Not only Zoom. Review of videoconferencing platforms

Over the last two years, virtual meetings have become one of the usual and popular forms of communication in business circles. Until recently, the most popular platforms for meetings, business meetings and webinars were Skype and Zoom. Today, however, the question arises: what to replace them, if anything? Roskachestvo experts have prepared a review of domestic services for online meetings, which can be a good alternative for business.

VK Calls

VK Calls is part of the functionality of the VK Teams platform, which is positioned as a corporate messenger. Service offers, among other things, the possibility of audio and video calls.

Features of VK Calls:

• Personal and group calls

• Scheduling the call

• The maximum number of participants in a group call is 30 people

• The maximum number of participants in a link call is 100 people

• No time limit

• There is a mobile application.

There are several options of VK Teams charging, one of which assumes free use of the service. VK Calls service is distributed as a separate program for all platforms: Windows, Mac OS and Linux. No disadvantages have been noticed in the expert community so far.

Trueconf

Trueconf is a full-fledged messenger with video chat support and collaboration features. The software system is compatible not only with Windows OS, but also supports American operating systems: Linux, Alt Server, RED OS and ROSA. Trueconf is deployed in the company’s infrastructure and is able to work without the internet, which gives guarantees of control and security.

Trueconf features:

• video conferencing in 4K resolution

• Launch instant VCS from your address book

• scheduled VCS

• screen sharing

• video conference recording

• launch of webinars with broadcasting on popular media services

• Up to 1,000 participants in VKC at the same time

• Authorization on multiple devices.

In addition, the program has a mobile application. It is possible to connect to the conference not only from smartphones or tablets, even smart TV can be a communication channel.

Trueconf, as well as VK Calls, is a standalone application that can exist separately, which is also one of the advantages of the service.

Yandex.Teleconference

Yandex.Teleconference is part of the Yandex service.Mail360. A distinctive feature of Telebridge is that you don’t need to register anywhere to use it – the conference is accessed via a link generated by the initiator of the conversation. To start a video call, it is sufficient to have an account on the Yandex platform.

Yandex features.Teleconference:

• planned VCS

• appointment recording

• screen demonstration

• speaker mode

• virtual backgrounds

• There is a mobile app

• meetings are not limited in time

• maximum number of participants – 40 people.

It should be noted that Yandex.Teleconference free service. But there is built-in software for VCNS as part of paid rates for individuals and businesses on a subscription to Yandex.Mail 360.

Bitrix24

Bitrix 24 is a corporate portal, which includes the possibility of VCS. The company’s website indicates that video calls are available in the browsers Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, as well as the desktop and mobile application Bitrix24.

Video call capabilities.Bitrix24:

• Personal and group calls

• HD quality video and audio

• speaker mode

• the “I want to say” function

• Blurring and background replacement

• Demonstration of the screen

• recording and storing the call in “Bitrix24.Disk

• Channel adaptation

• Calls are not limited in time.

In addition, an external user can also connect to a video call using a link. Disadvantages – a limited number of participants – up to 48 people on all commercial Bitrix24 packages and the box version. For the free rate, the limit is 12 members.