Microsoft Teams vs Rainbow

Microsoft Teams brings chat, channels, calls, meetings, and screen sharing together, with guest access and unlimited message history. People can join meetings as guests without a Teams account, and free users can sign in with an email address or phone number without a subscription. Free group meetings and calls last up to 60 minutes; one-to-one calls have no time limit. The free plan lists 100 participants and 5 GB of cloud storage. Teams runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. Its listed integrations include Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Exchange, Planner, Forms, Power BI, OneNote, Power Apps, Power Automate, and LinkedIn; Teams also has over 250 integrated business apps. Business plans support up to 300 users or people, include encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files, and can include recordings and transcripts. Business plans list 1 TB per user for Business Basic and 10 GB per user for Teams Essentials. Essentials is $4 a year, billed at $4.00 per user/month, paid yearly; Business Basic is $7 a year, billed at $7.00 per user/month, paid yearly.

Rainbow is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for businesses, connecting people, objects and interactions through the cloud. Its tools include persistent one-to-one and group chat, presence information, task management, voice and video calls, screen or app sharing, and file sharing. Telephony features available on eligible plans include PBX control, phone presence, call logging, VoIP, caller identification, forwarding and voicemail. Office integrations include Google Chrome Click2Call, Rainbow Telephony for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Exchange Online or Google Calendar, and an Outlook plug-in. Hybrid telephony can connect with OmniPCX Enterprise, OXO Connect and third-party integrations for Cisco, NEC, Mitel and Asterisk. Rainbow offers cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployments, and its services are available in more than 75 countries and 22 languages. The plans list AES-256 encryption, region-based data residency and SAML or OIDC single sign-on. Essential costs nothing; Business costs €2 a month per user, and Enterprise costs €4 a month per user. Business and Enterprise include 24/7 support and an uptime SLA; Essential includes a digital Help Center.