## Videoconferencing - [AnyMeeting](https://go.intermedia.net/new-remote-worker/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [BlueJeans](https://www.bluejeans.com/) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. Reputation for good audio quality. - [ClickMeeting](https://clickmeeting.com) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [GoToMeeting](https://gotomeeting.com) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [JoinMe](https://www.join.me/) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [Microsoft Teams](https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes, with Microsoft 365. - [Ring](https://ringcentral.com) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [WebEx](https://www.webex.com/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Zoho](https://zoho.com) Individual free: Unclear. Paid plans: Yes. - [Zoom](https://zoom.us) Individual free: Yes, limit 40 minutes per call. Paid plans: Yes. ## Virtual Office - [Sococo](https://www.sococo.com/) ## Group Chat / Messaging - [Azendoo](https://www.azendoo.com/) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [Bitrix24](https://www.bitrix24.com/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Chanty](https://www.chanty.com/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Chatter (SalesForce)](https://www.salesforce.com/products/chatter/features/) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - Cisco Spark - see WebEx - [Fleep](https://fleep.io/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Fuze](https://www.fuze.com/) Individual free: Unclear. Paid plans: Unclear. - [Google Hangouts](https://hangouts.google.com) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: No. - [Hive](https://hive.com/) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [Jostle](https://jostle.me) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [Rocket Chat](https://rocket.chat) Community free: Yes, but you must self-host. Paid plans: Yes. - [Ryver](https://ryver.com/) Individual free: No. Paid plans: Yes. - [Samepage](https://www.samepage.io/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Skype](https://www.skype.com/en/) Individual free: Unclear. Paid plans: Yes. - [Slack](https://slack.com) Free plan: Limited space and messages. Paid plans: Yes. - [Yammer](https://www.yammer.com/) Now part of Microsoft 365. Pricing is unclear based on website. ## Collaborative Document Editing - [EtherPad](https://etherpad.org/) Plain text files only. - [Google Docs](https://docs.google.com) Document formats: docx, odt, rtf, pdf, txt, html, epub. Spreadsheet formats: xslx, ods, pdf, html, csv, tsv. Presentation formats: pptx, odp, pdf, export jpg, png, svg. - [Microsoft Teams](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/collaborate-on-files-in-microsoft-teams-9b200289-dbac-4823-85bd-628a5c7bb0ae) Word, Excel, PowerPoint; with additional license, Visio. - [ThinkFree Office](https://www.thinkfree.com/) Documents, spreadsheets, presentations. Whimsical website design but little concrete information. - [Zoho](https://zoho.com) Documents, spreadsheets, presentations. Supported formats unclear based on the website. ## File Sharing - [Amazon Drive](https://www.amazon.com/b?node=15547130011) - [Box](https://box.com) - [Dropbox](https://dropbox.com) - [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com) - [IDrive](https://www.idrive.com/) Backup and sync. - [Koofr](https://koofr.eu/) SSL/TLS, AES 256-bit. Limited storage plans. Reputation for reliability. - [MEGA Sync](https://mega.nz/) AES 128-bit and TLS security. Reputation for slow transfer speeds. - [Microsoft OneDrive](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/online-cloud-storage) Part of Microsoft 365. - [pCloud](https://www.pcloud.com/) Expensive. Good reputation for security. - [Spider Oak](https://spideroak.com/) Cloud backup and sync. - [Sync](https://www.sync.com/) Good reputation for security. - [Tresorit](https://tresorit.com/) End-to-end encryption. Meets GDPR requirements. ## Shared Calendar - [Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com) - [TeamUp](https://teamup.com) - [Zoho Calendar](https://zoho.com) If your organization uses a scheduling application such as Microsoft Outlook, the application probably has a shared calendar feature you can use for distributed/remote work. ## Remote Retrospective Tools You can also use any collaborative whiteboarding, task board, brainstorming/mindmapping or similar tools to support remote retrospectives. - [Fun Retro](https://funretro.io/) - [Fun Retrospectives](https://www.funretrospectives.com/) - [Icebreaker](https://icebreaker.range.co/) Asks questions intended to foster group cohesion - [Miro](https://miro.com) Templates for: Kanban board, mindmap, user story map, customer journey map, retrospective, product roadmap, flowchart, and roll-your-own - [Retrium](https://www.retrium.com/) - [Retro.io](https://reetro.io/) - [Scatterspoke](https://www.scatterspoke.com/) - [Team Retro](https://www.teamretro.com/) ## Collaborative Whiteboarding / Drawing - [A Web Whiteboard](https://awwapp.com/) - [Explain Everything](https://explaineverything.com/) - [LiveBoard](https://liveboard.online/) - [Mural](https://www.mural.co/) many templates - [Zoom](https://zoom.us) Breakout rooms have a whiteboard feature - [Jamboard](https://gsuite.google.com/products/jamboard/) Available