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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
14th
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
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
181
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Chatter is 2.5%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 6.8%, down from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams6.8%
Chatter2.5%
Other90.7%
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.
Ayush Saxena - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Collaboration has transformed daily work and supports seamless global voice communication
Microsoft Teams could be improved, especially regarding contact center solutions which have a growing need for omnichannel capabilities, integrating with external platforms such as social media and email for a unified experience. Minor improvements might include reintroducing features such as GPU options available in classic Microsoft Teams to address issues in modern Microsoft Teams related to video meetings and content sharing. Furthermore, essential information such as who started or ended recordings should be more accessible in the Microsoft Teams admin center. I rate it a nine because Microsoft Teams occasionally experiences glitches in the client, leading to missing chat history or other transient issues. The performance issues with the desktop client and the support service complexities contribute to my rating being less than perfect. I have not identified any other improvements needed for Microsoft Teams.

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."
"Salesforce Chatter allows for contextualized collaboration on records that allows you to have historical conversations, which are easily accessible by other users."
"The conversation function to engage different groups is the most valuable feature."
"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 offers more than what you are looking for, for example, file sharing and "mentions"."
"Salesforce being the number one cloud-based CRM product, I think one can recommend it in the first go."
"It helped us to strengthen our digital community all over the world with a dedicated group to share project information and best practices."
"The transcription feature is great."
"In regards to COVID and the Pandemic, we would not be able to do our regular job without this mechanism in place."
"Message and chat retention is a valuable feature."
"The features that I find most useful in Microsoft Teams are that it is easy to manage, easy to use, and easy to program meetings."
"The transition to this solution is very quick so don't hesitate to give it a go, particularly for anyone already using Microsoft products."
"Arranging online meetings is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams."
"I am impressed with the solution's collaboration with Office 365."
"The initial setup process is straightforward for technical executives."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"Chatter invites should be possible from the UI on opportunity records."
"We would not select them again."
"The storage of documents was quite limited when we used the tool."
"The product is immature and lacks some of the features and functionality you would expect in a collaboration tool."
"One of the issues we have is that sometimes when you're trying to share your screen the solution crashes."
"Currently, the product limitations are keeping us from migrating to expanding its use."
"If I could completely eliminate Outlook and only use Teams, that would help me immensely. Productivity would increase drastically and many of our team members would be more efficient in our day-to-day, as we would be living primarily in a single tool."
"I would like to get more frequent updates, and the solution’s stability could be improved."
"The interface must be more user-friendly."
"Since Microsoft Teams is a typical Microsoft product, inviting guest users to the conversation can be problematic if they're not in the active directory."
"I have faced some issues with Microsoft Teams on the Citrix platform where we have issues every day."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"If you have content that requires more security and you want to use it in a more secure manner, with more protection, then it will come at a higher cost."
"I rate the pricing as a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution because it's included in the Microsoft 365 suite."
"The product is expensive, and I rate its pricing a ten out of ten."
"You don't buy only the Teams license; you buy it as part of the Microsoft 365 bundle."
"Microsoft Teams comes free if you're using it in an organization."
"The solution is expensive and I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"The solution is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

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 Enterprise46
Large Enterprise77
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
From an organizational point of view, the pricing and setup costs for Microsoft Teams are right, especially since it integrates all the new technologies coming to market, including AI and various A...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
One issue is that now it requires the presenter to initiate the meeting. Previously, anyone could quickly become a presenter, but now I have to ask or request for the presentation. This can cause p...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Teams?
My primary use case for Microsoft Teams is day-to-day communication and collaboration with colleagues across different teams and locations. I use it for chats, virtual meetings, sharing documents a...
 

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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.
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