In a world of “always on” media with emails, cell phones, text messages, social media, Skype, G+ Hangout On Air and nearly every other form of communication, collaborating with a team on a project is absolutely necessary. The problem with all of these communication options is that they were not made specifically as collaboration software and so emails get lost, text messages are disconnected points of discussion that cannot be referred back to, and Skype calls are not recorded.
We have put together a list of team web collaboration software options that will be perfect for your next team project. So before you begin the project, jump onto these options and check out what would be best for you so that you are maximizing your usage.
Team Collaboration Software Options
Here are all of the top web team collaboration software options that are available to you, whether free, cost per user, or total team package.
Teambox
Free for 5 users and 5 GB of storage or $5/month per user for a Pro account with unlimited storage.
Teambox is specifically designed for project collaboration that allows for a single place for shared tasks, discussions and files, making it easy for your team to stay in sync. They have both iOS and Android mobile apps, task reporting that gives scheduled and team member specific tasks, manage user visibility, file cloud management, and video chatting. This is the ultimate option and for small projects with small businesses that are working on formal products or services, this is the option for you.
Basecamp
Base cost is $20/month for unlimited users, 10 projects, and 3 GB of storage and up to $150/month for unlimited projects and 100GB of storage.
For bigger companies or ministries that are purely web-based, this solution offers huge potential by monthly payments that are per project based. Basedcamp is a project based web collaboration service that puts the project first. They have discussion threads for specific projects and users that can be assigned, to-do lists, their own file system, team groups, full featured online calendars, and full mobile integration for iOS, Android, and Windows. If you have more than 4 people on your team, this is the web system for you.
Facebook Groups
Completely freeusers
You may not think of Facebook as the perfect team web collaboration software options, but for an informally collaborating team within your ministry that has no buy in except for this one project, it is perfect for people that do not want to learn a new system and probably will not be checking often on non-traditional digital communication networks. More than likely, the team members already have an account, have the mobile app on their phone, and they simply need an invite into an already created closed group to begin discussions. Facebook Groups do not offer the project or team focused features as the previous two options, but this is perfect for informal groups.
SocialCast
Free up to 50 users and then $5/person after
Socialcast is a social network specifically for your project. As with Facebook users, it does not have collaboration features. Here is what Socialcast describes, “Socialcast brings social networking to the enterprise, offering people a better way to work. A single unified workspace centralizes everything you need to connect with people, find information, work on projects and focus on the things that matter. Discover why thousands of companies around the world use Socialcast.” This is perfect for web users, bloggers, and all other purely web-based teams that do not want to have any costs.
What team web collaboration software system do you use?
seventy8Productions says
I’ve heard some things about this. I would agree and maybe it is time to train them on a new and better option.