Google Meet is free, it works, and every student has a Gmail login. Fine for ad-hoc 1:1 classes. But Meet has no recording on free, no LMS, no mock tests, no payment collection and no branded app. Igniter is everything Meet doesn't do — plus live HD classes, bundled into ₹0 setup and 5% only on course sales.
Where Meet breaks
1. No recording on free.Recording is a Google Workspace paid feature. You can't save your class as a recorded lecture unless you pay ₹170+/user/month for Workspace Business Standard — and even then recordings count against your Drive quota.
2. No LMS.There's no course structure, no batches, no modules, no assignment grading, no mock tests. If you want any of that you're running Google Classroom (free but basic) or paying for a third-party LMS and gluing it on top.
3. No payment collection.Google Meet has no checkout, no UPI, no course-pricing. You'll use Razorpay links and manually reconcile who paid.
4. No branded presence. Meet links are meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij. Students don't see your brand; they see Google's. Professional teachers lose credibility points every time they paste that link.
5. No student/parent dashboard.You can't send attendance reports, mock scores or fee reminders through Meet. Those conversations happen in WhatsApp or Email — channels where parents don't read promptly.
Side-by-side
| Feature | Meet Free | Meet Business | Igniter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live HD class | |||
| Meeting duration | 60 min | 24 hours | No limit |
| Cloud recording | Drive quota | Unlimited | |
| Auto-publish recording as course | |||
| LMS (courses/batches/modules) | |||
| Mock tests + auto-grading | |||
| DRM video (anti-screen-record) | |||
| UPI / cards / EMI checkout | |||
| Branded Play Store app | |||
| Parent dashboard | |||
| AI doubt-tutor | |||
| Monthly cost | ₹0 | ~₹1,380/user | ₹0 |
| Revenue share | 0% | 0% | 5% on sales only |
Price reality
Let's say you want Meet + the 5 things Meet doesn't do. Here's the Indian-teacher stack you'd stitch together:
Fixed monthly spend before you sell anything: ₹6,500–₹8,500/month. Plus Razorpay per-txn fees. Plus 4 logins to manage. Plus separate support inboxes when anything breaks.
On Igniter: ₹0 fixed, 5% on actual sales. Everything bundled. One login. One support inbox. The break-even where Igniter becomes equivalent is at around ₹1.6–2 lakh/month of course sales; below that Igniter is meaningfully cheaper.
When Meet still wins
Meet isn't going away, and for certain use cases it's still the right call:
For teachers who are trying to build a paid teaching practice — where you want students to pay for recorded lectures, take mock tests, see progress dashboards and treat you as a brand — Meet alone isn't a platform, it's a utility. You need a proper teaching OS around it.
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FAQ
Igniter — because it bundles the LMS, payments, recording, DRM video, branded Play Store app and parent dashboard that Meet doesn't include. ₹0 setup and 5% only on sales. Meet is a great live-video tool; it's not a teaching platform.
No. Recording requires a paid Google Workspace plan (Business Standard at ~₹1,380/user/month). Even then, recordings consume Drive storage quota. On Igniter, recording is unlimited and free — recordings auto-publish as sellable course content.
Yes. Live class schedules can push to Google Calendar via ICS invites, and mock-test score reports can be emailed via Gmail. You don't have to choose between Igniter and Google Workspace — they coexist.
Yes. During the 7-day parallel-run phase, students can access both. Most teachers find Igniter's native live-class tool sufficient and deprecate Meet after the first week. Zero risk during the transition.
Classroom content can be exported as zip files and re-uploaded to Igniter. Our migration template maps Classroom courses → Igniter courses, Classroom classwork → Igniter assignments/mocks, and Classroom roster → Igniter student list. Typically completed in 1–2 days.
Roughly equivalent for the Indian teaching use case (up to 1,000 students per class on 4G/WiFi). Meet has a marginal edge on multi-camera corporate calls; Igniter is tuned for patchy-4G student devices, which is the actual Indian classroom condition.
No. Parents access the dashboard through a zero-install link sent via SMS. No account creation, no app install required. This gives meaningfully higher parent adoption than email-based Classroom notifications.
Export your Google Contacts or Classroom roster, import into Igniter, generate welcome SMS/email, and switch off Meet links in subsequent weeks. Typical migration is 2–4 days with no student loss.
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