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Alternatives to Microsoft Teams

4 Team Chat rivals, ranked by the same evidence-graded leaderboard — Microsoft Teams itself ranks #5 with a PA Score of 21/100. Every “beats Microsoft Teams on” below comes from a judged head-to-head round with cited evidence — see the methodology.

  1. #1Slack logo
    Slack

    Slack Technologies (Salesforce)

    PA Score 44/100vs Microsoft Teams →
    coverage
    42.5/100

    Beats Microsoft Teams on: Connect an agent via an official MCP server · Build no-code workflows triggered by events, schedules, or form submissions inside the chat tool

  2. #2Zulip logo
    Zulip

    Kandra Labs, Inc.

    PA Score 32/100vs Microsoft Teams →
    coverage
    31.3/100

    Beats Microsoft Teams on: Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) · Reply in threads so side discussions stay attached to the original message

  3. #3Buzz logo
    Buzz

    Block, Inc.

    PA Score 26/100vs Microsoft Teams →
    coverage
    19.7/100

    Beats Microsoft Teams on: Self-host the core product · Read the product's source under an open license

  4. #4Discord logo
    Discord

    Discord Inc.

    PA Score 23/100vs Microsoft Teams →
    coverage
    23.9/100

    Beats Microsoft Teams on: Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs · Build a bot that receives messages and events in real time through an events API or gateway connection

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