Fleep vs Microsoft Teams (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Microsoft Teams: it is second in our ranking of team communication apps, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Microsoft Teams grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Fleep
Business messenger with tasks, pinboards and email in chat
Microsoft Teams
Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365
Which one is for you
Pick Fleep if
- Fits if you want tasks sitting right inside your chats
- Makes sense if you talk to people at other companies who also use Fleep
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a two-week trial
- Tight if you need built-in calls, because they run through Whereby
- Pricey if you pay monthly, as only the yearly €5 price is shown
- Watch out: prices are in euros and Enterprise is quoted with no published price
Pick Microsoft Teams if
- Fits if your company already pays for Microsoft 365, because Teams usually comes with it
- Works for teams who want chat and meetings at $4.00 a person and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files together
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your team runs Linux, because Microsoft says Teams is no longer supported there
- Tight if you're hoping for a free team chat, since the free version is for one person and group calls stop at 60 minutes
- Pricey if you need webinars, which start on Business Standard with Copilot at $23.50, or Phone and Premium at $10.00 each
- Not for you if a slow, busy app drives you mad, going by Hacker News and App Store reviews
- Watch out: the one-month trial needs a card and turns into a paid plan, and the lower-priced plans stop at 300 users
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAFleepFair | 3.0GPAMicrosoft TeamsVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBusiness is €5 per user a month billed yearly, about the $7 middle of team chat tools. The monthly price is not shown. | BTeams Essentials is $4.00 a user a month paid yearly, the low end of the category: 300-person meetings of up to 30 hours, recordings with transcripts, 10 GB each. Business Basic at $7.00 adds Office and business email. Webinars, Phone and Copilot cost extra. |
| Free plan and trial | DA two-week trial, and you are charged when it ends, which suggests a card is taken up front. No free plan. | CMicrosoft's own page says the free version is for one person, so it won't run a team. Chat is unlimited, but group calls stop at 60 minutes and 100 people with 5 GB of storage. The one-month trial of the paid plans wants a card and turns into a subscription on its own. |
| Features | CChats, per-conversation tasks, a pinboard and email in chat. Calls depend on Whereby, which is a gap for a chat tool. | BIn one window: chat and channels, 300-person meetings with breakout rooms and noise suppression, recordings with transcripts, shared Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, and Teams Phone if you want the office line in here too. Webinars, Phone, Premium and Copilot are all priced separately. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Nothing is complicated, but tasks, teams and email linking all need setting up. | A4.8 on the App Store from about 3.4 million ratings, and for most people it's already installed and signed in by work. Chat, meetings, calls and files are in one window, so there's no second app to learn. Hacker News regulars still call it slow and bloated. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWindows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android apps, an admin panel and API, and links to Slack, Trello, Zapier and Google Drive. No web app listed. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. No Linux desktop app: Microsoft says the Linux client is no longer supported and points you at a web app. The integrations on record are all Microsoft's own, Loop, OneNote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Whiteboard, Exchange and Copilot. |
| Best for | team chat with a task board in every conversation | offices that already pay for Microsoft 365 |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Fleep and Microsoft Teams. How we grade
Price against what you get
Fleep starts at about $5.59 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Microsoft Teams starts at $4 a month for each person and scores 3.3.
Microsoft Teams scores higher and starts $1.59 a month lower. Of the other team communication apps on the chart, 12 score higher than Fleep for less, and 1 scores higher than Microsoft Teams for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Fleep also covers tasks.
- Microsoft Teams also covers transcription, noise cancellation, whiteboard and file sharing.
At a glance
| Fleep | Microsoft Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €5 per user / month, billed annually | $4.00 per user / month, paid yearly |
| Free plan | None | Microsoft Teams (free) is for one person: unlimited chat, group calls of up to 60 minutes and 100 participants, and 5 GB of cloud storage. |
| Free trial | Two-week free trial; you are charged only after it ends. | One-month free trial of the paid plans; a credit card is required and it converts to a paid subscription. |
| Web | ||
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| Windows | ||
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| Made by | Fleep Technologies | Microsoft |
| Price read from | fleep.io | microsoft.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Fleep
- There is no free plan; paid access follows a two-week trial.
- The pricing page shows only the yearly-billed €5 price; the monthly-billing price is not displayed.
- Voice and video calls depend on Whereby rather than being built in.
- Prices are shown in euros.
