Cisco Board Series vs. Microsoft Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Board Series
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
The Cisco Board Series offers room devices for hybrid teamwork. Its latest generation models, the Board Pro 55 and Board Pro 75, bring video conferencing and co-creation to small and medium-sized workspaces, conference rooms, and ideation spaces. These room devices feature an AI-powered chipset, a responsive, 55- or 75-inch touch screen, speaker-tracking dual cameras, built-in speakers and microphones, and a versatile set of mounting and peripheral options. Users can join any video meeting,…N/A
Microsoft Teams
Score 8.0 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.
$5
per month
Pricing
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$5.00
per user/per month
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$12.50
per user/per month
Office 365 E3
$20.00
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.
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Community Pulse
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Considered Both Products
Cisco Board Series
Chose Cisco Board Series
It is almost an unfair comparison as the base Microsoft Teams product doesn't have many whiteboard options. Both can screen share, but it's hard to make a fair comparison. That being said, the whiteboard is really great if you have the smartboard to support it and fully utilize …
Chose Cisco Board Series
We use Microsoft Teams together with Cisco Webex. Since Webex is preferred in more organizations, there is no problem connecting to meetings. Even if people do not have webex, they can easily join the meeting and share screens. This is a huge advantage.
Chose Cisco Board Series
The Cisco Webex Board Series provides an easier-to-manage and use solution when compared to the Surface Hub and Microsoft Teams solutions.
Chose Cisco Board Series
Cisco Board Series just works. Others need cables, patches. Apps and lots of setup and config - Cisco Board Series are a different class and user experience.
Chose Cisco Board Series
Cisco Board Series are probably the middle of the mix in terms of features, favorable in terms of flexibility, unfavorable in term of comparative cost. Cisco is a leader in VC hardware, so it's important we looked at them when evaluating digital boards. We also looked at …
Chose Cisco Board Series
Cisco Webex Board Series is similar to zoom but has great other features that allow for collaboration and work spaces in breakout rooms. It provides a series of widgets and features to utilize. Cisco Webex Board Series also allows for great invites and host abilities to allow …
Chose Cisco Board Series
I did not use similar products to Cisco Webex Board, so it would be hard for me to evaluate how Webex Board Series stacks up against them.
Chose Cisco Board Series
As I know Cisco provides the best services in the market. I am a completely satisfied user of this platform. It has made meetings more engaging and interactive which has reduced disruptions with regards to background noise removal and even voice enhancement. The application …
Chose Cisco Board Series
I'd say the whiteboard feature has become very useful. There we can do our sketches and write your notes using different colors, font sizes, etc. We can also send this content to any other team members instantly via e-mail. With the latest technology they are using, we managed …
Chose Cisco Board Series
We have also used the surface hub from Microsoft but it is not available in the above lust. Almost all the features are same but with Cisco Webex Board Series they are seamless.
Chose Cisco Board Series
only looked at Cisco Webex Board and it met our needs from the start!
Chose Cisco Board Series
Cisco Webex is an easy-to-understand business cycle that matches the main operations and actions that users need to accomplish.
Chose Cisco Board Series
I have not come across other products that have enough similarity to compare them to Cisco Webex Board Series. I've worked with colleagues and clients who utilize systems like Microsoft Team, OneDrive, and Google Docs to allow people to simultaneously work on projects; however, …
Chose Cisco Board Series
With the Webex Board, you don't have a ton of TCP Port to open on your firewall. You can install it on a special cart and can move easily if you want. The only concurrent is the Microsoft Surface Hub but its a computer with a tactile screen. You can use the Webex Board as a …
Chose Cisco Board Series
Cisco Webex is best integrated between all apps and devices. The Webex boards are specially designed to work with Webex. Other vendors often have apps on not best suited devices and that causes many issues.
