user on basic vs pro

[dkbcg26]

If a basic plan user starts a meeting with a paid plan member attending, then transfers hosting to the paid plan member, will the meeting be able to go longer than 40 minutes?

[ExpertswhoJohn]

hi @dkbcg26 ,

No is the simple answer. If the basic plan user starts the meeting, it is their meeting and will only last 40 minuntes.
The paid plan member would have to start the meeting.

hope that is clear,
All the best

John

[dkbcg26]

Thank you. Further, if a paid plan member starts a meeting, then promotes a participant to co-host during the meeting, can the meeting continue beyond 40 minutes if the paid plan member leaves the meeting?

[we are a small group, trying to figure out how many paid members we need]

[ExpertswhoJohn · Accepted solution]

HI @dkbcg26 ,

The meeting owner can leave the meeting and pass host on to another. Or yes, a co-host would inherit the host.
Can I be diplomatic and say Zoom would not look favourably on a host that kept opening meetings and then leaving them to others? It starts to look like you are using one account to share the pro account status with many others and avoid extra licenses.
if somebody is regularly running meetings, then they should have their own pro accounts.

I keep pushing for Zoom to have a license to support this type of usage.

all the best

john

[dkbcg26]

Thanks very much. There's only 3 of us trying to decide which is best.