Whereby
Norwegian browser-based video conferencing tool founded as appear.in inside Telenor. No app download needed, permanent room links, and a clean API for embedding video into products.
Quick facts
There's no app to download for guests – click a link and you're in a call – and permanent room links make it easy to reuse the same meeting space every time.
It's pivoted hard toward an API and embedded product for other businesses, so the standalone consumer app gets less attention and fewer new features than it used to.
Why does it score 66?
Based in Måløy, Norway – part of the EEA but not the EU, which is why it scores in the broader European tier rather than the EU tier.
Acquired by Norwegian company Videonor, keeping the parent inside Europe though not standing as a fully independent company.
Whereby runs its own infrastructure across Norway and Germany rather than a third-party cloud.
GDPR-compliant, but the platform isn't open source, which keeps the accountability score modest.
See how they compare
WherebyWhat does it replace?
Webex 
Skype 
Zoom 
Google Meet 
Microsoft Teams More European Video conferencing alternatives
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