# RingCentral Video alternatives — Video Conferencing As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [alfaview (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/alfaview), [Tixeo (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/tixeo) and [Nextcloud Talk (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/nextcloud-talk) highest among the other 27 Video Conferencing products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [alfaview](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/alfaview) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). - Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/ringcentral-video/alternatives - RingCentral Video: https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/ringcentral-video.md - Data as of: 2026-10-21 **AI-generated.** Ratings and verdicts are the opinion of a panel of AI judges, formed from public evidence against a published rubric — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Listed by panel rating (products the panel could not rate follow alphabetically); no placement is for sale. How lists are ordered: https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering ## European alternatives to RingCentral Video - [alfaview](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/alfaview) · EU-Made · panel rating 3/5 · data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages alfaview is a German video-conferencing platform from a Karlsruhe contracting entity, and the bench finds it strongest in the meeting itself: meeting core scored a flat 7 on published per-room capacities of 100, 300 and 500 participants, fifty breakout rooms and per-participant moderation, and reach and accessibility scored 7-8 on live transcription, screen-reader and braille support and sign-language interpreter handling in all plans. - [Nextcloud Talk](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/nextcloud-talk) · EU-Made · panel rating 3/5 · data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages Nextcloud Talk is a self-hosted, open-source video conferencing platform from Nextcloud GmbH of Stuttgart; this bench scored it strongest where deployment control matters and weakest on the meeting itself. - [Whereby](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/whereby) · UK / wider Europe · panel rating 2.5/5 · data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Ireland The judges scored Whereby, a browser-based video-conferencing product from Whereby AS of Norway, strongest on encryption and access at 6 to 7 and on reach and accessibility at 6 to 7: media uses DTLS-SRTP, TLS 1.2 in transit and AES256 at rest, an opt-in small-meeting mode offers end-to-end encryption, dial-in carries country numbers, and captions cover 32 languages. - [Wire](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/wire) · EU-Made · panel rating 2/5 · data hosting: not stated on the vendor’s pages · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-10-19 Wire, a video-conferencing and messaging product from Wire Swiss GmbH of Zug, Switzerland, splits the bench sharply. ## Other alternatives - [Tixeo](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/tixeo) · provenance unknown · panel rating 3/5 Tixeo is secure video conferencing from a self-described independent French company hosting in Europe. - [eyeson](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/eyeson) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2.5/5 · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-10-01 eyeson is a video conferencing service from eyeson GmbH. - [Jitsi Meet](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/jitsi-meet) · Rest of world · panel rating 2.5/5 · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-10-19 Jitsi Meet is 8x8's free, open-source conferencing stack, and judges score it highest where its engineering is published: encryption and access at 7-8 — optional end-to-end encryption whose extra layer is stated as never removable at the server, over default DTLS-SRTP — and integrations at 6-8, built on an Apache 2.0 licence, a Docker install documented at 15 minutes, and XMPP and REST control. - [FreeConference](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/freeconference) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2.5/5 · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-10-20 FreeConference is a video conferencing service operated by Iotum Inc. - [Zoom](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/zoom) · Rest of world · panel rating 2.5/5 · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-09-15 Zoom scores highest where its documentation is deepest: meeting core at 6-7, on per-plan capacity (100 participants by default, 300 on Business, up to 5,000 with the Large Meeting add-on) and breakout rooms documented across five roles; integrations at 6-7, on documented REST APIs, calendar OAuth scopes, webhooks and single sign-on with managed domains from the Business tier; and pricing transparency at 6-7, with Pro at €13.33 /user/month and Business at €17.49 /user/month, billed annually excluding VAT. - [BigBlueButton](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/bigbluebutton) · Rest of world · panel rating 2.5/5 BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom whose strongest scores are in reach and accessibility — a flat 7 — resting on a WCAG 2.0 Level AA statement validated in September 2023 by external CPWA expert David Berman, JAWS screen-reader support, live closed captions, and one-click browser joining without accounts. - [Webex](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/webex) · Rest of world · panel rating 2.5/5 Webex is a video conferencing product from Cisco Systems, Inc. - [Livestorm](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/livestorm) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 Livestorm is a browser-based webinar platform from Livestorm SAS, delivered over WebRTC with no