There has always been a need to stay connected with teams outside the office. With the rise of remote work, the demand for collaboration tools for teams continues to grow.
The current pandemic situation has increased that demand even further since most people are working from home now.
Especially for beginners with no prior knowledge, choosing the right collaboration tool can be daunting. All providers advertise the best features of their products, and each seems like an ideal choice.
That’s why I’ve done my research and compiled a list of the tools. You can’t go wrong with them. Each offers a free trial, so you can easily see which one fits your needs best. Let’s dive in.
Jotform
Jotform is an online form builder that is used by teams to collaborate in real-time on collected data. They have many free features including Jotform Apps which allows you to create a no-code app that can help your team collect data together without anyone being out of the loop. By leveraging reverse ETL, Jotform Apps can further help you centralize and visualize data in an intuitive dashboard with powerful features.
With all of their templates, you can customize your app to make it unique to your organization. Human resources can utilize this app to collect employee feedback and keep track of responses.
An all-in-one in terms of handling projects and team assignments, Jotform will make your workflow more efficient and better suited for remote work.
Creating online courses is a breeze, as it has 100+ customizable courses in the library. You can also develop your own course from scratch by importing your pre-existing content. You can add videos, images, docs, presentations, and more to make your employee training courses more engaging.
You can also send reminders, set learning paths and course bundles, enable self-enrollment, and personalize learning experiences.
ProProfs LMS
ProProfs LMS is cloud-based virtual classroom software that you can use for staying connected with your teams and providing employee training (full disclosure – I work for this company, so I know this tool well and can recommend it with 100% confidence!).
Creating online courses is a breeze, as it has 100+ customizable courses in the library. You can also develop your own course from scratch by importing your pre-existing content. You can add videos, images, docs, presentations, and more to make your employee training courses more engaging.
You can also send reminders, set learning paths and course bundles, enable self-enrollment, and personalize learning experiences.
ProProfs LMS also features an online learning portal and collaboration tools. Not only can you provide your trainees with real-time feedback, but you can also seamlessly communicate with your entire team.
This LMS supports 50+ third-party integrations and lets you track performance and engagement with robust analytics and reports.
Podio
Podio is an AI-powered app for targeted communication, 24/7 team support, and better accountability.
With all your communications in one place, you can easily send one-on-one, group and broadcast messages, and make phone calls.
The best part about Podio is its Rodiobot AI. It can onboard new employees, schedule messages, send feedback and reminders, and provide daily wrap-ups. It can also answer HR questions and analyze communications to report on their effectiveness and potential issues.
Podio has done a great job with AI, which serves as a 24/7 user support with all the answers. If you integrate it with your sales software, it can even automate your sales leads activities.
Ryver
Ryver combines group chat, task management, and workflow automation, so you never have to leave the app to communicate with your team.
Apart from helping you chat with your team anytime, it enables you to set tasks, checklists, and assignments. You can also make voice and video calls, and integrate Ryver with a bunch of other tools for a seamless workflow.
It eliminates the need to switch between different apps, as you can organize your team collaboration and communication directly on this platform.
Ryver also supports file sharing and screen sharing and comes with excellent customer support.
G Suite
You’ve probably heard about: G Suite, a bundle of cloud-based communication, productivity, and collaboration tools from Google. It’s safe to say you’re already using some of them, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Google Drive.
But getting started with G Suite means connecting all of Google’s products into one. You don’t have to use them all separately. You can manage everything from one place, saving lots of valuable time.
The tool also comes with real-time reports on usage, collaboration, and productivity, so you can make sure everything runs smoothly.
There are endpoint management features as well, for keeping all your data safe and secure.
Slack
Slack is a business communication platform that completely reinvents team communication.
Instead of regular chat, you have what is known as channels, which are like separate chat rooms. So, you can organize communications in dedicated channels, which are searchable and allow seamless file sharing.
You can review documents, make approvals, broadcast company-wide or department-only announcements, send direct messages, and make voice and video calls.
Slack also supports mentions and reactions, and you can follow threads based on their priority.
You can also set channels for communicating with external partners and clients.
Customizing the tool is also an option, and integration with other apps is a piece of cake.
Asana
With Asana, you can help your teams organize, manage, and track their work easily. You can make sure they remain focused on their tasks, projects, and goals, thanks to automation that simplifies workflows and eliminates human error.
In a nutshell, it lets you assign tasks, set priorities and deadlines, identify risks, and track everyone’s progress to keep them aligned with the goals. You can safely say that it’s every project manager’s dream.
Managing projects becomes simple and fun with Asana. It has a range of collaboration features, but they are very easy to use.
The platform does seem a bit complicated at first, but you can quickly get the hang of it, thanks to its user-friendly interface.
Flock
Flock is yet another excellent communication and collaboration tool for teams. It’s often compared to Slack, as it has a similar interface and focuses on chats that are like Slack’s channels.
Flock is also highly searchable; you can quickly find files, messages, and links.
It also supports video calls and file sharing and has a range of business collaboration tools.
They’re perfect for project management, as they allow sharing to-dos, files, notes, reminders, polls, and even code snippets.
Flock supports 50+ integrations, including Asana, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.
Trello
Trello is a web-based list-making tool that you can use to make project management and team collaboration more efficient.
It features boards, lists, and cards to help you organize your projects in an engaging way and maintain seamless team communication. You can break down projects into various tasks, assign them to teammates, and track their progress.
Trello boards are useful for creating projects and adding lists of to-dos, in-progress, and completed tasks. You can add Trello cards to every list and add comments, attachments, checklists, due dates, and more.
Trello also has an AI bot called Butler for automating workflow and boosting productivity.
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger is a cloud-powered app designed for internal workplace collaboration. With its group messaging facility, the members of the group can discuss project work, assign and track the work of the team members, share files, and more. It’s availability over the platforms of desktop, mobile, and the web helps the users connect from remote locations anywhere at any time.
It has exceptional UI and UX! All the features are self-explanatory that any new user can understand the work in their first use. Apart from a different range of collaboration features, it has many productive features that save time.
Troop Messenger supports the integrations of Google Drive, Dropbox, LDAP/Active Directory, Mailtrim, Contacts Management, and more.
Over To You
Have you ever used any of these team collaboration tools? How was your experience? Are there any other tools that you would recommend?
