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Jive vs Microsoft Teams comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Jive
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (31st), Web Content Management (26th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Knowledge Management Software (14th), Enterprise Intranet (7th)
Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
174
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Jive is 4.5%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 8.4%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams8.4%
Jive4.5%
Other87.1%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

GD
VP - International Business at Amtex S.A.
A flexible solution that improves our administrative efficiency
We use Jive-n for followups on details regarding purchase orders, shipping documents, and other information We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge. This solution provides great flexibility of permission…
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

"We recently rebranded our organization and used this tool as our primary channel."
"Colleagues are more informed, it is easier to find content, and silo breaking has significantly improved our collaboration."
"Various business groups were able to collaborate effectively using this tool."
"Jive came out on top for feature, price, and ability to meet regulatory needs."
"In comparison to other platforms, Jive-n provides the fastest way to integrate new affiliates into your organization."
"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
"The platform works well to collaborate with creating documents or media for a specific goal."
"It is easy to share files online in real time with Microsoft Teams."
"The product has improved communication in our organization."
"The solution is stable."
"The feature I like most in Microsoft Teams is the ability to work on the same file with other people, for example, on Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Excel, without needing to share the file via email."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are the calendar integration and the integration of chat and chat history into events."
"In general, Teams allows me to connect with anyone in the organization and share files with the team."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams is that it is easy to use."
"Arranging online meetings is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams."
 

Cons

"Create a better way of adding users in bulk by email address."
"The mobile app could be better."
"A visual navigator would be very useful as many colleagues have an issue to find their way and connect the dots."
"Standard Silver technical support is similar to standard support by all vendors, i.e., not quick enough."
"We had major performance issues when our user base went up."
"Stream activity could be better organized."
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"One of my colleagues was trying to use Microsoft Teams on their laptop, and it was slow in terms of booting up when initially starting it. For example, it was not running in the background. In general, it takes some time to load. Zoom tends to have a faster loading time."
"I had to type the team members versus being able to set up a team's group of names as you can do with Outlook."
"The desktop and mobile apps are quite different."
"The call quality could be better sometimes. Microsoft could improve the quality of the backgrounds. File sharing could also be smoother. It takes a lot of clicks to download and copy the links. It should be only one click."
"The solution needs to improve the APIs."
"We had some upstream outages which impacted collaboration."
"The solution's recording could be improved because it is not as good as other products."
"The security needs improvement, as well as the ability to back up private chats."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."
"I rate Microsoft Teams an eight out of ten for its pricing."
"I don't think the solution is as expensive as big Webex licenses. It doesn't usually offer one-on-one licenses, so it's hard to compare. It's more expensive than the Google equivalent, but you can't replace Microsoft Teams with Google's offering."
"It is affordable because it also includes the licenses on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and SharePoint."
"It is a bit more than moderately expensive."
"The tool's price is high and I would rate it an eight out of ten."
"The solution has a reasonable price in the market."
"Pricing is free to a threshold and then after that you have to license per user."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
20%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise44
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher. The solution is expensive for Microsoft Teams as well.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
Today, we do not integrate any third-party apps into Microsoft Teams, but we may use project management tools such as Jira in the future. We used to integrate something, but now we do not need it. ...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
MS Teams
 

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Sample Customers

Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
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