Twist vs Zoom
No clear leader: Zoom (64.4) and Twist (64.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for collaboration software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Twist
An asynchronous team messaging platform that reduces reliance on synchronous meetings and supports distributed work with threaded conversations and async-first workflows.
Zoom
A comprehensive unified communications solution offering video conferencing, instant messaging, cloud-based phone service, webinars, and workplace collaboration features, deployable in cloud or on-premises environments.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Twist
From $6/user/mo. Free tier.
- FreeFree
- Access up to 1 month of comments and messages
- Up to 5 integrations
- Up to 5 GB file storage
- Standard support
- Up to 500 internal member accounts
- +1 more
- Unlimited$6/user/mo
- Access full history of comments and messages
- Unlimited integrations
- Unlimited file storage
- Priority support
- Unlimited internal member accounts
- +1 more
Zoom
- School and Campus-
- Meetings up to 300 participants for 30 hours
- Team Chat with direct, channel, and group messaging
- Unlimited whiteboards
- Screen sharing with co-annotation
- Breakout rooms and polling
- +9 more
- School and Campus Plus-
- All School and Campus features plus:
- Zoom Phone with unlimited internal calling
- Metered outbound calling within US & Canada
- 10GB cloud storage per user
- LTI integration
- +5 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Meetings up to 500+ participants
- Webinars up to 500 attendees
- Unlimited cloud storage
- Zoom Phone with unlimited calling
- Conference Room Connector
- +3 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Twist
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- OneDrive
- Todoist
- Zapier
- Google Calendar
- Calendly
Zoom
- Skype for Business (Lync)
- Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
- Third-party applications via App Marketplace
- Microsoft 365
Twist or Zoom: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.