Microsoft Teams
- The free version is built for one person: group calls stop at 60 minutes and 100 participants, with 5 GB of cloud storage.
- Teams Essentials and the Microsoft 365 Business plans stop at 300 users; larger organizations need Teams Enterprise or Microsoft 365 E3 or E5.
- There is no Linux desktop app: Microsoft points Linux users to a progressive web app and says the Linux client is no longer supported.
- Webinar hosting is left out of Teams Essentials and Business Basic, and phone service, Teams Premium and Copilot are separately priced add-ons.
Key features
Fleep
- Task board per conversation
- Every conversation has a taskboard for creating tasks, assigning them and tracking progress.
- Pinboard
- Pin plans and announcements to a conversation so everyone sees the same decisions.
- Email in chat
- Send and read email from inside Fleep, and message partner companies that also use Fleep as if they were colleagues.
- Presence and read indicators
- Shows when someone was last active, who has read a message and who is writing a reply.
- Calls through Whereby
- Conversations are text-based; audio and video calls and screen sharing start through the Whereby integration.
- Admin and API
- Admins manage employee accounts and company conversations, and a public API reads and posts messages and files.
Microsoft Teams
- Chat and channels
- Chats and channels hold conversations, shared files, Loop and OneNote pages and third-party apps. Paid plans include unlimited chat messages, file attachments and search.
- Video meetings
- Business plans allow meetings of up to 300 participants and 30 hours, with screen sharing, breakout rooms, custom backgrounds, Together mode and noise suppression.
- Recordings, transcripts and captions
- Paid plans record meetings with transcripts. Live captions cover more than 30 languages on the Microsoft 365 business plans and English only on Teams Essentials.
- Webinars
- Webinar hosting with attendee registration and reporting comes with Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot and the enterprise suites, not with Business Basic or Essentials.
- Teams Phone
- A cloud phone system added to a Teams license. Teams Phone Standard is $10.00 per user / month paid yearly, and US bundles that add a calling plan start at $13.00.
- Copilot and Teams Premium
- Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams Premium are add-ons. Teams Premium costs $10.00 per user / month paid yearly and needs a plan with a Teams Enterprise license.
Plans
Fleep
Business€5
per user / month, billed annually
Unlimited conversations and history, 100 GB of file space per user, tasks, pinboard, teams and email in Fleep.
EnterpriseCustom
Same feature list as Business for large organizations; price is quoted per user and not published.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams (free)$0
For one person: unlimited chat, group calls of up to 60 minutes and 100 participants, tasks and polling, and 5 GB of cloud storage.
Microsoft Teams Essentials$4.00
per user / month, paid yearly
Teams on its own for up to 300 users: meetings of up to 300 people and 30 hours, recordings with transcripts, and 10 GB of storage per user.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic$7.00
per user / month, paid yearly
Suite plan that includes Teams, plus web and mobile Office apps, custom business email and 1 TB of cloud storage per user. Up to 300 users.
Microsoft Teams Enterprise$8.55
per user / month, paid yearly
Teams on its own for organizations of more than 300 people, with recordings, transcripts and 10 GB of cloud storage per user.
M365 Business Standard with Copilot$23.50
per user / month, paid yearly
Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot: Teams with webinar hosting, desktop Office apps and Copilot in the apps. Up to 300 users.
Microsoft 365 E3$39.00
per user / month, paid yearly (annual commitment)
Enterprise suite for any size that includes Teams with webinars, desktop Office apps and added security. Microsoft 365 E5 is $60.00.
Ways to pay less
Fleep
- Annual discount
Save 30% with annual billing
Fleep says annual payment is the default and saves 30% against paying monthly, which is available from day one.
Microsoft Teams
- Nonprofit
75% off Microsoft 365 Business Premium for nonprofits
Eligible nonprofits can get Microsoft 365 Business Premium, a suite that includes Microsoft Teams, at a 75% discount after registering and confirming eligibility.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fleep or Microsoft Teams?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Microsoft Teams is cheaper to start with: $4 a month for each person, against about $5.59 a month for each person for Fleep. Fleep starts at €5 per user / month, billed annually, and Microsoft Teams starts at $4.00 per user / month, paid yearly.
Which has a free plan, Fleep or Microsoft Teams?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Microsoft Teams has a free plan. Fleep does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Fleep and Microsoft Teams run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Fleep lists a Linux app and only Microsoft Teams lists a web app. Both list macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.