Discover top Skype alternatives for 2025 to boost productivity and streamline communication!
Skype will be shutting down in May 2025, leaving millions of users looking for a more reliable alternative rather than moving to Microsoft Teams by default. There are several great alternatives to consider, each with their own distinct advantages, and in this blog we’ll take a look at the best alternatives to Skype for calling and messaging in 2025 and beyond.
If you’re looking for a feature-rich platform that provides easy-to-use calling and messaging services, Call.com is a top choice. Unlike many other VoIP platforms, Call.com offers its users a flexible way to communicate by using a virtual phone number that doesn’t require a SIM.
Of course, you can keep your own number if you want, or set up the new number exclusively for business purposes to separate your work and home life. As the number is virtual, you can operate from any country in the world without any hassle, ideal if your work involves lots of travelling, and cost-effective too.
On top of the shared team credit which is perfect for remote teams, there are also advanced privacy controls which give you total control over all of your communications.
Google Meet already hosts over 100m users so it’s a good place to start knowing a lot of your friends and business contacts will already understand how to use it.
As part of the Workspace suite offered by Google, it does offer a high degree of integration with your other Google activities such as Gmail and the calendar, allowing you to streamline your workflows.
However, if you’re just using the free version, you can’t operate as freely as you might like, as meeting durations are capped and only a certain number or participants are allowed into the meeting, not great if you host regular team meetings.
WhatsApp is another alternative to Skype and it already boasts 2m users worldwide. The simple and encrypted chat function is great for secure communication, and it is already used by many companies for its group chat capabilities.
It also has a user-friendly interface for texting, but when it comes to operating a business that needs video-calling capabilities through WhatsApp it is not very efficient.
The app is very basic, and does not allow any kind of detailed controls, is difficult to create and manage multiple people in a video chat, and is not the best option if you need a high level of professional communication.
The Zoom platform took off during the covid pandemic, and its great video calling features made it stand out as a top choice for video conferencing with multiple members of your team.
Unlike Call.com and WhatsApp, it does not have the element of being a number people can call for business or personal purposes, so it is difficult to integrate into a businesses overall ability to communicate effectively.
It does have great audio and video quality, plus a very large capacity for meetings, but on the free plan you are only limited to 40 minutes of video calling which is highly inconvenient. There are also several security concerns.
Viber has the messaging capabilities of WhatsApp and the video calling capabilities of Google Meet, making it a strong contender for a Skype replacement, especially when using smartphones to communicate.
As it is a VoIP service, international calls are free when the internet is used to direct the calls, but if you call a non-Viber user, the price of calling is very high in comparison. It does allow multiple devices to work with its video calling platform, but it does not have the level of professionalism found in alternatives like Call.com or Zoom.
What’s more, there is no integration with business features at all such as productivity tools.
So there you have it, the top 5 alternatives to Skype in 2025, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. Some will be great for casually chatting with friends, but others are more suited to business switchovers from Skype for video conferencing capabilities.
