The best software to improve productivity in 2024

Discover the 12 tools that improve the productivity of businesses and their employees.

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Do you feel that your teams could be more efficient in their work? 

Do you feel the need for a new tool that would save your employees time on a daily basis? 

Check out our top 12 collaborative software products that have a decisive impact on productivity:

1. Talkspirit
2. Microsoft 365
3. Google Workspace 
4. Slack
5. Zoom 
6. Trello, Asana...  
7. Evernote 
8. Zapier
9. Integromat
10. IFTTT
11. Buffer
12. LastPass
    

... and choose the one that suits you best!

1.Talkspirit

The all-in-one platform that simplifies the daily life of companies

Talkspirit is an all-in-one collaborative software 100% made in France. Our ambition? To provide companies with an online workspace that covers all their collaborative needs. With TalkspiritNo need to juggle between different applications to manage your projects, send a message to a colleague, distribute important information, organize live internal training or hold a video conference. Its added value? A better working experience and a clear improvement in productivity. Talkspirit is used by 500 customers who mobilise more than 150,000 employees. These include:Gîtes de France, CEA, Eckès Granini, French Army etc.

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Key features:

• all-in-one platform 
• many natively integrated features (chat, video conferencing, checklists & task assignments, news feed, co-editable documents…) 
• ease of use 
• more than 1,000 integrations  
• access without email  
• mobile and desktop applications 
• responsive customer service and user support (FR and EN) seven days a week
• GDPR : data hosted in the EU (at OVHcloud)
  

Limitations / disadvantages: sound lack of notoriety ;)

Pricing: 

• paid plans from €5 / month per user (decreasing rate from 500 users and preferential conditions for associations)
• free trial (15 days) 

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2.Microsoft 365

The productivity suite that integrates all Microsoft software

Microsoft 365 is an aggregation of independently developed applications designed to facilitate daily work. These include collaborative messaging TeamsOneDrive cloud storage, Outloook messaging and the popular Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Yammer.

Key features:

• easy to use 
• well-integrated ecosystem of solutions 
• multi-device content synchronization 
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• Microsoft 365 is an aggregate of tools rather than an all-in-one platform that centralizes work and exchanges
• publisher subject to the Cloud Act* 
  

Pricing: 

• Microsoft 365 Business Basic at €4.20 per month per user
• Microsoft 365 Business Standard at €10.50 per month per user 
• Microsoft 365 Business Premium at €16.00 per month per user 
• Microsoft 365 apps at €8.80 per month per user
  
  

3.Google Workspace

The productivity suite from Silicon Valley giant Google

Formerly G Suite, Google Workspace brings together in an integrated solution the applications developed by Google. This all-in-one suite of tools is designed for the professional world. Its flagship applications include: Google Chat for instant messaging, Gmail for emails, Google Meet for video conferencing, Google Drive for storing and sharing documents, Google Docs for word processing and document co-editing, etc. When well integrated together, these tools boost productivity and make the work of your teams more efficient.

Key features:

• ease of use 
• 100% cloud-hosted solution, accessible from any Internet-connected device
• Powerful document co-editing tools (spreadsheet, word processing, presentation, forms, drawings) 
• regularity of updates
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• G Suite does not offer a desktop application 
• regular updates imply a certain adaptability of the users
• publisher subject to the Cloud Act* 
  

Pricing: 

• Business Starter plan at €4.68 per month per user 
• Business Standard plan at €9.36 per month per user
• Business Plus plan at €15.60 per month per user 
• Enterprise plan on quotation from the sales department
• 14-day free trial 
  
  

4.Slack

The preferred team messaging for start-ups

Slack is a team messaging system that improves your productivity by streamlining your team conversations. Unlike traditional email, Slack allows you to organize your exchanges into customisable chat channels rather than silos. As a result, you reduce the number of daily exchanges while increasing your productivity.

Key features:

• very wide range of integrations
• customizable tool 
• channel organization system
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• too many notifications and interruptions that ultimately lead to productivity losses
• publisher subject to the Cloud Act* 
  

Pricing: 

• from €6,25/month per user, with a free version available

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5.Zoom

The reference video conferencing tool

Zoom is a software that allows you to easily organize video conferences and online meetings. It also includes a chat function. This software allows you to make your exchanges more flexible, more efficient and to reduce the number of daily meetings. So you save time.

Key features:

• high-definition audio and video
• screen sharing
• video capture and transcription 
• instant messaging 
• meeting facilitation (polls, live Q&A, "raise your hand" option...)
• capacity of videoconference sessions
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• poorly developed collaboration module 
• publisher subject to the Cloud Act* 
  

Pricing:

• Free plan
• Pro plan at €13.99 per month per user
• Business plan at €18.99 per month per user 

6.Trello, Asana, Basecamp... 

