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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Teams

    Score8.2 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 Viva Engage

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Viva Engage, formerly Yammer, is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups.

    $24

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Viva Engage
    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
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for non profit organizations.Microsoft Viva Engage is also available in some Microsoft 365 packages.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Microsoft Teams is definitely a strong contender to Slack. For small organizations with small teams, Slack has a clear advantage in term of setup and ease of use. However, for large organizations with dedicated and specialized IT Administrators the task of setting up Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    I've used both Slack and Teams but think Teams will prevail for companies who embrace Office 365. With Microsoft adding new app integrations and external connections exponentially, it's never been an easier time to transition into a digital workplace. Microsoft introduced a free…
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Microsoft Teams provide a good feature set that matches the commonly used enterprise collaboration tools from multiple vendors. What the Teams product lacks in VoIP support, it makes for in its web conferencing capabilities. Yammer only has a small set of collaboration …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Prefer JIRA Software, easy to document requirements, dev notes, QA notes and share this with anyone who cares about the work. You can also easily plug this into Confluence and create dashboards if you like. JIRA has a great UI and drag and drop functionality is easy for anyone …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Personally, I have used a number of applications similar to Teams for a variety of functions. However, with regard to my current organizational use, I would say my experience with Teams provides a much more well-rounded user experience than Skype for Business. Teams performs …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Prior to adopting Teams, our organization used Slack. I think Teams has made big gains in recent years and now offers essentially the same functionality and services has Slack does. While I enjoyed using Slack, I have not seen a drop off in functionality or usability since …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    We now use Microsoft Teams for chatting and project communication and it is more effective than Yammer. I do not find a use for Yammer any longer.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    My organization has both Teams & Microsoft Yammer. They use Microsoft Yammer for a larger group as a social media tool for the whole organization, more like a one-way communication from the organization towards a large group of employees. However, I think teams is more suitable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    I like how Yammer has functions that are fun and interactive, which can give you much more to do than using Teams or even Microsoft Forms. Yammer helps people feel included and gives people a better sense of how their friends and co-workers are feeling on certain issues. Yammer …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    Yammer is very rudimentary as a broadcast tool and team notification. I has been surpassed in functionality and usefulness by all the other apps listed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    Yammer is better-suited than MS Teams for quick, informal texts with my colleagues.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    There are few good alternatives to Microsoft Yammer that serve up the same functionality and allow for networking to the same extent. Prior to Yammer, we used an internal tool which was clunky and did not meet our companies needs. Yammer has proven to be much more successful …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    255 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    225 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    144 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    241 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Task Management8.1179 Ratings9.128 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.196 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3208 Ratings8.423 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.4126 Ratings8.623 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.2229 Ratings8.843 Ratings
    Search7.6212 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.4143 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.0
    251 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Chat9.0250 Ratings9.444 Ratings
    Notifications8.4249 Ratings8.349 Ratings
    Discussions8.7235 Ratings9.748 Ratings
    Surveys8.2146 Ratings9.638 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.6157 Ratings9.338 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting6.547 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts5.743 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.1155 Ratings8.632 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    236 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.0
    42 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Versioning8.6168 Ratings9.728 Ratings
    Video files8.4202 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Audio files8.8200 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.8216 Ratings9.135 Ratings
    Access control8.6198 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.5158 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.353 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Device sync8.6172 Ratings9.528 Ratings
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    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (329 ratings)
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (114 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (114 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 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 Viva Engage
    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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    Microsoft
    Yammer is great when you have a company culture that encourages friendly collaboration and communication. It can be a great supplement (but certainly not a substitute) for bonding and sharing ideas and thoughts. Certain channels can be really successful, too, like a channel where people can post dog pictures or something fun like that!
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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
    • Providing a platform for social news in the company where "bottom up" topics can percolate freely across department
    • Social networking across the company where folks can divide their work into topics instead of teams
    • Basic collaboration within a group including document sharing with ability to pin documents to a team
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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
    • Although the social enterprise network works very well, there is room for some slight improvement - such as the ability to attract users. By being part of the Microsoft Office Suite, it is offered as an "add-on" and many overlook it and see it as unnecessary at first. It would be smart for Microsoft to sell it as its own product so it could gather more popularity as a "social network".
    • Giving an option to filter results could be better as well as giving an option to turn off the "recent activity" bar on the home page.
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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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft is dedicated to continual improvement on Yammer. They realize the value that Yammer brings to the table with their clients. In the short time that we have had Yammer implemented, we are just now beginning to see the strong impact it has on becoming more effective and efficient around collaboration.
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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
    Overall easy to use and intuitive, although limited in the possibility to personalize layout and look & feel of a site. Some functionalities are not easy to use, like document editing, but some others are quick and effective (posts and tagging above all). Performance and responsiveness of the Yammer site is typically acceptable, in my experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Rare, but outages do happen
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    Microsoft
    Very available
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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
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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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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    Microsoft
    We have never had to use the support for Yammer. The tool works well and we have not come across any bugs. User Interface is simple and easy to use, similar to other forum type products, thereby removing the need for any extensive training. Team members are invited in and immediately are able to start using the tool.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The training that Microsoft provides is very generic training for Yammer. I like the fact the training is short and easy to understand
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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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
    Our team briefly used Salesforce.com's Chatter product before switching over to Yammer in 2012. While Chatter is essentially the same product as Yammer, it left much to be desired. Chatter's design was (and remains) clunky and difficult to navigate. Yammer is a simple, easy-to-use product that offers similar functionality as Salesforce's Chatter.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    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
    • My company is pleased with the positive impact Yammer has created departmentally and on an individual basis with work flow efficiency.
    • Adversely, most old and new employees are more familiar with SharePoint, causing the company to pay for training for all current and incoming employees.
    • As Yammer becomes more widely used, the need for training may diminish, which is where we will see our return on investment, as the product clearly provides a more effective form of file sharing and communication between employees and their department.
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