Slack

• Status: Verified

• Pricing: Starts at $0 / month

• Score: 9.0/10

  
  

Website: https://slack.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiny-spec-inc/

Product Details

Slack is a popular communication platform designed to facilitate collaboration among team members within organizations. It serves as a hub for messaging, tools, and files, aiming to replace email as the primary method of communication and sharing amongst teams.

Main Features

1. Channels: Public and private channels organize conversations around topics, projects, or teams.

2. Direct Messaging: Allows private conversations between two or more team members.

3. File Sharing: Users can easily share files and documents, which can be commented on and shared within channels or in direct messages.

4. Integration: Slack integrates with over 2,000 third-party apps like Google Drive, Trello, and GitHub, allowing teams to bring their tools into the workspace.

5. Search: Powerful search capabilities help users find messages, files, and people, making information retrieval quick and efficient.

6. Customization: Users can customize their notifications, themes, and workflows to suit their preferences and increase productivity.

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https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/01/salesforce-buys-slack/

Discord

• Status: Verified

• Pricing: Starts at $0 / month

• Score: 8.5/10

  
  

Website: https://discord.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/discord/

Product Details

Discord is a digital platform designed primarily for video gaming communities, though it has evolved to accommodate a wide range of interests beyond gaming. It enables users to communicate with each other through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media, and files in private chats or as part of communities called "servers." Servers are a collection of persistent chat rooms and voice chat channels. Discord runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, and in web browsers, making it highly accessible.

Main Features

1. Servers and Channels: Users can create or join servers, which are divided into text and voice channels for organizing discussion topics or activities.

2. Voice and Video Calls: Allows for real-time voice and video communication, including screen sharing and streaming capabilities.

3. Text Messaging: Supports text messaging, media/file sharing, and custom emojis within servers or in private messages.

4. Integration and Bots: Supports integration with other services (like Twitch, YouTube, and Spotify) and the use of bots for moderation, entertainment, or server management.

5. Security and Moderation: Offers robust moderation tools and privacy settings, including two-factor authentication, customizable permissions for users and roles, and various moderation tools to manage the community.

6. Customization: Users can customize their profiles, servers can be customized with roles, permissions, and emojis, and there are extensive options for personalizing notifications and user interface settings.

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https://discord.com/blog/

https://www.blog.discords.com/

Zoom

• Status: Verified

• Pricing: Starts at $0 / month

• Score: 8.3/10

Website: https://zoom.us

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zoom-video-communications/

Product Details

Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing service you can use to virtually meet with others - either by video or audio-only or both, all while conducting live chats - and it lets you record those sessions to view later. Over the last few years, Zoom has become one of the leading video conferencing software apps, making its name as a reliable service for both business and personal communication.

Main Features

1. HD Video and Audio: Zoom meetings and webinars offer high-definition (HD) video and audio, with support for up to 1,000 video participants and 49 videos on screen.

2. Screen Sharing and Collaboration: Participants can share their screens, making it easy to present PowerPoint slides, documents, or anything else you can display on a computer screen. Zoom also offers collaborative features like whiteboarding and the ability to send files.

3. Meetings and Chat: Zoom enables users to host unlimited meetings, with the free plan including 40-minute meetings for groups larger than two. It also includes secure group messaging to share files, images, and audio files.

4. Security: End-to-end encryption, password-protected meetings, role-based user security, and an array of privacy controls to ensure meeting security.

5. Webinars and Large Meetings: With additional add-ons, Zoom can support webinars and large meetings with thousands of participants, offering features like polling, Q&A, and audience interaction tools.

6. Integration: Zoom integrates with many tools, including calendar systems (Google, Outlook), and platforms like Slack, ensuring it fits seamlessly into users' workflows.

7. Recordings and Transcripts: Zoom allows meeting hosts to record meetings either locally or on the cloud, with searchable transcripts.

8. Virtual Backgrounds and Touch Up: Users can change their background to a virtual image or video, and apply touch up to their appearance.

9. Breakout Rooms: This feature allows the host to split meeting participants into separate, smaller rooms for discussion and collaboration, then bring them back to the main meeting.

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Related Articles

https://news.zoom.us/zoom-ai-companion/

https://itconnect.uw.edu/tools-services-support/voice-video/zoom-video-conferencing/updates/