1. Google Suite
2. Microsoft Office Teams
While G Suite can be used entirely online within one platform, Microsoft Office Teams allows you to download apps like Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint to your computer or mobile device. Like G Suite, you also can use this general suite of tools to manage, share, store, and edit documents in team folders.
Aside from the more specific apps, Microsoft Teams also allows you to communicate with your teammates via video calls, email, and through an internal discussion platform where your colleagues can create posts or ask questions.
3. Slack
Slack is great for real-time communication for one-on-one conversations or with everyone on your team. You can also organize chats by subject, and integrate activity from platforms like Github, Trello, and Pingdom.
I like the thought expressed here that Slack is as close to a virtual office as you can get. You can even create one channel for every client, and invite only the people on that project to be on that channel.
(Want to learn more about Slack? Here's a guide to all the hacks you didn't yet know you could do with the platform.)
4. Colatform
Colatform is a Collaboration Platform for Teams and Remote working.
Colatform provides a workspace for Teams and Organizations' Teammates to collaborate with each other and has common features like Direct Messaging, Public and Private Channels, Group Messaging, Meetings, Group Audio, Video Calls, Enterprise Calendar, and Timesheet.
Colatform is an organizational collaboration workplace.
This means that for online and offline collaborations, inside and outside the organization, in small teams, or large organizations, all the requirements of each user, role, and department are answered.
Also, the architecture and design of Colatform are such that each of the stakeholders can easily perform their duties without interfering with others.
5. Trello
Trello allows you to create a dashboard that highlights large projects or categories and tasks related to them. Each small task, called a "card" can be labeled with a colored tag and text.
For example, if you want to say something is "Urgent" you could create a red card tag that says "Urgent" on it and stick it to the appropriate Trello cards. You can also assign cards and deadlines to members of your team and track each card's progress through its Activity area.
6. Jira
Jira is another project management tool primarily for developers, customer support, and IT reps that allows you to assign and track work as well as issues that need to be solved.
It also has a handy mobile and desktop interface for project management on the go.
7. Zoom
Zoom is an easy-to-use desktop platform and app that allows you to schedule, launch, and record virtual meetings with your team. These meetings can be entered remotely from a computer, smartphone, or voice via a dial in phone.
During Zoom meetings, you can also share your screen with teammates so they can see your work or presentations.
8. GoToMeeting
GoToMeeting allows you to schedule and launch virtual meetings or webinars where users can log in or call to hear only hosts speak.
These meetings can be recorded and sent to participants after they're
9. Google Hangouts
Google Hangouts is a popular option because Google is usually convenient for those who use Google Calendar to manage your schedule and GMail for emails.
10. Skype
At this point, many of us have already used Skype. Along with allowing you to host free small virtual meetings, Skype also enables you to create group chats.
If you want to use the paid version of Skype, you can also have meetings with groups or make international voice calls.
