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Whereby alternatives for browser video calls

Meeto runs free browser calls for 60 minutes with up to 10 people, longer and larger than Whereby's free plan, and guests join from the link with no app and no account; Meeto Pro costs $6.99 a month. Whereby's free plan allows 30-minute meetings for up to 4 people, and Pro costs $10.99 a month. Google Meet, Jitsi Meet, Brave Talk, Zoom, Teams and Zoho Meeting are compared below too, every figure linked to its source.

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What Whereby's free plan allows

Whereby runs meetings in the browser with no download and no login for guests[1]. The free plan allows meetings of up to 30 minutes[2] with 4 attendees[3]; Pro costs $10.99 a month for one host[4]. Whereby Meetings records locally on paid plans; cloud recording belongs to Whereby Embedded[5].

Joining from the browser matters most to people leaving Whereby, so we put browser join first. If you embed Whereby in a website, look at Meeto's website widget as well, which is free on every plan.

How we chose these alternatives

Each product had to be available today and to publish its limits on its own pages. We compared them on the same points:

  • Browser joinWhether a guest joins from a link in the browser, with no app and no account — the reason most people pick Whereby.
  • Free time limitHow long a free meeting runs.
  • Free participantsHow many people fit in a free meeting.
  • Booking pageWhether the product has its own page where people book a time, and on which plan.
  • RecordingWhether the product records to the cloud, and on which plan.
  • PriceThe cheapest paid plan in USD, with its billing period.

This page is published by Meeto. Facts about other products are quoted from their own pages on the date shown. Meeto comes first; the other products follow in alphabetical order.

The alternatives at a glance

Guest access and booking pages of Meeto and the other Whereby alternatives
QuestionMeetoBrave TalkGoogle MeetJitsi Meet (meet.jit.si)Microsoft Teams (free)Zoho MeetingZoom
GuestsNo account, no appNo login or download[6][7]Let in by someone in the meeting; the host needs a Google Account[8][9]The room creator signs in; the others do not[10][11]No Teams account; in a browser[12][13]No Zoho account; in the browser[14][15]No account; a host can require sign-in[16][17]
Booking pageIncluded on Free, with guest remindersNot stated1 page in Google Calendar[18]Not statedSeparate Bookings app, business plans[19]Separate product, Zoho Bookings[20]Zoom Scheduler, 1 page on Free[21]

A product name links to its card below. “Not stated” means the vendor pages we quote do not cover that point.

The 7 alternatives

Meeto

by Meeto, the publisher of this page

Video meetings in the browser, with a booking page and a website call button in the same account.

Why Meeto

  • Longer and larger free calls than Whereby's: 60 minutes for up to 10 people.
  • Cloud recording with a transcript and an AI summary on Pro.
  • A booking page whose bookings each get their own meeting link.
  • A website call button and SDKs, free on every plan.
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The facts

Guests
No account and no app: guests join from the link in a browser
Free meeting length
60 minutes once 2 people are in the call, one-on-one included; Pro has no time limit
Free plan: people
Up to 10; up to 25 on Pro and Team
Booking page
A booking page on every plan, Free included: each booking gets its own meeting link, and guests get a reminder email an hour before
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $6.99/month or $69/year, with no time limit for up to 2 meetings at a time and up to 25 people
Recording
Pro and Team: cloud recording kept 90 days, with a transcript and an AI summary

Facts from Meeto's pricing and limits, reviewed November 3, 2026.

The other 6, A to Z

Brave Talk

by Brave Software

Video calls from Brave Software that run in the browser, free for small calls.

Guests
Invitees join from any browser with the call link; no login or download[6][7]
Free meeting length
No limit on the number or length of free calls[22]
Free plan: people
Up to 4[23]
Cheapest paid plan
Brave Talk Premium: $7/month[24][25]
Recording
Premium only[26]

Facts from Brave Software's own pages, listed under Sources.

