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What you are probably seeing
Your current Zoom usage logs show sessions regularly hitting the 50-participant mark, which makes the Proton free tier boundary look like a hard cap rather than a theoretical limit.
You notice that your team treats meeting interruptions as rare anomalies, so the cost of a two o’clock failure is not factored into your migration checklist.
Why it happens
Proton Marketplaces change their free tier limits without much notice, so a spec that holds today might be reduced or gated tomorrow.
Migrating infrastructure assumes a seamless transition, but the real risk lies in the lack of automated fallbacks when the new platform hits its ceiling.
What changed recently
Step by step
1. Read the current Proton Meet terms of service and confirm the exact free tier participant limit and any associated time restrictions.
2. Schedule a test meeting with exactly 50 simulated users to observe how the platform behaves when the cap is reached.
3. Document the specific error message or user experience that occurs when the limit is exceeded.
4. Identify the owner who will be responsible for troubleshooting if a critical meeting fails at 2 am.
5. Define a backup plan that includes a quick failover method to another video conferencing tool.
Ways to go further
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