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Two categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Microsoft Teams, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 384 of the 432 answers collected in the two categories where Microsoft Teams holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Connecteam82
Microsoft SharePoint25
Staffbase23
Simpplr22
Blink19
Happeo16
First choices in the 384 answers that did not name Microsoft Teams, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Internal communications and intranet

Onboarding and employee experience. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Teams is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Teams is #9 of 14 here at 2% of first choices, 14 labels.

Sixty of the seventy-two answers did not name Microsoft Teams; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft SharePoint11 of 60Head to head →
Connecteam8 of 60Head to head →
Happeo8 of 60Head to head →
Jostle6 of 60
Google Sites3 of 60
Notion3 of 60
Pebb3 of 60
Bitrix242 of 60
5 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Teams is #2 of 15 here at 16% of first choices, 13 labels.

Sixty-one of the seventy-two answers did not name Microsoft Teams; it was the first choice in eight. The first choices in those sixty-one answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Happeo8 of 61Head to head →
Simpplr7 of 61Head to head →
Microsoft SharePoint5 of 61Head to head →
Workvivo3 of 61Head to head →
Connecteam2 of 61Head to head →
Google Sites2 of 61
MangoApps2 of 61
Pebb2 of 61
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Teams holds 7 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Sixty-seven of the seventy-two answers did not name Microsoft Teams; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those sixty-seven answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Simpplr15 of 67Head to head →
Microsoft SharePoint9 of 67Head to head →
Staffbase6 of 67
Elcom4 of 67
Workvivo3 of 67Head to head →
Microsoft Viva2 of 67
LumApps1 of 67
MangoApps1 of 67
7 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Frontline employee apps

Onboarding and employee experience. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Teams is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Teams is #6 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 19 labels.

Sixty-five of the seventy-two answers did not name Microsoft Teams; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-five answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Connecteam45 of 65
Homebase3 of 65
Blink2 of 65
Jobber2 of 65
Deputy1 of 65
Frontline ONE1 of 65
RedeApp1 of 65
When I Work1 of 65
1 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Teams is #15 of 15 here at 0% of first choices, 16 labels.

Sixty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Microsoft Teams; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-six answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Connecteam25 of 66
Blink7 of 66
Beekeeper5 of 66
RedeApp3 of 66
Staffbase2 of 66
WorkJam2 of 66
HubEngage1 of 66
MangoApps1 of 66
4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Teams is #3 of 14 here at 6% of first choices, 18 labels.

Sixty-five of the seventy-two answers did not name Microsoft Teams; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those sixty-five answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Staffbase15 of 65
Blink10 of 65
MangoApps4 of 65
Beekeeper3 of 65
WorkJam3 of 65
Connecteam2 of 65
UKG Pro2 of 65
ADP WorkForce Software1 of 65
11 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Microsoft Teams neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Microsoft Teams only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Microsoft Teams's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Microsoft Teams was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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