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."
"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"It's a good and stable product that fits my needs."
"One of the best features of Skype for Business is that you can set it up on mobile phones, and you can set it up on laptops. You can connect to the tool from anywhere."
"The solution is easy to use and includes the ability to text message, video and voice chat, and transfer files."
"There are free versions of the solution available."
"It saves trouble, and it saves us time."
"Scalable communication tool that's easy to install. Even old people are using it, because of its ease of use."
"The most valuable features are the history tracking which allows us to see who participated and who didn't in the meetings as well as the integration with Outlook."
"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."
"The group feature of Skype for Business needs improvement. It should also be improved for online lectures."
"Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."
"I believe optimizing the solution for lighter endpoints, particularly for embedded endpoints on mobile devices, would be valuable."
"We overcame the audio quality issues by asking users to use the 'Call Me' feature with their desk phone."
"The technical support from Microsoft needs to be improved."
"I feel that the whole look and feel of Skype should be improved, including its user-friendliness. It should also improve its scalability."
"The stability could be improved."
"Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business."
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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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