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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

    Rakuten Viber

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AViber, now from Rakuten (acquired 2014) is an instant messaging and cross-platform VoIP software solution designed for personal use and available for both desktops and as a mobile app. It includes features such as video and audio calls, instant message, and unlimited-member group chats. Users can also make paid international calls.

    $0.02

    Per Minute

    Pricing
    Microsoft TeamsRakuten Viber
    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
    USA
    $0.019
    Per Minute
    UK
    $0.019
    Per Minute
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft TeamsRakuten Viber
    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.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft TeamsRakuten Viber
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    For me, Teams is also very useful and very user friendly just like the others.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Surely Microsoft Teams is a better option for organisations than the mentioned application. It has clearly taken over the lead within enterprises and government organizations, used by 65% of surveyed respondents. It offers more robust features which other apps don’t provide. It …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    Although competitors such as Slack and Webex can really stand up to MS Teams, our organization chose Teams as the predominant work communicator. Working within this decision, we are overall happy with the feature set that Teams provides. In my opinion, the advantages of its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Teams
    The greatest strength MS Teams has against others is that it greatly complements other Microsoft online services. In other platforms, one cannot add or share work files and open them within the interface, so others can see. As other software is focused more on the …
    Incentivized
    Rakuten
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    255 Answers
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    225 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    144 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft TeamsRakuten Viber
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Teams and Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    241 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Rakuten Viber
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.1179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.4126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.2229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.6212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.4143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Teams and Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.0
    251 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Rakuten Viber
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.0250 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.4249 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 Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    236 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Rakuten Viber
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.6168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.4202 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.8200 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.8216 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
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Microsoft Teams and Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Rakuten Viber
    9.5
    13 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.78 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.78 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Microsoft Teams and Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Rakuten Viber
    9.3
    15 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings9.79 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings9.814 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Microsoft Teams and Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Rakuten Viber
    9.6
    13 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings9.513 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.713 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Microsoft Teams and Rakuten Viber
    Feature
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Rakuten Viber
    10.0
    18 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft TeamsRakuten Viber
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (329 ratings)
    9.6
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (114 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (114 ratings)
    9.4
    (7 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 TeamsRakuten Viber
    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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    Rakuten
    As mentioned previously, it is easy to use and access since the you can chat, send voice memos or stickers in a conversation. So in overall it's very entertaining. But throughout that, the audio quality can seem to be a bit off. (Could be personal headset issue) Overall that is the only issue that is present or consistent.
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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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    Rakuten
    • Viber is a cross platform product. It does not matter if someone uses Android or iOS device, it will work exactly the same.
    • Also the desktop version is very good. You can switch between the desktop and mobile versions within a conversation and see updates right away.
    • It's a very international product. It has been available for very long time, which makes it very wide spread - it has a good user base.
    • You can see the status of your messages.
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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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    Rakuten
    • When someone sends a file in Viber, the program automatically saves it in your phone memory. This means that you must delete them manually and it really annoys me, as it takes a lot of time to do that.
    • It contains enormous amounts of adds.
    • There is file sharing limit.
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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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    Rakuten
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Rakuten
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Rare, but outages do happen
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    Rakuten
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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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    Rakuten
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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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    Rakuten
    I have not frequently used the support for Viber as I have not had many problems with it on my phone. I did use support one time for problems with the computer application and used the forums to solve my problems. They were fairly easy to follow and I appreciated the online help in that format.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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    Rakuten
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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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    Rakuten
    End-to-end encryption scrambles my messages and delivers them as a scrambled code to my friend's device, whether mobile or desktop, so that only their device can decode them into plain text. If my friend's phone is turned off or they don't have access to the internet, my message will be stored on Viber's servers (for a limited time) until their device is ready to receive it.

    Because Viber can't access or read my private conversations in the first place, Viber can't sell them.
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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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    Rakuten
    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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    Rakuten
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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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    Rakuten
    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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    Rakuten
    • Viber saves me financially since I am now able to communicate with my international clients for free.
    • Viber helps keep my clients engaged by the fact that I can so easily share photos, which is important as a freelance photographer.
    • Viber allows me to make my messages to clients appealing in a visual way, which I have noticed helps drive actions of my clients, such as remembering to book their next session or pay for their photo order.
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