Every company needs an application to manage its projects and to communicate. Thus, having a good team collaboration tool is vital for the company. That is why we bring you the top six team communication applications in 2020.

MS Teams

Microsoft Teams was added to the Office suite in late 2016. It is a team collaboration tool that provides chat-based communication for teams to work together remotely. It allows dispersed teams to share information and data in a shared space. You get different features, such as one-on-one chat, document collaboration, and team chat. Moreover, MS Teams is also integrated with services such as Exchange,SharePoint, Skype, and other Office 365 applications.

Who can use it?

Microsoft teams is suitable for medium to large-sized companies. The free version supports up to 299 people, while the highest-level enterprise plan can have unlimited people.

Features

Team chat

Fully integrated with Office 365

Document collaboration

Shared workspace for MS Office

Pricing

The basic plan for MS Teams is free but does not provide integration with business Office Apps. To get all the features, you would need Office 365 Business or Enterprise, which can cost up to $20 per person per month.

Buj

Buj is a team collaboration platform which helps people be more successful and happier at work by delivering to them the right information, at the right time. It does this by leveraging AI and an innovative collaboration model. It has an event-oriented feed with the ability to privately and securely collaborate across teams and individuals about one topic. In Buj you also get video & audio calls, powerful integrations, searches, files sharing and much more.

Who can use it?

Buj can be used by small teams and up to huge enterprises. Buj can also be embedded in other software.

Features

Multiple conversations per post

Audio & Video Calls

Unified AI driven feed

Pricing

While Buj is in the early release stage there is no cost for using Buj. It’s expected to see the paid versions in summer 2020.

Slack

Slack is a popular team collaboration hub that aims to make communication seamless between remote teams. It provides a variety of excellent features to streamline the process of sharing information. The shared workspace of Slack is made up of channels. Different channels can be made for different teams, and then the team members will be able to chat and share files. Moreover, hundreds of collaboration applications can be integrated into Slack, which makes for an even better experience.

Who can use it?

This depends on the price plan. Slack can be used by small teams up to huge enterprises.

Features

Channels

Diverse integrations

Video calls

Pricing

The basic plan is free, while the Plus plan is $12.5 per month. For the Enterprise plan, you need to contact Slack.

Trello

Trello is a simple project management and collaboration tool for Kanban teams. You can set up the project into “boards,” and then further different components such as to-do lists, sticky notes, and assign work to team members. Trello is not a full-fledged project management tool, instead, it focuses solely on the organization aspect. Thus, it is light-weight and very easy to use. It also provides an intuitive and visual user interface that allows the users to track their activity efficiently.

Who can use it?

Trello is intended to be used by small and medium teams for brainstorming and planning.

Features

Boards and lists for different teams

Integrations with other tools

Visual analytics

Pricing

The basic tier of Trello is free, and the business plans go as high as $9.99 per month.

Asana

Asana provides a great solution to streamline communication in the team and to manage the projects as efficiently as possible.It allows you to set tasks, deadlines, and to assign the work to the team members. It makes it easy to track the progress of the ongoing projects. Moreover, it allows you to manage the workload through an easy to use user interface. The progress of the project can be analyzed at a glance with a high-level view of the status.

Who can use it?

The free tier can have up to 15 members, but this restriction is lifted with the premium and enterprise plans.

Features

Multiple workspaces.

Integration with other apps.

Pricing

The free tier is free, while the premium plan costs $9.99 per month.

Fleep

Fleep provides a combination of collaboration tools with a team communication app. It offers features such as pinboards, tasks, integration of other tools, and the ability to manage projects. Moreover, it can also be integrated with email clients to improve communication outside the company or team. It provides features such as audio & video calls, file sharing and team chat.

Who can use it?

It is suitable for medium to large-sized corporations.

Features

Audio and video calls

Integration with email clients

Pinboards

Pricing

The basic plan can be used for free, and to get the business plan, you would have to pay $6.5 per month.

There’s a lot of team collaboration tools to choose from. Stay tuned to get review for other cool, popular, and brand-new team chat apps.