5 Platforms for Free Video Conference Call Services

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Despite the fact that efficient communication
matters a lot for keeping enterprises
competitive in the peer, keeping efficient
communication all the time is a tough thing,
especially when enterprises carry out
cross-regional cooperation, or set up
branches across the country or even the globe. In
this case, it is advisable to adopt video
conference call service, with offers an easy and
real-time way to let you meet and communicate
with coworkers, partners and customers face to
face from anywhere. There are numerous video
conference tools that provide video conference
call services. Some are expensive, and some are
totally free. Due to tight budget, small business
and start-ups are inclined to apply free video
calls and video conferencing services. If you're
one of them, you are in the right place. The part
below introduces you 5 best free video
conference call services. 1. Skype As a
well-known social instant messaging app, Skype is
likely to be the first one that reminds you of
video conference call for free. As you know,
Skype allows you to create a one to one video
conference call or group conference call that
consists of up to 10 participants wherever
they're located.

• Pros
• Enable to create one to one video call

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• Empower to start group video call
• Support file sharing and screen sharing
• Allow to send text messages, voice messages and
  video messages.
• Cons
• Only support 10 participants appear in a same
  group video call.
• 2. Google Hangouts
• Google Hangouts is a free online video conference
  call, which lets you meet coworkers, customers
  and partners on a same page easily. You can get
  easy access to it via Chrome toolbar, Gmail,
  Inbox and its Android and iOS apps.

• Pros
• Enable to start one to one or group conversations
  via a video conference call at a time
• Allow to share screens with other participants
• Integrated with Google calendar
• Screen focuses on the speakers automatically

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• Empower to send text, emoji, photos and more
• Record video conversations to share with others
  via Google and YouTube.
• Cons
• Only up to 10 participants can be in a same video
  conference call.
• 3. ezTalks Cloud Meeting
• The third free internet video conference call
  service is ezTalks Cloud Meeting. Compared to
  Skype and Google Hangouts, ezTalks Cloud Meeting
  gives you the power to host and attend an online
  meeting with up to 100 participants, which is
  significant for enterprises to have more
  participants present at a same meeting and
  collaborate with no cost.

• Pros
• Support up to 100 participants in a same meeting

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• Support unlimited meeting times
• Allow to create a personal meeting room
• Allow to have a meeting right now, or schedule a
  meeting at a certain time
• Fully compatible with Windows PC, Mac, Android
  device and iOS devices
• Work well in desktop sharing whiteboard
  sharing
• Offer two kinds of views gallery view and full
  screen
• High-definition video and high-fidelity audio
• Allow to chat with anyone or in a group
• Record video conversations for playback later
• Work perfectly with ezTalks Onion, a feature-rich
  video conferencing equipment.
• Cons
• 40-min limit on group meetings.
• 4. ooVoo
• ooVoo is the fourth one to let you have free
  video conference calls online. It is compatible
  with Android devices, iOS devices, Amazon Fire
  Phone, Windows Phone, Mac, PC as well as Intel
  RealSense devices. With its help, you can have
  twelve people to join a same video conference
  call at a time. During the video conference call,
  you can send text message, share fun photos,
  make a capture by recording.

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• Pros
• Allow to send text, picture, video messages, and
  more
• Be available on Amazon Fire Phone, Android
  devices, iOS devices, Mac, Windows Phone, PC and
  Intel RealSense devices
• Allow to create a personal meeting room
• Allow to have a meeting right now, or schedule a
  meeting at a certain time
• Support adding contacts from Facebook, Twitter,
  Gmail, Outlook and other emails.
• Cons
• Allow to have a video conference call with up to
  12 participants
• Force to set Teoma as default search provider, or
  set Teoma.com as browser during the
  installation.
• 5. Zoom
• Zoom offers both free plans and paid plans. Here
  we focus on its free plan. With it, you're able
  to start and attend a 50-person face-to-face
  online meeting which lasts for 40 minutes! Just
  like ezTalks Cloud Meeting, it displays the video
  conference with HD video and HD voice, so that
  you can see the looks on the other participants'
  faces and watch their body languages clearly.
  For more features, please have a look at the
  following part.

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• Pros
• Meet with up to 50 participants
• Unlimited number of meetings
• Allows to share interactive whiteboards for
  drawing, drafting and typing
• Support files sharing, screen sharing with marks
  on it
• Fully compatible with Macintosh OS, Windows,
  Linux, Android as well as iOS
• Enable to start an impromptu meeting or schedule
  a meeting at a fixed time
• Support private and group chat, and saving the
  chat history for use later
• Provide with 3 views active speaker's view,
  gallery view and full screen
• Keep the audio recording of meetings to avoid
  missing anything important.
• Cons
• Only host up to 50 participants
• Group meetings only last for 40 minutes at a
  time
• Not allowed to record video conversation
• Only text, no emoji, can be sent in the built-in
  instant messaging
• Screen sharing is frequently to be paused.