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We performed a comparison between Office 365 and Webex based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Content Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Office 365 vs. Webex Report (Updated: March 2020).
769,236 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"My primary use case is for preparing presentations to teach, often on PowerPoint.""The most valuable feature is the integration with OneDrive, which has allowed us, a small business, easy access to a cloud environment, with no need to back up the data from five different computers.""​Great impact on project management and team collaboration.""The integration with other applications is pretty good.""It has more features than somebody would expect, and it is worth taking a deeper look into the features available.""Most of the work that seems not to work offline works perfectly with Microsoft Office 2013, like converting a Word document to a PDF file.""There are all sorts of really good tools for use on the information security side that allow us to make sure that our people are doing business and doing business right.""As an email provider, I believe Office 365 is the best email provider."

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"I like that it can accommodate larger groups of listeners. I think in my client's organization, they use Webex for meetings with a larger group of listeners. I believe Skype For Business is not preferred. I think they use Webex or their own custom platform because it accommodates more users in one meeting.""I have found the most valuable features to be the high quality of the video and the audio. Additionally, the graphical user interface is good and it is easy to use.""Stable and scalable solution for video conferencing, virtual meetings, and collaboration, with top-notch technical support.""In terms of stability, the solution is reliable.""The most valuable features are video conferencing, the integration with Outlook, and scheduling meetings.""The GUI is nice and easy to operate.""I am completely satisfied with the tech support.""The solution could improve by having more dashboards and enhancing the processing speed."

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Cons
"If two people update the same file, it causes issues.""I would like to see better integration with Teams, and better usability with SharePoint.""Could include integration with other single sign-on solutions.""Improvements can be made to the products generic offering. It's not customized for health care. It doesn't understand the meaning of health care related concepts. Providing a greater degree of industry specificity would make the tool much more unique and valuable.""In terms of improvement, it should have tutorials when you first have the opportunity to use it, to be able to really learn it.""I'm not sure if there are areas of improvement. For us, it's working quite well.""Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could use some customization, but this area for improvement is trivial.""There are some complexities to the initial setup if you use some of the more advanced features."

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"The UX should be more user-friendly. I know others don't like the UX because it's a little complicated to use.""The solution could improve by having cross-platform compatibility. For example, if you wanted to have a call with someone with Microsoft Teams you could do it with Webex. Not everyone wants to use the same virtual meeting application.""There were some latency issues that could have been addressed if they had a data center in our location, e.g. the African region.""The scalability and voice quality attached to the solution are areas of concern where improvements are required.""The base application uses a lot of resources. They could work on the performance of the application so that it's less heavy.""Sometimes, the solution lags because of performance issues.""I would like to see the addition of new features that will add value to the product.""Nowadays, it is hard to set up meetings using Webex since it has become a complicated process."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing, billing, and accounting are available from the management interface."
  • "Good reporting and good value subscriptions for international calls."
  • "​The pricing/licensing is easy to manage."
  • "The pricing is good for all the features that we receive, e.g., Skype for Business."
  • "The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."
  • "The pricing is high and has actually caused us to limit the number of licenses we purchase due to budgeting."
  • "I think that we pay $9.99 USD per user, monthly."
  • "Most of the time, we purchase Microsoft Exchange licenses, which are less expensive and provide only an email platform and 50 gigabytes of email storage for free."
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  • "I have recently switched to a different solution. WebEx is more costly. There are equivalent solutions at a lower cost."
  • "The price of the license depends a lot on the type of service required and whether it is for the entire company or only for a few users."
  • "Licensing is subscription-based and the cost varies depending on how many minutes are included in the plan."
  • "The pricing of this solution is fine and I am satisfied with it."
  • "Price is the one area where Webex needs to improve relative to its competitors. It's difficult to sell to small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) because of the license price."
  • "I believe the license to be monthly."
  • "There are no licensing fees."
  • "The price of the license for the solution could be less expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Office 365 is automatic saving. If something happens on the computer your work is saved.
    Top Answer:I’m not sure of the exact cost. In the past, it might have been free. However, now, people do need to pay in order to use it. I would put the pricing around two out of five. It's not the cheapest… more »
    Top Answer:Office 365 could be easier to use at first. Tutorials are needed to know how to use the solution.
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the solution are communication, screen sharing, and collaboration.
    Top Answer:I use the solution for free because I don't use the solution's enterprise version.
    Top Answer:Sometimes, the solution lags because of performance issues.
    Ranking
    Views
    3,163
    Comparisons
    1,570
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    417
    Rating
    8.2
    2nd
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    4,484
    Comparisons
    1,774
    Reviews
    27
    Average Words per Review
    370
    Rating
    7.9
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    Compared 8% of the time.
    Also Known As
    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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    Overview

    Office 365 is more than just Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It provides powerful services like business-class email, online storage, and teamwork solutions that you can access from anywhere. Bring teams and resources together with solutions like Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business that make working together more productive and enjoyable regardless of where participants are located. Easily implement security and privacy controls to help protect business data and devices against malicious threats and help you meet your compliance obligations. Automatic updates ensure your employees will always have the latest features and security updates.

    Webex is designed to help companies improve communication and increase productivity with unlimited HD video meetings in shared meeting spaces.

    Companies can use Webex, a Cisco product, to collaborate with peers, share documents and other information, create high-impact webinars and online events, and present dynamic online courses. It can be tailored to your exact company needs and can be fully integrated with mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry.

    Sample Customers
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    Seagate Technology, Kohn Pedersen Fox, World Vision International, Glen Raven, University of Notre Dame, CEV Multimedia, The Food Group, LUMEDX, California Baptist University, and Georgetown University Law Center.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Manufacturing Company19%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm3%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization76%
    Computer Software Company3%
    Financial Services Firm3%
    Government2%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization79%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Financial Services Firm3%
    Government3%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business48%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise78%
    Large Enterprise14%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business4%
    Midsize Enterprise81%
    Large Enterprise14%
    Buyer's Guide
    Office 365 vs. Webex
    March 2020
    Find out what your peers are saying about Office 365 vs. Webex and other solutions. Updated: March 2020.
    769,236 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Office 365 is ranked 6th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 54 reviews while Webex is ranked 2nd in Virtual Meetings with 117 reviews. Office 365 is rated 8.4, while Webex is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Office 365 writes "Great vulnerability insights, offers very impressive cash savings, and offers great information security tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Webex writes "Used to conduct online third-party client meetings or third-party vendor meetings". Office 365 is most compared with Amazon WorkDocs, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile, Box and Dropbox, whereas Webex is most compared with Cisco Meeting Server, TeamViewer, Skype for Business, Zoom and Cisco TelePresence. See our Office 365 vs. Webex report.

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