Proton Meet vs TrueConf

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.

TrueConf Server combines video meetings, messaging, webinars, and remote collaboration in a self-hosted platform. Organizations can run it on premises inside a corporate network, including without an internet connection. Eligible licenses support conferences with up to 2,000 participants; the perpetual Free edition allows up to 10 participants, 1,000 messaging users, one guest connection, and one SIP/H.323 connection. Collaboration tools include chats, file and content sharing, recording, polls, reactions, and conference scheduling. Listed integrations include Active Directory and LDAP, SSO, SIP/H.323 systems, corporate calendars, APIs, and SDKs. The service can connect to SIP PBXs so users can call PBX subscribers from its client applications. Described AI features include noise reduction, background blurring or replacement, and meeting transcription and summaries. TrueConf lists MFA and trusted zones, as well as DLP integration for Enterprise. The free plan is perpetual; the paid TrueConf Server plan is $10 per user per year. Basic, extended, and full support packages vary in response times and coverage; basic support excludes assistance with AD/LDAP integration, the API, and port configuration. Client platforms include web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.