{"id":5592,"date":"2021-09-23T06:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T10:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/?p=5592"},"modified":"2022-01-08T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:33:59","slug":"how-does-zoom-make-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zoom Business Model: How does Zoom make money?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you curious about how does Zoom make money? Zoom has emerged as a leader in modern enterprise video communications, with easy to use and reliable audio and video conferencing tools for the video conferencing industry.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_51 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-6600e0ce4fc07\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #333333;color:#333333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #333333;color:#333333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-6600e0ce4fc07\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-6600e0ce4fc07\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-visibility-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#Zoom_Company_Profile\" title=\"Zoom: Company Profile\">Zoom: Company Profile<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#What_is_Zoom\" title=\"What is Zoom?\">What is Zoom?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#How_does_Zoom_work\" title=\"How does Zoom work?\">How does Zoom work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#How_was_Zoom_started\" title=\"How was Zoom started?\">How was Zoom started?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#Zoom%E2%80%99s_Growth\" title=\"Zoom&#8217;s Growth\">Zoom&#8217;s Growth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#Zoom%E2%80%99s_Statistics\" title=\"Zoom&#8217;s Statistics\">Zoom&#8217;s Statistics<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#How_does_Zoom_make_money\" title=\"How does Zoom make money?\">How does Zoom make money?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#1_Zoom_Meetings\" title=\"1. Zoom Meetings\">1. Zoom Meetings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#2_Zoom_Rooms\" title=\"2. Zoom Rooms\">2. Zoom Rooms<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#3_Zoom_Phone\" title=\"3. Zoom Phone\">3. Zoom Phone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#4_Zoom_Webinar\" title=\"4. Zoom Webinar\">4. Zoom Webinar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#Is_Zoom_Secure\" title=\"Is Zoom Secure?\">Is Zoom Secure?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#Zoom%E2%80%99s_Security_and_Privacy_Issues\" title=\"Zoom&#8217;s Security and Privacy Issues\">Zoom&#8217;s Security and Privacy Issues<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/how-does-zoom-make-money\/#Final_Thoughts\" title=\"Final Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zoom_Company_Profile\"><\/span>Zoom: Company Profile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#x2019;s look in depth at if Zoom is profitable, the Business Model of Zoom and how does Zoom make money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Zoom\"><\/span>What is Zoom?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Zoom Video Communications, Inc.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>is a communications technology company that provides cloud-based video and audio conferencing and chat services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"How does Zoom make money\" class=\"wp-image-9691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Zoom.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s mission is to make video communications frictionless. It is suitable for small, medium and large enterprises as well as for personal use for individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Founded &#x2013;&nbsp;<\/strong>2011<\/li><li><strong>Founder and CEO<\/strong>&nbsp;&#x2013; Eric Yuan<\/li><li><strong>Headquarters &#x2013;<\/strong>&nbsp;San Jose, California<\/li><li><strong>Type &#x2013;&nbsp;<\/strong>Public<\/li><li><strong>Industry &#x2013;<\/strong>&nbsp;Telecom Services<\/li><li><strong>Competitors<\/strong>&nbsp;&#x2013; BlueJeans |&nbsp;UberConference |&nbsp;Microsoft Teams |&nbsp;Cisco Webex Teams |&nbsp;Google Hangouts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The workplace demographics are changing. Millennials make up 35% of the U.S. workforce. This demographic highly values flexibility and agility in their work environment and expect technology to work seamlessly and meet their needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, organizations are becoming increasingly distributed, partly because of the advancement in mobile and cloud technologies and ubiquitous network connectivity and, for the most part, because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these times of remote working and social distancing due to COVID-19, the way people work is rapidly changing. Videoconferencing apps have become the go-to apps for us to communicate with our coworkers, family and friends and have some semblance of social life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizations must evolve their approach to communication and collaboration in response to the changing trends. Zoom is one such communication and collaboration solution that has proved reliable without compromising quality, easy to use, easy to deploy, scalable, easily integrated, flexible and provides an attractive return on investment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how does Zoom work and how does Zoom make money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_Zoom_work\"><\/span>How does Zoom work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use Zoom to make video calls on your smartphone, desktop or tablet. Zoom is available as a desktop app for Windows and macOS, and there are apps for Zoom available on the App Store and the Google Play Store. It is also available as Chrome and Firefox browser extensions and as an Outlook plugin, making it entirely hassle-free to join video meetings through Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>Zoom Meetings<\/strong>, you can easily schedule a meeting, join a discussion or host a meeting. You can have one-on-one sessions or group meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom allows you to share your screen, mute\/unmute your mic, start\/stop the video, invite others to the meeting, record your session, live chat during the meeting and change your screen name as well. Also, you can create polls, broadcast Facebook live and much more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_was_Zoom_started\"><\/span>How was Zoom started?