Both Zoom AI Companion and Microsoft Teams Premium offer robust AI-driven features that enhance meeting productivity and collaboration. Zoom AI Companion provides a cost-effective solution for existing Zoom Workplace subscribers, while Microsoft Teams Premium offers a comprehensive suite of advanced features and tighter integration with the Microsoft ecosystem. The choice depends on specific needs, budget, and existing platform preferences.
| Attribute | Zoom AI Companion | Microsoft Teams Premium |
|---|---|---|
| AI-powered meeting summarization | Provides AI-generated summaries, highlighting key points, topics, and action items. Host can share summaries via email or Team Chat. | Generates meeting notes, suggests tasks, and provides personalized highlights. Intelligent Recap provides a comprehensive meeting overview and identifies key discussion points and action items. |
| Automated task generation | Identifies action items from meeting summaries, chats, and emails, assigning them to specific team members. Provides suggestions for completing tasks. Introduced 'Tasks' in March 2025 as part of Zoom Workplace update. | Automatically suggests tasks and action items during meetings. |
| Intelligent speaker tracking | Transcribes meetings, identifying who said what. | Speaker timeline markers show who spoke and when, allowing users to jump to specific moments in the recording. Markers are organized by who the user works with most closely. |
| Real-time translation capabilities | Offers real-time translation of spoken language into captions. As of February 2024, real-time chat translation supports nine languages. Meeting summaries and questions are supported in 36 languages. | Offers live, real-time translation of captions and transcripts in over 40 languages. |
| Noise suppression and background blur | Available in Zoom to reduce distractions. | Reduces background distractions during meetings. |
| Advanced meeting analytics | Offers insights into meeting dynamics, such as talk/listen ratios. Smart Recordings provide editable highlights and a meeting coach. | Provides enhanced management and reporting capabilities, giving IT better control and insight into Teams usage. Includes advanced collaboration analytics to view the organization's external collaboration habits. |
| Customizable virtual backgrounds | Users can create custom virtual backgrounds using AI Companion by entering text prompts. AI generates background options based on prompts. | Users can modify their video background in several ways using AI to remove clutter or add decorative objects. |
| Enhanced security features | Employs data encryption in transit and at rest. Users are provided with notices and consent options when AI features are in use. Zoom does not use customer content to train its AI models. | Offers advanced security features to protect sensitive information, including watermarking, end-to-end encryption, and sensitivity labels. |
| Integration with productivity suites | Integrates with tools like Google Calendar, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 to streamline workflows. | Seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, SharePoint, and OneDrive. |
| Transcription accuracy | High transcription accuracy with a low Word Error Rate (WER) compared to Microsoft Teams CoPilot. | Recognizes and transcribes spoken words reliably in multiple languages. |
| AI-driven content creation assistance | Assists with generating content like event descriptions, session descriptions, speaker bios, and email drafts. Generates titles and descriptions for Zoom Clips. | Utilizes AI, such as GPT-3.5, to make meetings more intelligent and personalized. |
| Cost and subscription model | Included at no additional cost with paid Zoom Workplace plans. Some advanced features may require a premium subscription or add-on. A 'Custom AI Companion' add-on is available for $12 per user per month. | $10 per user per month |