Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams
Google Meet and Microsoft Teams are both video conferencing software. Google Meet is a commercial product from Google. Microsoft Teams is a commercial product from Microsoft.
Which to pick
- Pick Google Meet when
- You use Google Workspace and want meetings that guests can join from a browser with no install.
- Pick Microsoft Teams when
- Your business already pays for Microsoft 365 and wants chat and video meetings without another vendor.
Side by side
Browser-based video meetings linked to Google Calendar, with recording, captions and breakout rooms on paid Workspace plans.
Chat, meetings, calls and file collaboration built on Microsoft 365, with SharePoint behind team files and optional phone system.
Free calls are time-limited for groups, and recording and larger meetings need higher Workspace tiers.
The client is heavy and the chat experience is clumsier than Slack; in the EU it is now sold separately from some Microsoft 365 plans.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Cloud service, desktop app and mobile app
Not published (both)
Closed source, sold by Google
Closed source, sold by Microsoft
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)
4k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
20k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Other comparisons
More video conferencing software
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.