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Office 365 vs Workplace by Facebook 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Office 365
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
153
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
Workplace by Facebook
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Office 365 is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 9.0%, up 5.5% compared to last year.
Workplace by Facebook, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 3.3% since last year.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Office 3659.0%
Google Workspace8.3%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise8.0%
Other74.7%
Content Collaboration Platforms
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workplace by Facebook3.0%
Slack Business - Enterprise10.0%
Microsoft Teams7.3%
Other79.7%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Anubrata Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
Teams streamlines collaboration but Outlook experiences occasional slowness on Mac
Teams is a really good collaboration tool. You can work basically at any part of the world and communicate and collaborate with anybody, as long as they are connected to the internet. It helps with remote work, and although I don't work remotely, I have offices in Dubai and different geographical locations. It helps me connect with my colleagues and team who are not in the same geography as I am in Bangalore. Teams can facilitate team meetings, screen sharing, and organizing meetings.Regarding security, we have two-factor authentication governed by organizational policy. When trying to login to Office 365, Teams, or any Office 365 app, we are required to provide a password and use Microsoft Authenticator to sign in using a code. This is how two-factor authentication is implemented in our organization. Office 365 offers a suite of apps including OneNote, though I don't use it very often. In terms of integration with Microsoft ecosystem, it offers everything needed to get work done without any hassle.
Aryan Singh1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Infozion
Offers good integration features but needs to offer more flexibility in the language option offered
There are a couple of things that can be improved in the tool. When we are talking about communications, the tool has interoperable cataloging. The only thing that needs a certain level of improvement within Meta is the vernacular, which can be dependent, as we cannot choose the process of communication that is happening in it. After I launch a bot, if I move from one country to another, and if the entire communication is happening in German, while I have just moved from France, and I need to buy a particular choice of vehicle, then I would want the entire communication to happen in my language. What Meta does not allow as of now is that if I am reaching out to you in French, then only you can have the conversation in French. You cannot select a language in the middle of a conversation. If I want to have a conversation in French, there is a very limited selection. Until and unless a conversation is triggered from a particular language, we do not have the option to choose another language. The tool gives you flexibility in the language, but that is on the business and not on the customer, which sometimes limits the approachability aspect.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Overall, it's really good; the management tools we have, such as device management tools, email management tools, and security management tools, every aspect is there—if we require any tools, we have them."
"Office 365 is particularly valuable for collaboration, reporting, and documentation related to compliance."
"​Great impact on project management and team collaboration."
"Adaptable solution with a good interface. It's easy to set up and easy to use."
"Every application in the Office 365 bundle is beneficial, making day-to-day tasks easier."
"Office 365 plus the 64-bit 2016 versions of the Office desktop applications is a great combination that I could not function without."
"My primary use case is for preparing presentations to teach, often on PowerPoint."
"The pivot table feature is most valuable because it helps me understand large volumes of data in a very short time."
"A full-featured collaboration tool that is as easy to use as Facebook."
"The product was easy to use."
"The solution is used as a knowledge platform for sharing knowledge and information that everybody can easily access."
"Storage is the best thing about the solution."
"The biggest lesson we have learned from working with Workplace is that we should have made the change a lot earlier."
"The tool's integration feature benefited the workflow...it helped centralize communication."
 

Cons

"There is not much I would improve for Office 365, though fewer updates would be nice."
"I have had limited experience contacting Microsoft support, but when I encountered an issue connecting to SharePoint, it took more than a day to resolve."
"Integration with other platforms can be improved."
"It could be more user-friendly for inexperienced people."
"As a private user, I do not appreciate the cloud features, but I doubt that this is something Microsoft would consider a feature request."
"There was a problem with the owner of a Team; although it was listed as an owner, he couldn't do whatever an owner can do."
"I started working a lot on Microsoft Teams and I find it a bit vast. It should be divided out a bit so that someone can use it for basic functionality, like audio, video, and calls. Then, if someone wants more advanced functionality for file sharing and team creation, and so on, they could use a separate app."
"The language feature in Copilot for Arabic specifically needs more machine learning enhancement, and the tables in Microsoft Word need to be more flexible, similar to those in Microsoft Excel."
"The conferencing feature does not work well with multiple parties or locations."
"The implementation could be made easier."
"The product should allow users to assign tasks and automate processes."
"There needs to be a restriction on who can download content."
"What Meta does not allow as of now is that if I am reaching out to you in French, then only you can have the conversation in French. You cannot select a language in the middle of a conversation."
"The conferencing feature does not work well with multiple parties or locations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"​The pricing/licensing is easy to manage."
"For the moment, we are paying on a monthly basis because we are still adapting the support and how we want to proceed. I think we will move to paying for the annual license."
"We have a license to use this solution. We have an E3 license which covers many different solutions."
"Licensing, billing, and accounting are available from the management interface."
"I think that we pay $9.99 USD per user, monthly."
"The pricing is good for all the features that we receive, e.g., Skype for Business."
"The price of Office 365 is very expensive."
"The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."
"The solution seemed expensive to me."
"The regular package costs us $4 per user per month."
"The cost has become one-tenth of the cost in comparison to the old techniques. As we were able to qualify and nurture these leads, the overall cost of the entire sales process was reduced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business62
Midsize Enterprise30
Large Enterprise70
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Office 365 is that it is moderate.
What needs improvement with Office 365?
Office 365 can be improved by increasing support, which currently is not efficient and takes a lot of time to resolve issues. It has been observed that support personnel often lack hands-on experie...
What is your primary use case for Office 365?
Email and collaboration are the main use cases for Office 365 at Omagi Media Labs. It is used for internal and external communication in daily work. Groups and Teams groups are created and used in ...
What needs improvement with Workplace by Facebook?
There are a couple of things that can be improved in the tool. When we are talking about communications, the tool has interoperable cataloging. The only thing that needs a certain level of improvem...
What is your primary use case for Workplace by Facebook?
I use the solution in my company to create chatbots for our clients, like BMW in India. We have been working on WhatsApp chatbots and Facebook marketing, where we have integrated Adobe Marketo for ...
What advice do you have for others considering Workplace by Facebook?
In our company, we integrate with Workplace through Facebook's tools that were provided to us, and it is there that we created a middleware system for communication back and forth. Whatever data we...
 

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
Facebook Workplace, Facebook at Work
 

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