Zoom
Video meetings
CoveredHD video and audio calls for a group of participants.
Why it matters. This is the core job: get people face to face without travel.
On Borg. Jitsi Meet provides HD video and audio calls through the browser or app.
Borg App Hub replaces Zoom
A place to come together.
Get the team into a reliable video call without paying for another per-host meeting license.
Early access for Search Atlas Mastermind and Enterprise.
The Borg collective Team productivity
Jitsi Meet
- No per-seat costNo seat count, no seat price.
- Unlimited usageNo video, record, or activity caps.
- Pay only for the AI and compute you useMetered, not per-head.
Workflows to explore
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Near-universal familiarity, so external guests rarely need onboarding
Dependable video and audio quality across slow or spotty connections
Cloud recording and transcripts for anyone who missed the call
Calendar integrations that turn an invite into a one-click join link
AI Companion for automatic meeting summaries
Feature by feature
Jitsi Meet: feature coverage
Review Jitsi Meet's covered, partly covered and planned features below.
Screen sharing
CoveredShare a window, app, or full desktop during a call.
Why it matters. Most work meetings are really about looking at something together.
On Borg. Jitsi Meet supports full screen sharing natively.
Meeting chat
CoveredA text channel alongside the call for links and side notes.
Why it matters. Keeps quick context out of the spoken conversation.
On Borg. Jitsi Meet includes in-call chat.
Cloud recording
Partly coveredRecord the call and store it for people who couldn't attend.
Why it matters. Makes meetings useful to people on other schedules or time zones.
On Borg. Jitsi Meet can record and live-stream, but it needs the Jibri component set up on your own server.
Webinars & breakout rooms
Partly coveredLarger one-to-many sessions and smaller split-off discussions.
Why it matters. Different meeting shapes need different tools, not just a bigger call.
On Borg. Breakout rooms are supported; large-scale webinar features are more limited than Zoom's.
AI companion
PlannedAutomatic meeting summaries, action items, and smart recaps.
Why it matters. Cuts down on manual note-taking during the call.
On Borg. Jitsi Meet doesn't ship a built-in AI summarizer; pairing with a separate notes app covers this.
Calendar integration
Partly coveredOne-click meeting links from Google or Outlook calendar invites.
GoogleWhy it matters. Removes the friction of finding and sharing a join link.
On Borg. Jitsi Meet links can be embedded in calendar invites, though there's no native calendar plugin like Zoom's.
Some upstream apps gate certain features behind their own licenses; the coverage chips above say where.
The math
Borg and Zoom: compare the costs
Zoom per host per month
| Plan | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Basic (Free) | $0 | 40 minutes per group meeting, 100 participants |
| Pro | $14.16/host/mo (annual) or $16.99 (monthly) | 30-hour meetings, 100 participants, 10 GB cloud recording |
| Business | $18.33/host/mo (annual) or $21.99 (monthly) | 30-hour meetings, 300 participants |
| Enterprise | Custom | Up to 1,000+ participants, full PBX, webinars for 500 attendees |
- 40-minute cap on free group meetings
- 100-participant cap on Basic and Pro
- 300-participant cap on Business
Public pricing checked 2026-10-07. Source
Jitsi Meet on Borg App Hub
$0 per seat
- Unlimited usage, no caps
- Metered AI + compute, billed to actual use
- Runs inside a workspace you control
For comparison: Business at $18.33/host/mo (annual) is about $4,400/yr for a 20-host team.
Questions
Questions about Jitsi Meet
Is Jitsi Meet really free?
Yes. It's open source under Apache-2.0, so you can self-host it with no per-host license fee.
Does Jitsi Meet have a 40-minute limit like Zoom's free plan?
No. Since you run it yourself, there's no vendor-imposed time limit on meetings.
Can Jitsi Meet record meetings to the cloud?
It can record, but you need to set up the Jibri component on your own server first; it isn't a one-click toggle like Zoom's.
Does Jitsi Meet support large webinars?
It supports breakout rooms and reasonably large calls, but Zoom's dedicated webinar product still handles bigger one-to-many events better.
Is there an AI meeting summary built in?
Not natively. Pairing Jitsi Meet with a separate meeting-notes app covers that gap.
Who maintains Jitsi Meet?
It's an active open-source project on GitHub under the Jitsi organization, with a large community of contributors.
GitHubWeighing options? See the full Zoom alternatives comparison.
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