRM sync: if webinars feed your pipeline, check native connectors. Livestorm syncs with HubSpot on Pro and Salesforce on Enterprise, Webex with Salesforce and Marketo, Teams with Dynamics 365, and Zoho Webinar with Zoho CRM.

• Browser access and data hosting: your attendees are used to joining Meet from a browser. Livestorm, ClickMeeting and Zoho Webinar work the same way, while Zoom and GoTo Webinar work best in their apps. If EU hosting matters, Livestorm is EU-hosted, ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant.

Our verdict

If Google Meet already handles your internal calls, you probably don't need to replace it: you need a webinar platform next to it. Livestorm is our pick for marketing and training webinars. It runs in the browser like Meet, adds branded registration, automated emails, engagement tools and native CRM sync, and you pay only for attendees who join.

Other tools fit other needs. Zoom and Microsoft Teams make sense if you also want to replace Meet for everyday meetings (Teams especially if your company runs on Microsoft 365), Webex if requirements such as FedRAMP or HIPAA drive the choice, ClickMeeting for paid classes, Zoho Webinar if you run on Zoho, and GoTo Webinar for regular training sessions.