We performed a comparison between Digium Asterisk and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about 3CX, Kamailio, Digium and others in Unified Communications."The most valuable features are call recording, call logging, and the stability."
"It saves trouble, and it saves us time."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is quick and easy to use. It is a good tool for group calls."
"Using this solution has helped us to cut long distance calls, as well as video services from third parties."
"You can do meetings of up to two hundred people in a single conversation."
"I like the seamless integration to local telecommunications."
"File sharing and email invitations for a conference. I can have a meeting with people at the opposite end of the Earth, sharing documentation; it is quite easy."
"The most valuable feature is how useful it has been for virtual meetings during the pandemic."
"Scalable communication tool that's easy to install. Even old people are using it, because of its ease of use."
"CTI, computer telephony integration, is a necessary component. It must be a part of the basic code. Currently, we need to use external connectors for call centers."
"Skype for Business could improve by having a document channel or repository. Microsoft Teams has a better repository place for documents that you can share with your team. You can access it anywhere from any device."
"Whenever someone is using a messaging platform, the messages needs to be stored. In Skype for Business, the message will not be seen later on if you're not online. It isn't useful, in my opinion."
"Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business."
"Lacks a zoom-in feature for whoever is presenting."
"The solution lacks to provide reporting functionality, and I would like to see the solution provide that feature."
"We would like to better customize our instructions within the Outlook plugin/invite, but we are unable to do so."
"I believe optimizing the solution for lighter endpoints, particularly for embedded endpoints on mobile devices, would be valuable."
"We have found that there is a lag because it cannot integrate with the internal landline."
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Digium Asterisk is ranked 3rd in Unified Communications while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Digium Asterisk is rated 8.0, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Digium Asterisk writes "Call recording, call logging, and the stability are pivotal features for our clients". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". Digium Asterisk is most compared with Kamailio SIP Server, Fortinet FortiVoice, Cisco Unified Communications, 3CX Live Chat and Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer and GoToMeeting.
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