No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Microsoft Teams vs Polycom RealPresence Clariti comparison

Why PeerSpot?
 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 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

Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
180
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (2nd)
Polycom RealPresence Clariti
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 3.8%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Polycom RealPresence Clariti is 1.8%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams3.8%
Polycom RealPresence Clariti1.8%
Other94.4%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

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.
NH
Network Technical Advisor at a government with 10,001+ employees
The ability to track call flow and history simplifies call management while bridging issues persist
I find the ability to follow the calls, the call flow, the ability to look at the history, and more on the fault-finding tools to be valuable. It improved from a support model perspective. It simplified the licensing, reduced administration since it's based on calls, not based on users. It's about managing the calls and verifying we have enough space as opposed to always adding licenses for endpoints or users.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has calendars that help us to manage work."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to collaborate."
"I like the whiteboard feature as well. I'm able to scribble some stuff if I need to explain a couple of items."
"The tool is scalable, flexible, and good in all aspects. I am impressed with its meeting schedules, remote support, and chat."
"The platform has facilitated our communication and collaboration, especially in a remote or hybrid work environment."
"It is a stable solution."
"We like that you can get a lot of users on one call without the call actually failing or losing quality. Hosts can connect, if I recall correctly, up to 90,000 people. If you need a massive company-wide meeting, you can do it."
"You can add Teams to a conversation; you can create reports, project plans, or many other things based on Microsoft solutions, and it has improved communication between teams and within each team."
"I find the ability to follow the calls, the call flow, the ability to look at the history, and more on the fault-finding tools to be valuable."
"It's on-prem, which is great."
"The product increases the ability of Teams in cases when we need to collaborate with whiteboards or specific video-coms or audio-coms to install a meeting presence room."
"It does a good job of integrating with other software."
"The most valuable feature is its integration with solutions like Zoom and Teams for endpoints. The picture quality is high, and the conference sessions are stable."
"The solution is stable, there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
"It simplified the licensing, reduced administration since it's based on calls, not based on users."
"Some proprietary Polycom features include speaker tracking, acoustic fencing, noise cancellation, active noise cancellation, and noise cancellation AI."
 

Cons

"In the next release, I would like to have the interface modernized and brought more up to date."
"For improvements to Microsoft Teams, I would say sometimes the tool gets stuck."
"After six months of working with it, I still find the UI a little clunky when it comes to sharing content and moving around between features like the calendar and files."
"One issue is that now it requires the presenter to initiate the meeting."
"Microsoft Teams can start being more interactive and intuitive by implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning."
"The solution needs to improve the APIs."
"The user interface is slightly weak in Microsoft Teams and could be improved."
"The interface of the solution could use improvement."
"The only issue we have is with some of the bridging stuff, particularly with respect to DTMF and outgoing calls."
"Polycom RealPresence Clariti is very bad when moving towards the cloud."
"The idea of the Clariti 2.0 is good, however, they're still moving too slowly."
"I'd like to see a wider range of use cases for this product."
"The customer needs this platform to be a little bit more customized."
"Could have a wider range of use cases."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is moderately expensive than other Microsoft products."
"Pricing is free to a threshold and then after that you have to license per user."
"We are satisfied with the price of this solution."
"The tool's price is high. We purchase Microsoft Office 365 on per user basis and we get support also on that basis."
"The product's pro accounts are cheap."
"Microsoft Teams is expensive compared to other solutions."
"Microsoft Teams is priced less than other solutions, such as Bridge."
"I’m unsure about the exact cost, but I believe it’s reasonable. Using Teams for collaboration, video conferencing, and messaging helps save costs, especially for communicating with third-party companies worldwide."
"Polycom RealPresence Clariti is definitely more expensive than others in the market because of its high quality."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Virtual Meetings solutions are best for your needs.
914,109 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise75
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What needs improvement with Polycom RealPresence Clariti?
They are discontinuing the product and they are moving over to Pexip. The only issue we have is with some of the bridging stuff, particularly with respect to DTMF and outgoing calls. That's our big...
What is your primary use case for Polycom RealPresence Clariti?
We use it both nationally and internationally with our partners, however, it's used in a closed environment.
What advice do you have for others considering Polycom RealPresence Clariti?
I would recommend it, however, it depends on the environment. We have a lot of users but not a lot of usage, so the price model is really good for that environment. Overall, I would give it a nine ...
 

Also Known As

MS Teams
RealPresence Clariti, Clariti
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
Baptist Health Corbin, North Carolina Central University
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Teams vs. Polycom RealPresence Clariti and other solutions. Updated: September 2026.
914,109 professionals have used our research since 2012.