Rocket.Chat Conference Call

In today's fast-paced digital world, seamless communication is essential for businesses to thrive. Rocket.Chat provides conference calling capabilities to facilitate productive real-time audio and video meetings, enabling teams to share ideas, brainstorm solutions, and collaborate. Users in your workspace can quickly transition from text-based conversations to audio or video calls with the following call providers, available as apps on the marketplace:

1. Jitsi: A popular open-source video conferencing platform.

2. BigBlueButton: A web-based conferencing solution with whiteboard and presentation features.

3. Pexip: An enterprise-grade video conferencing solution with advanced security features.

4. Google Meet: A cloud-based video conferencing platform integrated with Google Workspace.

Conference Call Plan Comparison

Here are the various conference call features supported across our various plans and on mobile devices:

Feature	Community	Starter	Pro	Enterprise	Mobile
Create calls	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
List in the channel users who joined a call	x	✓	✓	✓	x
Contextual bar containing call history	x	✓	✓	✓	x
Options to start with camera and mic off	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mark calls as ended after 24 hours	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ring users before starting a call	x	✓	✓	✓	x
Disable call button in the workspace	x	✓	✓	✓	x

Conference Call Features Provider Comparison

Here are the various conference call features supported across the available call providers on the marketplace:

Feature	Pexip	Jitsi	BBB	Google Meet
Start calls from Rocket.Chat	✓	✓	✓	✓
Identify moderator automatically	✓	✓	✓	x
Control microphone from Rocket.Chat	x	✓	x	x
Control camera from Rocket.Chat	x	✓	x	x
Load user names from Rocket.Chat	x	✓	✓	x
Load user avatars from Rocket.Chat	x	✓	✓	x
End calls automatically	x	x	✓	x

Whether you're collaborating on projects, hosting virtual meetings, or conducting remote workshops, Rocket.Chat's conference call feature provides a robust solution for effective communication. As a workspace administrator, kindly refer to Conference Call Admin Guide to configure conference calls on your workspace. Once it's successfully configured, users can visit the Conference Call User's Guide to start initiating and recieving calls on your workspace.