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Chatter vs Microsoft Teams 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

Chatter
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
15th
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 (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Chatter is 2.7%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 6.9%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams6.9%
Chatter2.7%
Other90.4%
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

"I love the streaming feed of information from the people that I'm following that encourages collaboration at a business level."
"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 helped us to strengthen our digital community all over the world with a dedicated group to share project information and best practices."
"Salesforce being the number one cloud-based CRM product, I think one can recommend it in the first go."
"It offers more than what you are looking for, for example, file sharing and "mentions"."
"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."
"Microsoft Teams is a very stable app."
"The most valuable feature for us is the Teams Planner module."
"It's a very simple software that's very easy to understand."
"The recording function, the transcript function, the chat function, the live caption function, and the setting up of groups to share documents are useful features of Microsoft Teams."
"Microsoft Teams is user-friendly and flexible. I like its SharePoint feature also."
"All the functions I needed were supported very well, making the product very effective."
"Multiple channels and tools for recording."
"This has improved productivity and communication significantly."
 

Cons

"The storage of documents was quite limited when we used the tool."
"We would not select them again."
"Chatter invites should be possible from the UI on opportunity records."
"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."
"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."
"I wish an organization could create a company-wide Chatter that automatically follows everyone else in the company so that widespread access was guaranteed."
"It could be improved if it was easier to use and the interface was revamped."
"In the next release, I would like to have the interface modernized and brought more up to date."
"Sometimes it is quite complicated to install Microsoft Teams if we want to integrate it with SharePoint or anything else."
"One of my colleagues was trying to use Microsoft Teams on their laptop, and it was slow in terms of booting up when initially starting it. For example, it was not running in the background. In general, it takes some time to load. Zoom tends to have a faster loading time."
"One time the product was basically freezing. I couldn't send a message to my colleague for some reason."
"We occasionally have issues with synchronization between different dates. This aspect of stability needs improvement."
"The solution's interface probably needs to be a bit different in terms of cloud sharing."
"The solution needs to improve the cell phone version. I also have issues in copying the links in the conversation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a need to pay for the licensing... I know that the payments are made on a yearly basis...There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten. Its pricing is fixed."
"The solution is affordable."
"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution."
"Microsoft Teams’s pricing is low."
"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."
"It is affordable because it also includes the licenses on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and SharePoint."
"Microsoft Teams' pricing is fine."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise73
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
When we pay for Microsoft Teams, it is always expensive. I do not know exactly how much the license is, but when we pay, it is always expensive.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
There are too many features in Microsoft Teams, and I think it is not good. I believe they should have fewer features in Microsoft Teams and limit it to calls, presentations, and sharing, similar t...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Teams?
My main use cases for Microsoft Teams are for meetings and calls. I have not yet used it for collaboration.
 

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MS Teams
 

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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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