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10 Best Team Communication Software Apps for 2021

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10 Best Team Communication Software Apps for 2021

1. Clariti

Clariti is the newest kid on the block but has been gaining traction especially among small and medium businesses and the startup community. A key reason for its success has been its ability to address issues that other long-standing tools like Slack and Teams have perpetuated with their chat-focused communication paradigm. Clariti is a business productivity web app that brings your emails, chats, call, to-dos, documents…in one app and automatically links related items in a “SmartFolder”. SmartFolders add topic-centric organization to your communications so you are never lost or waste time searching for information. SmartFolders in Clariti allows you to easily see the big picture and make informed decisions. Clariti is ideal for small and medium businesses to boost team collaboration and drive productivity.

2. Slack

Slack is a long-standing, famous tool used by a multitude of different companies; it is centered around a channel-based structure and offers bells and whistles such as numerous third-party integrations and built in video and audio chat. It’s very sleek, and Slack is often considered the market leader in the team collaboration space, but there are other products on this list that may be able to offer you more specifically what you’re looking for if you have less generic needs.

3. Asana

Asana is another famous name in the team collaboration space, although it’s used for a different type of communication than Slack. While Slack is designed around having flexible conversations with your co-workers, Asana is designed for more structured project planning and management, particularly across larger organizations.

4. Trello

Similar to Asana, Trello is more focused on project management than raw communication/chatting, but it still has a great deal of flexibility built in and does allow for dynamic conversations within its tools. It’s structured around pulling different “cards” into pre-defined statuses, e.g. “in planning”, “in progress”, “done”, which leads to a sleek, simple, flexible UI.

Google Chat’s main selling point is how deeply it’s integrated with other Google Suite products, like Gmail and Google Calendar, which are commonly used across industries. It revolves around creating “rooms”, which users can then join to discuss various topics.

Microsoft Teams is particularly good for large companies with many different teams, which can often be hard to handle on different applications not distinctly built for that use case. It also makes sense as a choice for organizations who commonly use other Microsoft Office products; like Google Chat and its integration with other Google Suite products, Microsoft Teams integrates flawlessly with other Microsoft products.

7. Flock

Flock is a newer entrant into the app communication game, and is most directly in competition with Slack. They have a similar UI and features, but are differentiated quite a bit by the fact that Flock is significantly cheaper. It also provides a cool in-app poll and note-taking system.

8. Chanty

Chanty, like Flock, is quite Slack-like in design, but it has positioned itself as a simpler, cheaper competitor. In terms of UI, Chanty is somewhat more polished than Flock, and it provides task management features that Slack does not; in this way, it blends some of the best features of both slack and Trello. In addition, its pricing structure is great for organizations that are more budget-conscious.

Troop Messenger’s main value proposition is in its ability to seamlessly connect teams across different organizations. Like Microsoft Teams, this is a good choice for large organizations split up along reasonably strict team lines. If you don’t need the tight integrations with Microsoft products, it can help you accomplish many of the same things.

10. Discord

Discord’s main unique user feature is its “always-on” voice chat, which leads to a user experience that is great for small, tightly-knit teams that want to really feel like they’re working in the same place and having live conversations. It might be overkill for teams that don’t need that kind of constant connection, but it’s a great way to create a “virtual office” if you do.

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