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What is Skype (discontinued)?
Skype (the personal edition or Skype free) was a web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software, now superseded by Microsoft Teams' free edition and unsupported from May 2025.
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United States Subscription
$2.99
Cloud
per month
North America Subscription
$6.99
Cloud
per month
India Subscription
$7.99
Cloud
per month
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- No setup fee
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Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $2.99 per month
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What is Skype (discontinued)?
Skype (the personal edition or Skype free) was a web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software with 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.
Skype is superseded by Microsoft Teams' free edition and unsupported starting from May 2025.
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Skype (discontinued) Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Skype (the personal edition or Skype free) was a web meeting, video conferencing, and VoIP software, now superseded by Microsoft Teams' free edition and unsupported from May 2025.
Skype (discontinued) starts at $2.99.
Reviewers rate User authentication highest, with a score of 8.5.
The most common users of Skype (discontinued) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Rating: 10 out of 10
May 07, 2025
HG
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
As a Skype user, I interact with my peers in real-time, making it easy to make decisions that benefit the organization. Additionally, since it is a global product, people can reach out to their colleagues from anywhere, as long as they have a machine and an internet connection.
Easy and affordable option for local number with unlimited local calls
Rating: 8 out of 10
June 18, 2024
BM
Vetted Review
Verified User
15 years of experience
We use Skype for international calls, local calls in place of a regular office number, and for text communication with international vendors.
This lets us answer calls from an "office" phone line whether we are in the office or not, and also allows us to make calls from this number to other local US numbers, even if an employee is not currently in the US, without any additional costs.
We route a Grasshopper.com toll free number with extensions to various Skype numbers in order to implement this from a central number.
With this setup we are able to do anything we need when it comes to phone for local or international calls, and at a much lower cost than alternative business phone services.
It is helpful that Skype numbers also now support text messaging for the businesses that prefer to leave a text instead of a voicemail.
This lets us answer calls from an "office" phone line whether we are in the office or not, and also allows us to make calls from this number to other local US numbers, even if an employee is not currently in the US, without any additional costs.
We route a Grasshopper.com toll free number with extensions to various Skype numbers in order to implement this from a central number.
With this setup we are able to do anything we need when it comes to phone for local or international calls, and at a much lower cost than alternative business phone services.
It is helpful that Skype numbers also now support text messaging for the businesses that prefer to leave a text instead of a voicemail.
Skype - A good business communication and marketing tool
Rating: 8 out of 10
June 14, 2024
AP
Vetted Review
Verified User
10 years of experience
We use Skype to make calls to customers in US, UK, etc. which are in different time-zones. Skype is our mode of communication to prospects and existing clients. Our developers do project discussions through this channel. We use Skype for marketing purpose also, basically to contact clients and have the first level of communication with them, to understand more about their requirements.
Skype - No longer the industry leader
Rating: 2 out of 10
June 22, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
8 years of experience
Collaborations, chat, video conferencing and meetings
Great for one on one
Rating: 6 out of 10
October 18, 2023
Vetted Review
Verified User
7 years of experience
It has allowed us to connect with our team members around the world in one on one scenarios. It is helpful to be able to see them face to face even when we cannot see them in person very often. It makes us feel closer. However, it has not been great for groups.