We performed a comparison between Skype for Business and TeamViewer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I think Skype for Business is scalable. However, I believe Microsoft is discontinuing the Skype platform altogether, so I don't think it's super-relevant."
"The calling features are most valuable, especially now as we are working remotely."
"The solution is scalable and is capable of working on every appliance on every operating system."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is that it has many other tools that you can be integrated with it. It makes the meetings more interactive."
"You can do meetings of up to two hundred people in a single conversation."
"I like the seamless integration to local telecommunications."
"Scalable communication tool that's easy to install. Even old people are using it, because of its ease of use."
"Desktop sharing is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of TeamViewer are the high performance and it is not complicated to use, neither for me nor for the one I'm helping."
"TeamViewer has been one of the easiest, right off the bat products, that we have employed at the college. We have had no issues. It's been one of the easiest solutions to pick up."
"TeamViewer allows us to do multiple controllers on a Host, which is great. We have a lot of Macs in our organization, and TeamViewer being cross-platform is a good thing."
"It's a user-friendly product."
"The product allows easy access to any system in case of any issues."
"I have been satisfied with TeamViewer overall."
"It is a scalable product."
"The most valuable feature of TeamViewer is user-friendliness."
"We have found that there is a lag because it cannot integrate with the internal landline."
"Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."
"Going forward, I would like to see better call quality and reliability."
"Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement."
"We overcame the audio quality issues by asking users to use the 'Call Me' feature with their desk phone."
"Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"There are issues with the bandwidth, particularly for external meetings,"
"I don’t see any areas where improvement is needed."
"TeamViewer has a legacy and may not be using the latest UI trends."
"In the next release, I would prefer to have a voice integration and collaboration feature to support multiple teams simultaneously."
"We have a consultant that helps us do the virtual aspects of TeamViewer."
"TeamViewer is expensive, and you get a limited number of connections for your money."
"I can use up to three computers, but sometimes I have four. So, it would be nice to have at least four computers."
"A feature that they could add is chat with sound to talk."
"TeamViewer could improve by adding support for other operating systems, such as Linux and CAKE."
Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews while TeamViewer is ranked 3rd in Virtual Meetings with 84 reviews. Skype for Business is rated 7.8, while TeamViewer is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TeamViewer writes "Solid cross-platform remote control, but with kludgy central management and some serious feature issues on macOS". Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, GoToMeeting, Cisco Meeting Server and HCL Connections, whereas TeamViewer is most compared with TeamViewer Tensor, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Parallels Access, ISL Online and LogMeIn Central. See our Skype for Business vs. TeamViewer report.
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