in software and in touch-enabled hardware - [conceptboard](https://conceptboard.com/) Whiteboard - a little bit more sophisticated than the add-ons seen in some of the video-conferencing tools - [diagrams.net - aka draw.io](https://app.diagrams.net/) Works well as diagramming tool. AFAIK it has no collaboration features (yet) ## Collaborative Diagramming - [Cacoo](https://cacoo.com/) Numerous templates - [Creately](https://creately.com/) Numerous templates - [Gliffy](https://www.gliffy.com/) Flowcharts, UML diagrams, wireframes - [LucidChart](https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/) - [Stormboard](https://stormboard.com/) ## Shared Mindmap - [Miro](https://miro.com) Templates for: Kanban board, mindmap, user story map, customer journey map, retrospective, product roadmap, flowchart, and roll-your-own - [Mural](https://www.mural.co/) many templates - [Samepage](https://www.samepage.io/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Stormboard](https://stormboard.com/) ## Shared Task Board / Kanban Board / Card Wall - [Miro](https://miro.com) Templates for: Kanban board, mindmap, user story map, customer journey map, retrospective, product roadmap, flowchart, and roll-your-own - [Samepage](https://www.samepage.io/) Individual free: Yes. Paid plans: Yes. - [Trello](https://trello.com) Simple columnar "card" layout. ## Group Decision-Making - [Mindiply](https://mindiply.com/products/decido/) - [WheelDecide](https://wheeldecide.com/) ## Issue Tracking Also see product reviews on [Capterra](https://www.capterra.com/issue-tracking-software/). - [Freshdesk](https://freshdesk.com/) - [Github](https://github.com) If your team's code base is managed on Github, you can use Github's issue tracking feature - [Gitlab](https://gitlab.com) If your team's code base is managed on Gitlab, you can use Gitlab's issue tracking feature - [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira) Used in many companies; probably has largest marketshare, so is familiar to many people - [Solar Winds Service Desk](https://www.solarwinds.com/service-desk) - [Team Support](https://www.teamsupport.com/issue-tracking-software) - [YouTrack](https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/) JetBrains issue tracker ## Timekeeping - [Online Stopwatch](https://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-interval-timer) Browser-based online timer - [Ultra Timer](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ultra-timer/laohhcnmipbidhjomikgbmdgckopbgnb/related?hl=en) Chrome extension ## Distributed Pair Programming Support Remote pair programming benefits from seamless realtime collaboration on the same desktop. There are two ways to achieve this: (a) Full-access remote desktop tools, or (b) remote collaborative programming features of software development tools. Remote desktop tools are designed to support remote technical support and system administration, so they provide the other person unrestricted access to your system. Use these tools only with partners you trust. You can also use a videoconferencing tool with screen sharing capability in conjunction with a procedure to commit changes and switch who is sharing, to allow each person to type. However, only one person at a time owns the keyboard and mouse. #### Remote desktop tools - [Microsoft Remote Access](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/microsoft-remote-desktop/9wzdncrfj3ps) For Windows access to other Windows systems. - [Use Together](https://www.use-together.com/) Cross-platform (Mac/Windows) real-time simultaneous control for up to 4 participants. Free license limited to 30 minutes per day, paid licenses and on-premise version available for corporate use. #### Collaboration features of development tools - [Code With Me](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEABKL-708#focus=Comments-27-4365766.0-0) JetBrains IDE plugin - [Floobits](https://floobits.com/help/plugins/intellij) IntelliJ IDEA plugin, not completely seamless collaborative coding - [XPairtise](https://sourceforge.net/projects/xpairtise/) - Eclipse plugin - [VisualStudio Live Share](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/live-share/) VisualStudio IDE - [VSCode Live Share](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/liveshare/use/vscode) VSCode Editor LiveShare is a low-bandwidth option for up to 30 participants. It is not screen-sharing, and has many limitations. eg. Intellisense does not work for guest participants. Very limited ability to share a terminal session and debugging session. Sessions work across IDEs and platforms (Mac / Windows / VSCode / Visual Studio). ## Distributed Mob Programming Support When following a strict style of Mob Programming changeovers, the use of a videoconferencing tool for screen sharing and a common version control system usually provide a good developer experience. You can also use the same tooling as for pair programming. - [Mob](https://github.com/remotemobprogramming/mob) Mob Programming changeover tool - handles push to mob programming branch and changeover to new Driver; requires Golang installed; works with Zoom screen sharing - [Mobster](http://mobster.cc/) Timer for Mob Programming sessions ## Team Member Recognition - [Group Greeting](https://www.groupgreeting.com/) - [Kudobox](https://kudobox.co/)