Amelia vs Video Conferencing with Zoom
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| Feature | Amelia v2.4.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | Video Conferencing with Zoom v4.6.12 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | October 2, 2026 |
| Editions | Amelia Lite · Amelia Starter ($) · Amelia Basic ($) · Amelia Pro ($) · Amelia Developer ($) | Video Conferencing with Zoom · Video Conferencing with Zoom PRO add-on (vczapi-pro) ($) |
| Pros | Booking forms for appointments and events via shortcodes, blocks and Elementor widgets; Square payments and email notifications work in the free Lite edition; Customer data stored in dedicated tables, with optional SMS credits service; Usage tracking stays off unless the admin opts in on the free edition | Manage Zoom meetings, webinars and users from wp-admin; Shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets for listings; Join-in-browser and recordings views |
| Cons | Most payment gateways, Google and Outlook sync, Zoom and coupons require a paid licence; Very large codebase (over 6,700 files) with dozens of custom database tables; Lite settings for payments and limits are reset to defaults on save | Needs Zoom API credentials and a Zoom account; Recurring meetings, registrations and webhooks require the PRO add-on; Depends on the external Zoom API and Zoom Web SDK |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Booking, catalog and events shortcodes, Gutenberg booking and events blocks, Elementor booking widgets, Email notifications via wp_mail, SMTP or Mailgun, SMS notifications through the Amelia SMS service (prepaid credits), Coupons ($), Recurring appointments and events ($), Custom booking fields ($), Service packages and resources ($), Waiting lists ($), Webhooks ($), MCP server / abilities registration for AI agents | Create, edit and delete Zoom meetings from wp-admin, Zoom webinar scheduling and listing, Shortcodes for meetings, webinars and recordings, Gutenberg blocks for meeting lists and join pages, Elementor widgets, Join meetings in the browser without the Zoom app, Recurring meetings and webinars display ($), Meeting registration links ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Square, Stripe ($), PayPal ($), Mollie ($), Razorpay ($) | — |
| Mailchimp ($), Mailgun | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | Elementor | Elementor, vczapi-pro PRO add-on ($) |
| Other | Google Calendar ($), Microsoft Outlook Calendar ($), Zoom ($), Google reCAPTCHA ($) | Zoom API, Zoom Web SDK |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.0.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.0 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | smsapi.wpamelia.com, store.melograno.io, bi.melograno.io, middleware.wpamelia.com, www.iplocate.io, api.mollie.com, exp.host, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api-m.paypal.com, connect.squareup.com, graph.microsoft.com, login.microsoftonline.com, api.razorpay.com, auth.razorpay.com, www.googleapis.com, api.stripe.com | api.zoom.us, source.zoom.us |
| Blocks | 9 | 7 |
| Shortcodes | 16 | 6 |
| Custom tables | 61 | — |