# Is the Zoom Workplace free plan enough for teams whose meetings run past 40 minutes?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Something I've been mapping out is whether the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/zoom-workplace/reviews">Zoom Workplace</a> free plan is enough for teams whose meetings run past 40 minutes. Zoom's own support has described a uniform 40-minute limit for all meetings hosted by Basic (free) users, covering one-to-one meetings, group meetings and Personal Meeting Rooms. Within that window the free plan covers a lot, including breakout rooms, screen sharing and saved chat, and across recent reviews, teams with longer sessions either reconnect to continue or move to a paid plan to remove the limit.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/video-conferencing">video conferencing</a> on a free plan, meetings seem to fall into three groups:</p><ol>
<li>Short check-ins. They finish inside the limit without anyone noticing it.</li>
<li>Workshops and classes. Breakout rooms and screen sharing are where people get real value, and these sessions often run longer.</li>
<li>Regular team meetings that run over. This is usually the point where a paid plan comes up.</li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The free plan clearly suits short, frequent meetings and gives teams a proper trial before upgrading, so the decision is made on real use.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">How do you plan a longer session on the free plan? And what made the paid plan worth it for your team, if you upgraded?</p>

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- Author title: Marketing Executive
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;The free plan was perfect for our short weekly check-ins. Breakout rooms were what convinced us to upgrade once our workshops got longer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: about 10 hours ago
- Author title: Marketer





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