All else being equal, room for more people is better. Lots of participants: Most services we checked out allow for at least four participants in free meetings, but some go further, allowing 100 or even 1,000 people to join.For that reason, we recommend it mainly for individuals who want an easy-to-use free service for desktop calls or for nimble startups that don’t need the huge range of features a more mature service like Zoom can offer. Whereby also lags behind the competition in its mobile experience. Whereby’s paid accounts are the least expensive we’ve seen, but they’re relatively short on business-oriented features-you won’t find stuff like dial-in functionality, polling, Q&A sessions, and a commuter mode. They also rated its audio quality the highest of any service and preferred its video quality to that of most rivals. In two consecutive rounds of testing, a majority of our panelists said Whereby’s in-meeting experience was as good as or better than Zoom’s. It matches or exceeds our top pick in free-meeting length and attendee count while offering fun extras such as in-meeting YouTube playback and collaborative editing of embedded Google Docs files, Trello cards, and whiteboards. If you prefer the ease of browser-based meetings but want a great-looking user interface with lots of fun and useful features, give Whereby a try.

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