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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Teams
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
180
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd)
Workplace by Facebook
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Microsoft Teams is 7.2%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workplace by Facebook is 2.8%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams7.2%
Workplace by Facebook2.8%
Other90.0%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Aryan Singh1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Infozion
Offers good integration features but needs to offer more flexibility in the language option offered
There are a couple of things that can be improved in the tool. When we are talking about communications, the tool has interoperable cataloging. The only thing that needs a certain level of improvement within Meta is the vernacular, which can be dependent, as we cannot choose the process of communication that is happening in it. After I launch a bot, if I move from one country to another, and if the entire communication is happening in German, while I have just moved from France, and I need to buy a particular choice of vehicle, then I would want the entire communication to happen in my language. What Meta does not allow as of now is that if I am reaching out to you in French, then only you can have the conversation in French. You cannot select a language in the middle of a conversation. If I want to have a conversation in French, there is a very limited selection. Until and unless a conversation is triggered from a particular language, we do not have the option to choose another language. The tool gives you flexibility in the language, but that is on the business and not on the customer, which sometimes limits the approachability aspect.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I use the solution to chat with my team."
"It's mainly the integration of everything document-wise and the consistency that I really liked within Microsoft Teams."
"Compared to Zoom, Microsoft Teams is a very good solution and works well."
"The biggest benefit from Microsoft Teams is its simplicity to use the tools and the facility to search on the conversation or on the transcript solution."
"The transcription feature is great."
"Message and chat retention is a valuable feature."
"The solution has features like good voice clarity, good video quality, and recording."
"Our company is moving from their Skype for Business to Teams, and I've seen it, looked at it, used it, and somewhat enjoyed the UI; Teams has been very friendly, and I have no qualms about going to Teams from Skype."
"The product was easy to use."
"Storage is the best thing about the solution."
"The biggest lesson we have learned from working with Workplace is that we should have made the change a lot earlier."
"The tool's integration feature benefited the workflow...it helped centralize communication."
"The solution is used as a knowledge platform for sharing knowledge and information that everybody can easily access."
"A full-featured collaboration tool that is as easy to use as Facebook."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, I find the network quality is not very good with low bandwidth."
"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."
"There could be performance spikes and better reliability. We saw a lot of stability issues."
"One area that could be improved is the authentication process, especially related to Windows sign-on authentication."
"I think the ability to use a whiteboard in the solution is not very simple."
"The solution's interface probably needs to be a bit different in terms of cloud sharing."
"There's a feature that can send a notification to Team's channel, but I think there's no way to have it escalated on something like that."
"They should add an integration API for the solution."
"The conferencing feature does not work well with multiple parties or locations."
"The product should allow users to assign tasks and automate processes."
"What Meta does not allow as of now is that if I am reaching out to you in French, then only you can have the conversation in French. You cannot select a language in the middle of a conversation."
"There needs to be a restriction on who can download content."
"The implementation could be made easier."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."
"The tool is cheaper than Google Meet. I rate it a three out of four."
"We need to pay for Microsoft Teams' licenses on a yearly basis."
"I use Teams' free version."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"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."
"Microsoft Teams is a cheap solution."
"The solution's cost is high."
"The solution seemed expensive to me."
"The cost has become one-tenth of the cost in comparison to the old techniques. As we were able to qualify and nurture these leads, the overall cost of the entire sales process was reduced."
"The regular package costs us $4 per user per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise75
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
Pricing for Microsoft Teams has been good so far. My team does not manage Microsoft Teams pricing or how the licensing is being done, but I know there is a Microsoft E3 license that gives you acces...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
The only thing that frustrates me using Microsoft Teams is where I'm not able to properly integrate some applications, such as some chatbots, to Microsoft Teams. Apart from that, Microsoft Teams ha...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Teams?
My main use case for Microsoft Teams is for chats and meetings, majorly to schedule meetings, and those are the major things for chat and to schedule meetings. A recent scenario where I typically u...
What needs improvement with Workplace by Facebook?
There are a couple of things that can be improved in the tool. When we are talking about communications, the tool has interoperable cataloging. The only thing that needs a certain level of improvem...
What is your primary use case for Workplace by Facebook?
I use the solution in my company to create chatbots for our clients, like BMW in India. We have been working on WhatsApp chatbots and Facebook marketing, where we have integrated Adobe Marketo for ...
What advice do you have for others considering Workplace by Facebook?
In our company, we integrate with Workplace through Facebook's tools that were provided to us, and it is there that we created a middleware system for communication back and forth. Whatever data we...
 

Also Known As

MS Teams
Facebook Workplace, Facebook at Work
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
Royal Bank of Scotland, UST Global, DNB Bank, Smart, IJM Corporation, Telenor Group, Mobilink, Landmark Group, Yes Bank, BrightTALK, Kenshoo, Godrej Consumer Products
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