VIDEO: 5 Best Collaboration Software

with more businesses operating on a distributed workforce model than ever before using collaborative technology has never been more important thankfully with so many software products based in the cloud technology buyers have many options to choose from in this video we'll take a look at five of the best collaboration software tools for both bridging physical distances and making your team more productive but if you're short on time use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of software recommendations click the link in the description below to get started g suite might be one of the best known tools for collaboration and it definitely lives up to the hype as the name implies g suite is a suite of different applications from google that is used by businesses schools and non-profit organizations alike some of these apps include cloud storage word processing email and video and voice conferencing apps like google docs google sheets and google slides allow for live collaboration version history link sharing and access control and you can add comments and highlights to other documents like pdf or jpeg files uploaded to google drive g suite also comes with strong security features like user permissions multi-factor authentication automated security alerts and context aware access control previously known as office 365 microsoft 365 is a suite of cloud-based business applications from software giant microsoft here you'll find web and mobile versions of microsoft office apps you already know like word excel and powerpoint just like g suite microsoft 365 also comes with tools for cloud storage email and video and voice conferencing through microsoft teams being cloud-based microsoft 365 allows for real-time collaboration link sharing and access control for apps like word excel and powerpoint however depending on which plan you choose some applications are not available as cloud-based solutions microsoft access for example a database management tool is currently only available as a desktop application if you're looking for something a little bit lighter slack is a lean but powerful collaboration tool known to most as an internal instant messaging tool slack also comes with features for file sharing integration with other applications and voice and video calling using slack businesses can create their own workspaces to create a unique login page with individual accounts for every user but slack goes beyond simple instant messaging one of the system's most useful features is commands which lets users execute a number of different functions by hitting the backslash button into the message bar using commands you can set reminders for yourself and others set yourself to active or away toggle do not disturb mode create polls and more slack apps also help you get more out of the tools you already use with apps from microsoft onedrive google drive jira zoom hubspot and more click up builds itself as the one app to replace them all a cloud-based collaboration tool for teams of all sizes click up comes with a long list of tools including to-do lists reminders project management docs and wikis spreadsheets events email and chat while click up doesn't offer its own spreadsheet app or email client it can replace many apps you probably already use even if you don't want to replace certain apps click up might be able to integrate with them for example click up does offer a native time tracking tool but it also integrates with popular time tracking apps like harvest and toggle beyond offering a number of different features click up also lets you create custom views which you can share with anyone you can organize information as a list a board a gantt chart a form and as an embed this lets you set up workflows and dashboards for the way you work and click up also comes with pre-built templates to help you get started faster built to mimic the look of spreadsheets and the functionality of databases airtable is a powerful collaboration tool that helps teams stay organized while they work together you can add unique field types to your tables so you can view all of your information in one place add fields for a single line of text file attachments links to other records check boxes and more and then visualize them the way you like using a grid calendar gallery or kanban view perhaps one of the biggest advantages of airtable is that it works like a database this means you can link records between tables creating relationships between data and reducing the need for duplicate data entry airtable also integrates with a wide variety of other tech products including asana google drive stripe and zendesk not sure if any of these collaboration tools are right for you use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free short list of software recommendations click the button on the left to get started you

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