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Microsoft Teams vs TeamViewer Business comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 31, 2025

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
6.9
TeamViewer Business saves time and money for small companies by reducing travel, despite occasional macOS host challenges.
 

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
7.4
TeamViewer Business's support is prompt and professional, with users appreciating the knowledgeable staff and effective issue resolution.
Microsoft support is excellent, offering instantaneous assistance through either robo support or live personnel.
Only once did we really get help from Microsoft support; the rest were cases we resolved ourselves while just exchanging useless emails with support.
I would rate them eight out of ten, where one is bad and ten is good.
 

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
TeamViewer Business offers effective scalability for diverse needs, though some challenges exist in complex, larger company environments.
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
8.0
TeamViewer Business is reliable and stable, with minimal issues and quick resolution of rare downtimes, earning high user ratings.
I appreciate the ability of Microsoft Teams to control the quality of the call.
For stability in Microsoft Teams, I would rate it a five.
Microsoft Teams is stable once the setup is completed properly.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Teams users seek better usability, integration, performance, customization, and security to address issues like resource usage and slow performance.
TeamViewer Business users seek better Linux integration, session management, interoperability, mobile features, and account systems, with pricing improvements.
The application crashing in Microsoft Teams affected productivity.
Microsoft Teams could improve by being less glitchy because it glitches a lot, leading to undelivered emails and undelivered messages.
Microsoft could take into consideration specific use cases with some restrictions, such as improving the compatibility between cloud and non-cloud setup.
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Teams offers competitive pricing, often bundled with Microsoft 365, featuring discounts for government, educational sectors, and a free trial.
Enterprise users find TeamViewer Business pricing competitive yet high, with flexible licensing but need careful connection management to avoid extra costs.
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.
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Teams enhances productivity with integration, superior communication, easy file sharing, robust collaboration tools, and intuitive user interface.
TeamViewer Business offers cross-platform remote access, file sharing, rapid connectivity, and enhanced security with user-friendly, multi-device support.
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.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
172
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (1st)
TeamViewer Business
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 3.5%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TeamViewer Business is 6.6%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Teams3.5%
TeamViewer Business6.6%
Other89.9%
Virtual Meetings
 

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.
GouravSuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use and offers a good UI to users
In terms of the product's security features, the solution allows you to have team meetings, and you can also use it for remote access and screen-sharing capabilities. TeamViewer is typically like any other team collaboration software. I recommend the product to others since it is a good product for collaboration purposes. There are no connectivity challenges associated with the product. In terms of benefits, I would say that it is a good tool for collaboration, productivity, and virtual work as it saves a lot of commute time for the employees. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
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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
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

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 Business38
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise26
 

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 ...
Should I choose Teamviewer Tensor over the regular Teamviewer?
The number one advantage of TeamViewer for me is its ease of use, specifically as it relates to the client side. By far, one of its best features is the remote access it provides. I can control som...
What do you like most about TeamViewer?
It is easy to use and has a pretty good UI.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TeamViewer?
The tool's price is a problem because TeamViewer wants users to sign up, and I feel most of the products want their users to do the same. TeamViewer is very pricey. You have to sign up for a yearly...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

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