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ReadyTalk vs Skype for Business comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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

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 September 2026, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of ReadyTalk is 1.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skype for Business is 3.9%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Skype for Business3.9%
ReadyTalk1.5%
Other94.6%
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

"Within the first 6 months of using ReadyTalk, I have saved over $100K in comparison to using other technologies."
"Their support is great! I have used them a few times and they really get the root of your problems and correct them fast."
"We have recovered the 6 to 8 (agonizing) hours a month we used to spend with another platform's tech support."
"ReadyTalk is a great tool to bring large groups together to train or update pertinent information."
"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."
"ReadyTalk helped my organization deliver high-quality training webinars to small business owners around the country."
"Customer Service is the best."
"Using ReadyTalk allows us to provided effective trainings, makes our employees more productive, and safer by keeping them closer to home."
"I have found Skype for Business to be stable."
"The deployment is very fast."
"The solution’s video quality is fine."
"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"Desktop sharing is a valuable feature."
"There are free versions of the solution available."
"Our employees use this solution for a communal space to collaborate for organizational decision making."
"The GUI is very user-friendly."
 

Cons

"I would love to see a lobby that attendees can wait in prior to starting the conference."
"Add animation capabilities!"
"We'd like the joining process for presenters to be more seamless (and they are working on that)."
"Prices can always be dropped but overall these rates are competitive with other teleconferencing systems."
"You have to schedule operator-assisted audio events 24 hours in advance, if the turn around time could be quicker - it would help with last minute events."
"One great feature they can add is the ability to use animations within your slides."
"I wish there wasn't the "arbitrary" 150 people cutoff."
"Compared to other webinar platforms, ReadyTalk's pricing is a bit high."
"Going forward, I would like to see better call quality and reliability."
"The solution's functionality needs to be moved to Microsoft Teams. Its technology is outdated."
"There are issues with the bandwidth, particularly for external meetings,"
"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."
"The solution requires deployment on a Microsoft server and its performance is heavy because it consumes too many resources from the RAM."
"We would like to better customize our instructions within the Outlook plugin/invite, but we are unable to do so."
"I don't recall coming across any big missing features."
"The technical support from Microsoft needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It may be slightly costly, but the features are awesome."
"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."
"It may be considered costly for certain markets, such as in India."
"I am using a corporate account for which I have not made any payments."
"The cost of Skype for Business is incorporated into our Office 365 licenses."
"A license is required to use the solution."
"I use the product's open-source version."
"We negotiated a fair price with Microsoft. It is definitely worthwhile to negotiate with them for the best price for your solution."
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Company Size

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

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

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