Best Free Online Collaboration Tools

Need free online collaboration software and tools? Take a look at Bitrix24 - the fastest growing web based collaboration software that is 100% free for unlimited users and includes over 35 tools that your team can start using in 30 seconds.

Meet Bitrix24, a free unified collaboration platform, jam-packed with over 35 tools. Not familiar with the term ‘unified collaboration’? This means all tools that you typically use to collaborate with others - social network, intranet, email, chat, video conferencing, file sharing, online document editing - are available to you in one place. Fully featured Bitrix24 is 100% free for unlimited users.

The following business collaboration tools are available inside Bitrix24 free of charge: internal and external collaboration, social intranet portal, audio and video calls, actionable workchat, website builder, CRM, shared calendars, document management, tasks, projects, time tracking, form builder, Gantt chart, Kanban board and much more. You can see the complete list here.

* Please note that the information may have changed since the publication. For current prices and features please visit Bitrix24 pricing page.

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Basic Features

Company knowledge bases
Workgroup/project knowledge base
Multiple knowledge bases
Mind Maps
Wiki
Polling and discussions
Bitrix24.Drive (5 GB storage free)
Access permissions
Mobile, desktop and any device access
Navigation search

Knowledge Base

Company knowledge base
Workgroup/project knowledge base
Ready-made knowledge base templates
Template customization
Configurable access permissions (creation, editing, viewing, publishing)
Standard and nested menus

Mind Map

Visual schemes
Custom and individual schemes
A mind map from scratch
Ready-made templates
All standard mind map features
Extended features like assign users, create tasks and events
Import, export mind maps

Online Document Storage

Online documents & file sharing
5 GB storage free
Unlimited storage $199/mo
Company/Department/Employee drives
Access rights
Cross device files syncing & access (PC/Mac/iOS/Android)
Share access rights, a-la Dropbox, via post, chat
Time and password restricted sharing

Social Knowledge Sharing

Searchable private and public chats
Audio and video calls, videoconferencing
Online video recording
Employee directory and profiles
Photo and video sharing
Customizable employee profiles
Contact information (phone, e-mail, social profiles)
Company-wide announcements
Company news
Company info with weekends, holidays, working time parameters, general rules

Bitrix24 manuals are available at training.bitrix24.com. We also have a great YouTube channel that covers every aspect of Bitrix24 apps, from sales to planning to communications to document management. To download self hosted editions of Bitrix24 that can be installed on your own server and come with open source code access, please visit Bitrix24 Self Hosted page.