Google Meet

by Google

Google's video meetings, free with a personal Google Account.

Guests
The host needs a Google Account; guests can join without one, but someone in the meeting has to let them in[8][9]
Free meeting length
60 minutes with 3 or more people; one-on-one meetings up to 24 hours[27][28]
Free plan: people
Up to 100[29]
Booking page
Google Calendar appointment schedules: one booking page on a free personal account[18]
Cheapest paid plan
Google Workspace Business Starter: $8.40/user/month on the flexible plan[30][31]
Recording
Business Standard and above; not on Business Starter or free personal accounts[32]

Facts from Google's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Google Meet.

Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si)

by Jitsi (8x8)

Open-source video meetings on the free meet.jit.si service.

Guests
The person who creates the room needs an account; the others do not[10][11]
Free meeting length
95 minutes per meeting on meet.jit.si, since October 9, 2026[33]
Free use cap
25 active end points per calendar month, under meet.jit.si's terms of service[34]
Cheapest paid plan
None: meet.jit.si is run as a free service[35]

Facts from Jitsi (8x8)'s own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si).

Microsoft Teams (free)

by Microsoft

Microsoft's chat and meetings app, with a free plan for personal use.

Guests
Join from a link without a Teams account, in a browser[12][13]
Free meeting length
60 minutes for group meetings. For one-on-one meetings Microsoft's pages disagree: one says up to 30 hours, its plan table gives 60 minutes for every meeting[36][37][38]
Free plan: people
Up to 100[39]
Booking page
Through the separate Microsoft Bookings app, on business plans[19]
Cheapest paid plan
Teams Essentials: $4/user/month, paid yearly only[40]
Recording
Not in Teams free; included with Teams Essentials and business licenses[41]

Facts from Microsoft's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Microsoft Teams.

Zoho Meeting

by Zoho

Zoho's video meetings product, priced by the number of participants.

Guests
Participants join without a Zoho account, in the browser[14][15]
Free meeting length
60 minutes per meeting[42][43]
Free plan: people
Up to 100[44]
Booking page
Not built in; Zoho Bookings is a separate product[20]
Cheapest paid plan
Standard: $2/host/month for the 10-participant tier[45][46]
Recording
Cloud recording on Standard and Professional, not on Free[47]

Facts from Zoho's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Zoho Meeting.

Zoom

by Zoom

The best-known meetings platform, with a free Basic plan and paid Pro and Business plans.

Guests
Can join without signing in, from the browser through the Zoom Web App; a host can require sign-in[16][17]
Free meeting length
40 minutes per meeting, one-on-one included[48][49]
Free plan: people
Up to 100[50]
Booking page
Zoom Scheduler: 1 personal booking page on the free Basic plan[21]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $16.99/user/month billed monthly[51][52]
Recording
Cloud recording on paid plans; the free plan records to your computer[53]

Facts from Zoom's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Zoom.

Moving your calls from Whereby to Meeto

  1. Room links. In Meeto, a scheduled meeting's link and your booking link stay reusable: send one of those to regular guests.
  2. Security. Meeto calls are encrypted in transit (WebRTC, DTLS-SRTP) through Meeto's media servers in Europe and South-East Asia; see the security overview.
  3. The guest path. Open a test link on a phone with no account signed in. A Meeto guest goes from the link to the call in the browser.

Sources

Meeto facts come from the pricing and limits and security pages, reviewed November 3, 2026. Every other figure is quoted from its vendor's own page on the date shown. Plans change; check the linked page before you decide.

