We performed a comparison between HCL Sametime and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I can view the status and availability of colleagues or team members, which makes it easy to approach them when they are available."
"Our employees use this solution for a communal space to collaborate for organizational decision making."
"One of the best features of Skype for Business is that you can set it up on mobile phones, and you can set it up on laptops. You can connect to the tool from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is overall it is an okay solution."
"We chose Skype for Business after other colleagues suggested that we give it a try. It has served us well."
"The GUI is very user-friendly."
"It's a good and stable product that fits my needs."
"File sharing and email invitations for a conference. I can have a meeting with people at the opposite end of the Earth, sharing documentation; it is quite easy."
"A good option for virtual meetings."
"The webinar should be integrated into Sametime for a larger number of participants."
"Make it user friendly."
"The solution requires deployment on a Microsoft server and its performance is heavy because it consumes too many resources from the RAM."
"Skype for Business is not stable."
"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."
"I would like to see an updated user interface and layout even though no functionality is missing."
"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 technical support from Microsoft needs to be improved."
"The cost of Skype for Business has room for improvement."
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HCL Sametime is ranked 26th in Virtual Meetings while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. HCL Sametime is rated 8.0, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of HCL Sametime writes "Easily communicate and share files with colleagues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". HCL Sametime is most compared with , whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server. See our HCL Sametime vs. Skype for Business report.
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