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See also Public Social Networking & Micro-Sharing Services
5pm : 5pm can be your central location for project and task management, team collaboration, time tracking, reporting and more… Free Trial, Hosted
Acrobat.com : Upload documents and project files. Then share them in an online Workspace. Free trial , Hosted.
activeCollab : Project management & collaboration tool that you can set up on your own server or local network. Work with your team, clients and contractors in an easy to use environment, while keeping full control over your data
Free Trial, Hosted
AgreeDo : helps you to create meeting agendas. Let all participants collaborate on the agenda before the meeting, so that everyone is prepared. Hosted
Alfresco : Enterprise collaboration around social content. Open source to download, commercial versions hosted
AROUNDMe : Using AROUNDMe collaboration server you can create multiple collaborative group, webspace, community or social networking websites. Each group can create a multiple page collaborative web site. Download
Backpack : Share information with your team. Keep your documents, discussions, and schedules in one place all the time. Free trial, Hosted
Basecamp : Basecamp tackles project management from an entirely different angle: A focus on communication and collaboration. Basecamp brings people together. Free trial, Hosted
Binfire : Create & manage your projects! Add members, Create tasks & Milestones and track your progress. Use tweets for status reporting. Price plans. Hosted
Box : Create an online workspace where you can share project files, add comments, assign tasks, start discussions or create new content. Free trial, Hosted
Buddypress : Plugin from WordPress that turns your site into a community – with groups and other social and collaboration functionality. Download
Collanos Workplace : You can overcome information clutter by having a single space to share, interact and collaborate with your team. Download
Central Desktop : Social Technology Platform provides a complete solution for businesses to collaborate, manage projects and connect their people. Free Trial, Hosted
Clearvale Express : Free, private enterprise social network for your company. (This is an Elgg-powered network) Free trial, Hosted
CoMindwork : improves the knowledge work productivity in projects performed by workgroups in professional service firms and by divisions within enterprises. Commercial versions available. Hosted
Community Center 3.0 : Enterprise-class social network and community platform. It brings together community applications, management tools, and systems infrastructure to deliver the best mix of user features, administration, management, reporting and scalability—all flexible enough to tailor to your community requirements. Hosted
Community Engine : is a free, open-source social network plugin for Ruby on Rails applications. Drop it into your new or existing application, and you’ll instantly have all the features of a basic community site. Download
CrowdVine : The smart and easy way to build a community around your event or conference Hosted/Installed
CubeTree : The Secure and Global Social Platform for Business from SuccessFactors. Commercial version. Hosted
Cyn.in : is a collaboration software that inter-connects your people with each other and their collective knowledge, seamlessly. Cyn.in helps teams to communicate faster and build collaborative knowledge by sharing and discussing various forms of digital content within a secure, unified application. Open Source to download, Commercial hosted version
Dekks : Kick-start massive collaboration and tap the informal knowledge network that exists in your company. Free Trial, Hosted
DeskAway ; Easy to use online project collaboration software for virtual, distributed & global teams. Built with social features and a growing community. Free Trial, Download
Dolphin : software package for creating your own social network, community or dating site without any limits. All modules, players, chat, messengers and apps are included. Open Source, Download
DRE’s Business Collaboration NetworkDRE’s BCN is web-based business collaboration and web conferencing software that enables sales and marketing teams to collaborate simply with customers, prospects, partners and other colleagues. With features including discussion forums, desktop sharing, live chat messaging, group calendars, interactive whiteboards, file libraries, and to do lists, etc. Hosted
DynaPortal : Web community software brings out the best in DynaPortal™ with its Web 2.0 community features. The software provides the tools to produce a useful information resource for your community of interest. It builds community through audience and member participation. Installed
Easy Projects.net : a web-based project management tool, making team collaboration hassle free and straightforward. Free trial. Hosted/Download
