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Video conferencing · November 2026 Edition

Microsoft vs Zoho Meeting

One of fourteen models named Microsoft first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Meeting. Microsoft was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Zoho Meeting by eight and Microsoft carries 70 labels and Zoho Meeting 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-seven categories this edition.

Zoho Meeting

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share17%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7011A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Zoom Workplace was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Zoom Workplace vs Microsoft · Zoom Workplace vs Zoho Meeting · Google Meet vs Microsoft

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the video conferencing page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MicrosoftFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho Meeting
Direct10
Paraphrase20
Comparative20
Budget-constrained42
Scale-constrained10
Negative005 against Microsoft
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Microsoft and Zoho Meeting were named in the same answer twenty-nine times, of the 351 answers naming Microsoft and the 32 naming Zoho Meeting. In those answers Zoho Meeting took the first choice four times and Microsoft eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft and Zoho Meeting stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Microsoft Zoho Meeting first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft on the left and Zoho Meeting on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft and Zoho Meeting stood in it.

Microsoft first, Zoho Meeting not the choice

1 of 14 modelsZoho Meeting was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft alternatives: Google Meet, Zoom Workplace

Neither was the first choice, one was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Zoom Workplace alternatives: GoToMeeting, Microsoft, RingCentral Video
GPT-5.4 miniZoom Workplace alternatives: Google Meet, Microsoft, WebEx
Gemini 3.5 FlashZoom Workplace alternatives: Dialpad AI Meetings, Google Meet, Microsoft, RingCentral Video
Perplexity SonarZoom Workplace alternatives: Google Meet, Microsoft, RingCentral Video, WebEx
Grok 4.20Zoom Workplace alternatives: Google Meet, Microsoft
Mistral SmallZoom Workplace alternatives: Cisco Webex, Microsoft, RingCentral Video
DeepSeek V4 FlashZoom Workplace alternatives: Cisco Webex, Google Meet, Microsoft, RingCentral MVP, RingEX
Llama 4 MaverickZoom Workplace alternatives: GoTo Meeting, Google Meet, Microsoft
Qwen 3.7 FlashZoom Workplace alternatives: GoTo Meeting, Google Meet, Microsoft
Kimi K2Zoom Workplace alternatives: Google Meet, Microsoft
GLM 4.7 FlashXZoom Workplace alternatives: Cisco Webex, Google Meet, Microsoft
GPT-6 LunaZoom Workplace alternatives: Google Meet, Microsoft
Muse Glimmer 30BZoom Workplace alternatives: Google Meet, Microsoft

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Microsoft leads by nineteen points.
Microsoft23%#3 of 10
Zoho Meeting4%#4 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft leads by twelve points.
Microsoft17%#3 of 8
Zoho Meeting4%#4 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft leads by sixty-four points.
Microsoft64%#1 of 7
Zoho Meeting0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and standard Webex for confidential discussions. They generally protect data in transit but do not provide true end-to-end encryption” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you're already on Microsoft 365 → Start with Teams. The cost is lower, integration is seamless, and it covers 90% of use cases.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Teams if: You're already in the Microsoft ecosystem and want integrated collaboration tools” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Value (Bundled Productivity Suite) ... Google Meet or Microsoft Teams” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zoho Meeting

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Zoho Meeting or Google Meet would likely be your best starting points” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Zoho Meeting is the best choice for a company with a limited budget.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Great for very small teams or startups—affordable scaling with HD video, polls, and scheduling.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.