Best Easy & Inexpensive Conference Call For Small Nonprofit?

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We are at the point where it would be useful to have access to a easy and inexpensive (preferably free) conference call and/or webinar option to confer with Board members and possibly host webinars. Anyone have any suggestions on what is inexpensive and easy to use? Our tiny nonprofit has very little money and less than 10 board members.

Up until now, we have been using a bridgeline from a local hospital but I’m not sure how much longer they will make it available to us, as the person we are connected to may one day be retiring.

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You might like Zoom. Good video conferencing. Many of the smaller organizations (including nonprofits) I work with use it, so my guess is that the pricing is attractive.

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Try www.freeconferencecall.com It’s completely free.

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I second Zoom. Or just plain old Google Hangouts.

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Zoom is very good but the free plan is limited - you can only have 40 minutes calls with 3 or less participants. (I think thats right - I was just looking this over recently).

freeconferencecall.com is the other that was recommended to me.

If you have a small budget for this I would recommend Zoom - the option to have audio and video is really nice.

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Used Bluejeans yesterday for the first time, and it was fine. Zoom is good too.

If budget is an issue, don’t offer 800 dial-in for your calls. Everyone has free long distance now, so the 800 numbers are there to ring the cash register for calls that are otherwise free.

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I;ve used freeconference call, too. It works very well and has a clear line. I like that it records if you want to playback later or send to someone who missed the call. I never tried the video (or even know if they have it) but talking is great.

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Anyone hear of freeconferencecalling.com? I signed up last night and it’s free as well.

I did have freeconferencecall.com but the last time I called it, the recording said $.01/person/line.

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^^^That one was mentioned a few times above.

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I had never previously heard of freeconferencecalling.com, which is a different service from freeconferencecall.com.

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freeconferencecall.com was mentioned a few times above, but not freeconferencecalling.com.

I am unfamiliar with freeconferencalling.com, but my company uses freeconferencecall.com regularly with no issues, and they don’t spend money on ANYTHING (especially salaries :slight_smile: )

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freeconferencecall.com has been around for a long time, at least a dozen years if not more. It’s reliable and works as well as any commercial paid conference calling system. Anyone with any plain old phone can use it. No smartphone or computer is needed. I highly recommend it for basic conference calling needs. The other one with similar sounding name is probably a copycat, and I’m not sure how well it works.

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Just got off a call that was on freeconferencecall.com - very easy, very clear, no issues! :slight_smile: Even had background music as I waited for others to get on the call!

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Ok—will use freeconferencecall.com. They kindly gave me a new phone number that doesn’t charge the $.01/min from TMobile, for now. I will use that and get a new one when TMobile wants to start charging again.

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Oh so it was TMobile charging a penny a minute? Not freeconferencecall.com?

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Yes, it is TMobile making the charge, not the conferencing service. I believe they make their money from folks who convert from free to paid conference lines with toll free number and fewer #s for conferees to punch in.