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.
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Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
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Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.
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Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Editions & Modules
Free
$0.00
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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
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Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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Discounts are available for non profit organizations.
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Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
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Microsoft Teams
Verified User
Administrator
Chose Microsoft Teams
Our company used to use Skype for Business and for a short time, we used Slack. We've been using Teams for over a year now and it has surpassed both of those tools. Audio calls over Skype always had technical difficulties and sound issues, though screen-sharing worked pretty …
I believe that Microsoft Teams offers greater stability than Skype for Business. Additionally, there are more integrated functions with Microsoft Teams, which helps to maintain focus on a task because you have to switch applications less often. One aspect that I think is …
Teams is a natural evolution from a lot of Microsoft tools, mainly the communication ones (like Communicator, Lync, Skype for Business). It also integrated some features from other tools, like the ability to manage and share files from SharePoint sites. From what I know, Teams …
Microsoft Teams essentially has taken over Skype for Business as the replacement all-in-one collaboration tool/platform. It is much more feature rich than Skype for Business, as it offers a lot more standard features that most organizations actually use. The ability to set …
I do not use Microsoft Teams if I can avoid it, because I can get the same type of work done in Slack, which has a much more intuitive user interface and is more modern in terms of functionality. I also use Skype for Business more regularly because it uses fewer computer …
Teams is the best of the company message tools that I have used so far because it integrates so many functionalities. Teams goes way beyond the instant messaging or video calls features with screen-sharing. It integrated with your calendar, enables you to do task tracking (e.g. …
Teams is lightweight as compared to all other applications. Screen sharing is flawless, filesharing is much more organized. Call scheduling is easier & integrated with emails. Video calls have an option of virtual background which is not there in other applications. Meetings are …
Skype is now Microsoft Teams only. And the UI of teams is way more flexible and strong than Skype. Slack and Microsoft Teams have there own specific features, both are awesome to use.Slack is less costlier than Microsoft Teams
Verified User
Engineer
Chose Microsoft Teams
Teams are just way ahead of these platforms. The overall collaboration options and integration with other platforms and online usability options are great. With the mobile and web access options, you are truly able to collaborate and work wherever you are from whatever capable …
Microsoft Teams over powered the Skype for business due to few major reasons, like Ms teams is windows authentic application, Ms teams is best linked with other window's applications and as well as outlook and one drive. Ms teams allows much larger no. of people to join in a …
Verified User
Employee
Chose Microsoft Teams
Teams is generally better and has a more professional "feel" than Skype, Google Meet, or Zoom. With Teams, access control is less easily managed than with Skype, Google Meet, or Zoom. Teams has better internal security than Zoom. I have never been "bombed" on Teams, whereas …
[I believe] Microsoft [T]eams is better than both of these apps for a business like ours. [I]ts quick chat and perfect notification system helps us to chat fluid without any problems. It performs better than the chat systems on Zoom, and therefore this is the reason we stayed …
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 …
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 …
I enjoy Teams better than Lync/Skype for Business, but I enjoy Slack the most for inter-company communication and UI/UX convenience. The learning curve for Slack is very small and it has a casual atmosphere that would engage the employees in a more fun and welcoming manner than …
I've used Zoom a lot personally and at my church. It does some things, such as breakout rooms and invitiations, much better. However, it's not good at integrating with calendars, so for that, I like Microsoft Teams better. I've also used Skype a lot, but I don't use it any …
Verified User
Program Manager
Chose Microsoft Teams
Microsoft team is most powerful software that helps organization to improve the working process throw maintaining the better communication between them and most reliable to communication between each of us. you can chat with any person who is on Microsoft team and you can do …
What we have used all these similar product for is collaboration, communication, and file sharing. Instead of using Zoom and Webex, we have consolidated communication on Microsoft Teams. I personally find Microsoft Teams much easier to use and better when it comes to …
Some of the reasons for preference are high participant limit in online meetings, integration with many software, working together with project management tools, keeping an archive of the files shared in the work of the teams.
We actually never asked to purchase Microsoft Teams. We got it within our Office/Microsoft 365 subscriptions. We were using Skype 4B within Department and when Teams was announced, within a week or two we tried to use Teams on Department level. Within first 6 months people …
Verified User
Employee
Chose Microsoft Teams
Easier video calls with colleagues compared to WebEx
Easy to use when combined with other Microsoft products
A light platform which loads easily compared to other tools. It thus doesn't use much bandwidth.
