Discord vs. Microsoft Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Discord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.
$4.99
per month
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
DiscordMicrosoft Teams
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro Classic
$4.99
per month
Discord Nitro
$9.99
per month
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
DiscordMicrosoft Teams
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details16% discount on annual pricing for Discord Nitro ($99.99 per year) and Discord Nitro Classic ($49.99 per year).Discounts are available for non profit organizations.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DiscordMicrosoft Teams
Considered Both Products
Discord
Chose Discord
Discord allows you to organize communication between many people, while not "mixing everyone together", but dividing them into appropriate groups. Thanks to the ability to work through the browser, Discord is easy to use on any device, without the need to install additional …
Chose Discord
Discord offers the most efficient way to onboard new users when we need to communicate quickly and via text and/or voice.
Microsoft Teams
Chose Microsoft Teams
Skype Business and Discord are both products that I have used. Skype worked well for chatting and sharing files between users, although it was a little more simplified. Discord was similar to Skype, except functioned more like a forum with groups that were able to chat and …
Chose Microsoft Teams
MS Teams is the worst as compared to other tools in the market. Slack, Discord are way way better than MS Teams. I believe way more advanced than MS Team could ever achieve. I am really not sure how this trashy and buggy tool manage to get 8/10 on this platform. Shame.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
DiscordMicrosoft Teams
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.8
17 Ratings
0% below category average
Microsoft Teams
7.1
182 Ratings
10% below category average
Task Management9.36 Ratings7.5137 Ratings
Scheduling6.02 Ratings7.9153 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.04 Ratings6.695 Ratings
Mobile Access9.715 Ratings7.9174 Ratings
Search7.313 Ratings7.3160 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.53 Ratings6.6111 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.270 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.4
17 Ratings
8% below category average
Microsoft Teams
7.7
191 Ratings
4% below category average
Chat9.717 Ratings8.8190 Ratings
Notifications8.116 Ratings8.0189 Ratings
Discussions8.317 Ratings8.5177 Ratings
Surveys7.710 Ratings7.2104 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.77 Ratings7.0117 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings7.047 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings6.143 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings8.8156 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
8.9
16 Ratings
9% above category average
Microsoft Teams
7.3
177 Ratings
11% below category average
Versioning10.04 Ratings7.0122 Ratings
Video files7.916 Ratings7.4150 Ratings
Audio files8.615 Ratings7.6152 Ratings
Document collaboration8.36 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
Access control8.38 Ratings7.5148 Ratings
Advanced security features8.04 Ratings7.0110 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings6.253 Ratings
Device sync10.06 Ratings8.0124 Ratings
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DiscordMicrosoft Teams
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
DiscordMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(17 ratings)
8.0
(269 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(9 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.1
(52 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(3 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
DiscordMicrosoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
Discord
Personally, Discord is a great tool to create online communities for your company or product, especially when our target audience is young. I would not consider it appropriate to use this tool for people over a certain age, nor would it be suitable for companies of considerable size.
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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
Discord
  • Discord allows easy setup of servers for specific groups.
  • Discord allows one-on-one private messaging as well as group communication.
  • Discord is easy to install and setup for any age group.
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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
Discord
  • Recovery when servers are down.
  • Better Nitro Deals.
  • Better bot enabling for going live - Slow sometimes or doesn't work in certain discords.
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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
Discord
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
Discord
I can't really say much on this. It's extremely easy to use, it's very logical and intuitive, and very easy to install and set-up. Even the settings menus make sense even to nonliterate IT people.
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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
Discord
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Rare, but outages do happen
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Performance
Discord
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
Discord
I would give it a 10 rating because it absolutely deserves it. Discord has made things like keeping in touch extremely easy for people. Anywhere from gamers, businessmen and even family calls are all a part of this fantastic application. The ease of access of being able to jump in a room with your friends and talk to them is amazing
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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
Discord
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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Alternatives Considered
Discord
Discord has better features and it gets updated constantly with new features. It gets popular everyday and the number of people using Discord gets increased. Discord has a better interface that is easy to use, it doesn't make you confused. Better voice and video quality. The most important part is the communities, there are thousands of different communities.
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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
Discord
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
Discord
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
Discord
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
Discord
  • Discord has been such a bonus to our productivity. Instead of sending meeting links and starting lengthy email threads, we were able to quickly hop on a call with other people and get things done!
  • Some colleagues had to change their PCs as Discord was messing up their system due to the heavy system load.
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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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