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What is Skype?
Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes audio and video Skype-to-Skype calls, ability to call mobile phones and landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for up to…
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What is Skype?
Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes audio and video Skype-to-Skype calls, ability to call mobile phones and landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for up to 25 people.
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What is Skype?
Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video
conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes instant messaging, audio
and video Skype-to-Skype calls, the ability to call mobile phones and
landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for
up to 25 people. During video sessions, users also have the option to share
their screen with other participants. Other distinctive features include background blurring, voice and text translation, location share, conversation search, and integration with Microsoft's Digital Assistant, Cortana.
This version of Skype works on phones, desktop, tablet, browsers, Alexa, and
Xbox. Users can call landlines and mobile phones from around the world by
paying for Skype Credit or signing up for Skype subscriptions, a monthly
contract for users who only need service to specific regions. Users can also
pay to have a local phone number through Skype Numbers, so that they can answer
phone calls from their desktops, tablets, or smartphones. They can also send
SMS text messages and share their location using the Skype mobile app.
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Skype (the personal edition) is a free web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software. The free version includes audio and video Skype-to-Skype calls, ability to call mobile phones and landlines, paid international calling, and conference calling capabilities for up to 25 people.
Reviewers rate Live chat highest, with a score of 8.4.
The most common users of Skype are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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April 27, 2021
Skype is a great communications tool for business.
- Skype made keeping in touch with an advisor in Mexico very easy. The initiative there resulted in 5 new partnerships.
- Skype has helped me with account management for at least 3 customers in LATAM--usually it's a fast way to answer a question about a support renewal.
- For about 9 months Skype helped me stay in touch with a colleague in Prague. We would meet once a week to go over sales activities.
April 24, 2021
Skype is great for our small non-profit
- For the needs of our non-profit Skype hasn't cost us anything and we have no reason to purchase a more complex suite of software for communicating with the dozen people we regularly communicate with.
- I suppose a more robust solution would have some benefits but would also require more communication and training to get people up to speed with the software. We could use Slack for example for free with a small organization but I think doing so would cost us more time and energy that would benefit us at this point.
April 21, 2021
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- It has made my work flow much easier and accessible.
- Communication has improved with Skype.
April 09, 2021
Skype - End of an Era
- Overall Skype was not widely used in our organization thus there was no significant business impact
- IT department had to maintain Skype
April 08, 2021
Skype isnt all hype. It works.
- Overall Skype is a good investment. We use regular Skype so its a product that comes with Windows PC's as a standard app. We dont use Skype for Business so this cuts cost overall.
- Using the basic functions of Skype and not Skype for business does have some downsides but you do save money. There are many other apps we use as well as Skype in order to accomplish all of our goals.
- The downside of course is that the more you want Skype to do, the more money it will cost the organization as a whole. It does have many more functions which you have to upgrade to Skype for business for. That is my only criticism.
April 05, 2021
Good in a pinch, but better options are out there!
- + Provided an option for remote communications — without Skype (or alternative) our weekly church attendance (approx. 200 / wk) would have dropped to 0, without any effective method to communicate with our congregation in a group setting.
December 30, 2020
Reducing distances with Skype
- Cost efficient
- Good return on investment
- Easy to implement
July 30, 2020
Great but not perfect for conference calls
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
- Growth of the team management level.
- Great communicative channels inside the company.
- Growth of productivity.
July 13, 2020
Best Software to Connect your Coworkers
- It really impacts our organization in a positive manner as the use is Free of cost. We are using Free Trial.
- In our organization Skype is used by all the departments for connecting to our team mates as well as to resolve any query requiring virtual meet.
- We have approximately more than 500 employees and for a virtual connect we use Skype, as well as for organizing various webinars and wellness sessions. We have enjoyed the quality a lot.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- Saves time by allowing virtual meetings.
- It has proved very good for our overseas business.
- Sometimes video calls lag and disconnect in the middle of the meeting.
April 27, 2020
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Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- Promoted sales within the organization
- Enhanced team work
- Cut expenses with a bigger margin
April 21, 2020
Skype is good for small business sales and calls
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
- Helps communicate globally
- Helps make sales
- Helps close business deals
March 31, 2020
Skype to connect to clients worldwide
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- Since Skype video and instant messaging features are free, the company can save tremendously through conducting interviews worldwide and conducting classes online where applicable.
March 17, 2020
Runaway from Skype
- Skype is no doubt cheap and will save you a lot of money if you aren't making 100s of calls. If you do they will block you if you are on one of their unlimited plans. Be careful.
- Because it accepts PayPal it has made it easier for me to purchase minutes and make calls. Most of the VOIP businesses are running away from PayPal as one of the payment options.
January 10, 2020
Skype is great for daily team communications
- Relatively inexpensive.
- Cheaper than competitors.
January 08, 2020
The most trusted VOIP service in the world
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- Saves money for international calls
- Saves time using media sharing features
December 06, 2019
Premiere For Business Interaction
- Better communication.
- Facilitates good work ethics.
December 05, 2019
Excellent Program for businesses of any size!
- It has saved us a lot of money on flights, hotels, rental cars, and we have hired great candidates using Skype to interview them.
November 26, 2019
Skype is Great
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- Skype instant messaging gets me quick answers.
- Skype saves me time on the phone.
- Skype allows me to say yes to my customers faster.
November 19, 2019
Skype - Good for Meetings and Collaboration but Still Needs To Improve Connection Quality
- We've experimented using Skype for customer service but haven't pursued it. Quality of the connection became too big an issue.
- Holding meetings on Skype saves us time and makes it easier to do collaborations in real time.
November 18, 2019
Skype, where will be in 3 more years? Who knows!!
- Positive impact on all features related to Phone interaction.
- Negative for such a complex login administration, which requires an administrator to do it when using Skype for Business. WhatsApp has a much more relaxed approach for new users and groups.
- Positive impact on the audio quality makes it easy for non-native language speakers to interact with native speakers, as they can understand the utterance much better than in regular phone lines — a crispy tone of voice.
- Negative for the lack of robust tools for contact import. Importing Gmail or Yahoo or Facebook or Twitter contacts should be a mandatory feature, as Skype users, especially businesses, would benefit from the instant availability of all disperse contacts.
November 11, 2019
Internet based communication done right
- Skype has saved me lots of money regarding international calling.
- Through the use of features such as the sharing of my desktop, I have achieved greater efficiencies during business communication.
- A challenge I'm having with Skype which isn't directly related to the app is that not everyone uses it, That forces me to sometimes use other apps to accomplish the same thing I could do with Skype and some of these apps don't work on multiple platforms.
November 04, 2019
Skype for the best meetings.
- Communication
- Ease of use
- Conversation
October 30, 2019
The one and only Skype
- Saving money on other apps.
- Saving time on onboarding.
- Better communication with clients since they use Skype themselves.
October 28, 2019
Skype is a time-saver
- Skype allows us to have meetings as often as needed without having everyone meet in one place. This is a definite time-saver.