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ReadyTalk vs Skype for Business comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

ReadyTalk
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
22nd
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Skype for Business
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of ReadyTalk is 1.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skype for Business is 3.9%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Skype for Business3.9%
ReadyTalk1.6%
Other94.5%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

it_user479847 - PeerSpot reviewer
Marketing Campaign Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Great pay as you go options.
- Marketo Integration - Simulive events - Customer service - Cut down bandwidth - Scale at a cheaper cost - 1 year - No. Very easy! - A few minor issues along the way - No, but would like to have more support outside of US Customer Service: - Great! Technical Support: - Great! - Cheaper,…
MD
Assistant Information Technology Officer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Internal communication has become more efficient while mobile usage still needs improvement
The honest answer is that the product has not really evolved in some time. Microsoft has been pushing everyone towards Teams and Skype for Business has been in maintenance mode for a while. The mobile experience is also not great. Staff who try to use it on their phones find it less reliable than the desktop version, calls drop more, and the interface is clunky. For a modern workforce that expects everything to work on mobile, that is a gap. Despite the initial setup challenges and mobile issues, we have noticed positive outcomes for our organization since adopting Skype for Business. I rate Skype for Business seven out of ten. I think that Skype for Business has served us well for what it is. A government office has different expectations from a fast-moving private company. We value stability and security over the newest features. On those terms, Skype for Business has delivered.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ReadyTalk is a very user friendly tool."
"Using ReadyTalk has strengthened our webinar program at AMA."
"Using ReadyTalk allows us to provided effective trainings, makes our employees more productive, and safer by keeping them closer to home."
"Customer Service: Excellent. Technical Support: Also excellent."
"We rely on webinars to generate leads for our business, so having a reliable solution was key for us."
"They have a great deployment team."
"Recording live webinars and having our recurring demo webinar scheduled out in advance and all synced to Marketo has been indispensable."
"Our webinar program was floundering, but after I started working with ReadyTalk, we have been able to increase the number of webinars, these webinars have successively attracted higher quality presenters and have become a real marketing tool for our association."
"The GUI is very user-friendly."
"The performance is pretty good, this is a mature application with no bugs, and I have no complaints."
"I have found Skype for Business to be stable."
"It has benefited my organization because I can use it on the phone, I can use it on a laptop, wherever I want. The communication channel is very easy now and I can call and chat. It's experienced. Together, my team manages everything. It's very easy."
"It is a business solution that helps our company connect globally to others in our sphere."
"The quality of the meetings is very good."
"Using it is very straightforward, and it just sits on your desktop as an icon, so it's easy to access when you need it."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is that it has many other tools that you can be integrated with it, which makes the meetings more interactive."
 

Cons

"A few minor issues along the way."
"You have to download a spreadsheet three times post-meeting if you want surveys, registration, attendance. Kind of tedious."
"Add animation capabilities!"
"Compared to other webinar platforms, ReadyTalk's pricing is a bit high."
"Supporting PPT animations and direct upload of recordings to YouTube would be great."
"Would love to have a calendar (much like Outlook offers) that included scheduled appointments."
"I would love to see a lobby that attendees can wait in prior to starting the conference."
"Prices can always be dropped but overall these rates are competitive with other teleconferencing systems."
"It would be ideal if the solution could make instant messages more permanent. Currently, if you close the conversation, you lose the instant messages that you shared during the meeting. If those could last beyond the meeting, that would be a great addition, due to the fact that frequently, people give each other key details, important information, or email addresses, etc., during the meeting. If you don't write it down during the meeting, after the meeting closes, it's gone forever. That can be quite frustrating."
"Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."
"Your telco, in such a scenario, could be Microsoft itself but this kind of solution involves some interesting downsides."
"The solution feels like it's pretty bare-bones."
"I would not recommend Skype for Business because Microsoft Teams has more features, a lightweight application that I access on my mobile."
"I would like to see an updated user interface and layout even though no functionality is missing."
"Whenever someone is using a messaging platform, the messages needs to be stored. In Skype for Business, the message will not be seen later on if you're not online. It isn't useful, in my opinion."
"Skype for Business is not stable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We purchased an open license."
"Our company pays for a license for us to use the solution."
"We had a license for every one of our users to use Skype for Business. The license we used was part of an overall Microsoft license package."
"A license is required to use the solution."
"Skype for Business' pricing is reasonable."
"It may be considered costly for certain markets, such as in India."
"The licensing is billed on a yearly basis."
"To realize value from the purchase of Skype Business, you need to take advantage of all the important functions of the program."
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Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
By reviewers
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Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skype for Business?
If I think back, my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing involves accessing it through our Microsoft Enterprise Agreement which covers the whole Office suite including Skype for Busin...
What needs improvement with Skype for Business?
The honest answer is that the product has not really evolved in some time. Microsoft has been pushing everyone towards Teams and Skype for Business has been in maintenance mode for a while. The mob...
What is your primary use case for Skype for Business?
My main use case for Skype for Business is internal communication across departments and between different government offices. We have staff spread across multiple locations in Malacca, and before ...
 

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Also Known As

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Skype for Business Plan 1, Skype for Business Plan 2, Lync Server
 

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