🆚 BigBlueButton vs. Zoom

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Video conferencing tool
Video conferencing tool

About

BigBlueButton is web-based, open source virtual classroom software designed to help teachers effectively engage students for online learning.

Zoom is a cloud-based communications platform that enables video meetings, audio conferencing, phone calls, and team chat across devices.

It includes HD video and audio, meetings for up to 1,000 participants with view options up to 49 videos on screen, screen sharing and remote control, meeting recording and transcripts, breakout rooms, virtual backgrounds, webinar hosting, cloud phone services, and end-to-end encryption options.

Headquarters

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
San Jose, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Basic, up to 40 minutes and 100 participants per meeting
Pro
(100 participants per meeting)
$15.99/user/month
Business
(300 participants per meeting)
$21.99/user/month

Categories

Video Conferencing › Rank #7
Video Conferencing › Rank #2
Instant Messaging › Rank #12
Online Collaboration › Rank #8

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Zoom video conferencing tool is 24 times more popular than BigBlueButton.
Total websites

Market share

Video Conferencing

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Zoom is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while BigBlueButton is more popular in Iran, Vietnam, and Morocco.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
Japan
France
India
Spain
Italy
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Zoom is more popular than BigBlueButton in all market segments.
Business
Education/Reference
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Health
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Major Global Religions
Software/Hardware
Blogs/Wiki
Real Estate

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#244,478
#308,773
#375,523
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Name
Rank
#9,363
#15,189
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See also

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