Zight (formerly CloudApp) vs Microsoft Teams: Which is a better fit?

Dave: Hi, my name is Dave. I'm a director of a design agency, and today, I'll be reviewing CloudApp, which I give five out of five stars. For more reviews like this, click the link below. Before using CloudApp, I used a service called Droplr, which is also really good, but my concerns with the platform was just that there was a lack of updates and they just seemed to be missing a lot of key integrations that I use on a daily basis. What I love about CloudApp is there's frequent updates. The app is very intuitive. It's easy to get around. It looks great. It's easy to upload files. On top of that, they have really neat features like call the action buttons on landing pages, and they also allow you to create collections so you can easily store your previous clips. So these just make it a really fantastic platform to work with. Getting started with CloudApp is really easy. You just download the software and it sits in your, if you have a Mac, the Mac menu bar, and just from there, you can quickly upload files. So it's really, really quick to get going. If you're interested in CloudApp, I recommend that you just check out their website. All of their plans are very affordable, so if you want to check out a plan, it's very quick to get going and test out.

Rick: My name is Rick. I'm the executive director of Marketing and Technology for Chapel Hill Academy. I give Microsoft Teams a rating of 5 out of 5. Before Microsoft Teams, we didn't really have any sort of management software. We would just do things manually over email using on-device storage and using the phone to call people. We didn't really have an instant chat way to communicate with people instantly, or unified file storage or project management option. We chose Microsoft Teams because of its compatibility with the whole Microsoft ecosystem. We had been using Microsoft tools and apps previously, the Office Suite, OneDrive, or SkyDrive even before that, Outlook, et cetera. So it just seemed nice to have a unified experience and not have too many different systems that ended up being siloed, but something that's a unifying platform. Overall, it was a good experience getting started with Microsoft Teams. I will say as we continue to onboard new staff from time to time, it is a little bit of a learning curve, but Microsoft does provide some phenomenal resources to help get people started through their Microsoft Learn program and also through online videos that guide people to getting familiar with how to use Microsoft Teams. I would recommend for anyone considering Microsoft Teams, first of all, it's great. Definitely do it. But I think the key is just when you get started and onboarding, is to make sure you equip yourself with the proper training and understanding and organization of the platform, and then also carry that on to your team or staff so that everyone has a pleasant experience as they continue to grow and learn how to leverage and maximize teams to be more efficient.