Why we’re a great alternative to Slack

We’re a great alternative to Slack. Why? Simply, there is no need for development or third party integrations. All the functionality you need is within one single, secure platform. It’s an out of the box solution. What does that mean? Well, once you follow a few steps and sign up, you’re ready to go. Crugo can help you stay organised, manage projects, plan events, share files and communicate from a single application.
Up until the 1990’s most business collaboration was done via telephone, face-to-face or in writing! Email changed all that and is still widely used in most offices around the world.
Over the past 15 years or so we have seen more and more instant messenger applications or ‘chat apps’ like Skype and more recently Slack. Instant messenger apps are now common in business, and you probably use at least one of these at work and at least 3 in your personal life on a daily basis.
Other technologies have also crept in, almost without us noticing. Applications like Dropbox, Asana, Box and so on and so on, they all give us the tools we need to make our working lives more productive and let’s be honest, easier!
For us, the single most important thing about a new technology is whether or not it makes our life easier!
“I use Skype or instant messaging, but I still use Email. I use Asana for my team Calendar, but I don’t have a calendar on the wall….”
If you were hoping that we would shed some light on this, you are out of luck! We have no idea why email is still being used. It’s essentially a poor way to send an instant message that you can’t even attach a large document to.
“But we’ve always used Email, and we use Dropbox for file management which integrates with Slack for instant messages!”
More and more organisations are using multiple tools to do the same thing, collaborate. The down side of this is twofold — Security and cost.
Allowing your staff to use any tool for communications will be impossible to audit or monitor. The security risks are huge! Also having a multitude of tools means a multitude of subscriptions which will add up to even the smallest company.
Crugo — Simple and Secure, Group Collaboration.
At Crugo we bring all of your digital collaboration needs into one simple, easy to use platform with no development or integration required. We have packages for every business regardless of size or turnover.
Send instant messages to anyone in your company and know who is online and when. Chat around projects in private or open groups with customisable views for files, calendars, task-lists and RSS feeds.
Assign admin privileges to give managers full visibility and control over your private collaboration network and invite guests when needed.
Reduce your monthly spend and subscriptions by implementing Crugo.
Set-up takes just 2 minutes, and the best bit is, if you don’t like it in the first month we will give you your money back.
Still not convinced? Check out our feature comparison here
Also, feel free to tweet us with any questions on twitter @teamcrugo
Thanks for reading!
