Jitsi Meet review

Jitsi Meet is the best free Zoom alternative because it costs nothing and nobody needs an account. Jitsi's own page describes it as fully encrypted and 100% open source, usable all day, every day, for free. You can share your desktop, invite people with a custom URL, chat during the call and edit documents together through Etherpad. The US App Store listing adds that there are no artificial limits on the number of users, with server power and bandwidth as the only limiting factors, and that rooms can be locked with a password. Developers and IT teams can run their own copy on their own server. The trade off is fewer business tools such as admin controls and support, and an App Store rating of 3.6. We compared documented features and published prices rather than testing the app.

Who it is for

people who want free calls with no account

Price

Free on meet.jit.si and free to self host.

Jitsi Meet is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution that you can use all day, every day, for free
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 14, 2026.

Key features

• No account needed to start or join a meeting
• Encryption by default and password locked rooms
• 100% open source, so you can run it on your own server
• Desktop sharing and integrated chat
• Custom meeting URLs that guests open in a browser

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Costs nothing on meet.jit.si
• Strength: Guests join from a browser with no download
• Strength: The App Store listing says server power and bandwidth are the only limits on users
• Weakness: No vendor support plan on the free service
• Weakness: Fewer business features than Teams or Webex, such as no listed cloud recording plan
• Weakness: Rated 3.6 on the US App Store, the lowest app rating in this list

Key facts

• Price: Free
• Account needed: No
• License: 100% open source
• App Store rating: 3.6 from 492 ratings

Where it ranks

Jitsi Meet is No. 5 in our Best Zoom Alternatives verdict.