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eric Yuan,<\/strong> the founder of Zoom, started the company in 2011. He was born and raised in China&#8217;s Shandong province, and his parents were geology engineers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees, Yuan lived in Bejing. He met his girlfriend, now wife, while he was a master&#8217;s student at China University of Mining and Technology in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"How does Zoom make money\" class=\"wp-image-2919\"\/><figcaption>Eric Yuan, the founder and CEO of Zoom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in video technology appealed to him since he took 10-hour train rides to visit his girlfriend, and he wanted to make those visits easier. While visiting Japan for a training program, he was inspired by Bill Gates, who spoke in Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This motivated him to come to the United States. However, his English was not so great at that time, and his visa was rejected eight times before he finally came to the U.S. in 1997.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuan joined <strong>WebEx<\/strong>, a web conferencing startup, as one of its first 20 engineers. Cisco later acquired WebEx in 2007, and Yuan became the V.P. of Engineering at Cisco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his interaction with WebEx customers, he found that customers were not happy with the product, and it did not meet their expectations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each time users logged into a WebEx conference, the system would have to identify the product&#8217;s version (Android, iPhone, Mac or P.C.). Too many users logging in to the conference led to a decline in the audio and video quality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuan stayed for more than four years Cisco after the acquisition. He wanted to fix these problems with the WebEx product and develop a smartphone-friendly video conferencing system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuan pitched his idea to his management at Cisco. However, after he was turned down, he grew increasingly frustrated and unhappy and left Cisco to found Saasbee, followed by 40 engineers from Cisco (truly, Cisco&#8217;s loss).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"how does zoom make money\" class=\"wp-image-9705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-24x12.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-36x18.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco-48x24.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cisco.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Yuan left Cisco, he initially struggled to convince Venture Capital firms to invest in Saasbee. At that time, several V.C.s refused to back his company because established players such as Skype (acquired by Microsoft in 2011), Google and Cisco already had a strong foothold in this space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another startup, BlueJeans, had already raised tens of millions of dollars. V.C.s were naturally skeptical. Eventually, it was his friends and angel investors who provided the $3 million in seed funding and invested in Saasbee. A year later, Saasbee was renamed Zoom Video Communications, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four months later, Zoom launched the first version of its product, which allowed 15 people to video chat at once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of Zoom&#8217;s entry into the market, legacy communication tools that enterprises used had failed to address the evolving nature of work. They had substandard technology, expensive deployments, complicated interfaces and aging, proprietary architectures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, organizations had to deploy disparate and siloed technologies to address video, voice, email, chat and content sharing. These disparate technologies were difficult for employees to adopt and navigate and cumbersome and expensive for I.T. to support and manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s video approach was substantially different from the approach taken by competitors who attempted to add video to a legacy conference call or chat tool. Zoom was developed with a video-first approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Zoom&#8217;s most critical features is its broad interoperability with a range of diverse devices, operating systems, and third-party applications. Zoom is accessible from the web and devices running Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android and Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zoom%E2%80%99s_Growth\"><\/span>Zoom&#8217;s Growth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2012, Zoom signed up Stanford Continuing Education as its first customer three months after launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five months from launch, Zoom had 500,000 daily meeting participants and 1000 businesses on its platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In two years from founding, Zoom had 1M users on its platform, 3,500 businesses on its platform in 2,500 cities worldwide. Today, more than half of Fortune 500 companies use Zoom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zoom%E2%80%99s_Statistics\"><\/span>Zoom&#8217;s Statistics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom&#8217;s Funding:<\/strong> Zoom has raised $164.8M in total Funding across five funding rounds. Sequoia Capital and Emergence Capital participated in the Series D funding round in 2017. The post-money valuation at the time for Zoom was $1B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom filed to go public in March 2019, when it was already profitable, and it starting trading in April 2019, raising $356.8 million in its IPO and trading for as high as $66, when the company had priced its shares at $36. