Category · 12 contenders
Communication & Collaboration alternatives
Put team chat, video, remote work and shared documents side by side, and see which tools suit the way your team actually talks and works.
The contenders
Newest contenders firstMost community votes first
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1
StartMailPrivate, secure and encrypted email you can trust
- Stage
- Established
- Based
- Netherlands
- DR
- 67
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2
Mailfence™Secure and private email service
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- Established
- Based
- –
- DR
- 73
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3
PurelymailEmail, pure and simple.
- Stage
- –
- Based
- –
- DR
- 63
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4
Forward EmailPrivacy-focused email forwarding for custom domains
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- Established
- Based
- –
- DR
- 69
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ImprovMX®Forward Emails Easily
- Stage
- Established
- Based
- United States
- DR
- 67
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6
MXrouteNo-nonsense email hosting since 2013. Unlimited domains and accounts on every plan.
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- Established
- Based
- –
- DR
- 64
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7
RunboxSustainable, Private & Secure Email — Made in Norway
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- Established
- Based
- Norway
- DR
- 66
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mailboxYour digital workspace with email, cloud, office and video conferencing
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- –
- Based
- Germany
- DR
- 75
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9
FastmailEmail and calendar made better
- Stage
- Established
- Based
- Australia
- DR
- 81
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10
PosteoGreen, Secure, Ad-free Email Service
- Stage
- Established
- Based
- Germany
- DR
- 73
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11
MigaduThe Missing Email Service For Domains
- Stage
- Established
- Based
- Switzerland
- DR
- 71
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HEY™A delightfully fresh take on email + calendar, from 37signals
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- –
- Based
- –
- DR
- 80
Votes are community votes from signed-in members and cannot be bought. DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs.
About Communication & Collaboration
Communication & Collaboration is where the versus badges come out. Every product here exists so people can talk, meet, share and write together, and most of them overlap just enough to make the choice awkward. This page lays them next to each other so the differences show up in a row, not in a sales pitch.
The category page lists the products and businesses in this category and its subcategories, with filters to narrow the field. Start with the subcategory that matches your biggest gap: team chat for quick exchanges, video and meetings for live conversation, remote work for distributed teams, documents and wikis for knowledge that has to last. Then compare two or three options on the attributes you care about, such as how they handle history, guests, search and integrations. Listings appear newest first by default, and you can sort by community votes instead. Votes can never be bought.
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Communication & Collaboration: questions answered
- What belongs in Communication & Collaboration?
- Products that help people exchange messages, meet live, work across locations or write and store shared knowledge. If a tool's main job is moving conversation or shared information between people, it fits here. Tools that only manage tasks or money usually belong elsewhere.
- How do I choose between the subcategories?
- Pick by the job you need done first. Team chat covers quick, ongoing exchanges. Video and meetings covers live calls. Remote work covers running a distributed team. Documents and wikis covers written knowledge. Many tools straddle two, so compare them in both.
- How are listings ordered on this page?
- Newest first by default, so recent launches get seen. Visitors can switch to sorting by community votes. Votes can never be bought, so the vote order reflects what visitors have actually chosen, not what a founder has paid for.
- How do I get my product listed here?
- Go to /submit and paste your website address. An AI drafts the profile from your site, then you check and edit every field before anything goes live. You choose one main category, included free. An upgrade for $5 adds up to 3 more.
- What should I compare when weighing two tools?
- Check how each handles searchable history, guest access, notifications, integrations and export. Look at whether the tool replaces something you already use or adds another place to check. Put two candidates side by side on those points before you decide.
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