Replace Zoom

Zoom is a platform, not a feature list.

We can't replace all of Zoom, and we won't pretend to. If your team uses it for one or two jobs, we can build a focused tool for just those.

See what we can build

Not a one-to-one replacement

Zoom is a platform, not an app. We can't replace all of it. We can build a focused tool for the one job you use it for.

Zoom is a hosted UCaaS platform; a custom app can replace its scheduling, chat-style and notes features but not its video, phone or telephony network.

2 we build fully9 need an outside service2 simplified3 we can’t build

What Zoom does

Read from Zoom’s public website. Each feature is marked with what we can honestly build.

Video meetings

Personalized meetings (theme color, wallpaper, toolbar)
Customize meeting theme color, wallpaper and toolbar actions.
Needs an outside service: Daily. Needs a live video layer we do not run; styling of a built meeting UI only.
Multi-speaker view
Dynamic video layouts that adapt to active speakers.
We can't build this. Requires live video conferencing infrastructure we cannot run.
Translated captions (33 languages)
Live translated captions in meetings.
We can't build this. Needs live speech recognition and translation services.

AI assistant

Meeting summaries and next steps
Generate summaries and next steps from meetings and recordings.
Needs an outside service: Deepgram + OpenAI or Anthropic API. Possible with a transcript and LLM; no native meeting capture included.
In-meeting questions
Ask questions about what was missed during a meeting.
We can't build this. Requires live meeting audio and an AI service embedded in the call.
Draft chat and email responses
Draft messages based on conversation context and tone.
Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Drafting possible via AI model; no inbox sync included.
Chat thread summaries
Summarize long chat threads.
Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Summarization via AI model; no native chat app included.

Team chat

Persistent chat channels
Chat channels before, during and after meetings with pinned assets.
Needs an outside service: Firebase Cloud Messaging. Buildable as web chat; real-time delivery is simpler than native chat.

Scheduling

Appointment scheduler with confirmations and reminders
Share availability, book external appointments, send confirmations and reminders.
Needs an outside service: Resend + Google Calendar and Microsoft Graph APIs. Buildable; calendar sync needs Google/Microsoft OAuth setup.
Meeting links via Zoom calendar
Create video meeting links in calendar events.
Needs an outside service: Google Calendar and Microsoft Graph APIs + Daily. Can create external meeting links only; video itself not included.

Phone

Cloud phone system (VoIP)
Cloud VoIP calling with call routing and voicemail.
Needs an outside service: Twilio. Telephony network cannot be built by us.

Productivity tools

Whiteboard
Shareable online whiteboards with sticky notes, connectors, drawing and comments.
Simplified version. Basic boards buildable; real-time multi-user canvas is simplified.
Clips (screen and camera recording)
Record screen and camera, edit and share short video messages.
Needs an outside service: Mux. Browser recording possible; editing is basic and hosting needs a video service.
Notes
Personal and collaborative notes before, during and after meetings.
Polls and surveys
Collect feedback through polls and surveys.

Integrations

Third-party app integrations
Connect Zoom with Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other tools.
Simplified version. Individual integrations can be built; the ecosystem itself cannot.

What you’d bring

We write all the code. These features only work on outside services, and those accounts are yours to open and pay for directly.

Sending notification emails: Resend

Free allowance, then pennies per thousand emails. Billed by the provider.

Phone calls: Twilio

Pay per minute plus number rental. Billed by the provider.

Live video meetings: Daily

Pay per participant-minute. Billed by the provider.

Storing and streaming video: Mux

Pay for minutes stored and streamed. This grows with use. Billed by the provider.

Transcripts and captions: Deepgram

Pay per audio minute. Billed by the provider.

AI features: OpenAI or Anthropic API

Pay per use, billed to your own account by the model provider. Our Claude credits are never used.

Syncing with Google or Outlook calendars: Google Calendar and Microsoft Graph APIs

Free to call. Your time is the cost: the review and token maintenance.

Push notifications: Firebase Cloud Messaging

Free at most volumes. Apple developer membership is a yearly fee.

What we can’t build

Multi-speaker view. Requires live video conferencing infrastructure we cannot run.
Translated captions (33 languages). Needs live speech recognition and translation services.
In-meeting questions. Requires live meeting audio and an AI service embedded in the call.

Build only the Zoom features you use

Pick your features, choose what it connects to, and see the price before you start.

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