Video Conferencing Software
Whereby review
Browser-based video meetings with permanent room links, hosted mostly in the EU.
Whereby at a glance
- Category
- Video Conferencing Software
- Starting price
- $0 Free; Pro $10.99/host/month
- Pricing model
- per host
- Public pricing
- Yes
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- No
- Contract
- monthly or annual
- G2 rating
- 4.6 (1,160 reviews)
- Founded
- 2013
- Security
- ISO 27001
- Integrations
- Google Calendar
Who Whereby is for
Choose Whereby if
- Small teams and client-facing professionals who want link-based rooms without installs.
- EU-based buyers wanting EU hosting and ISO 27001.
Look elsewhere if
- Teams needing webinars, AI notes or room hardware (not described)
- Buyers needing SSO (not documented)
Whereby pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 host | 4 attendees, 30 min, 1 room |
| Pro | $10.99 | per host per month | 100 attendees, unlimited length, 3 rooms, branding, unlimited recording |
| Business | $13.99 | per host per month | Minimum 3 hosts, 200 attendees, unlimited rooms, custom subdomain |
Prices shown in USD excl. VAT. Annual toggle says Save 17%, annual amounts not captured.
What Whereby really costs
- Per seat per month
- $10.99 (Pro, per host, monthly billing)
- Billing
- Monthly and annual.
- Annual discount
- 17% (vendor 'Save 17%' toggle)
- Minimum seats
- 3 hosts minimum on Business.
- 20 users per year
- Pro on monthly billing: 20 x $10.99 x 12 = $2,637.60/yr (annual-billing price not captured)
- Add-ons
- Whereby-provided recording storage (paid, price not shown)
Cheaper per seat than Whereby
Google Meet$7 (Business Starter, annual commitment); $8.40 flexible monthly.
Whereby features by buying criteria
| Criterion | What we found |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per host: Free, Pro $10.99, Business $13.99 per month. |
| Target company size | Individuals and small teams; Embedded product for developers. |
| Participant and meeting length limits | Free 4 attendees/30 min; Pro 100; Business 200; unlimited length on paid. |
| Security and compliance | ISO 27001; AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2; E2E on small rooms; HIPAA not mentioned. |
| Recording and AI transcription | Local recording; unlimited recording on Pro; AI transcription not mentioned. |
| Calendar and chat integrations | Google Calendar named; Slack and Teams not mentioned. |
| Meeting room and hardware support | Not described; browser-based. |
What reviewers say about Whereby
Praised for
- Easy to join from a browser with no install.
Themes paraphrased from public reviews on G2 and similar sites, not quotes.
What most Whereby reviews leave out
- Business plan requires at least 3 hosts.
- Data hosted mostly on AWS Dublin, so it stays in the EU.
- Whereby says it does not store audio or video itself; recordings go local, to your own S3 bucket or paid Whereby storage.
- ISO 27001 since Feb 2022, renewed 2025; SOC 2 applies to data centres, not stated for Whereby itself.
- Separate Embedded product for developers is priced by usage.
Whereby alternatives
Zoom WorkplaceTeams whose main need is reliable video meetings with chat attached.$14.16 per user/month billed annually (Pro); $16.99 billed monthly- Google MeetTeams already on Google Workspace that want meetings tied to Calendar and Gmail.$7 per user/month (Business Starter, annual commitment)
Jitsi MeetTeams with IT staff who want to self-host and control data.Free
Zoho MeetingSmall teams already on Zoho apps that want meetings and webinars from one vendor.$1 per host per month (Standard, billed annually; Zoho blog, Nov 2022, updated Sep 2023)
Dialpad MeetingsTeams already buying Dialpad for calling that want meetings in the same app.$15 user/month (Dialpad Connect Standard)
GoTo MeetingSmall and mid-size businesses that want per-organizer pricing instead of per-attendee.USD 12 per organizer/month billed annually (Professional)
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Whereby's own pricing, product or documentation pages, G2 and company records, checked on October 24, 2026. Unknown values are left out instead of estimated.