Quotes from each vendor's own pages53numbered as in the footnotes
  1. Whereby: whereby.com/information/meetings — “No downloads and no login for guests required.”Checked November 3, 2026
  2. Whereby: whereby.com/information/meetings/pricing — “Meetings for up to 30 minutes”Checked November 3, 2026
  3. Whereby: whereby.com/information/meetings/pricing — “4 attendees per meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  4. Whereby: whereby.com/information/meetings/pricing — “$10.99 per month 1 host”Checked November 3, 2026
  5. Whereby: whereby.com/information/features — “Cloud Recording Record calls and save to your own or Whereby’s cloud storage. See dev docs <> embedded”Checked November 3, 2026
  6. Brave Talk: brave.com/talk — “The people you invite can join from any browser as well (they just need the call link).”Checked November 3, 2026
  7. Brave Talk: brave.com/talk — “Browser-based (no login or download required)”Checked November 3, 2026
  8. Google Meet: workspace.google.com/products/meet — “Anyone with a Google Account can create a video meeting, invite up to 100 participants, and meet for up to 60 minutes per meeting at no cost.”Checked November 3, 2026
  9. Google Meet: support.google.com/meet/answer/9303069 — “You can join a meeting without a Google Account, but the organizer or a participant needs to let you in.”Checked November 3, 2026
  10. Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si): jitsi.org/security — “Since August 24, 2023, meet.jit.si requires an account for the person creating the room.”Checked November 3, 2026
  11. Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si): jitsi.org/security — “Subsequent participants in meetings do not need to create an account.”Checked November 3, 2026
  12. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free — “Create a quick meeting with a meeting link for others to join, even without a Teams account, free up to 60 minutes.”Checked November 3, 2026
  13. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free-video-conferencing — “No. You can join a Teams meeting from a web browser without installing anything.”Checked November 3, 2026
  14. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/join — “Yes. Participants can quickly join online meetings and webinars without having a Zoho Meeting account. Only hosts are required to have an account”Checked November 3, 2026
  15. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/plan-comparison.html — “Browser based (no downloads required) | Yes | Yes | Yes”Checked November 3, 2026
  16. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “To join a meeting without signing in, click Join a meeting.”Checked November 3, 2026
  17. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “The Zoom Web App brings the full Zoom Workplace experience to your browser, no downloads or plugins required.”Checked November 3, 2026
  18. Google Meet: support.google.com/calendar/answer/16287038 — “With a personal Google Account or Workspace Business Starter plan, you can create a single booking page to let others schedule appointments on your calendar.”Checked November 3, 2026
  19. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/essentials — “With the newly available Booking app anyone can easily find an open slot on your calendar and set up a meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  20. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/plan-comparison.html — “Zoho Bookings | Yes | Yes | Yes”Checked November 3, 2026
  21. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “1 personal booking page”Checked November 3, 2026
  22. Brave Talk: brave.com/talk — “Make as many free calls as you want, for as long as you want. With Brave Talk, there’s no limit on the number or length of free calls.”Checked November 3, 2026
  23. Brave Talk: brave.com/talk — “With Brave Talk, calls are free and private for up to 4 people.”Checked November 3, 2026
  24. Brave Talk: brave.com/premium — “Talk premium $7.00/month $69.99/year Start free trial”Checked November 3, 2026
  25. Brave Talk: brave.com/premium — “$7.00/month”Checked November 3, 2026
  26. Brave Talk: brave.com/talk — “Brave Talk Premium offers call recordings, hosting tools like participant muting and entry passcodes, and more for calls with hundreds of people.”Checked November 3, 2026
  27. Google Meet: support.google.com/meet/answer/7317473 — “Meetings with 3 or more participants for up to 60 minutes.”Checked November 3, 2026
  28. Google Meet: support.google.com/meet/answer/7317473 — “One-on-one meetings for up to 24 hours.”Checked November 3, 2026
  29. Google Meet: support.google.com/meet/answer/7317473 — “For users with personal Google accounts: You can have a maximum of 100 participants in a meeting.”Checked November 3, 2026
  30. Google Meet: workspace.google.com/pricing.html — “Business Starter includes 30 GB pooled storage per user”Checked November 3, 2026
  31. Google Meet: knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/flexible-plan — “$8.40 USD per user for Business Starter”Checked November 3, 2026
