Goodbye to Facebook’s dream of being the app for workers: it loses the battle against Teams

Meta will offer a 50% discount on the service starting in September and has offered to work with customers on the transition to Workvivo, from Zoom.

You probably didn’t know that Meta had an application designed to compete with Microsoft Teams, the most used and largest work environment in the world. And not knowing it is the main reason for its death.

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Meta throws in the towel on Workplace, its Facebook-based alternative to office communication platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Ashley Zandy, spokesperson for Meta, has confirmed to The Verge that it will be available to customers until August 31, 2025. Previously known as Facebook @ Work, it was used internally for two years before its public launch in 2016, and according to Zandy, there will be no changes in its internal use.

What will Meta do now that they are closing their job service

Meta will offer a 50% discount on the service starting in September, and has offered to work with clients in the transition to Workvivo, owned by Zoom.

After September 1, 2025, Workplace will become read-only and exportable until June 1, 2026, when access will end and data will be deleted.

TechCrunch reports that development slowed down significantly after people returned to offices that had been empty due to the pandemic and following the departure of several key employees.

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The change burst the bubble of an increasingly crowded space for remote work tools. The strong competition from Microsoft Teams, Google Workplace, and even new competitors like Zoom Workplace caused Meta to lose its market share after a decade working on this project.

Author: Chema Carvajal Sarabia

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