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Microsoft Teams vs Office 365 comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.8
Microsoft Teams enhances remote work by saving time, boosting collaboration, and reducing travel costs, proving a valuable investment.
Sentiment score
6.2
Office 365 offers cost savings and enhanced productivity, though ROI varies, especially for small companies with alternative options.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Users experience varied Microsoft Teams support, with differences in responsiveness and effectiveness based on support tier purchased.
Sentiment score
4.1
Microsoft Office 365 support is generally positive, noting responsiveness and resolution, though initial delays and navigation issues exist.
Microsoft support is excellent, offering instantaneous assistance through either robo support or live personnel.
We have cases where it took more than six months to resolve very basic issues.
I have logged tickets for Office 365 and received responses within 24 hours, depending on the severity.
At times if you're trying to use their online support, they'll send you to an article that may or may not have anything to do with what you're looking for.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Microsoft Teams is praised for its scalability and seamless integration, supporting small to large organizations effectively despite occasional challenges.
Sentiment score
7.4
Office 365 is scalable and adaptable, efficiently supporting large user bases with easy scaling through additional licenses.
Microsoft Teams is a scalable solution.
Microsoft Teams is scalable, and I have successfully conducted sessions with close to forty people without significant issues.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Teams is stable, with few bug reports; issues usually stem from internet connectivity rather than the app itself.
Sentiment score
7.4
Office 365 is highly stable, with minor issues on Mac, rated 8-10 for reliability and performance satisfaction.
I appreciate the ability of Microsoft Teams to control the quality of the call.
Microsoft Teams is stable once the setup is completed properly.
For stability in Microsoft Teams, I would rate it a five.
The integration capabilities of Office 365 with Word, Excel, and Outlook with OneDrive for cloud storage have been smooth and work well.
At this time, whatever they have meets the needs, and they are expanding the number of participants to Team meetings and other features.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Teams users seek better usability, integration, performance, customization, and security to address issues like resource usage and slow performance.
Office 365 needs improved multilingual support, non-Windows performance, better third-party integration, enhanced security, AI features, and pricing adjustments.
AI capabilities should be integrated into Microsoft Teams to provide better transcript services and offer multiple language support.
The biggest issue with Microsoft Teams is switching identities, especially when communicating with external organizations.
Microsoft Teams could be improved through more synchronization with other platforms like Calendly and Gmail.
I believe the choice of office apps often depends on the existing ecosystem of the business, and since Office 365 has comprehensive coverage, I am not missing any features that the competition provides.
I'm not aware of the support calls users are placing, but in 10 years I probably had five or six support tickets placed.
One of the big changes is when Microsoft updates anything, they will switch where some of the settings are and where to find them, which becomes a little frustrating because you're used to it in one spot and it's someplace else.
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Teams offers competitive pricing, often bundled with Microsoft 365, featuring discounts for government, educational sectors, and a free trial.
Office 365 pricing varies by features and user count, offering flexibility but can be costly for smaller businesses.
Microsoft Teams is economical when purchased as part of an Office 365 bundle.
Microsoft Teams comes with Office 365 licenses like E3, but there are options for those who prefer not to pay for Teams by using alternative products like Slack.
Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher.
the cost of using the Microsoft ecosystem is higher than the combined cost of using Notion and Slack.
My experience with the pricing or licensing of Office 365 is that a lot of times we've gotten them when they've been on sale, so we've had really good pricing for the Microsoft products.
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Teams enhances productivity with integration, superior communication, easy file sharing, robust collaboration tools, and intuitive user interface.
Office 365 enhances remote work productivity with collaboration tools, seamless integration, real-time editing, and robust communication features.
Teams offers the ability to record sessions and store them in OneDrive, which provides 1 terabyte of space.
The platform is user-friendly and has positively impacted our communication, allowing us to communicate with people from different countries and cities in real time.
The biggest advantage of Microsoft Teams is that it is a combined package where I can do chat, video conferencing, work on spreadsheets, documents, and other things with many people sitting at my desk, which makes work easy, especially with clients who are in remote locations, so it saves a lot of time.
It has improved productivity and functionality by providing all necessary tools in one suite.
The most valuable feature is SharePoint, where we can easily put files and make them accessible to any person who has access.
Office 365 has positively impacted my organization by making the salespeople more accurate because they've been able to use the features in Excel instead of relying on the calculator or adding machine.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Teams
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
172
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd), Enterprise Social Software (1st)
Office 365
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
150
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Teams is designed for Virtual Meetings and holds a mindshare of 3.2%, up 2.9% compared to last year.
Office 365, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 10.1% mindshare, up 5.4% since last year.
Virtual Meetings Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Teams3.2%
Zoom Workplace Business13.0%
Webex11.3%
Other72.5%
Virtual Meetings
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Office 36510.1%
Google Workspace10.2%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise9.9%
Other69.80000000000001%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Gary Cook - PeerSpot reviewer
Access to advanced features boosts productivity despite pricing concerns in developing regions
I need to do maintenance for Office 365 very seldom, once a year. In the maintenance process for Office 365, we have about 12 people involved. For the maintenance side of Office 365, only one person is involved. Looking at Office 365's pricing, I would give it a 4 on a scale from 1 to 10. My overall rating for Office 365 is an 8 out of 10, but for the product itself, I would give it a 10. I would definitely recommend Office 365 to other businesses, probably a 9 out of 10 for recommendation. This is only because of its price and the fact that they do not take into account developing countries such as South Africa, where they should give us more favorable prices or local prices. We do not have a partnership with Microsoft, which is a sore point for us. We have reached out to Microsoft South Africa, and they are very hard to contact and largely uncooperative. We are a B-Level 2 and a B-Level 1, which are local affirmative action ratings that companies get. Level 1 is the highest, and Level 8 is the lowest. We hold amongst the highest BEE ratings, but we have not found Microsoft South Africa to be forthcoming or very open. We should have a partnership with them, and we run Power BI as we are a Power BI shop now. I strongly would want to see a box within Office 365 for our team to have ChatGPT through OpenAI as well. We use Excel as a data source for many tasks and find that it integrates really well with Python. We write a lot of Python code and use Excel as a data sheet many times, and we operate through SQL and other zero elements as well. From an Office 365 viewpoint, we find that with Copilot and Python and Excel's provision for Python, it is very useful.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise43
Large Enterprise67
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business62
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise68
 

Questions from the Community

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?
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 ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
I didn't inquire about the specific costs of transitioning from the previous tools. However, I was informed that the cost of using the Microsoft ecosystem is higher than the combined cost of using ...
What needs improvement with Office 365?
I don't have any ideas off the top of my head at the moment about what I would improve about Office 365. I can't think of anything that frustrates me about the tools. I mentioned that I use Copilot...
What is your primary use case for Office 365?
We use the Microsoft Office 365 suite for personal purposes. We use Teams for communications, and we use Azure DevOps for some of our workflow management. I use Office 365 for Outlook for emails. I...
 

Also Known As

MS Teams
Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1
 

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