A very full-bodied page of this blog lists the best videochat for creating live or real-time video conferences, focusing above all on services for everyone, with which people can communicate with relatives and friends. However, speaking of work and professional collaboration with people, there are also other ideal solutions to allow remote collaboration work by exploiting the potential of the internet.
The collaboration tools have become really evolved over time and even if the free ones are few, there are still low-cost programs and applications that allow any work group, even school, to set up a customized platform that not only allows you to communicate in chat or video chat, but also to share documents and projects in real time.
In this article we therefore discover the right applications for collaboration and online communication, even free solutions, the best out there
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1) Slack is the number one communication tool between company employees and work groups. Slack is available as a web application, as a Windows PC program, as an iPhone, Android and Windows Phone app. It allows you to share files, chat, manage group projects, make video calls and integrate cloud spaces such as Dropbox and Google Docs. Very importantly, you can also use it for free can with some limitations. Slack is undoubtedly a powerful collaboration tool, with millions of users worldwide.
It is an incredibly intelligent platform that allows direct messages and files to be sent to a single person or group of employees, with the possibility of organizing conversations in different channels.
2) Free Microsoft Teams, the best alternative to Slack, for groups of up to 300 people includes chat, group work on documents, calls and video calls and file storage of 10 GB plus 2 GB for each user.
3) Asana is another popular online collaboration solution in the world, with web apps, for Android and iPhone, with features to create to-do lists, project templates and to create corporate dashboards. There are also video calls and integration with the same Slack, with Dropbox and Github. Even though Asana isn't free, it can be tried for free and is designed for companies that want to monitor employee work for the best possible results. Using the platform, you can create to-do lists for ongoing projects, set reminders for upcoming deadlines and send requests to colleagues.
4) Ryver is a completely free solution, a free program for Windows and Mac PC, an app for Android and iPhone. Ryver is similar to Slack, capable of managing an organization especially from the point of view of communication between participants, in a super simple way. It is a program for communicating tasks and things to do, ensuring that deadlines are met. What makes Ryver an interesting option is the fact that you can create different teams within the app and set up chats with groups and individuals. There are also several filters, check who sees things and consult a bulletin board page similar to the Facebook home where you can watch company messages.
5) Trello is an app I have already talked about, the best one for organizing activities, projects and even group work.
Trello can also be used for free via website, via app for Android and iPhone and allows you to create schedules and to-do lists, to also design complex projects. There is no possibility to make video calls, but it integrates well with other collaboration apps such as Evernote, GitHub, Google Drive, Slack.
6) Collabedit is not a complex online collaboration platform, but an online test editor where everyone can write and edit the same document . The peculiarity of this web application is that the text, written or modified, is highlighted in a different color for each author who writes it.
7) The same thing is however also possible in Google Docs, an indispensable tool for online work.
IN another article we wrote the guide to collaborate online and write documents together.
8) Hipchat is instead the chat to be used for remote work. You can contact everyone on your team and stay in touch with them through a functionally designed private chat platform. Hipchat also allows you to configure automated bots that answer questions, useful for repetitive tasks. Then imagining a video conference between colleagues from the same company located in different locations, between friends for planning a holiday or between a professional or consultant and the customer to discuss the characteristics of a project, using tools such as Hipchat and Meeting Words together, you really get the effect of sitting next to a table with pen and paper to throw down ideas, scribble proposals and, if necessary, also write a draft of an official document.
9) When team members and customers are unable to meet, you can use an online meeting program such as Teamviewer, very powerful and with a screen sharing function, or even an excellent alternative Zoom .
Zoom, which can also be used for free, has a whiteboard, the function to split screens, photos, documents and cloud content, HD audio and video, recordings, transcriptions and much more.
10) Cage is a project management and collaboration software tool for designers, agencies and teams who want to share their creative work. You can use (free) Cage to get feedback on projects, organize activities and projects, manage final results and monitor progress, communicate and collaborate with members of a project team allowing fewer faster reviews and approvals.
11) Airtable is a flexible relational database tool that is used for project management. The platform provides free templates to quickly start creating a database or importing data. Airtable uses desktop and Android or iPhone smartphone apps that make it easy to organize, collaborate, edit and comment on jobs wherever you are.
The changes are synchronized instantly on all devices.
12) Teamweek is a team management tool, where you can follow the progress of a project, share project roadmaps with customers and keep everyone updated.
The tool is also useful not to miss deadlines or important steps, interrupting the activities in smaller sub-activities that can be checked once completed.
13) Realtime Board is a free, cross-functional whiteboard platform for visual collaboration with multiple people.
Companies that have designers, developers, managers, trainers and other professionals who speak different languages and who are in different places, can collaborate to complete activities and projects essential for the success of the company.
14) Google's G Suite is an inexpensive solution to manage a company and have a personalized mailbox, a work platform, a Google Drive cloud storage, a Google Sites site and other features reserved for business users.
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