Compare Hive Team Collaboration Software and Microsoft Teams 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (40.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$4.80 1 User Per Month
Hive
Star Rating
(659)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansMicrosoft Teams
Star Rating
(18,085)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.80 1 User Per Month
Learn more about Microsoft TeamsSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Microsoft Teams excels in providing a comprehensive suite of collaboration tools, combining chat, video meetings, and file sharing all in one platform. Users appreciate features like group chat, notifications, and the ability to attach Excel spreadsheets as tabs, making it a game-changer for remote teamwork.
- Users say Hive stands out for its user-friendly interface, making it easy to navigate and set up. Reviewers highlight its intuitive design, which allows team members to leave notes and assign tasks effortlessly, enhancing day-to-day business operations.
- According to verified reviews, Microsoft Teams has a significantly higher overall satisfaction score, reflecting its strong market presence and extensive user base. This is supported by a wealth of recent feedback praising its accessibility across devices and robust functionality.
- Reviewers mention that while Hive is effective for small businesses, it may not offer the same level of integration and advanced features as Microsoft Teams, which is particularly beneficial for larger enterprises managing multiple projects.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Microsoft Teams provides a more extensive support network, with users noting the quality of assistance available. In contrast, Hive users have reported a more limited support experience, which can be a concern for teams needing immediate help.
- Users indicate that while Hive offers a free entry-level option, Microsoft Teams' affordable pricing for its comprehensive features makes it a valuable investment for organizations looking to enhance collaboration and productivity across teams.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Hive
Hive Free
Free
Best for light project management.
- My Actions to-do list
- Unlimited task management
- Gantt, Kanban, summary and calendar views
Microsoft Teams
Teams Essentials
$4.80
1 User Per Month
- Seamless integration with Exchange: Teams Essentials works with On-Premises or Hosted Exchange so that Office clients can get Teams in the cloud.
- Upgraded online meetings: Provide professional features like virtual backgrounds, screen sharing, and recording from any device for your clients.
- Fully-enabled dynamic chats: Keep conversations going internally or externally with continuous chat, searchable history, and in-app file sharing and collaboration.
Free Trial
Hive
Free Trial is available
Microsoft Teams
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.2
548
8.9
13,422
Ease of Use
9.1
550
8.8
13,619
Ease of Setup
9.3
272
9.0
4,035
Ease of Admin
9.1
187
8.6
2,184
Quality of Support
9.3
492
8.6
10,830
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
187
8.8
2,164
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
524
8.6
12,840
Features by Category
Tasks
9.4
296
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
296
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
287
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
291
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
261
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
228
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
272
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
255
|
Verified
Not enough data
Projects
9.2
262
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
235
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
215
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
260
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
270
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
128
Not enough data
8.4
187
Not enough data
8.9
240
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
133
Not enough data
8.3
201
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.2
176
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
190
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
211
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.2
170
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
181
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
220
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
83
Not enough data
7.2
83
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
7.6
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
7.4
19
Not enough data
7.7
18
Not enough data
8.2
18
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
8.6
66
Not enough data
9.3
69
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Project Management
9.0
71
Not enough data
8.9
71
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.7
67
Not enough data
8.7
66
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
Data & Analytics
8.7
67
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
8.4
66
Not enough data
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
8.6
45
Not enough data
8.9
46
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.5
46
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
Analytics
9.6
16
Not enough data
Execution
9.8
16
Not enough data
9.7
16
Not enough data
9.8
15
Not enough data
Roadmapping
8.9
16
Not enough data
9.3
15
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.1
96
8.9
8847
8.9
104
8.7
9079
8.4
97
8.4
8424
Business Instant Messaging
8.4
53
9.0
8363
8.3
55
8.9
8318
Business Instant Messaging
7.8
94
8.8
8093
9.3
103
8.8
8305
8.9
85
8.7
7309
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.9
16
8.2
1006
AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.7
14
8.0
981
8.8
16
8.3
975
8.7
15
8.0
968
8.8
15
8.1
966
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
9.2
8
8.0
574
9.4
8
8.0
563
Grammar
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Formatting
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
Content
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
Product Type
9.0
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Setup
8.8
79
Not enough data
9.1
83
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
Management
8.9
82
Not enough data
8.5
74
Not enough data
8.0
78
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
51
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
7.8
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Communication
9.9
16
Not enough data
9.9
16
Not enough data
9.3
17
Not enough data
9.3
17
Not enough data
Goal Creation
9.1
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.7
