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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)
StarLeaf
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
50th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
1
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 StarLeaf is 0.8%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams3.8%
StarLeaf0.8%
Other95.4%
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.
JS
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Easy to use for our clients and was easy to roll out
I would rate it a nine out of ten. It was really easy to roll it out to our users to implement it to an API. It was very seamless. I don't see any lack of features we need. For the purpose of connecting the client and agent, it works very well. I would like the ability to download or retrieve the call history through APIs. There is no way to download the recordings from the meetings because you can record the meeting. The only way to get the recording from the platform is to log in to my strategic portal and download it manually. There is no way to retrieve the link for downloading the recording through API. I would like to see that in the next release.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The chat functionality is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The solution has calendars that help us to manage work."
"I find the chat and messaging system in Microsoft Teams the most valuable for productivity. We replaced Zoom and other video conferencing tools with Teams for internal and external video calls. Teams is now our standard tool for communication, handling both audio and video conference calls."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams is its video calling feature which makes it easier to work on the solution."
"The features that I find most useful in Microsoft Teams are that it is easy to manage, easy to use, and easy to program meetings."
"Organizing a meeting is very simple to do."
"In regards to COVID and the Pandemic, we would not be able to do our regular job without this mechanism in place."
"The integration, being able to create groups to share documents that I think is the best, means I can set up a meeting and associate documents to that meeting and everybody can see it."
"It was really easy to roll it out to our users to implement it to an API."
"The pros are that it's like a global leader. It has a translation project, which is very interesting and important for our users because the minority of them are not able to read and speak in English."
 

Cons

"The solution could be lighter in terms of storage performance."
"There's a feature that can send a notification to Team's channel, but I think there's no way to have it escalated on something like that."
"Microsoft Teams could log in faster."
"When it comes to downloading several documents or sharing documents that are above 450 KB, it takes time."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"Improvements could be made in utilizing AI features, such as getting a transcript of meetings."
"We encountered occasional outages, which occurred a couple of times last year while using the product."
"I would like to see more customization options in the product such as more integration with other tools."
"We have had some problems with stability. A week ago, we had outaging but it has stablized."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is reasonable and I would rate it an eight out of ten."
"The solution's pricing is fair enough and not expensive. Teams' licensing costs are yearly. However, Zoom is less expensive."
"It costs around $12 for SharePoint and Teams per user."
"I rate the pricing as a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Microsoft Teams comes with a yearly subscription, which is not very expensive."
"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution because it's included in the Microsoft 365 suite."
"I use Teams' free version."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise75
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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...
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