Duplicate software checker · Zoom and Microsoft Teams
Do you need Zoom if you have Microsoft Teams?
If your Microsoft 365 plan includes Teams, you already pay for video meetings. Teams on Business plans hosts up to 300 people, the same as Zoom Workplace Business; Zoom Pro hosts 100. Keeping Zoom Pro for 50 people costs US$8,496 a year at list price.
Paying twice
a year on jobs your plan already covers
Assumes the people using these tools also have a Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace licence.
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Worked out from the numbers you entered. Nothing leaves your browser. What each plan includes
Starts with 50 people on Zoom. Change the plan, the number of people and the price to yours, or add your other tools.
What Zoom does that Microsoft Teams doesn't, and the reverse
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting size | Teams hosts 300 people on Business plans and 1,000 on E3 and E5. Zoom Pro hosts 100, Business 300 and Enterprise 1,000. | learn.microsoft.com |
| Phone calls | A full phone system needs Teams Phone Standard, US$10 a person a month on top of Microsoft 365. If you already run Zoom Phone, switching is a bigger job. | microsoft.com |
| Recordings | Zoom Pro and Business include 10 GB of cloud recording storage per licence. | zoom.us |
| Plans without Teams | Microsoft sells every Microsoft 365 plan with or without Teams. Without Teams, nothing in the plan replaces Zoom. | microsoft.com |
When keeping both makes sense
- Your Microsoft 365 plan was bought without Teams.
- Clients or partners insist on Zoom for external calls.
- Zoom Phone is already your phone system.
Fewer isn't affiliated with any company named here. Plan contents and list prices were read on each vendor's own page on 4 November 2026, in US dollars per person a month, billed yearly.
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Questions
Do you need Zoom if you have Microsoft Teams?
If your Microsoft 365 plan includes Teams, you already pay for video meetings. Teams on Business plans hosts up to 300 people, the same as Zoom Workplace Business; Zoom Pro hosts 100. Keeping Zoom Pro for 50 people costs US$8,496 a year at list price.
When does it make sense to keep both Zoom and Microsoft Teams?
When your Microsoft 365 plan was bought without Teams, or when clients or partners insist on Zoom for external calls, or when zoom Phone is already your phone system.
How much does keeping Zoom cost?
Zoom Zoom Workplace Pro lists at US$14.16 a person a month billed yearly (checked 4 November 2026), so 50 people cost US$8,496 a year.
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