🆚 BigBlueButton vs. Microsoft Teams

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Video conferencing tool
Online collaboration tool

About

BigBlueButton is web-based, open source virtual classroom software designed to help teachers effectively engage students for online learning.

Microsoft Teams is a proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration.

It supports persistent chat one-on-one or in channels, HD audio and video meetings with screen sharing, recording and transcription, real-time co-authoring of documents via OneDrive or SharePoint, calendar and Outlook integration, task and polling tools, and webinar and live event capabilities for up to thousands of participants.

Headquarters

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Group calling for up to 60 minutes and 100 participants
Microsoft 365
Personal$9.99/month
Family$12.99/month
Business Basic$72/user/year
Business Standard$150/user/year
Business Premium$264/user/year
Microsoft Teams Essentials$48/user/year

Categories

Video Conferencing › Rank #7
Video Conferencing › Rank #3
Online Collaboration › Rank #10
Instant Messaging › Rank #14

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Microsoft Teams online collaboration tool is 15 times more popular than BigBlueButton.
Total websites

Market share

Video Conferencing

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Microsoft Teams is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Saudi Arabia, while BigBlueButton is more popular in Iran, Russia, and Morocco.
United States
Germany
Saudi Arabia
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Brunei Darussalam
Spain
United Arab Emirates
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Microsoft Teams is more popular than BigBlueButton in all market segments.
Business
Government/Military
Education/Reference
Finance/Banking
Health
Public Information
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#244,478
#308,773
#375,523
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Name
Rank
#1,617
#1,752
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See also

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