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Microsoft Teams vs Sendbird comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th)
Sendbird
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (46th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2024, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 12.9%, down from 19.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sendbird is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Santhosh Varghese - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 24, 2024
Whiteboard and content sharing features are good
We use it for all team meetings or any virtual meetings, 24/7. Teams is our default platform because we use Microsoft 365 products.  And in most of the organizations I've worked at, Microsoft 365 is the default The integration capabilities in Teams work pretty well. Teams integrates with a lot of…
Aayushi Tailor - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 4, 2024
Effortless implementation with comprehensive developer guidance for integration
I am a direct developer with cross-platform expertise, so we just have to use simple methods, like sending messages and connecting to create a channel and so on. We don't have to code more since every method gives proper responses, and we can get all the data from that response and display it in our application. It's easy to use. I suggest to other colleagues that if they consider a chat integration, Sendbird is simple and easy to understand. Additionally, if a new employee joins the company, it's easy for them to understand the code already implemented. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We like that you can get a lot of users on one call without the call actually failing or losing quality. Hosts can connect, if I recall correctly, up to 90,000 people. If you need a massive company-wide meeting, you can do it."
"File sharing is the most valuable feature."
"Screen sharing and chat retention are the most valuable features of Microsoft Teams."
"The most valuable feature for me is the chat."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are the ease of use. It is very good for a small virtual office for meetings and calendars which sync well together."
"I like the product's screen share feature since we can explain things to the users at the other end using it. The solution helps me to establish a virtual connection with my team."
"Microsoft Teams is much easier to collaborate, and its meetings are quite easy to explain things."
"The initial setup was really straightforward and easy."
"The Sendbird developer portal provides each step, including methods, making it easy to implement."
"The backend system was managed by Sendbird, eliminating the need for caching systems or local storage on user devices."
 

Cons

"We encountered occasional outages, which occurred a couple of times last year while using the product."
"I have faced issues with connection. Maybe, it's an issue from my side. The company accounts in Teams has some issues as well. I could not establish calls with certain domains, and then the product asked me to buy a professional account. The problem with Teams is that they are split between professional or company accounts and personal accounts. It's not very clear how you can go from one to another. That's the main issue with teams."
"It would be good if the solution had some sort of AI built into it while taking the transcript so that at least the sentences made sense."
"The solution should fix the ease of use directly outside of the office environment. Right now, unless I'm at my office desktop, it's hard to access it."
"One challenge I've encountered with the tool is that it's not as intuitive as it could be. For example, when making invitations or initiating calls, it often takes two or three clicks to get started, which feels less efficient compared to other tools like Zoom. The interface seems to have too much functionality packed into one environment."
"The desktop and mobile apps are quite different."
"The product should improve its security."
"Sometimes Avaya is required for Teams to work well on phones."
"I thought that there should be the audio and the video call functionality as well."
"A major issue was the requirement for a separate connection to Sendbird, resulting in a delay when initiating the chat."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's price is part of MS Office 365 and I would rate its pricing five out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are monthly."
"The product is expensive."
"Its pricing is reasonable."
"The pricing for Teams is very competitive."
"It is affordable because it also includes the licenses on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and SharePoint."
"Pricing is free to a threshold and then after that you have to license 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’s pricing is low."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
68%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
3%
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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?
I’m unsure about the exact cost, but I believe it’s reasonable. Using Teams for collaboration, video conferencing, and messaging helps save costs, especially for communicating with third-party comp...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
Everything is running smoothly, and I’m still exploring more features. As for improvements, I think it could be more user-friendly and integrate better with third-party software, like Zoom and othe...
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Also Known As

MS Teams
Sendbird Calls, Sendbird Desk
 

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Sample Customers

Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
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