Verified User
Employee
Chose Microsoft Teams
As our organization already has Office 365, it is very convenient for the users to use Microsoft Teams with a single username. In addition, it helps to connect the team members any time and from any location. This is really very beneficial for team productivity and gives …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Of the five other products listed that I have used/evaluated (I have used them all), I would choose any one of them before using Skype for Business [(formerly Lync)] again. The one positive that Skype for Business has is that anyone that has used regular Skype will easily be …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business is more limited than Microsoft Teams or Slack but it was already in place at the organization and thus was the solution we continued to use. Teams has a more complete integration with the Microsoft suite of products and the same is true with Slack and …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
We were in between Microsoft Teams and Skype but selected Skype due to a more advantageous package for our company. It is also very easy to learn and use so the user training was minimal.
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business was originally used as the de facto enterprise messaging app for our organization, but we have since changed to Microsoft Teams as it allows more built-in collaboration tools such as teams and integration to other apps like Outlook, SharePoint, Jira, …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Hangouts have the worst user interface I've ever seen on a web application. Skype is a separate purchase, while Office 365 includes Skype as part of the subscription. When it comes to competing with Skype, Hangouts needs an overhaul of the UI. We've made the switch to Microsoft …
Verified User
Analyst
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype is a great tool to increase communication across an organization. I believe Microsoft Teams encourages greater collaboration amongst employees by making conversations and chats easily accessible and also keeping a history of conversations to allow users to pick up where …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business makes it easier to group contacts and receive offline/online notifications. It is a great way to make small-group contacts and discuss things over text and phone. It makes business calls more manageable and more interactive to organize. It's helpful if I need …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business's unique features offers many benefits.
When I need to communicate with my colleagues, I rely on the chat function. Its
interface is intuitive and has top-notch sound. Making groups is easy, and
Verified User
Professional
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
We have recently started using the tools which I listed above, these are contemporary with all the additional features required for the world which is looking at the work from home option as the new normal, some functions in our organization are thinking of completely making …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype enables me to have a conversation with people worldwide via calls or messaging, which is extremely convenient. We can share our work or presentation during the call by sending files, images, and even screen sharing. As a result of its superior video and audio quality, …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Most of the above applications are more suited to the newer age smaller companies that can experiment and switch. Our primary use case for Skype for [Business] was an enterprise software for large-scale communication using Microsoft's suite of products and authentication at a …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business (formerly Lync) at one time was the industry standard for communication and video calls. But times change, features adapt, and companies move on to new software focuses. That is what happened with Skype. If you use Skype for Business (formerly Lync), it …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business existing before all these other softwares were present. So legacy is maintained by Skype. Main feature that stacks up Skype against all of the mentioned apps is security provided by Skype for Business apps. As we all know Zoom was not at all safe to use as lots …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
We have switched to Teams, and it does offer a lot more so I think that it was the right choice, but Skype [for Business (formerly Lync)] was a very functional tool. The main issues were the bandwidth issues. The work computers aren't particularly high in RAM or processing …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business is effectively being phased out by MS Teams which is a natural evolution of the same but to compare against Zoom I would say that the VIDEO first element in Zoom is vastly superior and hence why Microsoft had to set a timescale for phasing out Skype for …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
All are variations on the same theme. They each have things they do better and things they do worse. In the case of Skype, I think the mobile integration is great, the browser support is so-so, and the security as a whole is weak. Others have things like individualized URLs …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
AnyMeeting was used at a prior employer and it felt a bit limited. Not sure of the changes to the software and integrations if they match up to Skype. I myself prefer Skype over AnyMeeting due to personal comparison and all the bells and whistles that Skype for Business offered …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Today it's impossible to recommend Skype for Business for any new customer. Online is end of life at the end of July and on-prem slowly loses support over the next few years. Switch to either Teams (Same license) or another product. In reviewing other products we chose Teams …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
I think that overall Skype is better product compared to GoToMeeting, as it is more functional and can be better integrated in an overall working environment of a firm. GoToMeeting has a better video quality in my opinion, but it is also less reliable (there are constant lags …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype still has its own place when it comes to the chatting apps competition. Its integration with Microsoft and other tools like Outlook makes it very intuitive and easy to use. I like the "show status" a lot too and it tells me whether a person is busy or available for …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
We have Skype and teams both in the company. Teams GUI is very great when compared to Skype and also it has more features and options. It works with other 365 products. File storage, video quality is much better. Also, application integration are tremendous. It shows best …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
We [use] Zoom at least 10x more often than Skype for Business, and even though I feel like Zoom has some very shady business practices, their recent security upgrades have been a really valuable way to feel safer about our calls. The biggest drawback on Zoom vs Skype for …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business is an easier tool to use overall in most cases, especially for individual/smaller scale collaboration, whereas tools such as Teams is more complicated to use (hence why a lot more features to learn with platforms such as Teams). For quick chatting with …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
The three are great tools, but each one have its set of benefits. Lync it's getting out of market, but certainly it still has a great market to those companies that are not worried with external communication, for example. Teams and Slack, have already this approach, but both …