⚡ Online Collaboration

Online collaboration software enables teams to work together on shared tasks, documents, and projects through internet-based platforms, often supporting remote teamwork among members distributed around the world.

These systems typically provide real-time document editing, file sharing and storage, messaging and video communication, commenting and approvals, and integration with external business and productivity tools.

According to our research, online collaboration tools are detected on 1.3% of all websites.
91.1% of these sites use only one online collaboration tool, 7.9% use two, and 1% use three or more at the same time.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading online collaboration tools in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Docs Editors with a share of 28.5%, followed by Microsoft 365 with 16.8% and Sketch with 9.9%.

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of tools that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Online Collaboration Tools

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 36 online collaboration tools we track, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
Google Docs Editors
Mountain View, California, United States

A cloud-based office suite that includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Forms, and Google Drawings for creating and editing documents with real-time collaboration.

Free$2.99+/month
2
Microsoft 365
Redmond, Washington, United States

A cloud-based subscription suite of productivity apps that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Microsoft OneDrive, and more.

Free$19.99+/year
3
Sketch
Eindhoven, Netherlands

A design and collaboration platform centered on a native macOS editor with complementary tools that enable teams to review, share, and collaborate through any modern web browser.

$12+/editor/month
4
Dropbox
San Francisco, California, United States

A cloud-based file storage service that enables users to save and access their files from any location, on any device.

Free$11.99+/month
5
Figma
San Francisco, California, United States

A browser-based UI and UX design and prototyping tool that allows users to create, share, and test interface designs, prototypes, and design systems.

Free$5+/seat/month
6
Bitrix24
Kaliningrad, Russia

A Russian multi-component collaboration, automation, sales and marketing software platform.

Free$61+/month
7
Notion
San Francisco, California, United States

A note-taking web application and AI-powered collaboration platform that combines documents, databases, and project management tools in a unified workspace.

Free$12+/user/month
8
Zoom
San Jose, California, United States

A cloud-based communications platform that enables video meetings, audio conferencing, phone calls, and team chat across devices.

Free$15.99+/user/month
9
Slack
San Francisco, California, United States

A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce.

Free$8.75+/month
10
SlideShare
San Francisco, California, United States

A social media platform where people share presentations and infographics.

Free$9.99/month
11
Microsoft Teams
Redmond, Washington, United States

A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration.

Free$9.99+/month
12
Airtable
San Francisco, California, United States

A low-code platform for building collaborative apps and workflows on a database foundation with a spreadsheet-like interface.

Free$24+/month
Google Docs
Mountain View, California, United States

A web-based word processor and part of the Google Docs Editors suite that enables users to create and edit documents collaboratively in real time within a browser.

Free$7+/user/month
Google Sheets
Mountain View, California, United States

A cloud-based spreadsheet app included in the Google Docs Editors suite that allows users to create, edit, and analyze data collaboratively in real time within a web browser.

Free$7+/user/month
15
Trello
Sydney, Australia

A web-based, Kanban-style work management and collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards to represent tasks and workflows visually.

Free$6+/user/month
16
Smartsheet
Bellevue, Washington, United States

A cloud-based project management and collaboration platform that organizes tasks, workflows, and data in spreadsheet-style grids.

$12+/user/month
17
Padlet
San Francisco, California, United States

An online collaboration platform that lets users create visual boards for organizing, sharing, and presenting content.

Free$9.99+/month
18
Monday.com
Tel Aviv, Israel

A work operating system that provides building blocks, such as app automations and integrations, that teams can use to create or customize the workflows needed to manage their work.

Free$12+/seat/month
19
Box
Redwood City, California, United States

A cloud-based content management and file sharing platform that enables individuals and businesses to store, access, and collaborate on documents and files from anywhere.

Free$14+/month
20
Wakelet
Manchester, United Kingdom

A content curation and collaboration platform that enables users to organize, save, and share digital resources.

Free$11.99+/month
21
Asana
San Francisco, California, United States

A collaborative work management platform that helps teams plan projects, organize tasks, and coordinate workflows across departments from a shared online workspace.

Free$13.49+/user/month
Google Slides
Mountain View, California, United States

A cloud-based presentation application that enables users to create and deliver slide decks with real-time collaboration in a web browser.

Free$7+/user/month
23
ClickUp
San Diego, California, United States

A cloud-based project management and productivity platform that enables teams to organize tasks, documents, communication, and goals within a single collaborative workspace.

Free$10+/user/month
24
DocSend
San Francisco, California, United States

A secure document sharing platform owned by Dropbox.

$15+/user/month
25
Nextcloud
Stuttgart, Germany

An open-source content collaboration platform that delivers the benefits of secure online collaboration and can be self-hosted and cloud-based (the Enterprise version).

FreeOpen source€37.49+/user/year

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