Audio and podcasting

Microsoft Teams Essentials alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

jitsi/jitsi-meet29,701Apache-2.0Secure, scalable web-based video conferencing app with chat, screen sharing, and meeting links.Open on GitHub bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton9,183LGPL-3.0Full-featured web conferencing system with audio/video, chat, polling, whiteboard, and recording.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Enterprise-grade global scale and reliability
Built-in Microsoft 365 integrations and single-sign on
Brand reputation and enterprise support
Proprietary Copilot/AI integrations (Microsoft Copilot)

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Microsoft Teams Essentials, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.