
It offers many business plans, features for conferencing, and has increased capacity that allows for major conferences to be held over the platform. Zoom is a similar feature that has more of a business focus. However, of late, Skype has seemingly fallen out of favor for another Microsoft product, Teams. Skype’s purchase by Microsoft came with leaps and bounds in terms of advances in overall video quality, technological access, and market share. The calls can occur on a phone, computer, or other electronic devices. Skype is telemarketing software that allows users to conduct video or audio calls with other uses that are also using the platform. In one case, Zoom was actually accused of violating their own terms of service in order to gain access to the growing Chinese market. While both platforms have cooperated with governmental authorities to mitigate security concerns, they have also been forced to modify their platforms to meet censorship concerns in countries like China.Pricing options have changed significantly throughout the history of both platform’s existance but Zoom’s current freemium options have helped to give it more of an advantage over skype.


Video conference tools Zoom and Skype have risen in popularity, particularly during the pandemic.
