Best remote work tools for beginners

Today we would like to present you list of remote work tools you have to know while starting your adventure with a home office.

If you plan or just started working remotely, here is a list of 21 easy to learn and extremely useful remote work tools. While coronavirus is spreading around the world, those apps will help you organize your work stay focused, be more productive and happy than you might have thought.

Why should I use them when I’m good with email and telephone?

Working from home is great but it takes planning and thoughtfulness. You have to make things run smoothly, especially when it comes to communications because you can’t just tap your co-worker on the shoulder and ask or show what’s on your mind. Planning meetings, communicating with your team, prioritizing tasks, remembering about different time-zones, maximizing productivity, and above all working wisely not hard. For all of that and much more those apps were made.

Team chat / Collaboration

1. Slack. One of the most popular communication tools, free only with basic features.
2. Chanty. Simple AI-powered team chat. Free up to 10 members.
3. Mattermost. Slack alternative. No free plan, 3.25$ per user per month.
4. Google Hangouts. Messaging, Voice, and Video Calls. Free.
5. Facebook Workplace. Communication and files sharing for teams. A basic plan for up to 50 users free.
6. Discord. Simple voice, video, and text communication. Free.
7. Microsoft Teams. All in one collaboration platform. Free for those who have Microsoft Office.

Video Calls / Conferences / Meetings

1. Zoom. A leader in modern enterprise video communication. Free with 40 minutes meeting duration limit.
2. Pukka Team. Remote Team Communication. Free for the first 60 days.
3. Whereby. Easy video meetings with no login or downloads. Free up to 4 participants.
4. Google Hangouts. Messaging, Voice and Video Calls. Free.
5. Microsoft Teams. All in one collaboration platform. Free for those who have Microsoft Office.

Project Management

1. Trello. Flexible, easy to use, allows you to keep track of everything. Free with basic features.
2. Hive. Powerful and easy to use project and process management software. Only free trail.
3. Basecamp. Trusted by millions project management tool. Free up to 3 projects.
4. Airtable. It works like a spreadsheet but gives the power of a database. Free up to 2GB, 1200 records per base
5. Jira. The #1 software development tool used by agile teams. Free up to 10 users
6. ClickUp. Keeps Tasks, Docs, Conversations, Goals, Reminders in One Place. Free up to 100MB storage
7. Monday. Powerful, flexible & intuitive project management software. No free plan, only trial.
8. Asana. Well-known project management tool. Free basic plan up to 15 members

Productivity

1. Toggl. A simple time tracker with powerful reports. Free basic plan.
2. Todoist. Productivity to do list software. Free.

Storage

1. G Drive. Cloud file storage by Google. Free.
2. Box. Manage, secure, share, and govern all of the internal and external content. Free up to 10GB.
3. Dropbox. A modern workspace and files storage. Free up to 2GB.

To conclude

If you plan on working remotely check out this list of Best Remote Work Job Boards in 2020, and tips on how to get a remote work during a pandemic.

If you work remotely while your family is also at home take a look at these 6 tips on remote work and family at home.

Also, let us know what other tools you find helpful while working remotely!