Free video conferencing with no sign up

Almost every tool lets a guest join without an account. Hosting is where the difference is: Jitsi Meet and RespireSoft Meet's free tool let you host with no account, the big names do not.

By RespireSoft. Published 31 October 2026. Prices and product status checked 31 October 2026. 8 min read.

You can join a video call without an account on nearly every service. Hosting one without an account is rare. Of the tools below, Jitsi Meet and the free meeting tool from RespireSoft Meet are the two where the host does not sign up either. Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Whereby all want an account from the person who starts the meeting.

That is the short answer. The rest of this post shows what each tool says on its own pages, what the free limits are, and where each one fits. Everything about plans and limits was checked on 31 October 2026, and a note under the table says which numbers we could not confirm.

Two questions, not one#

"No sign up" means two different things.

1. Can a guest join? Someone sends you a link and you open it. This works almost everywhere.
2. Can you host? You open the site and start a meeting yourself, with no account and no email. This is the harder one.

If you only ever join other people's calls, any of the tools below will do. If you need to start calls for clients, family or students without asking anyone to register, look at the host column.

The comparison#

Checked 31 October 2026 on jitsi.org and its announcement of 9 October 2026, Zoom's free video conferencing page, Google Workspace's Meet page, Microsoft's guest-join page and Whereby's pricing page. The RespireSoft Meet row comes from our own code, described below.

Limits change. Treat the table as a starting point and read the vendor page before you plan an important call.

Jitsi Meet#

Jitsi's own page says it needs no account, "ever", and that it is open source and encrypted. You open meet.jit.si, type a room name and you are in. A guest does the same.

Since 9 October 2026, Jitsi says meetings on meet.jit.si end after 95 minutes, and that more changes are coming. The page we read does not give a participant limit, and older forum answers disagree, so we will not print a number. In a plain room everyone is a moderator, which is fine for friends and a poor fit for a class or a public event.

Because the software is open source you can also run your own server. That takes real work, but it removes the shared limits.

Best for: a quick call where nobody should need an account, and for people who want to self-host later.

Zoom Basic#

Zoom's free plan page says you can host free meetings of 40 minutes for up to 100 participants. To host you must sign in, so you need a free account. Guests can join without one. Local recording is included, cloud recording and phone dial-in are paid. Paid plans extend meetings up to 30 hours.

Older articles and community posts say one to one calls on the free plan are longer than 40 minutes. Zoom's current page makes no such distinction, so plan for 40.

Best for: larger groups that can finish in 40 minutes, when the host does not mind having an account.

Google Meet#

Google Workspace's Meet page says anyone with a Google account can host a video meeting for up to 100 participants, up to 60 minutes, with no limit for one to one calls and for mobile calls. On the free tier, people join with a Google account or are let in by the meeting organizer. Google says that Workspace customers can invite anyone, including people with no Google account, with the meeting link.

In practice a guest without a Google account has to ask to join and be admitted by the host. Google's help page on meeting access also says anonymous users who try "Ask to join" can be denied automatically, depending on the host's setting. So Meet is the weakest option here if your guests do not have accounts.

Best for: people who already live in Gmail and Calendar, and calls where everyone has a Google account.

Microsoft Teams#

Microsoft's support page says you can join a Teams meeting "from any device, without signing into a Teams account." On a computer you choose "Continue on this browser" in Edge or Chrome. On a phone you install the app and tap "Join as a guest." Some meetings ask for an email or a one-time code. A guest may wait in the lobby, and is removed after 30 minutes if nobody lets them in. Other people see an "Unverified" label next to a guest who gave no email.

The host needs a Microsoft account. We could not confirm the current free participant and time limits from a Microsoft page, so we leave those blank in the table.

Best for: joining a workplace meeting someone else organized.

Whereby#

Whereby's pricing page lists the free plan as one host, one room link, up to 4 attendees and meetings of up to 30 minutes. Pro is $10.99 a month per host, with 100 attendees and no time limit. Business is $13.99 per host a month, with a minimum of 3 hosts and 200 attendees. Annual billing saves 17 percent.

The pricing page does not say whether guests need an account. Whereby's developer documentation says participants can join without logins, and the host has an account with a permanent room link. Some Whereby blog posts quote bigger free limits than the pricing page. We trust the pricing page, since it is the plan list.

Best for: a fixed room link for a small practice, with guests who only click and join.

RespireSoft Meet free meeting#

This is our own tool, so read it with that in mind. The page at /tools/free-online-meeting starts a video room in the browser with video, chat and screen sharing. You do not need an account or an install, and the people you invite join from a link, also without an account.

The limits are small on purpose. According to our server code today:

• A room holds up to 6 people.
• A session lasts up to 10 minutes.
• Each visitor gets about 10 free minutes a day for this tool, and the tool has a daily cap for everyone together, so on a busy day it can say it has reached its limit.

Those numbers are set in our code and can change. They are plain quick-call limits. If you want a one hour meeting with 20 people, use Jitsi, Zoom or Meet. If you want to see whether a call works before sending a link to a client, or you need a two minute chat with a relative, the free tool is quick.

There are two sister tools with the same no-account rule, live captions and a live interpreter. If you are comparing the big meeting products, see Google Meet, Zoom and Teams compared, and for Zoom specifically, Zoom alternatives.

Best for: a short call between up to 6 people when nobody has an account and nobody wants to install anything.

Things to check before you rely on a free tool#

• Time limits end calls without warning. A 40 minute cap hits in the middle of a good conversation. Put the link where everyone can rejoin.
• A guest is not a full participant. Teams marks unverified guests, and Google can deny anonymous requests. Test with a real guest first.
• Recording is usually not free. Zoom's free plan records locally only. Check before you promise anyone a recording.
• Privacy differs. Open source and encrypted, as Jitsi states, is a different promise from a closed product. Read the privacy page of whichever one you pick.
• No account does not mean no data. A room link is still a link. Do not post it publicly if the meeting is private.

Which one should you pick?#

• Start a call with no account and a long time limit: Jitsi Meet.
• Up to 100 people, short, host with an account: Zoom Basic.
• Everyone already has Google accounts: Google Meet.
• Join a work meeting as a guest: Teams, from the invite link.
• Small fixed room: Whereby, if 4 people and 30 minutes are enough.
• A fast call for up to 6 people, with no accounts at all: our free meeting tool, within its 10 minute sessions.

If you build products and want video calls inside your own page, that is a different job. See pricing for the RespireSoft Meet API, and the post on the best video call API.

Questions people ask#

Can I host a Zoom meeting without an account? No. Zoom's page says to host you sign in to the app or the web portal. A free account is enough.

Can I join Google Meet without a Google account? It depends on the host. The free tier expects a Google account or approval from the organizer, and anonymous requests can be denied.

Is there a free video call with no time limit? Not that we could confirm today. Jitsi's limit is 95 minutes, Google Meet's group calls are 60, Zoom's are 40 and Whereby's are 30. Google Meet has no limit on one to one calls, and Zoom's paid plans reach 30 hours.

What is the safest option for private calls? Pick a tool whose privacy page you have read, use a room link only once, and let people in through a waiting room or lobby where the tool has one.