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
9.4
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
Tasks
9.6
44
Not enough data
9.3
42
Not enough data
9.2
41
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
9.4
42
Not enough data
9.5
43
Not enough data
9.7
42
Not enough data
Planning
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
9.0
37
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
33
Not enough data
9.4
32
Not enough data
9.3
30
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
9.0
31
Not enough data
8.7
32
Not enough data
Content Planning
9.4
30
Not enough data
9.4
34
Not enough data
9.6
30
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
8.5
26
Not enough data
9.2
30
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Other Features
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.7
29
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.5
49
Not enough data
9.5
47
Not enough data
9.1
49
Not enough data
8.7
44
Not enough data
Task Management
9.4
49
Not enough data
9.4
47
Not enough data
9.1
45
Not enough data
9.1
45
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
18
Not enough data
7.6
18
Not enough data
Automation
9.0
40
Not enough data
8.9
39
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
Administration
9.0
38
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.9
37
Not enough data
Project management
9.3
37
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
8.9
41
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
8.9
37
Not enough data
8.6
36
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
Workload
8.8
37
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.3
36
Not enough data
8.5
35
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.7
37
Not enough data
9.0
36
Not enough data
9.3
39
Not enough data
Cost Management
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
Integration
8.2
35
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
8.2
35
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.3
17
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
9.0
7927
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
5643
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
5954
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Meeting Coordination
Not enough data
9.0
7516
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
6905
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
7126
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
5594
|
Verified
Software Type
Not enough data
8.8
7218
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
5266
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
5848
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
Not enough data
7.8
669
Not enough data
7.9
665
Not enough data
7.8
653
Customization
9.2
22
Not enough data
9.1
20
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
8.8
21
Not enough data
Additional Functionality
8.9
19
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
22
Not enough data
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
Sorting & Filtering
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Integrations
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Time Management
9.3
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Generative AI
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Email Management
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Proofing Features - Online Proofing
7.8
10
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Platform - Online Proofing
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Workflow and Collaboration - Online Proofing
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Google Workspace Project Management
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.5
109
Not enough data
8.7
117
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.7
114
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.6
111
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.1
107
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.2
111
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.7
107
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.2
101
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.6
111
Time Tracking
8.7
52
Not enough data
9.5
56
Not enough data
8.3
50
Not enough data
Client Invoicing
7.8
43
Not enough data
7.4
39
Not enough data
8.1
43
Not enough data
Mobile Time Tracking
9.1
50
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
49
Not enough data
9.1
54
Not enough data
9.2
55
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
54
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
50
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.1
35
Not enough data
9.3
53
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Hive and Microsoft Teams are categorized as Business Instant Messaging
Unique Categories
Hive is categorized as Marketing Calendar, Work Management, Kanban Project Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Workflow Management, AI Writing Assistant, Strategy and Innovation Roadmapping Tools, Project and Portfolio Management, Online Proofing, Online Form Builder, Google Workspace Project Management, Note-Taking Software, Task Management, Time Tracking, Project Management, Marketing Resource Management, and Email Management
Microsoft Teams is categorized as Video Conferencing and AI Note-Taking Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Hive
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Teams
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
7.2%
Computer Software
5.6%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.5%
Consumer Services
3.9%
Other
55.6%
Information Technology and Services
17.2%
Computer Software
9.3%
Financial Services
3.7%
Education Management
3.5%
Marketing and Advertising
3.5%
Other
62.8%
Alternatives
Discussions
Do you have the ability to chat with colleagues?
2 Comments
JH
Yep, & it's super easy!Read more
Can I control who sees what in my Hive workspace?
2 Comments
JH
Yep! And your Admin could set those controls for you if you can't.Read more
How does your pricing work?
1 Comment
Official Response from Hive
Hive costs are priced at $12 per user per month (up to 100 users). You can sign up for a monthly or annual plan. The annual plan comes with an additional 10%...Read more
What software do you need for Microsoft teams?
17 Comments
AG
You need Office 365 to use Microsoft Teams.Read more
What is the use of Microsoft teams?
17 Comments
AP
Teams can be used to conduct meeting as well as chats can be accessed.Read more
What are Microsoft teams features?
11 Comments
DB
Chat, video conferencing, team collaboration.Read more
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