Birdview vs. Microsoft Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Birdview
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Easy Projects is a project management tool designed for a wide range of businesses (small to mid-sized and enterprise level). It includes both basic features like creating projects and tasks and filling in the calendar, and also some advanced ones, including an interactive Gantt chart, an executive dashboard, time tracking and billing. It provides integration with MS Outlook, is customizable and has SaaS/On-Premise options.
$15
per month
Microsoft Teams
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
$4.80
per month per user
Pricing
BirdviewMicrosoft Teams
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$6
per month
Business
$12
per month
Platform
$19
per month
Microsoft Teams Essentials
$4.80
per month per user
Microsoft Teams Enterprise
$5.25
per month (paid yearly) per user
Microsoft Teams Enterprise
$5.25
per month per user
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$7.20
per month per user
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$15
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BirdviewMicrosoft Teams
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BirdviewMicrosoft Teams
Considered Both Products
Birdview
Chose Birdview
East Projects integrates with other financial systems such as NetSuite and Compass, which allows a great financial view into the existing and future projects and overall financial health of our resourcing. Other systems, such as Wrike and MS Projects, just focus on project/task …
Microsoft Teams

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Features
BirdviewMicrosoft Teams
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Birdview
8.1
15 Ratings
4% above category average
Microsoft Teams
7.9
235 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management8.514 Ratings7.9174 Ratings
Resource Management7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.57 Ratings7.791 Ratings
Scheduling8.010 Ratings8.0202 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.09 Ratings8.1121 Ratings
Team Collaboration7.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.97 Ratings8.1223 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Search00 Ratings7.4206 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.4138 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Birdview
8.3
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Microsoft Teams
-
Ratings
Project & financial reporting7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Birdview
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
8.0
244 Ratings
0% below category average
Chat00 Ratings9.0243 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.3242 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings8.6229 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings8.1140 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.5152 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.547 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings5.743 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.1155 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Birdview
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
8.1
229 Ratings
1% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.4161 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings8.3196 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings8.6195 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.8209 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.5191 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings8.4151 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.353 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.5165 Ratings
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User Ratings
BirdviewMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(16 ratings)
8.4
(281 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(2 ratings)
3.7
(9 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(1 ratings)
8.7
(67 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
8.3
(113 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.3
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
BirdviewMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
Birdview PSA
Each member of our team can choose their own view, so they can see only what is relevant to them. Plus, we can keep track of everyone's progress without bothering them. Our team loves that everyone can have a different view, so they see only what's important to them. In addition, we can keep tabs on everyone's progress without pestering them. The user interface has some nice quality of life features, such as the different views for different members of our team.
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Microsoft
It's amazing as a daily driver for team communication, and document search/store. Also, if you're doing a lot of LONG meetings and have trouble remembering details, the AI summarization is amazing and convenient. It just works. I'm not saying I always do this, of course, but if I need to 'skim' instead of really digging into every detail from a meeting, the AI-generated summary is generally good enough that I can get away with it.
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Pros
Birdview PSA
  • Easy Projects has a really nice UI. It's really easy [to] work there and make our projects easy to follow.
  • Great support. A few times I had to talk with support about API connections and they answered me quickly and kindly.
  • It's stable. I cannot remember a day when Easy Projects' platform [was] down, so it's really STABLE.
  • Charts and reports are very easy to use
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Microsoft
  • All in one communication for Teams.
  • High quality and reliable both audio and video meetings.
  • Well organized and clear instant chat.
  • Excellent security features.
  • Beautiful integration with 3rd party tools and systems.
  • Perfect compatibility with windows ,android and iOS.
  • Allow meetings recordings for later us or sharing with teams that missed the live.
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Cons
Birdview PSA
  • Easy Projects has some problems when it comes to accessing the site via different methods/browsers. It is either very slow or never works on a tablet. It is not smart-phone friendly. And it stopped working for us in Firefox -- all we could use is Safari or Chrome (we are a Mac-based office).
  • Easy Projects' email notifications are overwhelming. I turned them off completely since I was getting messages every time one little detail was added or changed.
  • While the reports are great, they are somewhat hard to pull. It takes a lot of trial and error -- I would not say the reports are an "intuitive area."
