Zoom and Teams - Feature Comparison
Zoom vs Teams Feature Comparison Table
Function |
Zoom |
Teams |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio/Video Calls | Yes | Yes | |
| Automatic closed captioning | No | Yes | |
| Breakout Rooms | Yes | Yes | |
| Chat with Classmates/Attendees | Yes | Yes | |
| Collaborative Tools | Yes | Yes | |
| Display | My background | Custom Background | Blur and some stock images |
| Pin a video stream on your own display | Yes - one | Yes - up to four | |
| Spotlight a single video stream (like pin, but for for all viewers) | Host | No | |
| Video feeds in display | up to 49 | up to 49 | |
| View gallery or single feed | Yes (i.e. 1 or all, up to 49) | No | |
| External users can join meetings (by invitation) |
Yes | Yes | |
| External users can present/start meetings | Yes | Yes | |
| File transfer via chat | Yes (not enabled by default) | Yes | |
| Guest join | Yes | Via browser | |
| Instant Messaging | Yes | Yes | |
| Lobby / Waiting room | Yes | Yes | |
| Multiple presenters/teachers in a session | Yes | Yes | |
| Max Number of Participants |
300 |
1000 | |
| Outlook Calendar integration | Yes [by installing Oulook plug-in] | Yes | |
| Persistent Instant Messaging | 2 years | Unlimited | |
| Public Group chat | Yes | Yes | |
| Q&A Tool | Yes | Chat | |
| Raise Hand | Yes | No | |
| Recording | Local or cloud | Cloud | |
| Registration required setting | Yes | No (But the security element of unregistered access is mitigated by Waiting Room) |
|
| Screen Sharing | Yes | Yes | |
| Video Sharing | All Participants | Presenters | |
| Webinar can be streamed to Facebook/YouTube channel | Yes | No (Microsoft offers its own streaming solution, Stream) |
|
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Whiteboard |
Yes | Yes | |
Both of these tool sets are developing rapidly at the moment and so this table is likely to fall out ouf date quite quickly as the two products converge. For example, in recent days Zoom has addressed a number of security concerns, and as this page was being prepared, Microsoft added a 'custom background' feature to Teams.