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The pricing page publishes a 150-participant cap for video conferences on the paid tier, and instant meetings and conferencing are named core capabilities, but that is where the public information stops. I found no public information on screen sharing, breakout rooms, host moderation controls, waiting rooms, or documented behaviour on a constrained connection — a capacity number without the meeting mechanics a buyer needs. 1 2

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This is the one criterion written in full sentences: end-to-end encryption is the default for text, voice, video and files, protected by MLS across both cloud and on-premises versions, with the cryptography open source on GitHub, frequently independently audited, and a plain vendor statement that it has no access to encryption keys and uses no backdoors. Device fingerprint verification and ID Shield checks against the customer's own identity provider are documented. I hold back one point because guest links with passwords are the only joining control evidenced — I found no public information on per-meeting access policies or admission mechanics such as a lobby. 2 4 6 7 9

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Guest links with passwords let outsiders join without an account, and a free tier lets anyone test the path in. Beyond that I found no public information on browser joining without an install, telephone dial-in, live captions, keyboard or screen-reader operation, or behaviour on low bandwidth — nothing that would let me say everyone who needs to join can. 1 2

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I found no public information on meeting recording at all — not who may record, not whether participants are told, not where a recording is stored or how long it lives. The deletion rules published concern messages deleted after delivery, logs kept at most 90 days, usage data 365 days and payment data 12 months after termination; none of them is a recording rule, and the admin console evidences restrictions on file sharing and guest links but no organisation-wide recording policy. 2 4

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SAML single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, webhooks via the GitHub app, and an open-source SDK with documentation and sample apps are all evidenced, alongside both on-premises and private-cloud deployment with MLS protection stated for every feature in cloud and on-premises versions. I stop short of the top because the marketplace and TypeScript SDK are announced for late 2025 rather than shipped, and I found no public information on calendar integration or room-system support. 1 2 6 8

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Servers are stated to be in Germany and Ireland and a complete subprocessor list is published with locations and transfer safeguards named, which is more than most. But the contracting entity is Wire Swiss GmbH in Zug — outside the EU — with only an Article 27 representative designated, the security pages never name the hosting infrastructure, and the privacy policy lists AWS as hosting subprocessor while the security pages leave the provider unnamed, so the captured pages give different pictures on who carries the traffic; exposure through US-parented support and analytics subprocessors cannot be ruled out from the pages alone. 3 4 5 7

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€7.45 per person/month with annual payment and €8.94 per person/month with monthly payment are published, with the free tier's five-person cap, the paid tier's 100-person cap and a 150-participant conference limit stated. But above 100 people the price is simply "Custom", the support tiers marked "Optional" carry no figures, and I found no public information on dial-in rates, recording storage allowances, minimum term or VAT treatment — so the annual invoice for a real organisation cannot be computed from public pages. 2

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