| Features |
Cisco Webex Teams |
Microsoft Teams |
| Breakout Rooms for Meetings |
Yes |
Yes. Requires WebEx Training license |
| Gallery mode / max users on screen |
Gallery view, Multiple modes, 49 users on screen |
No gallery mode. 25 users on grid view |
| Custom Backgrounds & Blur for Video Streams |
Yes |
Yes |
| Real-time meeting transcriptions |
Yes |
Via WebEx Assistant (addtl. license required) |
| Language Translations |
Yes |
Via WebEx Assistant (addtl. license required) |
| Pop-Out Chat Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
| Private Team/Department Channels for Chat & Files |
Yes |
Yes |
| Outlook Contact Sync |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Sharing Internal / File Sharing External |
Yes |
Yes |
| Searching |
Yes, with the ability to switch to other O365 tenants when working with external organizations. |
Search keywords for messages, files, people, across WebEx spaces. |
| Whiteboarding |
Free-form, digital canvas where people, content, and ideas come together. |
Native in-app whiteboarding on the WebEx Board. Whiteboards can be shared via the app. |
| On-premises integrations |
Leverage investment in current Microsoft productivity apps. Easy path for Skype for Business migration to retain collaboration functionality. |
Leverage existing on-premises investments such as Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and Cisco Unified CM |
| Meet with other app users |
Yes |
Yes |
| Enterprise meeting features |
Yes |
Yes |
| Join external meetings |
No |
Join third-party SIP-based meetings from WebEx |
| Support for external video users |
Supports Teams devices, Cisco devicees, industry standard SIP devices and Skype for Business. |
Supports Cisco video devices, industry-standard SIP devices, and Skype for Business. |
| Calendaring |
Seamlessly integrates with Outlook calendars. Schedule meetings directly from your calendar. |
Add @meet to the meeting location field to populate join information. |
| Single experience for hardware, software, services |
Flexible solution that integrates with multiple 3rd party phones, and meeting room devices and software. |
The Webex app, Webex room and desk devices integrate |
| Use existing devices |
Works with current SIP phones as well as new IP and Teams phone systems. |
Works with existing SIP devices. Get collaboration experiences from Webex-registered devices. Use existing Cisco IP phones for calling. |
| Touch-free device connection |
Proximity based meeting join for an available Microsoft Teams conference phone is supported |
Connect to the Webex Teams app on desktop or mobile devices with nearby Webex devices to share screens, join meetings, take meetings to go, and more. |