Blackboard Collaborate vs Microsoft Teams comparison

Blackboard and Microsoft are both solutions in the Virtual Meetings category. Blackboard is ranked #20 with an average rating of 6.0, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2. Blackboard holds a 2.0% mindshare in VM, compared to Microsoft’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Blackboard users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Blackboard Collaborate

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75% willing to recommend

Microsoft Teams

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95% willing to recommend

Blackboard Collaborate

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Blackboard Collaborate and Microsoft Teams are leading platforms in virtual collaboration for education and professional sectors. Microsoft Teams stands out due to its integration with Microsoft 365 tools, offering extensive resources for organizations whereas Blackboard Collaborate excels in education-specific features.

Features: Blackboard Collaborate offers virtual classrooms, polling, and breakout rooms, enhancing teaching engagement. In contrast, Microsoft Teams provides file sharing, document collaboration, and seamless integration with Microsoft 365, making it versatile for diverse applications.

Room for Improvement: Blackboard Collaborate can enhance its integration capabilities for enterprise environments and improve user-friendliness for non-educational setups. Microsoft Teams could benefit from lighter resource consumption, more intuitive task management, and specific educational-oriented features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Teams is easily deployed in organizations using Microsoft 365, with efficient customer support and numerous resources. Blackboard Collaborate might require more training and support due to its specialized nature but offers robust educational support.

Pricing and ROI: Blackboard Collaborate may demand higher initial investments with an educational performance ROI expectation. Microsoft Teams provides cost-effectiveness as part of Microsoft 365, delivering substantial ROI through multifunctional use and resource optimization.

To learn more, read our detailed Blackboard Collaborate vs. Microsoft Teams Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Blackboard Collaborate

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

20th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Teams

Ranking in Virtual Meetings

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

173

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Social Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of Blackboard Collaborate is 2.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 2.7%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Virtual Meetings Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Teams	2.7%
Blackboard Collaborate	2.0%
Other	95.3%

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YN1

Teaching and Learning Systems Manager at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Useful in webinars, meetings and online classrooms

One of the features that people enjoy is the whiteboard, providing opportunities for academics to present content and for students to contribute. The platform also allows for the creating of different rooms, enabling large classes to break into smaller groups for discussions. Students can then return to the main classroom to share their opinions. It integrates with LMS.

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Anna Virtsan

IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank

Have streamlined daily workflow and task management but still face inconvenience from recent interface changes and limited integration options

There are challenges and issues in Microsoft Teams, such as after recent updates where group chats were combined with Teams, chats, and groups into one. Users have to work with settings to make it normal again so Teams are separated from chats, and that was a really inconvenient update. Many users ask me to help make it back again to separate Teams and groups from one-to-one chats. That's probably the worst update they've made recently. Additionally, there are some minor features, such as when I work with messages, I don't have an actual forward or quote option when replying to someone's message. I need to be careful not to miss the quote sign. For a lot of people, they are confused about where the quotes option is. I've received a couple of hundred support tickets just regarding this issue. The function to share email to Teams chat doesn't work sometimes due to our compliance policies, and sometimes it would be nice to be able to forward an email to the group chat and have further discussions. Microsoft Teams could improve by being less glitchy because it glitches a lot, leading to undelivered emails and undelivered messages. It would be beneficial if the MS application Shifts, which adds functionality to groups, could be integrated into the groups calendar. Currently, many teams don't use the app because it is not integrated with the general calendar or the Outlook calendar, making it basically a useless application. The platform needs less Copilot and more people. The general Copilot integration into the platform is less glitchy, but Microsoft Teams is quite heavy and glitchy sometimes. Stability depends a lot on compliance restrictions, policies, and quality of internet. Sometimes, when updates are enrolling, the platform glitches, breaks, or shuts down.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution allows me to connect and collaborate with my classes."

"One of the features that people enjoy is the whiteboard, providing opportunities for academics to present content and for students to contribute. The platform also allows for the creating of different rooms, enabling large classes to break into smaller groups for discussions. Students can then return to the main classroom to share their opinions. It integrates with LMS."

"Document loading and annotation."

"The most valuable feature for us was instant messaging."

"The solution's stability is quite good, and it doesn't crash and freeze up when you have a large number of users."

"In general, Teams allows me to connect with anyone in the organization and share files with the team."

"It’s very easy to set up. It doesn't take that long."

"Microsoft Teams can facilitate the broadcast of information and distribution of tasks through a single platform."

"This is a stable solution, I have not faced any problems using the video conferencing."

"The tool is available on cell phones. It can be used in calls and meetings."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are video conferencing, chat function, and the one that shows you that you've got new messages."

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Cons

"We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number."

"The system can overload when too many try logging in."

"If there were maybe more tutorials outside of what I'm aware the university is suggesting, I would take more tutorials on effective ways to deliver content. I come from the industry and content was always needed when people that were observing were smart and involved and decision-makers instead of so passively just trying to pass the course. In my imagination, the tutorials would be a tool where the learners themselves can have much more hands-on learning during a Collaborate session."

"We occasionally have issues with synchronization between different dates. This aspect of stability needs improvement."

"The solution's stability can be better."

"One area that could be improved is the authentication process, especially related to Windows sign-on authentication."

"I'd like Microsoft to start adding more AI functionality into Teams."

"In future releases, short voice messages would be useful."

"The solution's login process could be more straightforward."

"I think stability definitely needs to be improved in Microsoft Teams to be more convenient for users."

"The product should provide a to-do list feature."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is part of enterprise Microsoft 365 licensing."

"Microsoft Teams is expensive compared to other solutions."

"It costs around $12 for SharePoint and Teams per user."

"The solution's pricing is average."

"If you have clients who do not have a computer and are joining with their phones it's an additional fee of $5.00 per user."

"We have a license needed to use Microsoft Teams."

"It is affordable because it also includes the licenses on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and SharePoint."

"The challenge with Microsoft's licensing model is that the prices are on the higher side, especially for companies that have more users where spending a lot on licenses may be required."

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Financial Services Firm

23%

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Computer Software Company

Educational Organization

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	43
Large Enterprise	70

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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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?

Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher. The solution is expensive for Microsoft Teams as well.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?

Today, we do not integrate any third-party apps into Microsoft Teams, but we may use project management tools such as Jira in the future. We used to integrate something, but now we do not need it. ...

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Overview

Blackboard Mobile give your learners, educators, and community access to all aspects of the educational experience on their mobile devices and they'll be able to go anywhere. Giving you the power to engage everyone on their terms and devices. Offering instant access to the information they need. Encouraging the interaction they crave.

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At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.

We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 114,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.

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University of Derby Online, Universty of Warwick, University of Liverpool, City College Norwich, Northumberland College, Mid-Kent College, Watson Pharmaceutials, Capella University, Shore Tel Sky, Lincoln PD, City of Somerville MA, Somerset County Council

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