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Skype vs TeamViewer: What are the differences?
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- Cost: Skype is generally free for personal use, offering video calls, voice calls, and messaging at no cost. On the other hand, TeamViewer is a paid software that offers a range of features like remote desktop access, file transfer, and online meetings for businesses and individuals at a price.
- Purpose: Skype is primarily designed for communication purposes, allowing users to connect with friends, family, and colleagues through video calls, voice calls, and messaging. In contrast, TeamViewer is focused on remote access and support, enabling users to control computers remotely, transfer files, and host online meetings.
- Accessibility: Skype is widely accessible on various devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers, making it convenient for users to communicate anytime, anywhere. In contrast, TeamViewer is more commonly used on desktops or laptops for remote access and support, limiting its accessibility on mobile devices.
- Security Features: TeamViewer offers advanced security features such as end-to-end encryption, two-factor authentication, and access control to ensure secure remote connections. While Skype also provides security measures, it may not be as robust as TeamViewer's security protocols for remote access.
- Collaboration Tools: TeamViewer offers collaboration tools such as whiteboarding, file sharing, and session recording, making it ideal for team collaboration and remote support. Skype, on the other hand, may not have as many collaboration features focused on business use compared to TeamViewer.
- Customization Options: TeamViewer provides customization options for businesses, allowing them to brand the software with their logo, customize modules, and tailor the interface to suit their specific needs. Skype, on the other hand, may have limited customization options for personal users.
In Summary, Skype and TeamViewer differ in terms of cost, purpose, accessibility, security features, collaboration tools, and customization options.
Hi, I am helping teachers in my kid's schools to set up distance learning and wanted to see what is better between Webex, Zoom, and Skype (although only putting this one in as most parents probably have it). The children are 8-9, so they won't be using it on their own and the parents have no experience using Webex or Zoom.
The main use will be for the teacher to explain what they will be covering in the week and enable some social interaction between the kids.
I need to be easy to use for about 20-25 people.
Thanks for your advice, Lisa
I consider Skype dead. Even Microsoft strongly neglected it. Webex is more corporate-oriented. So for your use case, I recommend Zoom. It is easy to set up, and the quality is very good. Zoom became such a household name that the average person heard about it. Moreover, any person probably has friends who may have used it. So it will be easier for people to get some community help.
Hi, Lisa,
I haven't used Skype in a long time. I have I lot of experience with Zoom and Webex. Both for me are very good tools, especially if you have money to pay for (to unlock more features, like more people in a video conference - Zoom).
Nowadays, I've used more Webex with my undergraduate students, I'm using the free account. Cloud recording is a features very useful, especially while using the free account (thanks Cisco!). Webex has control features very useful (e.g., mute, raise hand etc).
Kind regards,
We've been using Zoom for about a half a year and it's stability is unbeatable. We have all-hands on Fridays with 100+ participants. The free tier can easily handle the requirements, the only limitation is that max meeting length is 40 minutes. After that you can immediately restart the meeting, but the pro option is also very affordable. It also features screen sharing and whiteboard sharing out of the box. I also appreciate that it's not mandatory to register an account to attend a meeting.
From my experiences I feel like Zoom is a pretty intuitive program to teach kids, however Skype might be more common amongst them already.
I am a big fan of Microsoft Teams.
They all do the same pretty much but Teams I find the bells and whistles are easier to find, like custom backgrounds... creating groups for topic discussions that remain there until you want to change/edit or delete. Easy to share files.
Pros of Skype
- Free, widespread258
- Desktop and mobile apps147
- Because i have to :(110
- Low cost international calling57
- Good for international calls56
- Best call quality anywhere, generally10
- Beautiful emojis5
- Chat bots4
- Translator2
- Skype for business integration with Outlook2
- United kingdom1
- Not the Best, but get the job done1
Pros of TeamViewer
- Easy to use2
- Free2
- Whiteboard option1
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Cons of Skype
- Really high CPU utilization during video/screenshare5
- Not always reliable3
- Outdated UI3
- Birthday notifications are annoying3
- The worst indicator noises of any app ever3
- Finding/adding people isn't easy2
