Documentation:Collaborate and Zoom Comparison

Feature	Collaborate Ultra	Zoom
FIPPA compliance	✅	✅
Bandwidth requirements (presenter)	500kbps	800kbps up/1.0Mbps down
Bandwidth requirements (attendees)	500kbps	600kbps
Canvas integration	✅	✅
Mobile App	✅	✅
Participant limit	250 (Can be increased upon request)	300 (Can be increased upon request)
Share multiple screens simultaneously	❌	✅
Grid view	Up to 4 at a time	Up to 49 per page
Share more than one camera stream	✅	✅
Join a session via a shareable link / invite guests (non-UBC affiliates) with a URL	✅	✅
Save shared files (no need to re-upload files)	✅	❌
Reactions and non-verbal feedback (includes hand-raising)	✅	✅
Polling Real-time polling ✅ ✅ Pre-populate polls ❌ ✅ View and save poll report ✅ ✅
Breakout Groups Breakout rooms ✅ ✅ Randomly assign breakout groups ✅ ✅ Custom assign breakout groups ✅ ✅ Max. breakout groups 20 (Only available for sessions with upto 250 attendees) Up to 50 (For sessions w upto 500 participants) Enable/disable attendees to switch groups ✅ ✅ Enable/disable attendees to return to the main session at any time ❌ ✅ Host can share files to one or more breakout groups ✅ ❌ Broadcast message to all breakout rooms ❌ ✅ Attendees can share whiteboard, files and applications in breakout groups ✅ ✅ Ability to monitor breakout groups ✅ ✅ Save files from breakout groups ✅ ❌ Set timer visible to breakout groups ✅ ✅ Breakout groups close automatically after x minutes ❌ ✅ Countdown before closing breakout rooms ❌ ✅ Save breakout group files for later ✅ ❌ Enable breakout room recording ❌ ✅
Whiteboard Whiteboard ✅ ✅ Export whiteboard ❌ Could be circumvented by taking a screenshot of the whiteboard. ✅ Exports as a PNG file (screenshot) when you hit save.
Recording Sessions Recording sessions ✅ ✅ Sharing session recordings Via Canvas, no further steps post-recording Cloud recordings available via Canvas. Can be published for student viewing. Shareable link also available to hosts. Download recordings ✅ ✅
Chat Individual and group chat ✅ ✅ Save in-meeting chat ✅ ✅ Chat history ✅ Attendees can see complete chat history from a session ❌ Attendees cannot see chat history from before they joined the session
Roles & Privileges Collaborate Ultra Zoom Moderators Host Moderators have full control over all content being shared. There can be multiple moderators They can make any attendee a presenter or a moderator. Moderators see hand raise notifications and can lower hands They can remove attendees from a session, but they cannot remove other moderators. Moderators can set the session settings, including deciding what participants can and can't do.   There can only be one host. Hosts are all-powerful. ONLY hosts can: Create or edit polls Assign someone to enter closed captions End meeting Promote participant to host or co-host Assign participants to breakout rooms         Presenters Co-host The presenter role is designed to allow students to present without giving them full moderator privileges. Presenters can upload, share, edit, and stop sharing content. They can also see hand raise notifications and can lower hands.                   Co-host shares most of the controls hosts have Can: Manage attendees Move someone to the waiting room Cannot: Start a session Create a breakout room Make someone a host   Alternative host Have the SAME privileges as a co-host with one more addition: Alternative hosts can also start the meeting. Hosts can assign alternative hosts when they schedule a meeting.   Participant Participant Moderators decide if participants can share audio and video, chat, and draw on the whiteboard or shared files.   Host and co-hosts decide if participants can share audio and video, chat, and draw on the whiteboard or shared files.   Captioner Captioner Can enter closed captions   Can enter closed captions
Attendance, Session Report, Participant log	✅	✅
Set a timer	✅	✅
Participant anonymity	❌	✅
Share computer audio	❌	✅
Waiting room — a host admits to join	❌	✅
Create separate sessions for students to use independently	✅	✅