Microsoft Teams Pricing Overview

Microsoft Teams Pricing Key Insights

Last updated on Apr 30, 2026

Microsoft Teams offers 1 pricing edition, starting at $4.80. Microsoft Teams pricing tiers are designed to support different usage levels and team sizes. Microsoft Teams does not offer a free trial. Compare the Microsoft Teams pricing table below to figure out the best fit for your needs. Some plans may require you to contact Microsoft for custom pricing.

Teams Essentials — $4.80 / 1 User Per Month

Rated 4.4 / 5

*Pricing information is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations must be conducted with the seller.

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.

Standalone meetings and calling: Deliver a full Teams experience without deploying the full Microsoft 365 suite and enable new targeted motions for Teams Phone System and Calling Plans.

Boost communications for frontline workforce: Promote the right scenarios at the right price point for your existing SMB customers to expand their coverage to all Frontline Workers.

Simplify storage and collaboration: Give users access to Office in Teams, or on the Web to create and share documents, chat in meetings, and store files in the cloud.

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Microsoft Teams Alternatives Pricing

The following is a quick overview of editions offered by other Video Conferencing Software

Product	Price	Features
Zoom Workplace Free	$0.00	This plan is free forever. Host up to 100 Participants Private & Group Chat Unlimited Group Meetings for up to 40 Minutes Unlimited One-to-One Meetings With a 30 Hour Time Limit Per Meeting
Google Workspace Business Starter	$6.00Per Month	Custom and secure business email 100 participant video meetings 30 GB storage per user Security and management controls Standard Support
Slack Free	$0.00	For teams wanting to try out Slack for an unlimited period of time Searchable message archives, up to 10k of your team’s most recent messages 10 apps or service integrations Native apps for iOS, Android, Mac & Windows Desktop Two-person voice and video calls 5GB total file storage for the team Two Factor Authorization Show More

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Microsoft Teams Pricing Reviews

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Sarah M.

Account Executive

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/11/2026

"All day everyday"

5/5

What do you like best about Microsoft Teams?

I love teams, it allows me to connect and teach people for my job. Makes it fun and also keeps it effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Teams?

Not much to say never struggle I use it constantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joseph L.

Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/6/2026

"Hard to Navigate, Overpriced, and Plagued by Audio/Video Issues"

1/5

What do you like best about Microsoft Teams?

Not much, I do not like Microsoft's minimalist Windows style. It's impossible to tell whether it's a box or just a container. Its a problem across their Office suite but Teams is particularly bad. Its hard to navigate the side panel as well or find files. It sucks that there are still industries that it is the "gold standard". Its too expensive as well Microsoft has more money than God. Copilot sucks as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Teams?

Everything, Zoom, and Discord are examples of much better products. Skype also sucks litterally spend all my time online in and out of work in Zoom or Discord. I have had many technical issues with Audio and video as well in Teams because the grid suffers from the same UX issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Teams solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is Microsoft's communication tool, so it doesn't benefit me much since I'm not forced to use it for any particular project at the moment. I hate dealing with Microsoft support as well; it's constantly annoying and keeps getting stuck loading. I don't think it has any useful integrations, but I'm sure it has a bunch. Copilot sucks as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.