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shows the confidence that investors have in Zoom. Today in 2020, Zoom trades for more than $400.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom&#8217;s valuation:<\/strong> Zoom&#8217;s market cap now stands at more than $129 billion, up from $25 billion a year ago. This is a testament to its excellent products, easy to use interface and user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom&#8217;s users<\/strong>: Zoom has more than 300 million daily meeting participants and averaged 148.4 million monthly active users in Q3 of 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom&#8217;s employees:<\/strong> Zoom has 2854 employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom&#8217;s revenue:<\/strong> Zoom&#8217;s revenue increased from $330.5 million in 2019 to $622.7 million in 2020, up 88% year-over-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_Zoom_make_money\"><\/span>How does Zoom make money?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If Zoom can be used for free, is Zoom profitable? How does Zoom make money? Zoom&#8217;s business model is interesting. Zoom makes money primarily through the sales of subscriptions on its products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s revenue model is a cloud-based <strong>&#8220;freemium&#8221;<\/strong> business model. In this model, the primary product or service is free, but users pay for a premium version with additional features.  Zoom is making money with the premium products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea behind this model is that the product can gain traction through its free users, who will eventually convert to paying customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom has mastered this model as it has gained a considerable user base by providing the high-quality Zoom app as a free version yet has managed to make money on its premium offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bazaarexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Money.jpg\" alt=\"How does Zoom make money\" class=\"wp-image-3016\"\/><figcaption>How does Zoom make money?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Zoom_Meetings\"><\/span>1. Zoom Meetings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zoom Cloud Meetings solution is the company&#8217;s core offering. It allows users to connect through audio and video and chat, where users can share text, images, audio files, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This solution has four tiers of membership, basic, pro, business and enterprise. The Zoom app is available for the desktop and as a mobile app for iOS and Android. Here are the details of each of the tiers and the pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom basic:<\/strong> This tier is free and is excellent for personal use. &nbsp;This does not not provide some of the&nbsp;advanced features that a business may need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tier allows Zoom meetings for 40 minutes or less for free. You can hold video conferences of up to 100 participants and host unlimited 1:1 meetings. Zoom Meetings can be recorded locally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom Pro: <\/strong>This tier is great for small teams and allows unlimited video conferences of up to 100 participants, and the cost is $149.90 \/year\/license. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It provides for Social Media Streaming and local as well as cloud recording up to 1 G.B. (per license). This option is great for small teams and allows for the purchase of 9 licenses per account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom Business:<\/strong> This tier is great for small and medium businesses and hosts 300 participants in zoom cloud meetings. It is priced at $199.90 \/year\/license starting at ten licenses for $1,999.00\/year with Single Sign-On. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can host up to 300 participants in the video conferences and access cloud recording transcripts, which are audio transcripts that transcribe the audio of a meeting or webinar that you record to the cloud. This is currently supported for the English language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Managed Domains feature, you can use your company\/university email address domain to add users to your account automatically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Branding feature, you can add your company branding to your customized page where your users can join a meeting. You can also create a branded email template to send invites to attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom Enterprise:<\/strong> This tier is apt for large enterprises and hosts up to 500 participants in Zoom meetings. It can host video conferences of up to 1000 participants with an Enterprise+ Plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This plan, priced at $199.90 \/year\/license starting at 100 licenses for $19,990.00\/year, has unlimited cloud storage, a dedicated customer success manager, and transcription benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other solutions that Zoom has included are the Zoom Phone, Zoom Webinar and Zoom Rooms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Zoom_Rooms\"><\/span>2. Zoom Rooms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom Rooms are ideal for enterprises and require an additional subscription with a Zoom subscription. Zoom Rooms is a software-based video conferencing system that uses off-the-shelf hardware for cameras, speakers, and monitors &#x2013; making it the most flexible video solution for any of your rooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This solution is priced at $499.00\/year\/room, and you can purchase up to 49 Zoom Rooms licenses online. If customers already have conference rooms setup using existing vendors, they can use the Zoom conference room connector to start Zoom meetings directly from existing conference room systems. If