  32. Google Meet: workspace.google.com/pricing.html — “Video meetings with recording, noise cancellation, 150 participants”Checked November 3, 2026
  33. Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si): jitsi.org/blog/changes-coming — “Starting today, meetings on meet.jit.si are limited to 95 minutes.”Checked November 3, 2026
  34. Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si): jitsi.org/meet-jit-si-terms-of-service — “Your Use of the Service at no cost is limited to a maximum aggregate total of 25 Active End Points per calendar month”Checked November 3, 2026
  35. Jitsi Meet (meet.jit.si): jitsi.org/user-faq — “Yes. Jitsi is 100% open source and freely available to use and develop with. We also host and run meet.jit.si as a free service.”Checked November 3, 2026
  36. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free — “Free group calls and meetings for up to 60 minutes.”Checked November 3, 2026
  37. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free-video-conferencing — “Unlimited one-to-one meetings for up to 30 hours”Checked November 3, 2026
  38. Microsoft Teams: support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/learn-more-about-subscriptions-for-microsoft-teams-free-1061bbd0-6d97-46a6-8ca0-21059be3eee3 — “Maximum meeting duration | 60 minutes | 30 hours | 30 hours | 30 hours”Checked November 3, 2026
  39. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free — “Up to 100 participants per meeting.”Checked November 3, 2026
  40. Microsoft Teams: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/essentials — “$4.00 user/month, paid yearly (annual subscription–auto renews)”Checked November 3, 2026
  41. Microsoft Teams: support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/learn-more-about-subscriptions-for-microsoft-teams-free-1061bbd0-6d97-46a6-8ca0-21059be3eee3 — “Meeting recordings | No | Yes | Yes | Yes”Checked November 3, 2026
  42. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/pricing.html — “Up to 60 minutes per meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  43. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/plan-comparison.html — “Session duration | Up to 60 mins for meetings and webinars | 24 hours | 24 hours”Checked November 3, 2026
  44. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/pricing.html — “Up to 100 participants per meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  45. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/pricing.html — “STANDARD US$2 per host/ month 10 Participants”Checked November 3, 2026
  46. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/pricing.html — “US$2 per host/ month”Checked November 3, 2026
  47. Zoho Meeting: zoho.com/meeting/pricing.html — “Cloud recording storage of 5 GB/host”Checked November 3, 2026
  48. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “40 minutes per meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  49. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “Almost all meetings scheduled and hosted by Basic (free) users, on Free and Paid accounts, are limited to 40 minutes.”Checked November 3, 2026
  50. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “100 participants per meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  51. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “Best for personal use or small teams.”Checked November 3, 2026
  52. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “$16.99 /user per month · billed monthly”Checked November 3, 2026
  53. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “Computer and cloud recording (10 GB included)”Checked November 3, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Whereby alternative works in the browser without an account?

Meeto lets guests straight in from the link by default, with no app and no account, and anyone can start an instant meeting without an account; the host can switch a room to knock-to-enter or a password. Every product here lets guests join from a browser without an account, though on Google Meet a guest without a Google Account waits for someone to admit them, and on Jitsi Meet the person who creates the room must sign in.

Is there a free Whereby alternative with longer meetings?

Yes. Meeto's free plan runs meetings for 60 minutes for up to 10 people, where Whereby's free plan allows 30 minutes for 4, and Meeto Pro has no time limit.

I use Whereby Embedded on my website. What are the options?

Whereby Embedded is a developer product priced by participant minutes. Meeto's website widget and SDKs are free on every plan, with a public key locked to your allowed domains. See the widget and developer pages for how it works.

Is Meeto cheaper than Whereby?

Yes. Meeto Pro costs $6.99 a month or $69 a year for one account, with cloud recording, a transcript and an AI summary. Whereby Pro costs $10.99 a month for 1 host, excluding VAT.

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