Elgg.org and Elgg.com : Empowers individuals, groups and institutions to create their own fully-featured social environment Open Source to download; Free trial for commercial plan
Enginey : EngineY is an easy to use social network framework and portal implemented in Ruby on Rails that is easy to customize and deploy as your own powerful social media site or other portal type site. Empower users with their own blogs. Enhance collaboration with forums, groups and events. Let your users post Twitter-like status messages. Open Source, Download
EnterTheGroup : Take your Group Project or Classroom to the Next Level! Hosted
eRoom hosting : Share documents, create and manage project plans, discuss issues and make decisions, manage group calendars. Free Trial, Hosted
Eureka Streams : For enterprise use, find relevant colleagues and groups, following their streams of activity, and engaging in conversation. Open Source, Download
Flokio: Start your own micro-blogging group. Hosted
Glasscubes : Online Collaboration – organize your day to day work, project manage, information, people and files securely. Pricing plans available. Hosted
gnoss : Provides people with tools to develop their digital identity, connect their intelligence and create communities with semantic technology. Hosted
Google Groups : Discuss online with others in your group. Hosted
Grouply : Makeover your existing Google or Yahoo groups, or create a new group. Hosted
Grou.ps : Platform for social groups to get together. Use it for any purpose. Choose your template and pick all the modules that you want (wiki, blogs, photos, links etc
Commercial versions. Hosted
Groupsite : A powerful social collaboration tool for ordinary people in everyday groups. Commercial versions, Hosted
HiTask : Task management application you can use with your team to make your daily business routine more fun. Hosted
Huddle : Manage projects, files and people in the cloud. Connect, share and work better together with the world’s best online collaboration app for business. Free trial, Hosted
HyperOffice : Online collaboration solutions include professional email, document management, project management, shared calendaring, and contact management tools. Free Trial, Hosted
iGrOOps : Your own social network in minutes. Free Trial, Hosted
Incipi : is an online collaboration community that can help you manage your business and professional life online. Incipi incorporates the latest tools – file sharing, project management, and short text messaging – in one platform where you control your image in an easy to use environment. Free Trial, Hosted
iversity : The Collaboration Network for Academia – Organize courses, research groups and conferences Hosted
Jive : Enterprise-scale social business solution. Platform integrates the best features of social networking, collaboration software, community software, and social media monitoring to extend a layer of social capabilities across every level of your business. Hosted
KickApps : KickApps solutions include Social Media for audience growth, Social Marketing/Social CRM for customer engagement, and Social Business for employee collaboration. Free Trial. Hosted
KineticGlue : KineticGlue brings to you a smart and powerful set of collaborative tools in a easy to use application. Hosted
Liferay Social Office : is a social collaboration solution for the enterprise. This full virtual workspace streamlines communication, saves time, builds group cohesion and raises productivity. All you have to do is log in and work the way you want to, at your convenience.Community edition free; Enterprise edition commercial
LiquidPlanner : Easy and professional online project management software for scheduling, collaboration, time tracking, and reporting. Free Trial, Hosted
Lotus Quickr : team spaces, content libraries, team discussion forums, wikis, and connectors make it easy to share documents and information amongst a team, and Lotus Quickr software works with your enterprise content management system, as well as with Lotus Notes, Lotus Connections, Lotus Sametime, Lotus Symphony, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook. Hosted/Installed
LumoFlow : connects people across geographical or organizational boundaries and helps to work together towards common targets. Premium versions, Hosted
Micromobs : Start a micro-mob around a topic or group. Hosted
Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 : Microsoft SharePoint 2010 makes it easier for people to work together. Using SharePoint 2010, your people can set up Web sites to share information with others, manage documents from start to finish, and publish reports to help everyone make better decisions. Installed
Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010 : (previously Groove) A SharePoint workspace is your own personal copy of the SharePoint site, or selected lists and libraries you choose to take offline and synchronize from that site. The workspace contains only you as a member. You share content updates with other SharePoint users as the workspace is synchronized with the SharePoint site. Download
