Ooma Office vs. Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Ooma Office

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Ooma Office	Score9.2 out of 10	N/A	For businesses of all sizes, Ooma provides advanced voice and collaboration features which they describe as flexible and scalable. With plans starting at $19.95 per user per month, Ooma Office is available without contracts or long-term commitments so as to make it easy for a small business to scale its office phone system with Ooma as its business grows. Ooma Office features include: Unlimited Calling in U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico Free Local…	$9.95 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/ Lync (discontinued)	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.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

Ooma Office

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

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

$19.95 per user/month

No setup fee

Ooma Office offers plans starting at $19.95 per user/month with no contracts, ever.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Ooma Office	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Ooma, Inc. Sharon Bieganski-Negron Owner \| Lead Designer at Blonde Renditions Creative (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Ooma Office Ooma Office has a lower cost in combination with the most options that I am looking for. Most low cost options do not offer things like customized voice mail, forwarding to extensions, and transcribed messages. The services that do offer these options are much higher priced. In … Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products No answer on this topic
	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

Ooma Office

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office 8.0 49 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) - Ratings
Hosted PBX	8.425 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)	7.831 Ratings	00 Ratings
Directory of employee names	8.043 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Call Management features of Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office 8.4 68 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) - Ratings
Answering rules	8.560 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call recording	7.546 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call park	9.042 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call screening	9.052 Ratings	00 Ratings
Message alerts	8.058 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office 9.2 43 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.8 1 Ratings
Audio conferencing	9.243 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Video conferencing	00 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Video screen sharing	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Instant messaging	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

Comparison of Mobile apps features of Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office 7.4 68 Ratings	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) - Ratings
Mobile app for iOS	7.555 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android	7.441 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office - 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 Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office - 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 Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office - 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 Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office - 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 Ooma Office and Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Ooma Office - 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

User Ratings
	Ooma Office	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (71 ratings)	8.4 (198 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (2 ratings)	9.0 (7 ratings)
Usability	8.8 (11 ratings)	9.0 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (31 ratings)	8.5 (40 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)