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Microsoft Teams vs Ripcord: What are the differences?
Microsoft Teams: Chat-based workspace in Office 365. See content and chat history anytime, including team chats with Skype that are visible to the whole team. Private group chats are available for smaller group conversations; Ripcord: A desktop chat client for Discord and Slack. A desktop chat client for group-centric services like Slack and Discord. It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users.
Microsoft Teams and Ripcord can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.
Some of the features offered by Microsoft Teams are:
- All your content, tools, people, and conversations are available in the team workspace
- Enjoy built-in access to SharePoint, OneNote, and Skype for Business
- Work on documents right in the app
On the other hand, Ripcord provides the following key features:
- Custom bookmark lists
- Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes
- Variable DPI and multi-monitor support
we were using slack
and at the same time we had a subscription with office 365. after a while we hit the slack free limitation quota. and it got annoying. the search ability was useless in free tier. and more annoying whenever you search, it opens a webpage and doesn't do it in the app.
on mobile there were many cases that I didn't get notification of important discussions. rooms was the way to separate a talk. but it become tedious. each time for a new subject that you wanted to discuss, you needed to add all the team members into a new room. and after a while the room goes silent. you will end up with a tons of not-in-use rooms that you don't want to clean up them for history purposes. also the slack UI for sub discussion is very stupid. if someone forget to check the checkbox to post the subdiscussion in the main discussion thread, other team members even won't notice such discussion is in progress.
we was paying for office 365 and thought why not give the teams a shot. we won't be in worth situation than we are. we moved to teams and we loved it instantly, we had a separate tab aggregated all the files upload. we could reply on other talk. no need of creating a new room. this way room belongs to a team and not a certain topic. our sub discussion was visible to the whole team. enjoyed integration with azure and unlimited history. the best part was integration with outlook. it was a full suit solution. our stats become busy on outlook meeting events. we get weekly analyse. we didn't need to host our wiki seperated. we've created wiki per team. the communication was much more fun.
Pros of Microsoft Teams
- Work well with the rest of Office 365 work flow28
- Mobile friendly23
- Free19
- Great integrations12
- Well-thought Design11
- Channels10
- Easy setup8
- Unlimited users6
- Strong search and data archiving5
- Multi domain switching support4
- Easy to integrate with4
- Same interface on multiple platforms3
- Web interface3
- Great voice quality2
Pros of Ripcord
- Light mode, Dark mode, Green mode, Pink mode, TSTL1
- Antiquated user interface (this can be a pro or a con)1
- Free1
- Low CPU and memory usage, Zero GPU usage1
- Small resource footprint1
- Traditional and compact1
- Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes1
- Multiple accounts1
- Tabs1
- Optimized for power users1
- Works with both Discord and Slack1
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Cons of Microsoft Teams
- Confusing UI17
- Bad performance on init and after quite a use12
- Bad Usermanagement10
- No desktop client (only fat and slow electron app)6
- Can't see all members in a video meeting6
- Unable to Mute users5
- No Markdown Support5
- You don't really own your messages4
- MIssing public channels4
- Forced WYSIWYG4
- Stubborn, unused friendly3
- Challenging Onboarding3
- No linux support3
- Audio support problems1
Cons of Ripcord
- Antiquated user interface (this can be a pro or a con)1
- Little confusing for newbies1
- Illegal according to the Policy of Discord1