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Collaboration & communication.

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File sharing & cloud storage Category leader

Box

Free plan· $5/user/month 2–500+ people

Content cloud for secure file storage, sharing and workflows

Key features

  • Storage quota
  • File versioning
  • Admin controls

File sharing & cloud storage Category leader

Dropbox

Free plan· $9.99/mo 1–500+ people

Cloud storage with sync, sharing and team admin controls

Key features

  • Desktop sync
  • Storage quota
  • File versioning
  • Admin controls

File sharing & cloud storage Category leader

Egnyte

$22/user/month 51–500+ people

Secure file sharing and governance for regulated businesses

Key features

  • Online document editing

Video conferencing Category leader

Google Meet

Free plan· $7/user/mo 1–500+ people

Video meetings that run in the browser, built into Google Workspace

Key features

  • Participant limit
  • Meeting recording
  • Breakout rooms
  • Browser-based join
  • Meeting length limit

Business email & productivity suites Category leader

Google Workspace

$7/user/mo 1–500+ people

Gmail, Drive, Meet, Docs and Chat on your own domain

Key features

  • Custom-domain email
  • Shared calendars
  • Document editors
  • Admin console

Async video messaging Category leader

Loom

Free plan· $18 per user/month

Record screen and camera videos and share them by link

Key features

  • Screen and camera recording
  • Viewer comments
  • View analytics
  • Recording length limit
  • Auto transcripts

Online whiteboard Category leader

Lucidspark

Free plan 2–500+ people

Virtual whiteboard for brainstorming and planning from Lucid

Key features

  • Infinite canvas
  • Sticky notes
  • Template library
  • Presentation mode

Intranet Category leader

LumApps

Contact sales 51–500+ people

AI employee hub for communication, tools and knowledge

Key features

  • Employee directory
  • Targeted communications
  • Microsoft 365 or Google integration

Team chat Category leader

Mattermost

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Self-hosted secure collaboration for regulated organizations

Key features

  • Channels
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

Business email & productivity suites Category leader

Microsoft 365 Business

$7/user/mo 2–500+ people

Exchange email, Teams, OneDrive and Office apps for business

Key features

  • Mailbox storage
  • Document editors

Video conferencing Category leader

Microsoft Teams

Free plan· $4.00/user/mo 2–500+ people

Video meetings and chat from Microsoft, free or bundled with 365

Key features

  • Participant limit
  • Meeting length limit

Online whiteboard Category leader

Miro

Free plan· $8/member/mo 2–500+ people

Visual collaboration canvas for brainstorming, diagrams and planning

Key features

  • Infinite canvas
  • Real-time co-editing
  • Sticky notes
  • Template library
  • Diagram shapes

Online whiteboard Category leader

Mural

Free plan· $9.99/member/mo 51–500+ people

Digital workspace for visual collaboration and facilitated workshops

Key features

  • Infinite canvas
  • Real-time co-editing
  • Sticky notes
  • Template library

Business phone system Category leader

Nextiva

$15/user/mo 2–500+ people

Cloud business phone with texting, video and optional contact center plans

Key features

  • Auto attendant
  • Voicemail transcription
  • Business texting
  • Softphone apps

Business phone system Category leader

Quo

$19/user/mo 1–50 people

Shared business numbers with calls, texts and voicemail for small teams

Key features

  • Auto attendant
  • Ring groups and forwarding
  • Voicemail transcription
  • Business texting
  • Softphone apps
  • Number porting

Business phone system Category leader

RingCentral

Contact sales 2–500+ people

Cloud phone, video and messaging platform for businesses of all sizes

Key features

  • Auto attendant
  • Business texting
  • Softphone apps

Team chat Category leader

Rocket.Chat

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Secure messaging, voice and video you can run on your own servers

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Direct and group messages
  • Searchable history
  • Huddles and calls

Async video messaging Category leader

Screencastify

Free plan· $7/user/mo

Screen recorder and video editor that runs in the browser

Key features

  • Instant share link
  • Viewer comments
  • Recording length limit
  • Auto transcripts

Intranet Category leader

Simpplr

Contact sales 51–500+ people

AI intranet and employee experience platform

Key features

  • Portal search
  • Targeted communications
  • Microsoft 365 or Google integration

Team chat Category leader

Slack

Free plan· $7.25/user/month billed annually ($8.75 monthly) 1–500+ people

Team messaging organized into channels

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Direct and group messages
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

Intranet Category leader

Staffbase

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Intranet, employee app and internal comms in one platform

Key features

  • News feed and announcements
  • Portal search
  • Targeted communications
  • Microsoft 365 or Google integration

Async video messaging Category leader

Vidyard

Free plan 2–500+ people

Video messages and screen recording for sales and marketing teams

Key features

  • View analytics
  • Recording length limit

Business email & productivity suites Category leader

Zoho Workplace

Free plan 1–500+ people

Email, office apps, chat and file storage in one Zoho suite

Key features

  • Custom-domain email
  • Mailbox storage
  • Shared calendars
  • Document editors

Video conferencing Category leader

Zoom Workplace

Free plan· $14.16/user/mo 1–500+ people

Video meetings, chat, AI notes and calendar in one app

Key features

  • Participant limit
  • Screen sharing
  • Meeting length limit

Team chat Category leader

Zulip

Free plan· $3.50/user/mo 2–500 people

Open-source team chat organized around threaded topics

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

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