Back to News Hub
Zapier AI Blog
July 7, 2026
General AI

Zoom vs. Teams: Which is best? [2026]

Overview

Microsoft Teams and Zoom are both excellent video conferencing and collaboration apps, and over the last few years, Zoom has added all sorts of all-in-one features that make the Zoom vs. Teams comparison more relevant than ever. I've used both apps a lot in the past, and to write this guide, I spent more time diving deep into each of these tools and exploring all their features to pull out the most important differences that still exist between them.

Key Takeaways

  • Over the last few years, Zoom has added all sorts of all-in-one features that make the Zoom vs.

    See how Zapier helps you manage, secure, and scale automation across your organization.

  • Based on my past experiences of using these apps and my time testing them again for this article, here's my take on how they stack up.

    Zoom is a video conferencing platform with team chat features, and Teams is an internal chat tool with video conferencing features.

  • 50/month / user For most of its history, Zoom was a video conferencing app.

    But over the last few years, it has progressively added more features before eventually launching Zoom Workplace, a full productivity suite that aims to compete with the likes of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

  • Below is a condensed list of what Zoom can now do: Meeting room reservation systems, visitor management, and digital signage for your office The Zoom Productivity Suite (Canvas, Whiteboard, Clips, Hub, Sheets, Slides, Paper, and Video Management) That's just Zoom Workplace.

    Zoom also sells specialized business software for customer service, sales, and HR teams.

  • So I was curious: have any businesses actually canceled their Microsoft 365 subscriptions and jumped ship entirely?

Stats & Key Facts

  • #50/month / user For most of its history, Zoom was a video conferencing app.

Over the last few years, Zoom has added all sorts of all-in-one features that make the Zoom vs. Teams comparison more relevant than ever. See how Zapier helps you manage, secure, and scale automation across your organization.

Three phases to move from disconnected AI pilots to orchestrated systems that scale. Microsoft Teams and Zoom are both excellent video conferencing and collaboration apps, and over the last few years, Zoom has added all sorts of all-in-one features that make the Zoom vs. Teams comparison more relevant than ever.

I've used both apps a lot in the past, and to write this guide, I spent more time diving deep into each of these tools and exploring all their features to pull out the most important differences that still exist between them. Based on my past experiences of using these apps and my time testing them again for this article, here's my take on how they stack up. Zoom is a video conferencing platform with team chat features, and Teams is an internal chat tool with video conferencing features.

For more details please read the original article at Zapier AI Blog.

Continue Learning

Originally published by Zapier AI Blog
Read the original

Comments

Sign in to join the conversation