Why the Big Three Video Platforms Leave You Wanting More

We were promised smooth, simple video meetings.

What we got was CPU spikes, cluttered screens, dodgy camera feeds, and an ever-growing jungle of buttons.

Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom are everywhere—installed, enforced, and largely endured.

Each platform gets some things right. But all three leave you dealing with the same basic problem: they try to be everything to everyone and, in doing so, deliver half-measures for most people.

Let’s break it down.

Microsoft Teams: A Swiss Army Knife that Bends

Teams is like a digital office crammed into your monitor. It’s got chat, calendars, documents, channels, whiteboards, emojis, AI notes, noise suppression, breakout rooms, task management… the works.

But here’s the rub: it feels like it was designed by 10 different departments who weren’t allowed to talk to each other.

The interface keeps changing. File sharing is inconsistent. Joining a meeting from the wrong email address locks you in a loop. On older laptops, “New Teams” drains the battery faster than a teenager on TikTok. It’s like carrying a briefcase full of gadgets and still forgetting your pen.

Google Meet: Clean, but Clipped

Google Meet nails the minimalist look. It loads fast. It plays nicely with Gmail. But the minute you want to do something more than talk and wave, it’s like hitting a wall.

No private messaging. Limited tools for audience engagement. Meeting analytics? Barely there. Want more? Install yet another Chrome extension—if it works in your browser.

It’s lean, but sometimes too lean. Like bringing a pencil to a team brainstorm when everyone else has whiteboards and markers.

Zoom: Powerful, but Paranoid

Zoom remains the gold standard for video quality. It was the pandemic hero. It introduced millions to the mute button.

But it’s showing its age. The free tier cuts out at 40 minutes. The settings menus look like cockpit controls. Security warnings still crop up in the news. And then there was the AI-training debacle—where Zoom quietly gave itself rights to use your video to train its machine learning, until the internet called foul.

People like Zoom. But they don’t love it anymore.

So where does that leave us?

We’re spending more time than ever on video—and we’re tolerating platforms, not enjoying them. The focus has drifted from human conversation to feature churn.

We’ve ended up with meetings that are harder, not easier. Noisy, not clear. Distracting, not direct.

Enter Event Anywhere: A Better Fit for the Right People

Event Anywhere isn’t trying to be all things to all people. It doesn’t come with the bloat of Teams, the gaps of Meet, or the privacy hangovers of Zoom.

Instead, it’s designed for specific people doing specific things—and doing them well:

•Sales teams love it for the integrated booking links, voice notes, and follow-up tools. After a webinar, you don’t need five other apps to chase leads. You just use the same platform.

•L&D teams use the live stage, on-demand training, and screen recording to build training journeys that mix live interaction with async content—and everything’s tracked in one place.

•Community builders—from membership orgs to school groups—use Event Anywhere’s timeline, chat, and expo hall to keep people talking long after the event ends. It’s not “join a call, disappear forever.” It’s persistent, searchable, conversational.

•Startups and scaleups use it for product launches, partner meetings, and pitch events—all without having to juggle five different tabs and six Google Docs.

Event Anywhere works because it’s focused.

It doesn’t try to replace your inbox or run your HR system. It just makes meaningful interaction easier—live or recorded, 1-to-1 or at scale.

It respects your privacy, doesn’t punish you for using a free account, and treats conversation as the product—not the add-on.

In a world full of bloated apps that promise everything and deliver noise, Event Anywhere is the quiet room where real work gets done.

Maybe it’s time your meetings felt more human again.

Want to try something that doesn’t feel like a corporate straitjacket?

Create an Event Anywhere and take back control of your conversations.