

Zoom has found itself drowning in revenue. Somehow Zoom have managed to become the 21st century BiroĪs they say, ‘other brands of video conferencing software are available’, so why has ‘to Zoom’ become a verb? The pandemic has even launched Zoom into the Oxford English Dictionary, becoming one of its words for the year for 2020! They’ve managed to achieve what very few with the exception of Mr Hoover and Mr Biro have ever managed to do. If the Zoom Room is a free trial or a Zoom for Home device, the meeting will still time out at 40-minutes.The 8 best free alternatives to Zoom (and most are better than Zoom too!) However, if a Basic user schedules a meeting and any paid Zoom Room joins that meeting, whether on your same account or a separate account, the current meeting session will no longer be limited to 40 minutes.Users with Basic (free) licenses on Pro, Business, or Enterprise accounts are limited to the free license meeting durations.The meeting durations for paid users only apply to users assigned a paid license or using Webinar licenses (for webinars, panelists are treated the same as participants, however, attendees do not affect time duration).The meeting will end 40 minutes later if no one else joins. 1 host and 1 or more participants joined.Learn more about scheduling a meeting with no host present. * Note: A meeting started without the host present is still limited by the actual host's time limit, in this case that being 30 hours.

Paid licenses (Licensed and On-Prem) Meeting ends after 30 hours

* Note: A meeting started without the host present is still limited by the actual host's time limit, in this case that being 40 minutes.

These time limits apply to meetings and webinars regardless of the device used to start the meeting (client, app, or phone). Your meeting will automatically end based on the idle time, type of account, and number of participants.
