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> Then the pandemic happened and they allowed (or couldn't stop) Zoom from becoming synonymous with video calls during that period. Skype could (should?) have b

by Closi 3y ago

> Then the pandemic happened and they allowed (or couldn't stop) Zoom from becoming synonymous with video calls during that period. Skype could (should?) have been the verb that everyone used. Teams instantly dominated the work world in the UK at least as soon as the pandemic hit. Pretty clear why Teams wins anyway... Assuming you want SSO in your corporation. Zoom price: £160 per year. Office 365 business standard: £123 including Office, Powerpoint, Excel, Exchange, Sharepoint... And after this change, you also have the option to just buy teams for £60 - £100 less than the Zoom price.

esperent 3y ago
Also, they do really good regional pricing. In Vietnam it's $36/user/year for the basic version. There's nothing else with close to similar functionality at that price and it means we can forgive a lot of clunkiness. It's less than half the price of Slack with way more features. We even get Loop knowledge management which is shaping up to be pretty great actually.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>Office 365 business standard: £123 including Office, Powerpoint, Excel, Exchange, Sharepoint... If they can squeeze ChatGPT/generative-AI functionality in there for cheap that's a slam dunk.
- nullindividual 3y ago
  Co-Pilot is coming to Office, among other applications.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    But it costs extra, no? It's not included by default with Teams, Excel, PowePoint and the others, right?
    - nullindividual 3y ago
      Yes, that's true. $30/user/month w/o discount.
ajmurmann 3y ago
> Pretty clear why Teams wins anyway... Assuming you want SSO in your corporation. Zoom supports SSO. I use it every day.
- Closi 3y ago
  To clarify, I meant the pricing for Zoom is based on the tier with SSO in the comparison. Appreciate this isn’t the way I worded it, and the sentence should have ended with a “:” rather than a “.”
  - ajmurmann 3y ago
    Ah, that makes more sense
isitmadeofglass 3y ago
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by Closi 3y ago

esperent 3y ago

Also, they do really good regional pricing. In Vietnam it's $36/user/year for the basic version. There's nothing else with close to similar functionality at that price and it means we can forgive a lot of clunkiness. It's less than half the price of Slack with way more features. We even get Loop knowledge management which is shaping up to be pretty great actually.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

>Office 365 business standard: £123 including Office, Powerpoint, Excel, Exchange, Sharepoint... If they can squeeze ChatGPT/generative-AI functionality in there for cheap that's a slam dunk.

nullindividual 3y ago
Co-Pilot is coming to Office, among other applications.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  But it costs extra, no? It's not included by default with Teams, Excel, PowePoint and the others, right?
  - nullindividual 3y ago
    Yes, that's true. $30/user/month w/o discount.

ajmurmann 3y ago

> Pretty clear why Teams wins anyway... Assuming you want SSO in your corporation. Zoom supports SSO. I use it every day.

Closi 3y ago
To clarify, I meant the pricing for Zoom is based on the tier with SSO in the comparison. Appreciate this isn’t the way I worded it, and the sentence should have ended with a “:” rather than a “.”
- ajmurmann 3y ago
  Ah, that makes more sense

isitmadeofglass 3y ago

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