  • The biggest by far is what we fondly call "the screen of death." When you mark the last open task associated with a job as complete, a screen pops up that asks if you want to close the overall job, as well. The "yes" field is pre-selected, so if you are overzealous and click through quickly, it automatically closes the job. I don't know why they think this feature is helpful. We have so many staffers that complain they suddenly can't find their open job -- well, it's been marked completed and goes into the archive.
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Microsoft
  • The webinars feature has some missing functionally such as the ability for all users to use the Q&A feature (only those with a Microsoft Teams account can use it now), the ability to upload documents for attendees to easily access and download, and the ability for presenters and organizers to easily chat amongst themselves throughout the webinar.
  • The "Channels" organization hierarchy could be more clear. If you have several channels set up, it can get clunky and hard to find the specific channel you are looking for.
  • The MS Planner tool lacks functionality and organization. You cannot assign more than one person to a task and it's confusing when you try to share tasks with people - it would be nice if they were automatically added to someone's calendar.
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Likelihood to Renew
Birdview PSA
EP is great but could be better. EP has been a wonderful tool within our organization, it has helped us control expenses, resources, and the time needed to invest in each project, however when it comes to presenting reports and details it is a bit weak, there are more tools specialized in data visualization, and it would be good to make some kind of integration between EP and the other market alternatives
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Microsoft
Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
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Usability
Birdview PSA
EP is easy to use and adaptable, its menu is intuitive and the design is pleasant.
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Microsoft
If you have the full Microsoft Office suite, it works really well because it's integrated well within its ecosystem, but if not, it can be annoying because it tries to open a shared file in the web versions of the file equivalents. The web version is also a bit slow, and the login is very difficult to handle if you have multiple Microsoft or Outlook accounts.
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Reliability and Availability
Birdview PSA
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Microsoft
Rare, but outages do happen
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Performance
Birdview PSA
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Microsoft
Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
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Support Rating
Birdview PSA
In my personal experience, I only needed EP support once and the truth is that they attended me very well and very quickly, they helped me with what I needed, it was a question regarding the use of WebServices, they solved my doubt and then they contacted me another agent to verify that everything was resolved and if they could help me with anything else
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Microsoft
The overall support provided by Microsoft for Microsoft Teams has been quite good but there is still some room for improvements. Microsoft needs to proactively work on fixing the open bugs in order to provide a seamless experience to the users. But over the service and experience provided by the Microsoft team have been quite satisfactory.
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Implementation Rating
Birdview PSA
I am really satisfied with the implementation of EP in our organization, since it is a very useful tool in our day-to-day work
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Microsoft
I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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Alternatives Considered
Birdview PSA
East Projects integrates with other financial systems such as NetSuite and Compass, which allows a great financial view into the existing and future projects and overall financial health of our resourcing. Other systems, such as Wrike and MS Projects, just focus on project/task management, whereas this is a one-stop shop. It also allows us to manage internal resources.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Teams offers a much more integrated experience between their chat and video call function compared to Google Chat and Slack. Both other tools are much better for internal communications are they have simpler UI without other features. Whereas Microsoft Teams can be used for more critical conversations, particularly between external companies, and has been very useful in sales conversations which is what we chose it for when speaking to companies that work exclusively through Microsoft.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Birdview PSA
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Microsoft
Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
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Scalability
Birdview PSA
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Microsoft
It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
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Professional Services
Birdview PSA
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Microsoft
I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
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Return on Investment
Birdview PSA
  • Increased team collaboration improved the results significantly, because we managed to reduce the amount of time wasted on unnecessary iterations, therefore reducing costs.
  • The reasonable pricing enabled us to enjoy the service we needed with with less impact on our budget than we've expected.
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Microsoft
  • Personally, I would say that by using Microsoft Teams, it upped my collaboration with my colleagues by around 50% or around more than half of what I usually did prior to using it.
  • I had 100% show rate and attendance on all of my meetings in the past 6 months.
  • If I may add, I also have been chattier & collaborative towards my colleagues in past 3 months particularly the month of December when we had huge traffic at work. I would estimate this behavior to have been increased by around 60% than what I usually incur during normal operating days.
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