CRM help for self-help: Who currently offers webconference or collaboration tools?

CRM help for self-help – the updates are at the end of the article:

Who currently offers webconference or collaboration tools? For a week now, various manufacturers have been offering some of their tools free of charge or at significantly lower prices.

Classics from the USA are for example Trello, Asana or Slack (here our Slack Portrait). Google offers its G Suite and Microsoft the product Teams for free.

In our vendor list we have compiled e.g. G Suite, Smartsheet, Trello, meistertask, monday, wire, slack, jostle and many more. Have a look or check which one of them fits your needs best.

Who currently offers webconference or collaboration tools?

Also from Germany come good collaboration tools. Therefore, do not rush to decide. Interesting providers are Zenkit, Meistertask (here our mastertask portrait), factro (here our factro portrait)

But 2 times attention to the topic Collaboration Tools!

There are two things to keep in mind for all collaboration tools:

DSGVO-compliant: As a rule, a few customer data are quickly sent back and forth. So beware!
Hosting or cloud in D, EU or where? You should also check this point in advance.

The second caution: The simple question is: Who currently offers free or cheap collaboration tools. But choosing the tool is one thing. Introducing the tool is the other. If you want to have a start-up consultation on this, there is our free consultation hour

Who seems to benefit more are the web conferencing providers. On the fast one we have not found any cheaper prices. However, the free one-time license packages are quite sufficient for small companies.

Conclusion:

The answer to the question: Who currently offers webconference or collaboration tools is easy. The occasion may not be a pleasant one, but the compulsion to have a home office and virtual collaboration could significantly advance “digitisation efforts”. We shouldn’t talk about a wave of digital transformation yet, but the preliminary stage will certainly be reached faster than without this corona crisis.

We are curious to see who else will offer their collaboration tools for free or at a lower price than before. Because we are talking about social media. And in such a crisis, social behavior is certainly a profitable investment in the long term. Customer Relationship Management or CRM at its best.

Additional information from 16.04.:

In addition to web conferencing tools, tools that allow joint editing of documents have now clearly moved into focus. Here is another article about this.

Note: This is a machine translation. It is neither 100% complete nor 100% correct. We can therefore not guarantee the result.

Supplementary info of 23.04.2020

The colleagues of Teamworks GmbH have created a great overview PLUS detailed description, which we are of course happy to link.

They have taken a closer look at the following tool providers:

Zoom, Edudip, Microsoft Teams, Blizz, Gotomeeting, Webex, Meet, Join

Supplementary information from 13.05.2020:

Google Meet is now on the market as a slimmed down, but free version. However, certain functions are only included in the paid version. Artificial intelligence is used to optimize the display of individual persons, e.g. in unfavorable or changing light situations. Mobile users benefit from this function. In a 2nd step, Google rolls this out to all other users as well.

Update from 05.11.2020: Do you already know Wonder?

Wonder is a tool, which playfully allows to make contacts. Digital islands or meeting points are defined and you can navigate yourself (with your portrait or picture) through this landscape. If you meet a conversation partner, a chat is possible.

Wonder is therefore more gamification than structure, whereby structure is possible. It is best to try it out.

Note: This is a machine translation. It is neither 100% complete nor 100% correct. We can therefore not guarantee the result.