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Chatter vs Microsoft Teams comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Chatter
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
15th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
179
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Chatter is 2.5%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 7.2%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams7.2%
Chatter2.5%
Other90.3%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user669357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Salesforce Senior Cloud Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Contextualized collaboration on records allows you to have historical conversations that are accessible by other users.
Chatter is a great way to connect your users, especially if your team is working in multiple time zones or locations. If you're struggling with why to use collaboration tools at all, I'd suggest you watch this video. One the best examples that I've seen is a property team who were managing the entire process from leasing properties with branding to shop merges via Salesforce. All of their notifications were email-based and they were getting 100s per day. By moving these alerts to automated posts into particular groups, the users could not only access multiple updates by using digests instead of per alert, but also choose to control who (group members) and how often they get those alerts.
Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank
Have streamlined daily workflow and task management but still face inconvenience from recent interface changes and limited integration options
There are challenges and issues in Microsoft Teams, such as after recent updates where group chats were combined with Teams, chats, and groups into one. Users have to work with settings to make it normal again so Teams are separated from chats, and that was a really inconvenient update. Many users ask me to help make it back again to separate Teams and groups from one-to-one chats. That's probably the worst update they've made recently. Additionally, there are some minor features, such as when I work with messages, I don't have an actual forward or quote option when replying to someone's message. I need to be careful not to miss the quote sign. For a lot of people, they are confused about where the quotes option is. I've received a couple of hundred support tickets just regarding this issue. The function to share email to Teams chat doesn't work sometimes due to our compliance policies, and sometimes it would be nice to be able to forward an email to the group chat and have further discussions. Microsoft Teams could improve by being less glitchy because it glitches a lot, leading to undelivered emails and undelivered messages. It would be beneficial if the MS application Shifts, which adds functionality to groups, could be integrated into the groups calendar. Currently, many teams don't use the app because it is not integrated with the general calendar or the Outlook calendar, making it basically a useless application. The platform needs less Copilot and more people. The general Copilot integration into the platform is less glitchy, but Microsoft Teams is quite heavy and glitchy sometimes. Stability depends a lot on compliance restrictions, policies, and quality of internet. Sometimes, when updates are enrolling, the platform glitches, breaks, or shuts down.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Salesforce being the number one cloud-based CRM product, I think one can recommend it in the first go."
"Salesforce Chatter allows for contextualized collaboration on records that allows you to have historical conversations, which are easily accessible by other users."
"The conversation function to engage different groups is the most valuable feature."
"It helped us to strengthen our digital community all over the world with a dedicated group to share project information and best practices."
"It is now possible to share information instantly with all the company without sending emails, but also looking for a topic using the search function."
"It offers more than what you are looking for, for example, file sharing and "mentions"."
"I love the streaming feed of information from the people that I'm following that encourages collaboration at a business level."
"The most valuable feature for me is the chat."
"Everything is valuable, such as the chats, the calls, and the file sharing."
"It’s very easy to set up. It doesn't take that long."
"Communication is really easy to handle."
"I use the solution for messaging and chatting."
"The solution has features like good voice clarity, good video quality, and recording."
"One big advantage of this solution over competitors is it is bundled with Office 365, which makes it more convenient and allows it to integrate well with Outlook and other applications such as your calendar."
"You can ping, chat, and call someone, and at the same time, on the next tab, you can see all the documents related to what someone is referring to."
 

Cons

"We would not select them again."
"The storage of documents was quite limited when we used the tool."
"Chatter invites should be possible from the UI on opportunity records."
"Live consumption of the communication needs to be improved so that it can offer more features similar to Twitter/Slack, such as a live rolling news feed, notification bells (to avoid email alerts), ability to share multiple files or actions in one post, etc."
"I wish an organization could create a company-wide Chatter that automatically follows everyone else in the company so that widespread access was guaranteed."
"I would rate the technical support a 7/10 because Salesforce has its own way of looking at technical issues and sometimes takes its own time to implement or release changes as per their convenience."
"The solution's feature for scheduling meetings could be faster for Android phones. It should work okay like its desktop version."
"One thing that could be improved is the auto-correction feature. When we type, we often send messages with spelling errors. While there is an edit feature to correct these mistakes, I think spelling-checking capabilities could still be improved."
"The solution's interface probably needs to be a bit different in terms of cloud sharing."
"One of the issues we have is that sometimes when you're trying to share your screen the solution crashes."
"The user interface is non-intuitive and should be improved."
"The way we test the audio devices must be improved."
"There are a lot of frequent updates, which is a shortcoming of the tool."
"Microsoft Teams has a limitation on the number of people, which could be increased."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Its pricing is reasonable."
"The tool is cheaper than Google Meet. I rate it a three out of four."
"The standalone license is not cheap."
"The solution's pricing is fair enough and not expensive. Teams' licensing costs are yearly. However, Zoom is less expensive."
"We don't have to pay for the solution."
"The solution has a reasonable price in the market."
"We are using the free version of the solutions."
"The tool comes as part of the Office 365 bundle and you don't have to pay anything extra."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise74
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
Pricing for Microsoft Teams has been good so far. My team does not manage Microsoft Teams pricing or how the licensing is being done, but I know there is a Microsoft E3 license that gives you acces...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
The only thing that frustrates me using Microsoft Teams is where I'm not able to properly integrate some applications, such as some chatbots, to Microsoft Teams. Apart from that, Microsoft Teams ha...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Teams?
My main use case for Microsoft Teams is for chats and meetings, majorly to schedule meetings, and those are the major things for chat and to schedule meetings. A recent scenario where I typically u...
 

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Sample Customers

Coca Cola Enterprise, Blue Shield of California, Stanley Black & Decker, Wells Fargo Bank, Phillips, Toyota Motors, American Red Cross, Time Warner Cable, Virgin America,Canon, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
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