10 Free / Paid Video Conferencing Apps For Staying Connected

Although physically distant. It is important that we remain in regular contact for both our businesses, relationships and personal well being. One of the most helpful ways of staying healthy and promoting social distancing in 2020 is going to be remote working. An effective tools for success in this situations is video conferencing.

Here are a handful of video conferencing tools to help you keep in touch with family, friends and your workplace.

5 Paid Video Conferencing Apps

Microsoft Teams
From workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. Teams offers an top level and secure platform for communication and collaboration.
https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app

Zoom
Zoom is an web application and remote conferencing service that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration.
https://zoom.us/

Join.Me
Screen sharing, online meetings and team collaboration made fast and easy. This is a web-based collaboration software application where users must first download and install join.me software.
https://www.join.me/

GoToMeeting
GoToMeeting is a web-hosted service created and marketed by LogMeIn. It is an online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software package that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or colleagues via the Internet in real time
https://www.gotomeeting.com/

Skype for Business
Skype for Business is enterprise instant messaging software developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Office suite. It is designed for use with the on-premises Skype for Business Server software, and a software as a service version offered as part of Office 365.
https://www.skype.com/en/business/

5 Free Video Conferencing Apps

UberConference
With robust features and an intuitive and user-friendly interface, UberConference is an amazing software for web conferencing and online meetings.
https://www.uberconference.com/

Whats App
WhatsApp Messenger or simply WhatsApp is an American freeware, cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other media.
https://www.whatsapp.com/

FaceTime
FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. Available on supported iOS mobile devices and Macintosh computers that run Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later. FaceTime supports any iOS device with a forward-facing camera and any Macintosh computer equipped with a FaceTime Camera.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/facetime/id1110145091

Google Hangouts
Google Hangouts is a communication software product developed by Google. Originally a feature of Google+, Hangouts became a stand-alone product in 2013, when Google also began integrating features from Google+ Messenger and Google Talk into Hangouts. Both video calls and chats are available in Hangouts.
https://gsuite.google.com/products/meet/

Slack
Slack is a proprietary instant messaging platform developed by Slack Technologies. Slack allows for chats, voice calls and video calls.
https://slack.com/

Considerations When Choosing a Service

• Security and Encryption
• VPN Accessibility
• Screen Sharing
• Meeting Recording
• Number of Users in Meeting
• Devices Allowed
• Mobile Experience
• Ease of Use
• Application Integration
• Customer Support
• Video and Audio Quality