Top 20 Skype for Business alternatives for 2019 and beyond

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Skype Meetings

Like Skype for Business, Ryver allows users to communicate via instant messaging, and group chat. However, there’s no audio or video conferencing unless you adopt the native integration with FreeConference.

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Microsoft Teams

As well as the features carried over from Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams introduces a new way of working. A sample of the additional features you can expect from Microsoft Teams include:

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Cisco Webex Teams

If you choice is likely to involve Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex Teams, Slack or a combination of all three, this video below is just for you.

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Slack

Even down to the recently introduced Slack dark mode, Slack is always striving to improve its look and feel.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 208 social mentions

5

Chanty

Chanty creates an open channel for a project, team or whatever you want to discuss. It makes your team communication transparent, accessible and searchable and even comes with pre-installed integrations to Zapier, Tasks and Giphy.

#Communication #Project Management #Group Chat & Notifications 1 social mentions

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Hive

Hive combines a unique blend of project management and team collaboration to provide teams the ability to manage their projects in the way they work best.

#Productivity #Project Management #Task Management 9 social mentions

7

Viber

Viber’s consumer app has over 1 million users and users will benefit from the familiar look and feel — remind anyone of Skype before Skype for Business?

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LifeSize

The collaboration centre offers HD video which works with leading hardware providers like Cisco, Lifesize, and Poly thanks to patented Telepresence Connect technology.

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BlueJeans

Whether your meetings-first solution is for conferencing inside, outside or to another organization, BlueJeans is packed full of functionality out of the box.

#Group Chat & Notifications #Video Conferencing #Communication 1 social mentions

10

Zoom

With solutions for simple meetings, video webinars, room systems and a phone system, Zoom prides itself on being optimized and engineering for reliability and its simplicity to use, scale and manage.

#Video Conferencing #Phone System #Group Chat & Notifications 195 social mentions

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Fleep

The main difference is that Fleep doesn’t restrict you to a team-only space. You can communicate with anyone, including suppliers and contractors, as long as you have their email address.

#Communication #Team Collaboration #Work Collaboration 2 social mentions

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Mattermost

Mattermost is an open-source alternative to Skype for Business, so companies can host within their own protected environment. There’s a free trial to get you started, and enterprise-grade encryption.

#Team Collaboration #Work Collaboration #Web And Video Conferencing 59 social mentions

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RingCentral Video

Intended to make teamwork faster and more efficient, Glip integrates with everything you need to get the most out of your team, including document sharing and calendar tools. There’s also access to video and audio conferencing.

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RingCentral

RingCentral also offers access to accompanying services like cloud PBX support and contact centre technology. Features of Glip include:

#Communication #VoIP #Cloud Contact Center 3 social mentions

15

Fuze

Fuze also bridges communication gaps with external teams by allowing you to invite anyone with an email address to your meetings — no matter if they’re part of your team or not. Features include:

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Unify

For those who want to take their collaborative meetings to the next level, Unify Circuit also comes with hardware solutions to explore, like the Circuit Meeting Room — complete with digital whiteboard support. Key features include:

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Hubgets

Unlike the majority of collaboration tools however, Hubgets focuses more on boards, and topic-sharing than real-time chat. Although instant messaging is available, the center of the app revolves around a knowledge base, and file-sharing options.

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Workplace by Facebook is a collaboration and productivity application designed by one of the world’s best-known social media companies.

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19

Facebook

All you need is an email address to start using the service, which feels much more like a social media tool than a standard enterprise chat tool. It’s essentially your opportunity to build a brand-new Facebook, just for your business interactions.

#Social Networks #Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 450 social mentions

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Wire

Wire is one of the few team collaboration apps online today that puts security first in everything it offers. The solution provides end-to-end encryption for all your messages, which is excellent for compliance.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 14 social mentions

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Ryver

Like Skype for Business, Ryver allows users to communicate via instant messaging, and group chat. However, there’s no audio or video conferencing unless you adopt the native integration with FreeConference.

#Project Management #Communication #Team Collaboration

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appear.in

appear.in brings teams and clients together over video. By creating and sharing a room link, colleagues and guests can join easily to create a meeting environment.

#Group Chat & Notifications #Video Conferencing #Communication 1 social mentions

For those who want to take their collaborative meetings to the next level, Unify Circuit also comes with hardware solutions to explore, like the Circuit Meeting Room — complete with digital whiteboard support. Key features include:

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Hibox

Like most collaboration and team chat tools, Hibox comes with task management features, company and private chat, video conferencing, and file sharing.

#Communication #Web And Video Conferencing #Video Conferencing