Microsoft Teams
Chose Microsoft Teams
For our particular use case, which is collaboration across teams sitting in different geographies in a fast-paced sales organization, Microsoft Teams is just the perfect platform to bring everyone together. Teams helps you keep the dialogue strictly professional which is good …
Chose Microsoft Teams
What we have used all these similar product for is collaboration, communication, and file sharing. Instead of using Zoom and Webex, we have consolidated communication on Microsoft Teams. I personally find Microsoft Teams much easier to use and better when it comes to …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
-
Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.1
182 Ratings
10% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings7.5137 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.270 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings7.9153 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.695 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings7.9174 Ratings
Search00 Ratings7.3160 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings6.6111 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
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Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.7
191 Ratings
4% below category average
Chat00 Ratings8.8190 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.0189 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings8.4177 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings7.2104 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.0117 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.047 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.143 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.8156 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
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Ratings
Microsoft Teams
7.3
177 Ratings
11% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings7.0122 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings7.4150 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings7.6152 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings7.5148 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings7.0110 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings6.253 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.0124 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Small Businesses
Zoom
Zoom
Score 8.2 out of 10
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Score 9.2 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Score 9.2 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(59 ratings)
8.0
(269 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
5.7
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(55 ratings)
7.1
(52 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(55 ratings)
8.3
(113 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Board SeriesMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
It is best suited for video\audio calls and meeting use. you can easily connect to the meeting with an ID or your laptop and also share content easily in a couple of ways. It's less useful for large-scale meetings as attendees seem to get lost as their video can get shrunk or hidden offscreen.
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Microsoft
Positive: The virtual workspace created for a work team within the same company, for the resemblance of information and communications in one place.Negative: The access for members of a non-profit organization who have external emails from the host but need the same access as an internal person since their volunteer work is part of the very core of the federation.
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Pros
Cisco
  • The Cisco Webex Board is a fully featured devices that gives users all they need to interact in practical meeting rooms with their colleagues.
  • It securely connects to our virtual teams. A high-resolution image of nearly the whole room is captured by a powerful camera.
  • This is entirely for industrial design. A more is enclosed by powerful microphones.
  • It's simple to install and use. It's a one-stop solution for all your needs.
  • It is a great quality collaborative experience, which is easy to use and touch based.
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Microsoft
  • Virtual meetings - ease of set up and execution
  • File sharing! We build channels for projects, and being able to invite only project members is huge!
  • Peer-to-peer communications - being able to "ping" one of my colleagues, either text, video or call-only, on-demand, is what runs our business.
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Cons
Cisco
  • It feels like affordability is a huge minus point in Webex because it can be too expensive to afford for a small to medium company
  • Wireless connectivity needs a good internet connection to have a seamless experience.
  • White board pen tool not precise with the screen location sometimes and refresh rate seems little low
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Microsoft
  • The feature of notifications in the mobile application could be improved. Sometimes notifications of different teams are not visible and are only visible when the application is opened.
  • It uses lots of computational resources while running and thus, slows down the system sometimes.
  • It allows a few channels per team. The number of channels could be increased for better productivity.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
Cisco Webex Board Series has great UI. It's very compelling to use. Touch controls are great and have never had any trouble navigating. However, screen mirroring can be laggy sometimes and frame drops are seen quite often while mirroring. Overall it's a great device to use with many useful features and optimized UI.
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Microsoft
User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful. MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organizational communications. Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
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Reliability and Availability
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Rare, but outages do happen
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Performance
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
It's honestly hard to tell since we haven't had many hiccups, if any at all! We have used Webex support for other situations and it was great, but for the board itself, we only had one issue, when we received it, a pixel was broken and Webex replaced it. Fair to say they lived up to our expectations.
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Microsoft
Using Microsoft Teams has resulted in much faster business communications with both co-workers and consultants. There has been little need for support with this software as the interface is very intuitive and the product is overall very well designed. We did encounter an issue with the built-in phone service, however, this was quickly resolved by the support team.
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Implementation Rating
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
It is almost an unfair comparison as the base Microsoft Teams product doesn't have many whiteboard options. Both can screen share, but it's hard to make a fair comparison. That being said, the whiteboard is really great if you have the smartboard to support it and fully utilize its features.
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Microsoft
Our company and IT department previously used Skype for our communication needs. Skype was not dependable in my opinion, because it seems each time I used it during a call and/or a meeting, I and several other team members would get disconnected more than once. This caused a great interruption of our meeting, caused team members to have to ask others to repeat themselves and caused a general lack of interest in employee attendance during meetings.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
  • It makes team meetings more productive. All team members can contribute simultaneously.
  • After the meeting, all team members got access to the files discussed in the meeting and this allows you to continue discussions even after the meeting.
  • The only negative impact of Cisco Webex Board on the company is its high price as I mentioned earlier.
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Microsoft
  • I'm not sure I can point to a specific ROI, but it has improved our ability to communicate and work more effectively together.
  • It's also nice to have records of every interaction, photo, and document that has been shared. Less chance of something completely disappearing.
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