downloads. - [Pexip](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/pexip) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 Pexip AS is a video conferencing platform whose scores are highest on integrations, at 7–9, built on Outlook and Google Calendar scheduling, Active Directory, SSO with MFA, APIs and SDKs, registration of Cisco, Poly, Yealink, Avaya and Lifesize endpoints over SIP and H.323, and a self-hosted path with conferencing nodes deployable in data centers anywhere in the world. - [Dialpad Meetings](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/dialpad-meetings) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 Dialpad Meetings shows best on reach and accessibility, scored a flat 7: guests join by browser link or SMS invite with no app or account, dial-in lists international access numbers for Belgium, Finland and the Czech Republic, and a dedicated accessibility page documents TTY, RTT and hearing-device support. - [GoTo Meeting](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/goto-meeting) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 - [Digital Samba](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/digital-samba) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 Digital Samba is browser-based video conferencing from Digital Samba S.L., a Spanish company. - [LiveWebinar](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/livewebinar) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 LiveWebinar is a cloud-based video conferencing and webinar product. - [ClickMeeting](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/clickmeeting) · provenance unknown · panel rating 2/5 ClickMeeting is a browser-based webinar and meeting platform whose strength is entry: joining needs no install from a desktop browser, mobile app or mobile browser, with real-time live transcription, screen-reader support on web and mobile, and adjustable chat font sizes; reach and accessibility scores run 5 to 6, the highest here. - [Lifesize](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/lifesize) · provenance unknown · panel rating 1.5/5 Lifesize's published pages score strongest as an organisation-wide conferencing service tied to its own room hardware: recording governance sits at a flat 4 — Record and Share enabled at account level, admins managing the recordings library, sharing restricted to specific users — and integrations score 4-5, with Icon systems prompting to join from the calendar named the bright spot. - [Microsoft Teams](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/microsoft-teams) · Rest of world · panel rating 1.5/5 · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-09-16 Microsoft Teams is video conferencing from Microsoft Corporation, a US vendor in Redmond, Washington. - [Demio](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/demio) · provenance unknown · panel rating 1.5/5 Demio is a webinar platform built for marketers. - [Google Meet](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/google-meet) · Rest of world · panel rating 1.5/5 Google Meet's strongest evidence is pricing transparency, the bench's highest at 5–6 (the educator alone at 6): three of four tiers carry public per-user euro prices — Starter €5.44/€6.80, Standard €6.80/€13.60, Plus €10.55/€21.10 per user per month — with a stated 16% saving on a one-year commitment, participant capacities of 100 to 1000 per plan and a 24-hour maximum meeting length; meeting core scores 4–6, the IT administrator alone at 6. - [LoopUp Meetings](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/loopup-meetings) · provenance unknown · panel rating 1.5/5 LoopUp Meetings is strongest on reach and accessibility, where international dial-in, account-free guest joining, mobile apps and soft-phone or VoIP joining are all documented, and weakest on sovereignty and encryption and access (a flat 2). - [TeamViewer Meeting](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/teamviewer-meeting) · provenance unknown · panel rating 1/5 TeamViewer Meeting's public case rests on corporate identity and certifications, and the bench scores it accordingly: sovereignty is the strongest category at 4-5, built on German contracting entities — TeamViewer Germany GmbH (Ulm HRB 534075) and TeamViewer SE, both at Bahnhofsplatz 2, Göppingen — and published ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 and 3, HIPAA/HITECH conformance, though the stated EU-based storage on Microsoft Azure appears only on the AI add-on page and the general subprocessor list is a PDF link that was not examined. - [Vectera](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/vectera) · provenance unknown · panel rating 1/5 · free plan per the vendor’s page captured 2026-09-29 Vectera is a video conferencing product built around customer meetings that guests join by booking link. - [Adobe Connect](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/adobe-connect) · provenance unknown · panel rating 1/5 Adobe Connect arrives at this bench as a developer-documented meeting platform whose strength is extensibility: integrations scored 3-4, led by a custom pods SDK with methods, properties, events and code samples, pods built in HTML, JavaScript and CSS, and a developer distribution channel; meeting core followed at 2-4, with five of six judges at 4 citing documented breakout rooms, host, presenter and participant roles, and participant statuses such as raise hand. - [Amazon Chime](https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/amazon-chime) · provenance unknown · panel rating 0/5 Judged from its own captured pages, Amazon Chime sits at the bottom: the homepage, legal, privacy and security pages describe the AWS cloud platform, not a meeting product. Ratings are out of 5 (the panel's mean, half steps). --- Cite as: whats-best.ai, "RingCentral Video alternatives — Video Conferencing", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/video-conferencing/ringcentral-video/alternatives