Jitsi Meet
A video conferencing platform for standalone use or integration into web applications
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What is Jitsi Meet?
A video conferencing system available as both a hosted cloud service and via Docker for self-deployment. It provides programmatic integration through JavaScript APIs and includes transcription capabilities.
Jitsi Meet pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Completely free
Jitsi Meet
FreeFree video conferencing with all features included
- End-to-end encryption
- Video meetings
- Browser access
- Mobile apps
- Transcription
- PSTN/SIP dial-in
- Public API access
- Open source
What Jitsi Meet 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 + AI notes
- End-to-end encryption
- ✓
- SSO / SCIM
- -
- Guest / external access
- ✓
- Compliance controls
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Max participants
- -
- App marketplace
- -
- Public API / bot framework
- ✓
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- OpenAI→
- YouTube
- SIP
Jitsi Meet FAQ
Common questions about Jitsi Meet, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Jitsi Meet?
A video conferencing platform offering both cloud-hosted and self-deployable options, with built-in end-to-end encryption, transcription services, and support for dial-in access. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.
Source: https://jitsi.org
Is Jitsi Meet free?
Jitsi Meet offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://jitsi.org
What platforms does Jitsi Meet support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Jitsi Meet. 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://jitsi.org
Can Jitsi Meet be self-hosted?
Yes. Jitsi Meet can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://jitsi.org
What does Jitsi Meet integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Jitsi Meet, including YouTube, SIP and OpenAI. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://jitsi.org
What security certifications does Jitsi Meet have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Jitsi Meet. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Jitsi Meet not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://jitsi.org/blog/trust-but-verify-introducing-user-verification/
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Compare Jitsi Meet
Side by side against other collaboration software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Jitsi Meet, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.04 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Free tier: Yes · Api access: Yes · Open source: Yes · Browser join: Yes · Pstn dial in: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-02 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-06 · 60% |
Pricing
Security
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