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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Teams

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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

    Microsoft Teams Rooms

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AA solution to turn any space into a meeting room designed for inclusive collaboration, where everyone can fully participate.

    $40

    per month (annual subscription) per room

    Pricing
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Rooms
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Rooms
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Rooms
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    I had the priviledge to work with Microsoft Teams Rooms both in bring your own device mode and also connecting a device via Azure monitor. This helped a lot when we needed to do local meetings with a lot of people with external partners. This helped a lot since we were able to …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    255 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    225 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    144 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Rooms
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    241 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.2179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.5126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.3229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.7212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.5143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.0
    251 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.0250 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.5249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.7235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.2146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.6157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting6.547 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts5.743 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.1155 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    236 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.7168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.4202 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.8200 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.9216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.6198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.5158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.6172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams Rooms
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams Rooms
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
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    Webex Meetings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Rooms
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (329 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (114 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (114 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams Rooms
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    We use Microsoft Teams Rooms across all of our main conference suites. This ensure our staff have consistent meeting experiences in out part of the education sector - meetings generally become hybrid fairly frequently and can even extend to pupils or staff working from home. We did try some of the poly equipment in a classroom environment but due to noise levels and the amount of pupils and staff it quickly became a non starter. We were advised to stick with participant numbers aligned to our purchased hardware before we tried this.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • Video and audio recording.
    • Sharing content.
    • Stable connection.
    • Webinar features.
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • We would like to see a view which focuses on each individual and places them in a separate frame for an immersive experience.
    • It should connect to the Teams app in laptop as soon as we enter the room using some medium like mic audio.
    • Low bandwidth consumption codec to be developed to allow good quality video conferencing even in low bandwidth networks.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    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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    Microsoft
    Hardware dependance: important to have the right certified hardware such as cameras, microphones which can limit flexibility. User onboarding and learning curve of using the product as with any new integration takes time. Therefore, maybe thinking about a more intuitive approach could help on an easier ramp up for 1st time users
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Rare, but outages do happen
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    Performance
    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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    Microsoft
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    Support Rating
    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
    Microsoft
    I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    Cisco Webex, Zoom
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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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    Microsoft
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
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    Microsoft
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    Professional Services
    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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    Microsoft
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Microsoft
    • Increase in Staff confidence to use meeting equipment
    • less "device failures" during meetings
    • More and more staff have reduced the need to travel to each of our sites for a meeting.
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