Does Zoom offer a free plan or free trial?

Zoom offers a free plan with limitations, but no separate free trial of paid tiers.

What are all of Zoom's pricing tiers?

Zoom has 5 publicly-priced tiers as of September 19, 2026: • Basic — free. 40-min group meetings, up to 100 participants. • Pro — $16.99/mo ($13.33/mo billed annually). 30-hour meetings + 5GB cloud storage. • Business — $21.99/mo ($18.33/mo billed annually). up to 300 participants + SSO. • Business Plus — custom-priced. 300 participants + Zoom Phone. • Enterprise — custom-priced. 1000 participants + unlimited storage.

Has Zoom raised or lowered prices recently?

Zoom's pricing has been stable since Sep 20, 2026. See full history at /tools/zoom/price-history.

How does Zoom pricing compare to other Communication tools?

Zoom sits in the mid-range for Communication tools. Of the 4 we track with published entry prices, 2 are cheaper and 1 are more expensive. Entry price is $16.99/month vs. a category median of $16.99/month.

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CommunicationPublicPrices verified September 19, 2026

Zoom

Zoom · Communication

Video conferencing that displaced WebEx and GoToMeeting through better free-tier quality and simpler UX. Scaled from 10M to 300M daily meeting participants during COVID. Now bundling AI Companion into paid tiers to defend against commoditization from Google Meet (free) and Microsoft Teams (bundled with M365). Priced per host, not per participant. Best free tier in the category if you can live with 40-minute group meeting caps.

In other words, Zoom is still worth it in 2026 if video is core to your work — frequent external meetings, webinars, or client calls needing reliable recording, transcription, and calendar integrations. Pro covers most professional users; Business adds SSO and advanced admin. Easy for non-technical users. Native calendar integrations plus 2,500+ marketplace apps. Downside: Zoom fatigue is real, pricier than bundled alternatives, and AI Companion features feel bolted-on. Business Plus was retired mid-2026.

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Pricing summary

Starting price

$16.99/mo

$13.33/mo billed annually

Pricing model

Per Seat

Both

Key limit

meeting minutes

Main metered limit

Additional fees

Varies

2026-09-10 refresh: PRO ANNUAL CONFLICT NOW UNRESOLVED FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE RUNS — STILL NEEDS A HUMAN. Today's searches reproduced the exact same split with no new information: costbench.com and trustradius both give Pro annual $14.16 / Business annual $18.33, while a second snippet in the same result set asserts "Zoom Pro dropped ... to $13.33/user/month in 2026". Monthly $16.99 (Pro) and $21.99 (Business) agreed by every source again, and Business annual $18.33 matches stored. So the dispute remains confined to the single Pro annual figure ($159.96/yr vs $169.92/yr, +6.2%). Sources contradict rather than agree, so the 2-independent-sources bar is still not met — nothing applied, no snapshot written, Verification Status left unchanged (delta is well under the 30% threshold, so this is not an Under Investigation breach). Search has now failed three times; escalating from "check when convenient" to "blocked pending manual check of zoom.us/pricing with the billing toggle set to annual". --- 2026-09-01 refresh: Business $21.99/$18.33 and Basic (free) re-confirmed unchanged. PRO ANNUAL CONFLICT NOW UNRESOLVED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE RUNS — ESCALATING FOR MANUAL CHECK. Stored Pro annual is $13.33. Sources now split: tldv.io/blog/zoom-pricing and costbench.com/software/communication/zoom both state Pro annual $14.16 (framed as Zoom having lowered Pro to $14.16 and Business to $18.33 in 2026); pumble.com/zoom-pricing and screenapp.io still state $13.33 with $16.99 monthly. Monthly $16.99 is agreed by every source, so only the annual figure is in dispute ($159.96/yr vs $169.92/yr). Delta would be +6.2%, under the 30% threshold, but the sources contradict each other rather than agreeing, so nothing was applied per the 2-independent-sources rule. On 2026-08-15 this was dismissed as a single outlier; a second source has now joined it, so it is no longer an outlier. ACTION: check zoom.us/pricing directly and settle the annual figure. Note Zoom also runs a first-year promo on Business (~$15.58/user/mo renewing at $18.33) which may be contaminating aggregator scrapes. Structural note from 2026-08-15 still stands: Business Plus exists only as Workplace Business bundled with Zoom Phone Unlimited (US/Canada), not as a standalone meeting plan.

Free trial

Free plan available

No separate trial

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Alternatives to consider

Already in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365? Pick Google Meet (bundled free) or Microsoft Teams instead.

All plans

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Plan	Monthly	Annual	Key limit
Basic	Free	Free	40-min group meetings, up to 100 participants
ProEntry tier	$16.99	$13.33Save 22%	30-hour meetings + 5GB cloud storage
Business	$21.99	$18.33Save 17%	up to 300 participants + SSO
Business Plus	—	$22.49	300 participants + Zoom Phone
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	1000 participants + unlimited storage

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Price history

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Common questions about Zoom

Is Zoom worth it?: Zoom is still worth it in 2026 if video is core to your work — frequent external meetings, webinars, or client calls needing reliable recording, transcription, and calendar integrations. Pro covers most professional users; Business adds SSO and advanced admin.
What are the pricing tiers of Zoom?: Zoom has 5 plans: Basic (free), Pro ($16.99/mo), Business ($21.99/mo), Business Plus (free), Enterprise (custom).
Does Zoom offer annual discounts?: Yes. Paying annually brings the entry plan from $16.99/month down to $13.33/month — about 22% cheaper.

Frequently asked questions

About Zoom pricing.

Zoom pricing starts at $16.99/month on monthly billing, or $13.33/month if billed annually — a 22% saving. Zoom offers 5 paid plans in total, ranging from $16.99 to $21.99/month. Enterprise pricing is custom-quoted.