Skype vs Webex App: who evaluates each
Updated
In our data, 154 companies have people who reviewed both Skype and Webex App: 6% of the 2,476 companies whose people reviewed Skype, and 15% of the 1,058 that reviewed Webex App.
Skype
- Companies
- 2,476
- Contacts
- 2,867
- Countries
- 100
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Webex App
- Companies
- 1,058
- Contacts
- 1,302
- Countries
- 78
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How many companies evaluated both
- Skype only
- 2,322
- companies
- Both
- 154
- companies
- Webex App only
- 904
- companies
154 companies reviewed both Skype and Webex App, representing a small fraction of evaluators for either platform. This limited overlap suggests that most buyers assess these tools separately rather than as direct alternatives.
Who reviews each, by team
| Skype | Webex App | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 1104% | 564% |
| Marketing | 1856% | 474% |
| Engineering & IT | 90532% | 54942% |
| Operations & Finance | 37513% | 17914% |
| Consulting & Analysis | 36013% | 22417% |
| Leadership | 31511% | 1088% |
| Other | 61722% | 13911% |
Skype draws reviewers across all departments, with particularly strong representation from Engineering & IT (905 reviewers) and broad participation in Other roles (617 reviewers). Webex App's reviewer base is similarly concentrated in Engineering & IT (549 reviewers), though with notably fewer participants in Marketing (47 reviewers) and Leadership (108 reviewers).
What else they compared
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Frequently asked questions
- How many companies evaluated only Skype?
- 2,322 companies reviewed Skype but not Webex App, compared to 904 companies that reviewed Webex App alone.
- What share of each product's reviewers also looked at the other?
- Of the 2,476 companies that reviewed Skype, 6% also evaluated Webex App. Among the 1,058 companies reviewing Webex App, 15% also assessed Skype.
- Which teams show the biggest difference in review participation between the two?
- Sales reviewed Skype more frequently (110 reviewers) than Webex App (56 reviewers), while Consulting & Analysis participation was closer, with 360 reviewers for Skype and 224 for Webex App.