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Microsoft Teams vs Sendbird comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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

Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th)
Sendbird
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 12.7%, down from 18.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sendbird is 0.4%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamless presentation and collaboration enhance organizational productivity
There are three main areas for improvement: Firstly, AI capabilities should be integrated into Microsoft Teams to provide better transcript services and offer multiple language support. Secondly, it should allow participants to remain visible during presentations, enhancing interaction. Lastly, it needs broader integration capabilities with other products, like Salesforce ( /vendors/salesforce ), which is currently limited.
Pranay Koley - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates user communication with rich features
In our company, we are using Sendbird for building a chat feature within our salon application.  I am using the Flutter framework to implement the chat feature, which facilitates communication between users and businesses, specifically salon shops There are many useful features with Sendbird. I…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to share information and upload and download files on Microsoft Teams."
"I like the video call and document-sharing features."
"Microsoft Teams is a very good collaborative tool."
"Microsoft Teams is much more stable than other solutions like Skype for Business."
"The most valuable feature for us was instant messaging."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are the calendar integration and the integration of chat and chat history into events."
"The solution is perfect and works pretty well. It gets your streaming and helps to get your calls. I like it a lot."
"The Audio Call feature is its most valuable feature."
"Sendbird provides many features for real-time messaging, such as receipt ID and typing indicators."
"Sendbird is reliable and generally crash-free."
"The backend system was managed by Sendbird, eliminating the need for caching systems or local storage on user devices."
"The most valuable feature for us, besides chat, was file transfer, as we used it for sending files and images in chats."
"The Sendbird developer portal provides each step, including methods, making it easy to implement."
"There are many useful features with Sendbird."
"Sendbird is very flexible, and they have made great strides towards optimization."
"Features similar to WhatsApp, such as online and offline statuses, message reactions, and replies, add significant value."
 

Cons

"The solution's customer support should be faster and more responsive."
"I think the ability to use a whiteboard in the solution is not very simple."
"Lacking in more complex hierarchies for files and teams."
"The solution needs to improve the cell phone version. I also have issues in copying the links in the conversation."
"Sometimes, I find the network quality is not very good with low bandwidth."
"Microsoft Teams could improve because it is heavy on bandwidth. We have some access points and when we have 30 or 40 users on it with Microsoft Teams calls can drop. WebEx does not use as much bandwidth."
"One thing that needs improvement in the solution is licensing tools within the application, preferably on a per-user basis. Also, it would be great if the contacts list could be synced between it and Outlook. If I receive an email in Outlook, I can easily create a meeting with that person's credentials. But I must manually find and enter their email address in Microsoft Teams. It's a small thing, but it can be frustrating."
"The Teams functions can be improved and some other package should be introduced."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused frustration."
"Impersonating a user or using a template user to send messages for development purposes would be very useful."
"At times, there are unexpected behaviors where the documentation suggests something different from how the SDK actually behaves, requiring us to create workarounds."
"I thought that there should be the audio and the video call functionality as well."
"More analytics tools could be integrated into Sendbird."
"A major issue was the requirement for a separate connection to Sendbird, resulting in a delay when initiating the chat."
"Their pricing is very high compared to competitors, which is a concern for us."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a bit more than moderately expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"Microsoft Teams is priced less than other solutions, such as Bridge."
"I rate Microsoft Teams an eight out of ten for its pricing."
"The standalone license is not cheap."
"Microsoft Teams’s pricing is low."
"We don't have to pay for the solution."
"Pricing is free to a threshold and then after that you have to license per user."
"There is a starter plan for $399 per month, and a pro plan for $799 dollars."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
68%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
3%
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Company Size

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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?
Microsoft Teams comes with Office 365 ( /products/office-365-reviews ) licenses like E3, but there are options for those who prefer not to pay for Teams by using alternative products like Slack ( /...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
The biggest issue with Microsoft Teams is switching identities, especially when communicating with external organizations. Users often don't know they have messages from another company unless they...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sendbird?
Testing Sendbird is challenging due to the trial limitations of only one hundred users. The subscription cost is quite high, which prevents us from subscribing before the project completion and use...
What needs improvement with Sendbird?
The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused...
What is your primary use case for Sendbird?
In our company, we are using Sendbird for building a chat feature within our salon application. I am using the Flutter framework to implement the chat feature, which facilitates communication betwe...
 

Comparisons

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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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