We performed a comparison between Google Hangouts and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Stable communication tool with a good history feature and very easy installation."
"I think the simplicity of the whole thing is its valuable feature."
"When you get a meeting invitation, it's very easy to just join and go."
"It's integration with Google is the valuable feature."
"Very good voice and video calling options."
"The most valuable feature of Google Hangouts for me is content sharing."
"The facility is always online and very easy to share the screen using the solution."
"The screen sharing is the most valuable feature. It ties in with Google docs and Google sheets so that we can work on a single document as a whole group of us at once. That's the biggest feature we rely on."
"We chose Skype for Business after other colleagues suggested that we give it a try. It has served us well."
"Our employees use this solution for a communal space to collaborate for organizational decision making."
"A good option for virtual meetings."
"The deployment is very fast."
"We like the easy provisioning of Skype for Business Conferencing."
"The solution is stable and scalable."
"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is that it has many other tools that you can be integrated with it. It makes the meetings more interactive."
"There is no delete option for messages which could be an added feature in a future release."
"Not a ten because there's room for improvement. Sometimes there is disconnectivity."
"The solution could integrate more automation into the product."
"It would be better to have a feature for recording the meetings in Google Hangouts."
"We've noticed the product works better in Chrome and doesn't work as well in Safari browsers."
"Google Hangouts could work on making the service better for slow connections."
"Google Hangouts could improve by allowing someone to record a meeting without the need to have a company email. You cannot record with a Gmail account."
"It would be ideal if they could include in the offering a virtual whiteboard for users when they are running meetings."
"There are not many options, in terms of some other third-party integration."
"The video conferencing quality can be improved."
"We need a feature where you can virtually raise your hand to silently let the presenter know that you have a question."
"I feel bored with the look and feel of the tool, so it should be changed."
"I would like to see an updated user interface and layout even though no functionality is missing."
"The group feature of Skype for Business needs improvement. It should also be improved for online lectures."
"Skype for Business could improve by having a document channel or repository. Microsoft Teams has a better repository place for documents that you can share with your team. You can access it anywhere from any device."
"I believe optimizing the solution for lighter endpoints, particularly for embedded endpoints on mobile devices, would be valuable."
Google Hangouts is ranked 6th in Virtual Meetings with 51 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Google Hangouts is rated 8.2, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Hangouts writes "A tool for personal use with good screen-sharing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". Google Hangouts is most compared with Zoom, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Google Hangouts vs. Skype for Business report.
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