Between lockdowns, the Zoom App is becoming very popular all over the world, from video conferencing platforms in the office to meetings to online studies. On this platform, up to 100 people can be added for video-conferencing simultaneously, and this is probably the reason why it started being so much preferred for corporate to school-college sessions too.
As soon as the lockdown started around the world, the use of this video app started increasing rapidly and talking about India, here 90 thousand school children from around 20 countries are studying using the Zoom app. However, many questions related to it have also arisen among the popularity in the whole world. Cybercriminals can post offensive content on it during hacking during class or college sessions. This kind of action is done by hackers using screen sharing feature and such activity is called 'zoom bombing'.
Due to loopholes in security and privacy, caution is needed on this platform. But let us tell you that apart from Zoom, there are many platforms on which video conferencing can be done with more people.
Apart from zoom, this is options ...
Microsoft teams
Microsoft Teams Office 365 has built-in video conferencing. Although the free version of the team can be logged by personal email. Up to 300 members can be added to its La Tier version. It has features like guest access, one-on-one and group video / audio calls, screens and here every team can share files up to 10GB.
At the same time, there are more offers in its business plan. In this, the administrator has access to security, management and compliance. In this, every user of the team can share files up to 1TB. These versions also support online webillars and training sessions.
Skype
Another popular product from Microsoft is Skype. This is a great choice for a good video chat experience. Up to 50 people can be added to this platform simultaneously. There is no time limit, which proves to be very beneficial for small companies. Call recording feature has been provided on this platform, which allows the user to save and share recordings.
GoToMeeting
It is a web conferencing service of LogMein. Audio and video session features have been provided in GoToMotings. It also has screen sharing and an app for Android and iOS. In its standard version, up to 150 team members can be added. It costs $ 14 a month and is charged $ 12 a year. Those in medium size business will have to pay $ 19 every month for their business plan tier, to which 250 people can be added. At the same time, you can select a large business enterprise plan, in which 3000 people can be connected.
Join.Me
This is also a member of the LogMeIn team. Can be very useful for small business people who have a low budget. Only audio meetings are available in this. In this, three people can do free conferencing simultaneously. It has to pay $ 10 every month as a paid, in which five people can participate, plus there will be no time limit. There is no video option for lower-tier, but it will have screen and video sharing features.
Google Hangout Meet
Under the Google Meet Premium feature, up to 250 people can have a video conference simultaneously. Also, users can live stream content up to 100,000 viewers with domains. Apart from this, G Suite users can also record meetings in premium features.
Advisory to use Zoom app in India
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs in India has issued an advisory for the Zoom app. The Home Ministry said that this app is not safe, people should use it carefully. On behalf of the Ministry of Home Affairs, it was said that the government had earlier given information about this on 6 February and 30 March, so be cautious in its use. The Ministry has said that if a person is using it, then take care of some important things and keep changing the password. Take care before allowing anyone even in a video conference call.
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