not, they can purchase hardware from Zoom&#8217;s hardware partners. Zoom also provides customers with installation support for the conference rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Zoom_Phone\"><\/span>3. Zoom Phone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom Phone<\/strong> is a simple and straightforward audio conferencing tool. It is a cloud calling solution designed for users who want to set up quick calls without video. The Zoom Phone experience turns Zoom into a fully-featured communication and collaboration product, complete with voice, conferencing, messaging, and video in the same solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Zoom_Webinar\"><\/span>4. Zoom Webinar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom Webinar<\/strong> is a video conferencing tool that allows you to broadcast a Zoom meeting to up to 10,000 participants, view-only attendees, depending on your webinar license size. Zoom Video Webinars can be held once, can reoccur in a series, or can be the same session held multiple times. The price for this solution ranges from $400.00 \/year\/license for 100 attendees to $64,900.00 \/year\/license for 10,000 participants. Zoom video webinars can be used for holding town halls, presentations and trainings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this age of collaboration, products that integrate with other products seamlessly are preferred. Zoom has integrations with <strong>Atlassian, Dropbox, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack<\/strong>, and various productivity, collaboration, data management, and security vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom also provides special plans for&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/education\"><strong>education<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/healthcare\"><strong>healthcare<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/government\"><strong>government<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Zoom_Secure\"><\/span>Is Zoom Secure?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom was designed with enterprises in mind, so there is an expectation of higher security and privacy. However, Zoom has come under fire for the privacy and security issues that have cropped up recently. Zoom has been sued a total of 17 times in April alone, ranging from securities fraud to breach of contract for privacy violations and false and misleading statements about its security and privacy practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zoom%E2%80%99s_Security_and_Privacy_Issues\"><\/span>Zoom&#8217;s Security and Privacy Issues<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A class-action lawsuit has claimed that Zoom has allowed companies such as Facebook and LinkedIn to eavesdrop on their conversations. The argument is that Facebook should have informed users and obtained their consent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit claims that Zoom collects user data and sends it to LinkedIn for users of Zoom to subscribe to the sales prospecting services called LinkedIn Sales Navigator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a Zoom user enabled the feature, they could view LinkedIn profile data for people in the Zoom meeting by clicking on a LinkedIn icon next to their names. Zoom allegedly did this without consent from its users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit further claims that users had their personally identifying information leaked, including their email address and photo, and were offered for sale on the dark web. It gave strangers the ability to start a video call with them through Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, hackers could take over users&#8217; actions on the Zoom web and install malware on computers using Zoom software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s security flaw enabled hackers to disrupt Zoom meetings without even being on the call and take over a user&#8217;s account, called <strong>Zoombombing<\/strong>. Hackers could also secretly observe users&#8217; video calls. These issues were addressed by Zoom in 3 months, although some claim that this took too long to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another lawsuit against Zoom claims that Zoom did not provide end-to-end encryption as it had promised its users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the company had access to all the videos and audios on its platform. In May 2020, after these privacy concerns surfaced, Zoom announced that it was providing an end-to-end encryption feature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there was an uproar after CEO mentioned on the earnings call that this feature would only be available to paid users. In October 2020, Zoom announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption for both paid and free users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom has many fixes to make both on its P.R. side and the security and privacy side, and the company is working hard to address these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span>Final Thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s success results from a culture focused on the customer and employee happiness, a video-first cloud solution, viral demand, an efficient go-to-market strategy and superior customer support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A critical part of this success is the leadership of Yuan. He has provided overall management direction, strategic vision and engineering direction for product development and set the bar for company culture and operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s customer satisfaction and delight are reflected in its average Net Promoter Score, over 90. Gartner named Zoom a Leader in its Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions based on its &#8220;ability to execute&#8221; and &#8220;completeness of vision&#8221;. Zoom also has consistently high scores across customer review sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom&#8217;s scalable and sustainable business model is making money and Zoom is highly profitable. 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