11 Must have Remote Working Tools that boosts productivity

1.  BLOGS >> 11 Must have Tools for Remote Workers that boost productivity in 2019 11 Must have Tools for Remote Workers that boost productivity in 2019 18 Apr '2019 Vyshnavi Basuthkar As days pass by, working remotely have become a trend now.   In the modern day, it seems quite possible for an entrepreneur or businessman to run their businesses remotely.   For an employee, it’s now possible to work from home whenever he or she wants and be productive enough. Companies nowadays are focusing on their employee’s work-life balance and allowing them to work from their respective houses.   With technological markets enhancing their services every day, there are several productivity tools developed now which allows you to work remotely by the use of newly introduced applications.   This is a optimum way for companies to save money as well when it comes to the usage of computers and electricity. It also helps the employees to become more productive.   Tools and its Speci?cations   There are several tools introduced in today’s world which you can consider when it comes to working remotely.   Below listed remote working tools are currently ruling the market because of the services they provide:     Remote Working Tools

2. 1. Slack 2. Troop Messenger 3. Proprofs 4. EveryTimeZone 5. Zoom 6. Basecamp 7. Asana 8. Zapier 9. Quip 10. Dropbox 11. Harvest     Slack     When it comes to managing remotely working teams, communication becomes an impo?ant factor for all managers. Slack is a chat-based online pla?orm which can be accessed by your team members to communicate with you or other team members in case of any queries or doubts. A few reasons why you should consider this pla?orm   Brainstorming File-sharing Comparing notes and keeping yourselves updated with the recent news of an industry. It can be linked with any other incorporate pla?orms such as Basecamp, Zoom, MailChimp or Skype.  

3. You can onboard slack application into your company by investing about 6 dollars to 12 dollars per active user, which is cheap and a?ordable.   The storage limit set by the slack providers is about 10,000 messages or 5 GB data. It is a useful messaging remote tool for your team members which allows you to organize as well as prioritizing on necessary conversations which have to be addressed immediately. It can also be installed in your mobile phones. You can also use this so?ware to build simple blocks, incoming webhooks, bots, commands, and so on. These features make the so?ware for all the remote workers.   Troop Messenger       This is a comprehensive messaging application where you can deliver messages instantly. It can work for both the small business industries to large-scale industries. With the help of this application, you can connect with your colleagues who may be at di?erent places in the world and cater to your business requirements. You also can get the bene?t of upgrading your current technology, in terms of communication to an ultimate next level. The key features are   Pinging users and audio calls Video calling services Instant messaging and Customer suppo? services through the year Forming groups to collaborate with all the members of your team. You can pay about 1 dollar to 5 dollars per month for an active user. This so?ware suppo?s any instant messaging pla?orms such as Gmail, FaceBook, Skype, etc. These were some tools which are currently dominating the market, and a lot of companies are availing bene?ts from using the applications. If you want to make pro?ts and improve your work culture by using technology, the above-listed tools are some best options available for you.   Proprofs  

4.   This knowledge base so?ware application can be utilized to empower your team members who are working remotely. Best features of this pla?orm are –   Your teammates can produce user guidelines, FAQs, documentation for clients and employees. It develops employee e?ciency signi?cantly. It also promotes sharing knowledge with your team members and keeps them posted about the latest updates. It also features repo?ing tools which help the manager in extracting employee statistics and take a decision accordingly.   You can use this application by paying 9 dollars to 80 dollars per active user, based on the services you choose.   This is considered to be one of the best remote tools which have been introduced in the technological market, so far. Some of the best company’s pla?orm this so?ware suppo?s are Sony, CISCO, DHL, Ford, Yale, Dell and so on. The user-friendly navigation within the so?ware makes it the best pla?orm for the remote workers to use this so?ware.   EveryTimeZone         If you are looking for the best remote collaboration tool, then EveryTimeZone application would be the best tool for you. Advantages of using this application are –  

5. You can keep a track of people or team members who are available for you to work and who is out of reach across the globe. It helps in solving your problem by displaying the time zones around the world. Assists in identifying your co-worker’s time and determining whether it would overlap with your time zone. It would cost you about 12 dollars to onboard this application into your ?rm or company per active user. It suppo?s systems used in Amazon, CentOS, Debian, Oracle Linux, and so on. Assessing the time zones become easier with the help of this so?ware and is considered to be user-friendly. This is why most of the remote workers across the globe use this so?ware. It has the capability to store about 500GB of data.   Zoom     It is considered to be the best application when it comes to remote working tools. Key bene?ts of using this application are   It helps you to share your screens with your colleagues easily who are working remotely in di?erent places in the world. A pe?ect tool for your teammates and permits about 25 pa?icipants to share their screens and be a pa? of it. Each meeting conducted using this application can last up to 40 minutes. You can also share ?les and messages using this application.   While the basic application for business purposes would cost you for an active user about 19.99 dollars per month allowing 100 pa?icipants to share their screens, you can also opt for high paid plans ranging between 35 dollars to 260 dollars per month, which would allow about 500 pa?icipants to share their respective screens.   This so?ware suppo? multiple pla?orms such as Windows, Linux, IOS, Android, and so on. The user-friendly coding structure of the so?ware makes it comfo?able for all remote workers to use this so?ware. It can store up to 1GB of data, depending on the plan you choose.   Basecamp  

