Nextcloud Talk vs Zoom Workplace

Nextcloud Talk combines meetings, chat, and webinars in a self-hosted communication service. It supports private, group, and public calls, URL invitations for external participants, and chat that remains after calls. Users can share Nextcloud Files documents and connect rooms with files, calendars, and tasks. Federation links chats and calls across Nextcloud servers, while bridges connect services such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, IRC, Mattermost, and XMPP. Talk runs in browsers and on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, with a public API for app integrations. Security features listed include end-to-end encrypted calls, layered encryption, brute-force protection, suspicious-login detection, and a $10,000 bug bounty. Typical private deployments handle 6–10 participants, or up to 20 without video. Webinars, lobby-based public video conferences, SIP dial-in, and larger calls require the High Performance Backend.

Zoom Workplace brings meetings and collaboration tools together across web, desktop, mobile, and browser extension platforms. Listed meeting features include screen sharing, breakout rooms, and recording. Workplace Basic is free for one user and allows up to 100 participants, with group meetings of three or more limited to 40 minutes. Basic also lists 10 shared documents, three editable boards, and five videos of up to two minutes each. Workplace Pro costs $15.99 a month when billed monthly, for one to nine users. It allows meetings up to 30 hours and includes 10 GB of cloud recording storage per license, unlimited videos, and unlimited document sharing. AI Companion is included with paid services at no additional cost; account owners and administrators control whether its features are enabled. Listed integrations include Microsoft, ServiceNow, Google, Oracle, Salesforce, Atlassian, Google Calendar, Zapier, Zendesk, and Outlook. Pro also includes premium apps for one year, with terms applying.