Head-to-head · Video Calls
Zoom vs Jitsi Meet
Which one to pick in 2026 — comparing 🇺🇸 Zoom with the European alternative 🇪🇺 Jitsi Meet on the things that actually decide who can read your data.
🇺🇸 Zoomvs🇪🇺 Jitsi Meet
Verdict
Who has stronger privacy guarantees by law?
Jitsi Meet — GDPR-native and outside the US CLOUD Act / FISA 702 reach.
Which one encrypts your data end-to-end by default?
Jitsi Meet ships E2E encryption by default. Zoom does not.
Which one tracks you for ads?
Neither monetises through ad tracking.
Which one is open source?
Jitsi Meet is open source. Zoom is proprietary.
Side-by-side
Zoom vs Jitsi Meet — full comparison
Criteria
🇪🇺 Jitsi Meet
🇺🇸 Zoom
Headquarters
France (8x8 EU)
San Jose, USA
Jurisdiction
EU (GDPR, self-hostable)
USA
Data location
EU or self-hosted
Global (some EU routing)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
Yes
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
8x8 / community
Zoom Video Communications
Founded
2003
2011
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