Microsoft Teams vs Proton Meet

Microsoft Teams brings chat, channels, calls, meetings, and screen sharing together, with guest access and unlimited message history. People can join meetings as guests without a Teams account, and free users can sign in with an email address or phone number without a subscription. Free group meetings and calls last up to 60 minutes; one-to-one calls have no time limit. The free plan lists 100 participants and 5 GB of cloud storage. Teams runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. Its listed integrations include Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Exchange, Planner, Forms, Power BI, OneNote, Power Apps, Power Automate, and LinkedIn; Teams also has over 250 integrated business apps. Business plans support up to 300 users or people, include encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files, and can include recordings and transcripts. Business plans list 1 TB per user for Business Basic and 10 GB per user for Teams Essentials. Essentials is $4 a year, billed at $4.00 per user/month, paid yearly; Business Basic is $7 a year, billed at $7.00 per user/month, paid yearly.

Proton Meet provides private video conferencing for teams, friends, and family, with apps for the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. It uses Messaging Layer Security to encrypt audio, video, screen shares, and chats end to end. External guests can join through a meeting link without a Proton account. Hosts can blur backgrounds, reduce noise, lock meetings, block new arrivals, mute audio, stop video, and remove attendees. Meet integrates with Proton Calendar for calls and appointment scheduling. Proton says its apps are fully open source for independent auditing and that it does not retain meeting passwords, audio, video, chat messages, or metadata linking participants after a call. The free plan is free, billed $0.00 every month, with meetings up to 60 minutes, 50 participants, and five meeting links per day. Paid pricing starts at $7.99/user/mo (annual). The Professional plan lists meetings up to 24 hours and 100 participants, plus screen sharing, chat, scheduling, and recording. Proton also states that Meet complies with GDPR, HIPAA, CJIS, and PCI.