Comparing Zoom and Google Meet
Overview
Whether you need to hold a meeting or teach a class, you have options with either Zoom Meetings or Google Meet. Both are effective web conferencing platforms that offer HD video, phone, or device audio options.
- Zoom Meetings (Primary Web Conferencing Tool): Zoom is a natural choice for teaching classes or facilitating a meeting with polling, recording, and other special features. Zoom works with all major browsers and devices. A Chrome browser extension makes it easy to add a Zoom link to a Google Calendar event.
- Google Meet (Secondary Option for Online Meetings): If you want to hold a meeting online, Meet can be quickly added to a Google Calendar event and integrates directly with all of Google Workspace in use at Pepperdine. Meet runs on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge browsers. Meet is also built into several conference rooms at select campuses.
The University also provides Zoom Webinars as an option for select events. Any faculty
or staff member may request a webinar. View a comparison between Zoom Meetings and
Zoom Webinars on the Pepperdine Zoom Webinars page.
Head-to-Head Comparison
| Feature | Google Meet | Zoom Meetings |
|---|---|---|
| Usage Preference | Quick work meetings | Online teaching and work meetings |
| Number of Participants | 100 | 300 |
| Dial-In | Yes | Yes |
| Dial-Out | Yes | No |
| Screen Sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Google Calendar Integration | Yes | Yes, with Chrome Browser Extension |
| Mobile App | Yes | Yes |
| ChromeBox Conference Room Enabled | Yes | No† |
| In-Conference Text Chat | Yes | Yes |
| In-Conference Private Chat | No | Yes |
| Polling | No | Yes |
| Recordings | No | Yes |
| Event Hosting with Participant Roles | Yes | Yes |
| File Sharing | Yes^ | Yes |
| Breakout Rooms | No | Yes |
| Whiteboard | Yes |
Yes |
| Availability | All current students, faculty, and staff | All current students, faculty, and staff* |
* Not intended for Digital Campus faculty and students. Digital Campus provides Zoom licenses through the separate 2U portal.
† The University has adopted the Google Meet standard for conference rooms. Zoom has a different product, called Zoom Rooms, that is currently not licensed by the University.
^ Attached files in Google Calendar invites will be available for all meeting participants to access.