Run your own Jitsi Meet platform, sized for 50, 100, 250 or 500 concurrent users, with optional recording. The pre-configured images wire up the video bridges, SSL and Jibri for you, so meetings run on servers in your own cloud account.
Jitsi Meet is an open-source (Apache 2.0) WebRTC video conferencing platform and a popular alternative to Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. Participants join from a link in the browser without an account, and self-hosting keeps meetings, recordings and data on infrastructure you control.
Guests open a link and join from the browser.
Meeting length is limited only by your own servers.
Jibri records meetings or streams them live.
Customise the logo, colours and app name of the front end.
Build video into your own product with the Jitsi APIs.
No per-host licences, and full control over the servers.
The hard part of self-hosting Jitsi is wiring several video bridges to one deployment, terminating SSL and getting Jibri to record. The marketplace images arrive with that done.
Choose the tier that matches your peak concurrent participants, then decide whether you need recording.
Subscribe on AWS Marketplace or Google Cloud Marketplace, enter your domain and admin email, and choose instance types. For recording, create a storage bucket first.
Create an A record for your meeting domain with the server's public IP, then run the certificate step from the guide if SSL was not set up automatically.
Open your domain, enter a meeting name and click Start meeting. On recording plans, use Start recording from the toolbar.
AMIs on AWS Marketplace, launched into your own AWS account with a CloudFormation stack.
Browse plans on AWS 
The same plans as Google Cloud Marketplace images, deployed into your own GCP project.
Browse plans on Google Cloud Pick a plan by peak concurrent participants, then choose whether you need recording. Each plan is listed on both marketplaces.
| Plan | Servers | Recording | AWS | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 users | 1 (Meet + JVB) | No | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 50 users + recording | 2 (Meet + JVB, Jibri) | Yes | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 100 users | 1 (Meet + JVB) | No | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 100 users + recording | 2 (Meet + JVB, Jibri) | Yes | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 250 users | 3 (Meet, 2 JVB) | No | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 250 users + recording | 4 (Meet, 2 JVB, Jibri) | Yes | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 500 users | 3+ (Meet, 2+ JVB) | No | AWS | Google Cloud |
| 500 users + recording | 4+ (Meet, 2+ JVB, Jibri) | Yes | AWS | Google Cloud |
Server counts are for the Google Cloud plans. On the 500-user plans you choose the number of JVB (and Jibri) servers at deployment. Read the full plan comparison →
Open the public ports in your AWS security group or GCP firewall. If a call connects but shows no video, UDP 10000 is almost always the cause.
| Service | Ports | Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP (redirect and certificate renewal) | 80 | TCP |
| HTTPS, BOSH and WebSocket | 443 | TCP |
| Media traffic to the videobridge | 10000 | UDP |
| SSH (administration, keep private) | 22 | TCP |
| XMPP between servers (keep private) | 5222, 5347 | TCP |
Users behind firewalls that block UDP need a TURN server such as Coturn. Read which Jitsi ports to open →
| Jitsi Meet | Zoom | Google Meet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosting | Yes, full control over servers | No | No |
| Data ownership | On your own servers | On Zoom servers | On Google servers |
| Free meeting length | Unlimited, server-dependent | 40 minutes | 60 minutes |
| Account to join | No, join by link | Depends on host settings | Yes |
| Licence | Open source | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Zoom and Google Meet limits are for their free plans. Read Jitsi vs Zoom vs Google Meet →
Pick by peak concurrent participants. 50 or 100 users suits a team or classroom, 250 a department or mid-size webinar, and 500 large events or several big rooms at once. Add recording only if you need it.
The 50 and 100 user plans run Jitsi Meet and the videobridge on one server. The 250 user plan runs one Meet server and two JVBs, and the 500 user plan starts there and lets you add JVBs. Recording plans add a Jibri server.
The Jitsi Videobridge routes participants' video. One bridge can only handle so many streams, so larger plans spread the load across several JVB servers.
In a bucket you own: an S3 bucket on AWS or a Cloud Storage bucket on Google Cloud. Deleting the deployment does not delete the bucket.
Yes. Point an A record for your meeting domain at the server and install a Let's Encrypt certificate. Certificates last 90 days, so renew them with certbot or set up automatic renewal.
There is no in-place resize between marketplace products. Deploy the larger plan, point your DNS record at it and reissue SSL. Meetrix can help migrate configuration or recordings.
Each Google Cloud plan includes a 5-day free trial with up to USD 50 in licence fee credit; infrastructure charges still apply during the trial.
UDP 10000 is almost always closed. The page loads over TCP 443, but media cannot reach the videobridge. Open UDP 10000 to everyone in your security group or firewall.
Capacity, server architecture and recording, and which plan fits your team.
Instance sizes, software fees and what a real monthly bill looks like.
Cost, meeting limits, self-hosting and recording, compared.
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