Crowdbase (discontinued) vs Microsoft Teams

Likelihood to Recommend

I wouldn't suggest Crowdbasefor smaller companies, even for bigger companies a more integrated solution would be desirable. It may suit companies that want their collaboration separate from project management and CRM, but at least for our organisation it seems to make more sense to have most of our work tools in one place

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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Microsoft Teams is best in this situation of pandemics. All the companies need to adopt the technology to work from remote and safe the world. Addressing the issue our company also move towards the use of the remote work assistance app Microsoft teams that were designed by Microsoft. It [helps] us to manage all remote work efficiently and also allow us to make regular conference through the app.

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Bed Dhungana

Brand Manager

Metamium GroupDesign, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Microsoft Teams

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

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Microsoft Teams

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

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Microsoft Teams

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

Collaboration
Interaction with staff
Great way to engage staff and support each other

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Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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Video calls are great with Microsoft Teams. They've made big improvements over the last year and I rarely have issue with getting on. It's nice when things just work.
The most used functionality is, of course, the chat feature. It does what it's supposed to do and you can create chat groups from whoever you'd like. We use it a lot when there is a special project and a team from various groups get together for a short period of time to get things done.
An overlooked function is the ability to search anything within Microsoft Teams. Any photo, document, or chat can be searched and found pretty easily. I can't tell you how many times this has saved me from having to rewrite something or start over.

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Chris Gomez, SPHR

Director of Product Marketing

Passare, Inc.Insurance, 201-500 employees

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Cons

It is very limited
Although it has an API it doesn't link to the services we use.
It isn't customisable like podio.

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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File Storage is a little clunky for new users, there was a learning curve in understanding the difference between Channels, Teams, Files, and where to communicate. The UI could be improved.
The connection of the file storage with Sharepoint gets tricky, where if we edit a certain file in one location, either it sometimes mirrors the action on the other platform, but sometimes it doesn't. It created a lot of issues.

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Verified User

Professional in Marketing

Glass, Ceramics & Concrete Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Microsoft Teams 10.0

Based on 5 answers

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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Phil Parrish

Co-founder, Managing Director

PrograMetrixMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Microsoft Teams 7.0

Based on 28 answers

While the overall offer of Microsoft Teams is compelling, the whole organisation and UI has quite some confusing edges. There is a mixture of desktop apps, web apps and web apps displayed inside the desktop apps. Moreover, the CPU usage of some of the Microsoft Teams components are dreadful (e.g., OneDrive for Business is the highest CPU-consumer, even above 3D and video software). Somehow, the mixture of development approaches does not provide a really coherent view. As Microsoft Teams also incorporates the Planner, OneDrive, OneNote and Sharepoint toolsets, it doen't help that they all have different interfaces and that navigation between them is confusing. Files in OneDrive, versus Sharepoint online versus files inside a team files folder seem to be disjunct. Opening a Word file from the locally synced OneDrive does not present the same syncing experience as opening the same file via Microsoft Teams into the Desktop app. And occasional sync problems don't help either. That said, collaboratively editing MS Office files has improved a lot and is (almost) comparable to collaboratively editing Google documents. Almost.

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Stefan Boeykens

sr. BIM Manager

D-studioConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Microsoft Teams 7.3

Based on 126 answers

Microsoft customer support is great, although it can be a bit of a hassle getting to a representative. Also, I have not had issues with Teams to have to give Microsoft a call, so that is positive! Microsoft also has great knowledge-based articles for information on tasks and how-tos on Teams.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Crowdbase's strength may lie in its ability to do just one main thing well, but for us this was a massive limitation. I know that it is not trying to be Podio and it is therefore unfair to compare the two but there are features that overlap. for us Podio was better suited.

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Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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Microsoft Teams are very straightforward, user-friendly and so easy to use. What's good about using this is that we don't need to have any training, just have an account and everyone can easily navigate and explore the features. It's very secure which helps us to share important files with each other. Calling and chatting have never been easy.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Customer Service

Consumer Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Encourages communication
Easy to use
Before crowdbase we never though of collaborating this way

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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I think it has allowed us to leverage our Office365 more effectivly since all of the apps are synced together.
It has really allowed us transition away from more formal webex meetings and have a more free flow conversation.
It also gives us a more direct line to our manager if we need there input they can easily join our team chat.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Crowdbase (discontinued) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Microsoft Teams Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0.00¹
Microsoft 365 Business Basic	$5.00¹
Microsoft 365 Business Standard	$12.50¹
Office 365 E3	$20.00¹

per user/per month

Additional Pricing Details

Discounts are available for non profit organizations.

Rating Summary

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Microsoft Teams

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Microsoft Teams

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Microsoft Teams

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Microsoft Teams

Likelihood to Recommend