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 solution is easy to use and includes the ability to text message, video and voice chat, and transfer files."
"It's a good and stable product that fits my needs."
"It saves trouble, and it saves us time."
"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."
"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."
"Making calls and having meetings is easy."
"I think Skype for Business is scalable. However, I believe Microsoft is discontinuing the Skype platform altogether, so I don't think it's super-relevant."
"We chose Skype for Business after other colleagues suggested that we give it a try. It has served us well."
"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 solution should improve the chat and add more flexibility to make a call."
"The cost of Skype for Business has room for improvement."
"Going forward, I would like to see better call quality and reliability."
"The technical support from Microsoft needs to be improved."
"Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement."
"Skype for Business is good for the PCs with higher bandwidth, but an improvement is required for low bandwidth usage."
"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."
"The solution has been discontinued by Microsoft."
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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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