Software that changes the way you manage projects

It is impossible to discuss productivity without talking about software that facilitates project management. They allow you to organize the work of your employees more efficiently, to monitor their progress in order to be able to address any problems quickly and to gain visibility of your company's internal activity. In the end, you save time and your team becomes more efficient.

7.Evernote 

The best note-taking application

Evernote is software that allows you to take notes in several forms (written, photographic, audio...). What makes it special? Its ergonomics make the creation of your notes fast and its powerful search system allows you to find them easily.

Key features:

• multimedia: drawings, video recordings, audio recordings, etc. 
• powerful search function
• web application 
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• limited free version 
• range of integrations to be expanded
  

Pricing: 

• Free Basic Plan
• Premium plan at €6.99 per month per user
• Business plan at €13.99 per month per user
  
  

8.Zapier 

The tool that connects your applications and automates your tasks

Zapier is a powerfultask automation tool that's able to take the services you use on a daily basis, connect them, and schedule a chain of automated actions. Zapier is particularly interesting for saving time and improving the productivity of your employees who regularly perform redundant tasks.

Key features:

• ease of use 
• creation of custom workflows 
• pleasant interface
• automation tool with no code required 

Limitations / disadvantages:

• Zapier is an easy to use tool, but a fairly advanced technical knowledge is required if you want to take advantage of the full potential of the application
• website available in English only
  

Pricing: 

• Free plan
• Starter plan at $19.99 per month 
• Professional plan at $49 per month
• Team plan at $299 per month 
• Company plan at $599 per month 

9.Integromat

The European Zapier, to automate your workflows

Integromat is a tool that makes it easy toautomate your workflows . Its many features allow you to automate tasks ranging from social networking to project management to customer support.

Key features:

• ease of use 
• wide range of functionality that makes the tool useful for many sectors
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• sparse documentation base for assistance 
  

Pricing: 

• free plan
• Basic plan at $9 per month per user
• Standard plan at $29 per month per user 
• Business plan at $99 per month per user 
• Platinum plan at $299 per month per user
• Custom plan on request

10.IFTTT

A little-known but powerful task automation service

"If This Then That (IFTT) is an application that can connect a set of services and automate tasks simply by following the algorithmic principle stated above: if this happens, then that should be done automatically.

Key features:

• intuitive handling 
• price attractiveness 
  

Limitations / disadvantages: 

• website available in English only 
  

Pricing: 

• Free standard plan
• Pro plan at $3.99 per month
• Developer plan at $199 per month 
• Team plan with evolving tariff 
• Enterprise plan on request
  
  

11.Buffer

The tool that helps you organize your social media

Buffer is an application that allows you to manage all your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and LinkedIn) simultaneously. In addition to publishing content on multiple platforms, you can schedule the publication of your posts. This is a tool that will simplify the daily life of your content manager and improve his or her editorial planning.

Key features:

• ease of use 
• analysis of results on social networks
• ability to add RSS feeds from blogs to share the content they publish automatically 
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• limited range of features
• no YouTube
• free version rather limited—especially in terms of analysis 
  

Pricing: 

• free plan (3 social networks, 10 programmable posts, 1 user)
• Pro plan at $15 per month 
• Premium plan at $65 per month 
• Business plan at $99 per month 
• 14-day free trial
  
  

12.Lastpass 

The password management software

LastPass is a secure password management application that stores your usernames and passwords in a safe place. LastPass not only saves you time by remembering your passwords and making it easier for you to log in to the various web services you use but also ensures the overall security of your online life.

Key features:

• password creation 
• storage of information (PIN codes, membership number...)
• pre-filling of address and payment forms
• Enterprise-wide password management (useful for CIOs) 
  

Limitations / disadvantages:

• interface to be improved
• storage of web passwords only
• the "master" password (created when you first signed up for LastPass) is rarely requested
  

Pricing: 

• MFA plan at €2.90 per month per user
• Teams plan at €3.90 per month per user
• Enterprise plan at €5.70 per month per user 
• Identify plan at €7.50 per month per user 
• 14-day free trial. See website for individual pricing.

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*The Cloud Act A U.S. federal data surveillance law, passed in 2018, which forces U.S.-based service providers to provide all stored data to federal authorities upon request—regardless of the location of the servers (even within the European Union) (Source: Wikipedia)

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Now that you have your hand of cards, it's up to you how to play :) 

Each of the productivity software has its own advantages and disadvantages. Choose the one that best suits your business. Don't hesitate to take advantage of the free trials that these solutions offer or contact us for more information!