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Compare Microsoft Teams and Panopto 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (52.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.80 1 User Per Month
Free Trial Per Year
Microsoft Teams
Star Rating
(17,788)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.80 1 User Per Month
Learn more about Microsoft TeamsPanopto
Star Rating
(125)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (52.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Year
Browse all 2 pricing plansMicrosoft Teams vs Panopto
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Microsoft Teams easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Panopto overall.
- Microsoft Teams and Panopto both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Panopto is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Microsoft Teams over Panopto.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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
Microsoft Teams
No trial information availablePanopto
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
13,198
8.9
108
Ease of Use
8.8
13,380
8.3
111
Ease of Setup
9.0
3,819
8.3
59
Ease of Admin
8.6
2,085
8.4
53
Quality of Support
8.6
10,636
8.9
90
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
2,059
9.1
48
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
12,623
7.9
105
Features by Category
Content Sharing
Not enough data
9.4
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.9
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.6
12
|
Verified
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.0
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
7
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
8
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.4
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
9
|
Verified
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
8
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
9
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Virtual Classroom
Not enough data
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.9
8784
Not enough data
8.7
9030
Not enough data
8.4
8388
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.0
8321
Not enough data
8.9
8263
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.8
8055
Not enough data
8.8
8276
Not enough data
8.7
7275
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.2
995
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.0
972
Not enough data
8.3
969
Not enough data
8.0
963
Not enough data
8.0
961
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.0
566
Not enough data
8.0
560
Not enough data
Software Options
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Audience Tools
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
6.3
9
Not enough data
7.5
12
Streamer Tools
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
4.8
8
Agentic AI - Live Stream
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
8.9
24
Organization
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.3
24
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
8.7
26
Agentic AI - Video CMS
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Collaboration Tools
9.0
7851
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
5602
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
5819
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Meeting Coordination
9.0
7425
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
6858
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
7095
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
5567
|
Verified
Not enough data
Software Type
8.8
7165
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
5243
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
5798
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
7.8
658
Not enough data
7.9
653
Not enough data
7.8
647
Not enough data
Platform Features
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
6.7
6
Organization
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.9
9
Customization
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.1
7
Analytics
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
8.5
108
Not enough data
8.7
114
Not enough data
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
8.6
112
Not enough data
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
8.6
109
Not enough data
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
8.1
106
Not enough data
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
8.2
110
Not enough data
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
8.7
106
Not enough data
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
8.2
101
Not enough data
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
8.5
108
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Teams and Panopto share no categories
Unique Categories
Microsoft Teams is categorized as Business Instant Messaging, Video Conferencing, and AI Note-Taking Software
Panopto is categorized as Video Communications, Live Stream, Virtual Classroom, Video CMS, and Video Editing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Teams
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Panopto
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
Information Technology and Services
17.2%
Computer Software
9.3%
Financial Services
3.6%
Education Management
3.6%
Marketing and Advertising
3.5%
Other
62.8%
Higher Education
55.7%
Education Management
12.3%
Hospital & Health Care
8.2%
E-Learning
4.9%
Marketing and Advertising
2.5%
Other
16.4%
Discussions
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
What is the best way to split the class recording onto multiple screens?
1 Comment
CK
Best way is to use second video source when creating the recording . this is found in the Panopto for Windows Settings Tab of the creator tool. Read more
Panopto has no more discussions with answers
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