Discord vs. Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Discord

209 Reviews and Ratings

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

2,583 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Discord	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	Discord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.	$4.99 per month
Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.	N/A

Pricing

Discord

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Discord Nitro: $0
Discord Nitro Classic: $0

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Pricing Offerings
Discord	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Discord	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Discord Verified User Chose Discord Discord is generally very simple and easy to get started using, but still offers a great deal of customization and features. Furthermore, third party features and plentiful and well supported. On top of that, the amount of usability you get for the price is absolutely … Incentivized Helpful? Vasilii Chistyakov Owner at Electronov.net (Retail, 1-10 employees) Chose Discord Discord allows you to organize communication between many people, while not "mixing everyone together", but dividing them into appropriate groups. Thanks to the ability to work through the browser, Discord is easy to use on any device, without the need to install additional … Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products Tigran Petrosyan Risk Management Specialist in Finance and Accounting at ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK (Banking, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) I think that overall Skype is better product compared to GoToMeeting, as it is more functional and can be better integrated in an overall working environment of a firm. GoToMeeting has a better video quality in my opinion, but it is also less reliable (there are constant lags … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Discord

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Comparison of Project Management features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord 8.2 23 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) - Ratings
Task Management	8.48 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Scheduling	8.06 Ratings	00 Ratings
Workflow Automation	7.05 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	9.221 Ratings	00 Ratings
Search	8.719 Ratings	00 Ratings
Visual planning tools	7.04 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Communication features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord 7.9 23 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) - Ratings
Chat	9.523 Ratings	00 Ratings
Notifications	9.222 Ratings	00 Ratings
Discussions	9.523 Ratings	00 Ratings
Surveys	8.014 Ratings	00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase	9.112 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting	10.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts	4.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook	4.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord 7.7 22 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) - Ratings
Versioning	6.89 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	7.222 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	6.721 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	6.510 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	8.212 Ratings	00 Ratings
Advanced security features	7.69 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	8.312 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord - Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 8.0 195 Ratings
High quality audio	00 Ratings	9.1191 Ratings
High quality video	00 Ratings	9.0185 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	00 Ratings	5.0181 Ratings
Mobile support	00 Ratings	9.0146 Ratings

Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord - Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.0 191 Ratings
Desktop sharing	00 Ratings	9.0191 Ratings
Whiteboards	00 Ratings	5.0120 Ratings

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord - Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 9.3 188 Ratings
Calendar integration	00 Ratings	10.0174 Ratings
Meeting initiation	00 Ratings	9.5182 Ratings
Integrates with social media	00 Ratings	8.182 Ratings
Record meetings / events	00 Ratings	9.0143 Ratings
Slideshows	00 Ratings	10.0115 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord - Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.5 173 Ratings
Live chat	00 Ratings	8.5171 Ratings
Audience polling	00 Ratings	7.094 Ratings
Q&A	00 Ratings	7.094 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Security features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord - Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 6.8 156 Ratings
User authentication	00 Ratings	9.0142 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	00 Ratings	8.5148 Ratings
Confidential attendee list	00 Ratings	3.0109 Ratings

Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Discord and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Discord - Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.8 1 Ratings
Video conferencing	00 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Audio conferencing	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Video screen sharing	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Instant messaging	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	Discord	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.1 (23 ratings)	8.4 (198 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (7 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	9.2 (3 ratings)	8.5 (40 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)