Microsoft Teams alternativeKeep the chats and meetings. Bring the rest of the business in.
ADLR has the channels, chats, calls and video meetings your team uses in Teams, beside email on your own domain, projects, docs, HR, finance and e-sign. One workspace, one login, one bill.
$35 per user a month, from the first seat. Free migration and onboarding included.
Everything you use Teams for, next to the rest of your work
- Chat
Meetings
Rooms
Inbox
Calendar
Projects
Docs
Finance
Team
Adi
Why teams look beyond Microsoft Teams
Teams is strong at chat and meetings inside Microsoft 365. The trouble starts with the work those conversations are about.
Invoices, payroll and sales live elsewhere
Microsoft 365's business plans cover email, files, chat and meetings. Invoicing, payroll and a sales pipeline are other products to buy and connect. ADLR includes them in the seat.
AI is an add-on
Copilot Chat comes with Microsoft 365, and Microsoft 365 Copilot is a paid add-on. Adi, ADLR's built-in AI, is part of every seat, across your inbox, projects, notes and calendar.
One project, four apps
In Microsoft 365, a client project's chat sits in Teams, its tasks in Planner, its files in SharePoint and its email in Outlook. In ADLR they're parts of one workspace, a click apart.
ADLR and Microsoft Teams, side by side
| What you need |  ADLR | Microsoft Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Channels, group chats and direct messages | ||
| Calls | 1:1 calls from a direct message; group calls are meetings | |
| Video meetings | No time cap inside your workspace | Up to 300 people and 30 hours |
| Meeting recordings and transcripts | —A Room keeps each meeting's chat and files | |
| Email on your own domain | With Microsoft 365 Business Basic and up | |
| Projects and tasks | Boards, lists and timelines | Planner, with Microsoft 365 business plans |
| Documents and spreadsheets | Docs and Sheets | Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with Microsoft 365 |
| Invoices and expenses | — | |
| HR: time off, onboarding and payroll | Shifts, for staff schedules | |
| Sales pipeline | Leads, deals and forecasts | — |
| E-signatures | Microsoft 365 eSignature, billed per use | |
| Built-in AI | Adi, in every seat | Copilot Chat included; Microsoft 365 Copilot is a paid add-on |
| On your phone | In the browser, added to your home screen | Mobile apps |
| Price | $35 per user a month, for all of the above | Teams Essentials $4 a user a month, paid yearly; Microsoft 365 Business Basic $7 |
Microsoft's features and prices as Microsoft publishes them. Plans change, so check microsoft.com for current terms.
Checked on Microsoft's own pages on 26 October 2026: Teams plans and pricingChannels in TeamsTeams chatMicrosoft 365 eSignature
Where Microsoft Teams still wins
An honest list, so you can decide with your eyes open.
Recorded meetings, with transcripts
Teams records meetings and writes a transcript, even on Teams Essentials. ADLR doesn't record: a Room keeps each meeting's chat and files, and Adi writes the minutes when AI is on.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint
With Microsoft 365, people edit the same Office file at the same time. ADLR has its own Docs and Sheets, and keeps the Office files you upload as files, with a preview.
A lower price for chat and meetings alone
If chat and meetings are all you need, Teams Essentials is $4 a user a month, paid yearly. ADLR is $35 because email, projects, HR, finance and Adi come with it.
What you keep from Teams
The chat and meeting habits your team already has. What changes is everything around them.
- Channels and group chats
- Direct messages
- Threads and reactions
- @mentions
- Files with previews
- Voice notes
- Meetings with screen share
- Raise hand and chat in meetings
Built for the way client teams work
A project's chat next to the build
Each project has its own chat beside its tasks, and Tasks has a GitHub view, so a question in chat is one click from the work.
From the client's email to a paid invoice
Client email on your own domain, the contract they sign and an invoice they can pay by card, all in one workspace.
Stand-ups that keep their notes
A Room keeps a team's meetings, chat and files together, with Adi's minutes when AI is on.
Switching, with help
ADLR doesn't import Teams chats. Here is how teams move over.
Book your onboarding call
Thirty minutes with us, and you leave with a migration plan. Migration help is free.
Set up channels and invite the team
Create your channels and group chats, then invite people by email.
Move your email
Point your domain's mail at ADLR, or connect Gmail and IMAP mailboxes. An MBOX file brings old mail across.
Run both while you switch
Keep Teams open while your team moves over. The two aren't connected, so set a date for the switch.
Questions teams ask before switching
No. ADLR is $35 per user a month from the first seat, with chat, meetings, email, projects, docs, HR and finance included. Pricing for larger teams is custom; contact sales.
Yes: channels, group chats and direct messages, with threaded replies, @mentions, reactions, files with previews and voice notes.
Yes. Meetings run in the browser with screen share, and meetings inside your ADLR workspace have no time cap. Guests join from a link, with nothing to install.
No. A Room keeps each meeting's chat and files, and Adi writes the minutes when AI is on. If you need recordings and transcripts, Teams has them.
Yes. Adi, ADLR's built-in AI, comes with every seat. It summarises a channel's conversation, helps write the reply, and acts across your inbox, projects, notes and calendar.
Not today. ADLR doesn't import Teams messages, so keep Teams open for reference while your team moves over.
Yes. Point your domain's mail at ADLR, and bring old mail across from an MBOX file. Gmail and IMAP mailboxes can be connected as they are.
ADLR keeps the Office files you upload, with a preview, and has its own Docs and Sheets. To edit a Word or Excel file itself, open it in Office.
Yes. ADLR runs in your phone's browser, and you can add it to your home screen. Chat uses a WhatsApp-style layout.
Teams Essentials is $4 a user a month, paid yearly, for chat and meetings, and Microsoft 365 Business Basic is $7 with email and files. ADLR is $35 a user a month, with projects, HR, finance, e-sign and Adi included as well.
Keep the chats and meetings. Lose the app juggling.
One workspace where chat, meetings, email, projects, docs, HR and finance live together, with Adi working across your inbox, projects and calendar.
$35 per user a month, from the first seat.