BigBlueButton
Free conferencing software built for education
- Also known as
- bigbluebutton
Available worldwide
What is BigBlueButton?
A freely-available conferencing system designed for educational settings, offering tools for collaborative group learning such as breakout areas, interactive drawing surfaces, and screen sharing capabilities.
BigBlueButton pricing
We don't have BigBlueButton's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
What BigBlueButton does
The capabilities that matter for collaboration software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Messaging
- -
- Video meetings
- ✓
- Whiteboard
- ✓
- Screen sharing
- ✓
- Recording / transcription
- Recording
- End-to-end encryption
- -
- SSO / SCIM
- -
- Guest / external access
- -
- Compliance controls
- -
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Max participants
- -
- App marketplace
- ✓
- Public API / bot framework
- ✓
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- Sakai
- Canvas
- Moodle Cloud
- Jenzabar
- D2L
- Schoology
- YouTube
- PeerTube
BigBlueButton FAQ
Common questions about BigBlueButton, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is BigBlueButton?
A self-hosted web conferencing system that enables virtual meetings, classes, and collaborative sessions with features like screen sharing and video capture. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.
Source: https://bigbluebutton.org
Is BigBlueButton free to use?
BigBlueButton is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://bigbluebutton.org
What platforms does BigBlueButton support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to BigBlueButton. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://bigbluebutton.org
Can BigBlueButton be self-hosted?
Yes. BigBlueButton can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://bigbluebutton.org
What does BigBlueButton integrate with?
We have confirmed 8 integrations for BigBlueButton, including Sakai, Canvas, Moodle Cloud, Jenzabar, D2L, Schoology, YouTube and PeerTube. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://bigbluebutton.org
Where is BigBlueButton available?
BigBlueButton is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Canada.
Source: https://bigbluebutton.org
BigBlueButton alternatives
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Compare BigBlueButton
Side by side against other collaboration software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.07 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.08 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: self · Free tier: Yes · Api access: Yes · Whiteboard: Yes · Open source: Yes · Browser join: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
Pricing
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