Skype is dead, long live… something else!
Microsoft killed Skype and crowned Microsoft Teams the successor.
But not everyone is happy with this as a replacement, so you might want another service for video calls and calling internationally.
Let’s look as Here are some of the most popular options for Skype Alternatives:
Services with Monthly Fees For In
- Microsoft Teams
- Pros: You can import your Skype contacts into Teams.
- Cons: There is a monthly fee for international calls. Multiple privacy and security concerns.
- Features: Teams Phone Service can call international phone numbers, but it comes with a monthly fee.
- Zoom
- Pros: Popular since the pandemic
- Cons: Bad business practices. Multiple privacy and security concerns. Collects data and shares with advertisers. And more
- Features: Zoom Phone service can call international phone numbers, but it comes with a monthly fee.
- Viber
- Pros: Free group communication tool. End-to-end encryption. Some privacy features. Viber Out option allows you to make calls to any landline or mobile number (for a fee).
- Cons: Advertising. Privacy and Security issues. Collects data and shares with advertisers.
- Features: Viber Out can call international phone numbers, but it comes with a monthly fee.
- Sonotel
- Pros: Good reviews
- Cons: Some design and usability issues. Support issues. Require your personal ID data (similar to telecoms).
- Features: Sonotel can call international phone numbers, but it comes with a monthly fee.
- Google Voice
- Pros: A call management and routing service. Provides a single unchanging number that can be used to reach you on all your phones. Integration with Google services and need additional features like voicemail and call screening inexpensive
- Cons: Privacy and Security issues.
- Features: Pay-as-you-go international phone calls.
- Rebtel
- Pros: Affordable, clear connections.
- Cons: Limited support, mixed reviews.
- Features: Pay-as-you-go international phone calls.
- Talk360
- Pros: Affordable, reliable, no subscription needed
- Cons: Limited support, Mixed reviews
- Features: Pay-as-you-go international phone calls
- Yolla
- Pros: Good reviews: from Source Forge, Trust Pilot, and Android Guys.
- Cons: None
- Features: Pay-as-you-go international phone calls.