The focus of Teams is internal and isn't meant to attract a new audience. While webinar hosting is available on Teams Business Standard, it's more of a side option. It even has a whole separate package just for running webinars and events. The ability to stream meetings to social media is available on the basic Zoom meeting package-that's indicative of where Zoom's strengths lie. Zoom is also much stronger when it comes to using video conferencing for marketing and business growth.
And let's be honest-when's the last time someone from another organization invited you to chat and sent you a Teams link? Didn't think so. It's not the end of the world, but it's a little more restrictive. With Teams, you need the app to access a meeting on your phone or tablet, and you need to be on Microsoft Edge or Chrome to join via the web. The frictionless experience for the people you're inviting to chat will be a win for both of you. This makes it a great option if you host a lot of meetings, large or small, with people outside your organization. It's beyond easy for external participants to join a Zoom meeting from anywhere on any device-all you need is a link. Zoom is better for external meetings Teams is better for internal meetings This just isn't the kind of thing Zoom is designed to do. We moved all our process documentation from shared folders to the Teams Wiki so that they were available to access anywhere.
Zapier helps with that, by automatically uploading Zoom recordings to Google Drive, or anywhere else, but Teams has it built in.īecause Teams is meant to integrate into the day-to-day of running an organization, it also includes above-and-beyond features like 1,000 GB of space-per user-to store company documentation and a Wiki for processes. With Zoom, you need to go out of your way to send the recording to whoever needs it (or chase down the host if you're a guest). For example, in Teams, the recording is emailed out to all invitees and is saved in the meeting chat window, so it's easily traceable without you having to do anything. Zoom and Teams both offer video recording and transcripts (basic features for a video conferencing app), but once again, Teams has some built-in productivity features that take it up a level.