Mighty Touch : Social networking website is easy with Joomla Now. MightyTouch is the only component with such spacious functionality allowing to create such websites as Facebook, MySpace, without efforts. Free Trial, Download
MyOffice : is a subscription based internet-hosted ‘virtual office’ designed for small to medium-sized businesses. It combines shared diaries / calendars, contacts, tasks, email, file store, reminders and notes into an integrated suite of online collaboration tools to help you keep in touch with your colleagues. Free Trial, Hosted
Mzinga OmniSocial : Next-generation social software suite, Mzinga OmniSocial, enables you to increase revenue, lower costs, and become more productive by delivering an engaging, interactive employee and customer experience that transforms how you do business from the inside, out. Installed
Ning : Platform to build private social websites. Uses 3rd party apps to provide extra functionality. Free trial. Hosted
Nozbe : Web-based* time- and project-management application for busy people and teams. Free Trial, Hosted
OfficeZilla : With OfficeZilla your organization can share calendars, files, forums and more in a secure and private web place with no limits, ads, or fees. Anyone can use OfficeZilla! Hosted
onehub Workspaces : Customizable workspaces for online collaboration. Manage projects, share files and collaborate with others. Free Trial, Hosted
oneplace : Easy-to-use web-based software to connect your team. Free Trial, Hosted
OpenaCircle : Brainstorm, coordinate and share with colleagues, clients, friends and family in an application that bundles interactive video conferencing, desktop sharing, file storage, scheduling-calendar and instant messaging into one, easy-to-use web-based product. Commercial versions available. Hosted
OpenTeams : In addition to project collaboration, blogging, social networking, community building, and knowledge management, OpenTeams is an innovative initiative development solution where employees collaboratively seed and mature new ideas for additional revenue, productivity, and cost-savings. Free Trial, Hosted
OutStart Participate : Integrates social networking, collaboration, and knowledge sharing technologies in a secure managed environment that makes social media work for your enterprise. Hosted/Installed
Pinax : is suitable for a wide variety of website: intranets, event management, learning management, software project management and more. Open Source, Download
PlanZone : Collaborative project management software. Free Trial, Hosted
Plerb : Start your own social community. Hosted
Plum : A private way to keep up with your family or small group. It’s easy and fun. Hosted
Plurk : Share your life easily with friends, family and fans. Hosted
Presently : award-winning micro-blogging platform that keeps your company connected in real-time. Hosted/Download
ProductiveTeams TeamLink Center : Share and store files and messages between a limited group of users who have focused issues to discuss. Free Trial, Hosted
Projectplace : Dedicated space for a project team and one project or multiple teams and projects. £, Free Trial, Hosted
ProjectSpaces : A simple, secure, and powerful online workspace and extranet tool to help your project teams, workgroups, committees, partners, and others easily connect, share and collaborate. Free Trial, Hosted/Installed
ProjectThingy : Just copy and paste some html to get a project and large file (up to 1GB/file) collaboration tool that lives on your site – and looks like it too! Add code
Qontext : A collaboration platform that facilitates content sharing, contextual conversations, collaboration across business applications, and enterprise-grade security and privacy options Free for companies with <25 users. Hosted
SAP Streamwork : brings together people, information, and business methods to drive fast, meaningful results. Hosted
Sharetronix : A multimedia microblogging platform. It helps people in a community, company, or group to exchange short messages over the Web. Open source, Download
Skrbl : Team resources for online collaboration. Powerful new features designed to let you work better together. Share resources with your team, co browse the web, annotate shared documents, video phone, skype calls … share ideas, communicate & sync like never before. ‘team-skrbl’ is the next best thing to being in the same room. Hosted
SmartSheet : Manage projects and collaboration online. Free trial. Hosted
SnappVille : is a web-based platform for building, branding, customizing, moderating and managing online communities. Hosted
Social Engine : is social network software that helps you build your own custom community website. Hosted
SocialGO : Build a website with great social networking features in minutes. Your own design, custom features, privacy settings and easy to monetize Hosted
SocialSiteCreator : Create your own social network, includes social networking template, hosting, and technical support. Hosted
