Find out why facilitators are choosing Butter over Microsoft Teams to add some delight into their trainings, courses and workshops.
Microsoft Teams gets the job done for corporate internal meetings.
But for trainings and workshops, Butter makes participation effortless with its fun, intuitive environment. It also simplifies every facilitators' workflow with reusable rooms and templates, and smart tools like built-in AI recaps and agenda planner—along with a dash of delight that Teams can't match. 😅
Free plan available, premium plans start at $14/month/user
$4 to $12.50 per month/user (but take note of the add-ons!)
Up to 200 people
Up to 1000 people
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Keep it lively with reactions, sound effects, polls, flashcards, music, and more.
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What is engagement?
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Prepare breakouts in advance and keep tabs on what’s happening easily during sessions!
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Basic breakouts that’ll make you break a sweat
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Enjoy full, shareable recaps with summaries, transcripts, notes, chat, and more
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That’s on your to-do, Tom
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Aside from a complete facilitation toolbox, Miro, MURAL and YouTube are directly integrated into Butter—no other tabs necessary
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It has tools and integrations for almost everything – but you need to make time to find it 😅
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Someone screenshares slides 🥱
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Built-in agenda planner where you can preload your fave facilitation tools
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Third-party app required
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AI-powered recaps, transcripts and agenda come with every plan
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Just available if you have a Microsoft Copilot license
Up to 20 clones per month
Business, Technology
1 User
3 months
3 months
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Up to 20 clones per month
Business, Technology
1 User
3 months
3 months
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Up to 20 clones per month
Business, Technology
1 User
3 months
3 months
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How does Butter enhance the interactivity in my sessions compared to Microsoft Teams?
💯. If there’s one thing we’re confident about, it’s that Butter can offer a much more engaging feel vs. Teams. It makes participation effortless with built-in interactive tools like polls, flashcards, music player, breakouts, Miro & MURAL integrations, and more. You can also customize the look and feel of your Butter sessions for a more fun vibe!
Is Butter more intuitive for participants familiar with corporate tools like Teams?
Butter’s designed to be intuitive and easy for participants to understand. Trust our users’ words, not ours.
How does Butter's breakout rooms compare to Microsoft Teams?
In Butter, you can prepare breakouts in advance and keep tabs on what’s happening easily during sessions! Read more about our detailed breakdown here.
How can I transition from Microsoft Teams to Butter?
It’s easy! Just sign up and create your workspace, then get started quick with our agenda and activity templates. We can also help you transition faster with personalized support. Just fill this out!
Can I use it for various types of meetings, from one-on-ones to large trainings?
Yes, you can!
Butter is a tool for facilitating highly-collaborative sessions like workshops, trainings, bootcamps, courses, classes, events, interactive webinars, social events, or any other session where you need to keep people energized and productive.Of course, you can use Butter for everyday meetings too. But it’s so much more than a meeting tool.
Is Butter free?
Pretty much! Our free plan lets you run sessions of up to 40 minutes with 10 participants max.
Our paid plans comes with no time limits, unlimited rooms, ability to record, and add custom logos and wallpapers to your sessions. Read all about our pricing here.
Can I test it first before making a decision?
Definitely! We have a free 7-day trial for the Butter Starter plan only for new users who’ve created a workspace. It comes with unlimited time in sessions, cloud recording, and your own logo in-session. 💪 You can even extend this by completing our ‘extend trial’ checklist.
Also, if you don’t want to purchase Butter paid plan at the end of the trial, you’ll automatically be downgraded to our free workspace—which you can continue to try with until you’re ready to make the jump to Butter. 😊 It comes with a 40-minute time cap for up to 10 participants max, only 1 hour of recording monthly, and a 7-day recap history limit.
Can participants join a meeting easily? How many participants can join?
💯 They can join a Butter session directly from their browsers, no downloads or installs needed!It depends on the plan you’re on, but you can have up to 200 participants on a Butter Pro plan. Read all about participant limits and our pricing here.
Is Butter GDPR compliant? How do you handle data privacy and security?
As a Danish company, we care a lot about privacy and we’re continuously striving to fulfill GDPR policies. We believe your data is your data. Period ✌️You can read all about our GDPR compliance efforts, privacy, and security.
I work with a lot of corporate clients. How does Butter deal with firewalls?
If you work with a company where you want to get Butter whitelisted, you can share this guide containing instructions to their ITs so you can avoid firewalls.
Can Butter integrate with my current workflow?
We have direct workflow integrations for Slack and Google Calendar, and you can embed collaboration tools like Miro, MURAL, Google Docs/Slides/Sheets directly into your Butter toolbox. You can read more about it here. You can also use Butter as the live session tool together with your favorite apps like:
- Scheduling: Calendly, Cal.com, Cron, Acuity
- Streaming: Streamyard
- Virtual presentation software: OBS, mmhmmm
- Event registration & management: Luma, Eventbrite
- Community tools: Circle, Disco