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Chatter vs Microsoft Teams comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Chatter
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
13th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
178
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Chatter is 2.8%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 7.1%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams7.1%
Chatter2.8%
Other90.1%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user669357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Salesforce Senior Cloud Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Contextualized collaboration on records allows you to have historical conversations that are accessible by other users.
Chatter is a great way to connect your users, especially if your team is working in multiple time zones or locations. If you're struggling with why to use collaboration tools at all, I'd suggest you watch this video. One the best examples that I've seen is a property team who were managing the entire process from leasing properties with branding to shop merges via Salesforce. All of their notifications were email-based and they were getting 100s per day. By moving these alerts to automated posts into particular groups, the users could not only access multiple updates by using digests instead of per alert, but also choose to control who (group members) and how often they get those alerts.
Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Salesforce being the number one cloud-based CRM product, I think one can recommend it in the first go."
"I love the streaming feed of information from the people that I'm following that encourages collaboration at a business level."
"The conversation function to engage different groups is the most valuable feature."
"Salesforce Chatter allows for contextualized collaboration on records that allows you to have historical conversations, which are easily accessible by other users."
"It helped us to strengthen our digital community all over the world with a dedicated group to share project information and best practices."
"It offers more than what you are looking for, for example, file sharing and "mentions"."
"It is now possible to share information instantly with all the company without sending emails, but also looking for a topic using the search function."
"It helps our organization with faster communication."
"Integration with document management capabilities and video conferencing."
"You can ping, chat, and call someone, and at the same time, on the next tab, you can see all the documents related to what someone is referring to."
"I am impressed with the tool's integration with SharePoint where we can access it with a single click from the platform. The solution is available in web and mobile versions so it gives a seamless experience when we move from one device to another. Especially when you're on the calls, you don't need to get out of one device, and then log in to another, and then join that meeting. You need to just switch."
"The initial setup was really straightforward and easy."
"Overall, this is a very good collaboration product and the only thing stopping me from giving it a perfect grade is the heavy bandwidth usage."
"Screen sharing and chat retention are the most valuable features of Microsoft Teams."
"Microsoft Teams has impacted us in positive terms, as we have worked with multiple teams and the team collaboration is very good."
 

Cons

"Chatter invites should be possible from the UI on opportunity records."
"I wish an organization could create a company-wide Chatter that automatically follows everyone else in the company so that widespread access was guaranteed."
"Live consumption of the communication needs to be improved so that it can offer more features similar to Twitter/Slack, such as a live rolling news feed, notification bells (to avoid email alerts), ability to share multiple files or actions in one post, etc."
"We would not select them again."
"The storage of documents was quite limited when we used the tool."
"I would rate the technical support a 7/10 because Salesforce has its own way of looking at technical issues and sometimes takes its own time to implement or release changes as per their convenience."
"We can currently only ping 15, but I'd like to see new features that allow for 20 or 25 pings; that would be good."
"There are a lot of frequent updates, which is a shortcoming of the tool."
"The solution is very expensive and I won't be able to afford it personally."
"The solution should include features like scripting, meeting summarization, and automated notes."
"The Teams functions can be improved and some other package should be introduced."
"Microsoft Teams has a limitation on the number of people, which could be increased."
"Microsoft Teams becomes complicated when used with SharePoint. It needs to improve its integration with other Office 365 tools."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution."
"It is a bit more than moderately expensive."
"The tool's price is high and I would rate it an eight out of ten."
"It is moderately expensive than other Microsoft products."
"We have a license for the solution."
"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution because it's included in the Microsoft 365 suite."
"You don't buy only the Teams license; you buy it as part of the Microsoft 365 bundle."
"I don't think the solution is as expensive as big Webex licenses. It doesn't usually offer one-on-one licenses, so it's hard to compare. It's more expensive than the Google equivalent, but you can't replace Microsoft Teams with Google's offering."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise45
Large Enterprise72
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Microsoft Teams is good and fine.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams already comes with rich qualities, and the impact on the IT professional is very large with great features in terms of collaboration, team activity engagements, and friendly emojis ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Teams?
My main use case for Microsoft Teams is team communications and collaborations, and sharing updates. For any task, we use Microsoft Teams. We share the specific builds for the distributions, and if...
 

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Sample Customers

Coca Cola Enterprise, Blue Shield of California, Stanley Black & Decker, Wells Fargo Bank, Phillips, Toyota Motors, American Red Cross, Time Warner Cable, Virgin America,Canon, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
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