Socialcast : Enterprise activity stream Commercial plans available, Hosted/Download
SocialText : The Socialtext collaboration platform gives you a better way to work. It includes social networking, microblogging, wiki workspaces with integrated blogs, distributed spreadsheets, and a personal home page for every user. Free trial, Hosted/Installed
Sosius : is the incredible hosted online workspace, accessible from any PC or Mac, that lets you create and collaborate and share. Create a flexible, secure workspace for as many users you like in under 5 minutes. Free Trial, Hosted
Spruz : empowers people and brands to build focused online communities designed for growth. Hosted
Status.net : micro messaging platform that helps you share and connect in real-time within your own domain. Open source, Download and Hosted versions
Swabr : enterprise microblogging platform. Hosted
Tadagraph : Distribute collaboration via micro-messaging. Hosted/Installed
Teambox : Voted the best online project collaboration software for project managers, contractors, freelancers and teams. Hosted
Teamlab : Business collaboration and project management. Open source, Download and Hosted versionsdesktop synchronization to users on any computer. Free Trial. Download/Hosted
Team Orchestrator : is a cloud-based service that guides team activities from conception to completion. It provides workflow—enhanced collaboration across organizational boundaries to partners, suppliers and customers. Free Trial, Hosted
Teamwork Project Manager : Easy-to-use online project management solution that helps managers, staff and clients work together more productively.Hosted
Telligent Community : social community software enables organizations to listen to, learn from and improve conversations with customers, partners and prospects. Installed
tgethr : The best way to communicate with your small group. Share files, track conversations, manage your group. Hosted
ThoughtFarmer : is turnkey social intranet software. It enables innovative organizations to share knowledge, engage employees, and foster collaboration. Installed
ThoughtStream : group engagement made simple – The only SaaS collaboration application with the simplicity of email and the structure, accountability and documentation of a facilitated process. hosted, free trial
TribalOS : collaborative web platform executed on the cloud and distributed as Saas. Has a user-friendly interface, scalable and very intuitive plus has no need for any software installation. Free Trial, Hosted
WebAsyst : is a suite of web applications for online collaboration and ecommerce. WebAsyst allows sharing data and files, organizing contacts with your colleagues and friends, opening an online store. Free Trial, Hosted/Download
Webex WebOffice : Work more easily with coworkers, clients, and vendors in a WebOffice. Share documents, coordinate calendars, hold web meetings, manage tasks, build web databases, follow discussions, make announcements and run your business on the web. You can control access to sensitive files while allowing guests to view public ones, take polls, and manage expense reports. Free Trial, Hosted
WhoDoes 2.0 : is the web-based project management tool that helps team members COLLABORATE with each other, SHARE files, emails and MANAGE milestones and tasks. Hosted
Wiggio : The easiest way to communicate and work in groups. Hosted
WikyBlog : A groupware platform that fuses the collaborative editing features of wikis with the user friendly publishing characteristics of blogs. Open source to download, Hosted service available
Yahoo Groups : Connect with a world of people who share your passions. Hosted
Yammer : Private, enterprise micro-blogging tool. Can create communities for invited external participants. Commercial plan available, Hosted
YapTime : Create a private group – post private messages, photos, videos, files and calendars — all one safe place. Hosted
YooLinkPro : is your corporate social network. It is the most efficient way for your company to foster collaboration, to create links between different teams and to source relevant information. Free Trial, Hosted
YouFig : Create your own secure collaboration communities branded & customized for your business or organization. Hosted
YourMembership : is redefining the scope of today’s membership software and association management software. We provide one solution that delivers membership management software that’s fully integrated with vibrant social networking features – it’s one complete solution for you and your members. Hosted
Yuku – In just minutes you’ll have a full-blown social community up and running for free. Hosted
Zimbra Collaboration Suite : is a next-generation collaboration server that provides organizations greater overall flexibility and simplicity with integrated email, contacts, calendaring, sharing and document management plus mobility and desktop synchronization to users on any computer. Free Trial. Download/Hosted
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