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."
"The most valuable features of Skype for Business include its persistent chat, Edge Server, Reverse Proxy, front-end server, back-end server, and business calling capabilities, among others."
"I like the fact that it opens up your video conferencing, and, in many cases, the audio at the same time."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is overall it is an okay solution."
"A good option for virtual meetings."
"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."
"I am not familiar with all of the features or whether they can hold conferences because we use Zoom for that. But, in my opinion, if they can do something similar to what Zoom is doing, it will be a complete solution."
"We have had trouble with scalability when trying to host large meetings."
"Sometimes the connection crashes, which is understandable if you are traveling. But, it would be nice if this could be stabilized somehow."
"There might be some invitation issues with Skype for Business."
"The solution isn't connected to Microsoft Teams, and I feel like there is better communication on that particular solution. The group capabilities are a bit less than Teams."
"Make it user friendly."
"The challenge we had with Skype for Business was with the signing in when a user signed out and when signing in back in again, there was a bit of a problem. We switched from Skype for Business to Teams, and Teams never had that sign-in problem once we did the switch."
"The inability to integrate Skype with other products is an area of concern where improvements are required."
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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, Mitel Application Suite and Cisco Unified Communications, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer and GoToMeeting.
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