Video conferencing
What does 5 Zoom hosts cost in 2026?
At list pricing on the Business plan ($21.99/host/mo, billed annual), 5 hosts run $109.95/month or $1,319.4/year. Real invoices vary with negotiated discounts, add-ons, and mid-cycle changes.
Monthly
$109.95
Annual
$1,319.4
Typical shelfware (31%)
$408/yr
All Zoom plans at 5 hosts
| Plan | Per host/mo | Total monthly | Total annual |
|---|---|---|---|
Pro Up to 100 participants, 30-hr meetings | $15.99 | $79.95 | $959.4 |
Business SSO, managed domains, 300 participants | $21.99 | $109.95 | $1,319.4 |
Business Plus Translated captions, unlimited regional storage | $26.99 | $134.95 | $1,619.4 |
Enterprise 1,000 participants, unlimited cloud storage | $25 | $125 | $1,500 |
Source: Zoom pricing page. List price, USD, annual billing where offered.
The number nobody puts on the pricing page
SeatMap.AI's Shelfware Index shows the median Zoom team runs at 31% inactive seats. On a 5-host Business plan, that's $408/year paid for hosts that never showed up.
What a real Zoom audit at this size looks like
- Median active-user rate
- 68%
- Shelfware Index benchmark for Zoom teams this size.
- Dormancy window
- 45 days
- How long a seat can sit idle before it counts as ghost.
- Hidden cost we flag
- Webinar and Large Meeting add-ons kept for a single event two quarters ago.
Zoom is the shortest audit window we run — 45 days of no meetings hosted is enough signal, because Zoom is a habit tool. If it's not habitual by 6 weeks, it's shelfware.
"We had 90 Business seats. Only 61 hosted a meeting in the last 6 weeks."
Read the full breakdown in case studies or see the live weekly benchmark on the Shelfware Index.
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