6.   It is an e?ective tool in time management criteria, you can use the application to share and save con?dential and useful documents. Apa? from this, some of the other services o?ered by Basecamp are   Automatic Check-ins. To-do-checklist. Camp?res permi?ing users to chat and respond to questions. Message dashboard is used for making e?ective discussions for the team. The work can be easily managed by using this application.   You need to pay 99 dollars per active user monthly to onboard this application in your company.   This pla?orm suppo?s web applications, Android applications, podcasts, Mac, etc. The application is easy to use when it comes to installation, which is why it becomes easier for remote workers to use this so?ware.   Asana     It is an e?ective management remote tool that all your remote workers can make use of. Some of the key bene?ts of using this application are   It permits you to allocate, cascade and assign tasks and projects to your teammates easily. It assists your team members in keeping track of their progress, for the projects assigned to them while also showing to-do checklists of an

7. individual team member. You can also upload several a?achments from your computer into the shared drives or Google Docs, Dropbox and many more pla?orms.   The actual cost to onboard this application in your ?rm can range between 10 dollars to 12 dollars per active user, every month. There are numerous pla?orms which Asana so?ware suppo?s. Some of them are Microso? Outlook, Adobe Cloud, Salesforce, Litmus, and so on. The so?ware is easy to download and can be accessed from anywhere at any time. For this speci?c reason, it becomes easier for remote workers to use this application. Even though there are no storage limits if you are using this so?ware, you can upload up to 100MB of ?le per task.   Zapier     It is an impo?ant tool to remotely manage your team when it comes to using tools and applications together. Let’s help you in ?nding out why you need to use this application –   This remote collaboration tool helps in automating your work by connecting all your applications or tools together to ensure that your work becomes easier and smoother. You can also link website applications which can ease the process ?le or data sharing. You can use this tool to increase the productivity of your team within a sho? duration of time. You can also sync di?erent pla?orms such as Dropbox, Skype, Gmail, Bu?er, PayPal, etc. which can be accessed easily, helping you in saving a lot of time for your time.   Onboarding this application would cost you about 50 dollars to about 125 dollars per active user monthly basis.   Using this so?ware, you can connect to thousands of other tools and applications which uses their storage capacity to store your data and information.    Quip  

8.     If your team uploads a lot of documents daily on pla?orms such as Google Docs or Dropbox, you can make use of this remote collaboration tool named as Quip. Advantages of using this application are   It is a document editing and sharing tool which also compatible with Andriod and Apple IOS pla?orms. You can install this application on your phone or tablets which you can access from anywhere at any time to upload any necessary documents which would help you in taking e?ective decisions. The tool also noti?es you with the name of the users who have recently used or modi?ed the document. You can use this application to save sensitive conversations and train newcomers accordingly.   It would cost you about 30 dollars per month for an active user to onboard this application. You can install this so?ware as it suppo?s pla?orms such as Jira, TaskRay, PDF?ller, sma?sheet, altify, etc. You can integrate your sales depa?ment to work using this application. There are no restrictions when it comes to storage.   Dropbox       Considered to be one of the best pla?orms, which currently dominate the market, Dropbox permits you to invite your team members to interact on folders or ?les. Some other bene?ts of using this application are –   It integrates magni?cently with other o?ce tools and so?ware, such as Microso? o?ce.

9. You can integrate the application with all the applications which require downloading and uploading ?les and uses APIs to function. This will help you in improving collaboration, streamlining work?ows of tasks, securing contents and data, and so on. You can onboard this application in your company by paying 50 dollars per month for an active user. It’s easy to use and upload ?les. Owing to this feature, it becomes easier for remote workers to download this application and use it for their bene?t. It will allow you to store about 2GB of data.   Harvest     Considered to be the best tool in tracking your employee’s working time, this application is easy to use. Why use this application?   You can track your team member’s login and logout time and accordingly create timesheets. This tool provides insight repo?s which would allow taking an e?ective decision for your business in terms of pro?ts, invoices, payments, integration with any other preferred tools and so on. You can also sync this tool with any other time tracking applications such as Quip or Zapier.   You can pay about 11 dollars per month for an active user to use this application. You can integrate this so?ware with your applications and tools to increase the productivity of your employees and save time. There are no restrictions when it comes to storage capacity.   To Sum-up with:   These were some tools which are currently dominating the market and a lot of companies are availing bene?ts from using the applications. If you want to make pro?ts and improve your work culture by using technology, the above-listed tools are some best options available for you.  REMOTE TEAM TEAM COLLABORATION TOOLS SOFTWARE Team Collaboration like never before Give enough space to your business to grow. Make it accessible anytime