# RingCentral vs Zoom

**Leader by Vioscale score:** RingCentral

| Attribute | RingCentral | Zoom |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.7 (57% (medium)) | 60.5 (54% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based solution combining phone, messaging, video meetings, and intelligent contact center tools to automate and manage customer interactions and internal team communications. | Cloud-based suite that integrates video conferencing, instant messaging, phone services, email, and collaboration tools into one platform. Supports meetings up to 500+ participants with recording, transcription, and AI-assisted features. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":false,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"screen_sharing":true,"video_meetings":true,"app_marketplace":true,"compliance_controls":true,"recording_transcription":"recording_ai_notes"}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"whiteboard":true,"screen_sharing":true,"video_meetings":true,"app_marketplace":true,"max_participants":"300-500+","compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true,"recording_transcription":"recording_ai_notes"}` |
| integrations.count | 500 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Google Workspace"},{"name":"Bullhorn"},{"name":"Netsuite"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Sugar CRM"},{"name":"Dynamics"}]` | `[{"name":"Skype for Business (Lync)"},{"name":"Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)"},{"name":"Third-party applications via App Marketplace"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","CA","AU","GB","DE","FR","IT","ES","PT","SG"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","CA"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Core","summary":"$20/user/month (billed annually)","features":["Unlimited domestic calling","On-demand call recording","100 toll-free minutes","25 SMS per user per month","HD meetings (200 participants)","AI Receptionist add-on","AI Virtual Assistant","Captions & transcriptions","Notes & summaries"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unify calls, meetings, and chat in an all-in-one, professional app","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sms_per_user":"25/month","toll_free_minutes":"100","meeting_participants":"200"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"$25/user/month (billed annually)","features":["Everything in Core","CRM integrations","Connect multiple sites","Core reporting and insights","1000 toll-free minutes","100 SMS per user per month","AI Receptionist add-on","AI Virtual Assistant","AI Writer","Captions & transcriptions","Notes & summaries"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Connect teams across locations and improve customer engagement","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sms_per_user":"100/month","toll_free_minutes":"1000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Ultra","summary":"$35/user/month (billed annually)","features":["Everything in Advanced","10000 toll-free minutes","200 SMS per user per month","RingCentral Webinar","Historical and real-time insights","Unlimited storage","Device analytics & alerts","All AI Virtual Assistant features"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":35,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Engage audiences at scale, backed by deep business insights","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sms_per_user":"200/month","toll_free_minutes":"10000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Customer Engagement Bundle","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Ultra","Business SMS Booster","Call Queues Booster"],"description":"Orchestrate faster, consistent service with connected voice & SMS","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"AI Receptionist (AIR)"}],"summary":"From $20/user/month (billed annually). Free trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.ringcentral.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:28:56.383Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"School and Campus","features":["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","Automated captions and recording transcripts","Personal Meeting ID and waiting room","Virtual backgrounds and filters","Zoom Mail and Calendar","Tasks and file attachments","Streaming and reporting","Admin portal and user management","SSO and custom mail domain","REST API access"],"description":"Basic tier for schools with core meeting and chat features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"participants":"300","meeting_duration_hours":"30","cloud_storage_gb_per_user":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"School and Campus Plus","features":["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","Custom branding","Managed domains","Multi-region storage and media control","Device management","Language interpretations"],"description":"Mid-tier with phone service and administrative features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"participants":"300","cloud_storage_gb_per_user":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Meetings up to 500+ participants","Webinars up to 500 attendees","Unlimited cloud storage","Zoom Phone with unlimited calling","Conference Room Connector","Information barriers and compliance policies","Archival and data loss prevention APIs","Advanced reporting and user management"],"description":"Full-featured tier for large organizations with advanced controls","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"participants":"500+","webinar_attendees":"500","cloud_storage_gb_per_user":"None"}}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://zoom.us/pricing/education","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:24:25.644Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Collaboration Software)

| Capability | RingCentral | Zoom |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Modality** |  |  |
| Messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video meetings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | - | ✓ |
| **Meetings** |  |  |
| Screen sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recording / transcription | Recording + AI notes | Recording + AI notes |
| **Security** |  |  |
| End-to-end encryption | - | - |
| SSO / SCIM | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Access** |  |  |
| Guest / external access | - | ✓ |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| Compliance controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Max participants | - | 300-500+ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| App marketplace | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API / bot framework | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Free tier | ✗ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:36:52.267Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*