Every free team collaboration tier that clears our bar in 2026: 10 offers meet the criteria and 24 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 22 of them: on 16 the page we cite did not answer, and on 6 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
Private document editor hosted in Canada. Write, format, collaborate, and publish documents with clean public links. Data is never used for AI training. Free plan includes 150 pages and sheets and unlimited public links.
Reserve and lock shared resources within Slack like Rooms, Dev environments , servers etc. Free for upto 2 resources
Bookmark manager for teams with tagging, multi-workspaces, and collaboration. Free plan includes 4 workspaces and 10 team members.
Chat app designed for teams — Community Open group with public access Free Forever ∞ Users ∞ History ∞ Integrations
Private and secure bookmarking app for macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and Web. Free Unlimited Bookmarks and Collaboration.
An asynchronous-friendly team communication app where conversations stay organized and on-topic. Free and Unlimited plans are available. Discounts are provided for eligible teams.
Free all-on-one bookmark manager, tab manager, and task manager in a customizable online desktop with folder collaboration.
Open-source scheduling — Individuals Free Everything you could need for scheduling as an individual. Use for free *Free forever Free features: 1 user Unlimited event types & calendars Email & SMS notifications Integrate with 100+ apps Mobile App Browser Extension Accept Stripe & PayPal payments Two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync 1-click import Calendly events
Calendly is the tool for connecting and scheduling meetings. The free plan provides 1 Calendar connection per user and Unlimited sessions. Desktop and Mobile apps are also offered. When we read the page we cite for this offer on 2026-10-20, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, and we have read it again since, on 2026-11-11, without confirming them, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Chanty is another alternative to Slack. It has a free forever plan for small teams (up to 5) with unlimited public and private conversations, searchable history, unlimited 1:1 audio calls, unlimited voice messages, ten integrations, and 20 GB storage per team.
Secure Video and Web conferencing add-ons available. The free plan is limited to 40 minutes. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Real-time collaboration infrastructure — Free tier includes: Unlimited MAU, Unlimited monthly active rooms, 3,000 realtime collaboration minutes, 200 comments, 1 GB realtime data storage, 512 MB file storage, 3 dashboard seats, 10 projects. Note — effective between 2026-04-11 and 2026-06-07: The free plan dropped its cap of 500 monthly active rooms and raised realtime data storage from 256 MB to 1 GB, and added two metered limits: 3,000 realtime collaboration minutes and 3 million realtime data storage updates a month. Source ↗
Talk and collaborate in real time with your team. Pair programming with IDE, terminal sharing, voice, video, and screen sharing. Free for small teams. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-24, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
A faster way for your team to communicate. Free Unlimited Messages, Channels, Users, Apps & Integrations. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Real-time chat with a unique email-like threading model. The free plan includes 10,000 messages of search history and File storage up to 5 GB. also, it provides a self-hostable open-source version. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-09, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free screen sharing tool, share your screen with collabrators right from your browser, no download or registration needed. For free. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free group video chat. Anonymous. Peer‑to‑peer. No plugins, signup, or payment required. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
A decentralized and open-source communication tool built on Matrix. Group chats, direct messaging, encrypted file transfers, voice and video chats, and easy integration with other services. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Interactive customizable spaces for team meetings & happy hours socials. The Free plan is $0 forever for up to 5 people at once, with unlimited session length, spatial audio and video rooms, your own maps and an embed button for your site.
Real time collaboration & writing tool for markdown format docs/files. Like Google Docs but for markdown files. Free unlimited number of "notes", but the number of collaborators (invitee) for private notes & template [will be limited](https://hackmd.io/pricing).
Daily reports of your team's Commit and Pull Request activity on GitHub. Includes Push visualizer, peer recognition system, and custom alert builder. The free tier has unlimited users, three repos, and 3 alert configs. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-26, we reached a domain root that states nothing about the terms we hold, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Keybase is a FOSS alternative to Slack; it keeps everyone's chats and files safe, from families to communities to companies. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
A lightweight and collaborative wiki for all your team's knowledge, docs, and notes. Free plan with all essential features, up to 50 items, and 5GB storage. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
One-click video conversations, and screen sharing, for free. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Video meetings with a free plan offering 40 minutes per meeting with 100 attendees. The page we cite for Webex names a plan but states no amount, so these limits come from our own record rather than from that page.
Tencent Real-Time Communication (TRTC) offers solutions for group audio/video calls.10,000 free minutes/month for the first year.
Find the perfect time and date for a meeting. Simple to use, works great for small and large groups. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Chat, for GitHub. Unlimited public and private rooms, free for teams of up to 25. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Team Collaboration free for 25 users with three groups, three custom apps, 3 Boards, 3 Manuals, and 10 Integrations along with channels, events & forums. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Now Stoat — revolt.chat redirects to stoat.chat, which serves the same product. Open-source group chat and Discord alternative: servers, channels, voice chat, file sharing, markdown, role-based permissions and moderation tools. Free; no ads and no data mining. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and web. The page we cite for this offer does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-11-09, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Open-source communication platform with Omnichannel features, Matrix Federation, Bridge with others apps, Unlimited messaging, and Full messaging history. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Visual collaboration app used for brainstorming, content curation, and notes. No free plan since Stickies dropped its Free Forever plan between 2026-08-28 and 2026-09-26. Plus is $5/month billed annually and Pro $10/month, each with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required. Note — discovered 2026-09-26: Stickies dropped its Free Forever plan between 2026-08-28 and 2026-09-26. It now sells Plus ($5 a month billed annually, $7 monthly) and Pro ($10 a month billed annually), with a 14-day free trial. Source ↗
| Vendor | Free Tier | Key Limits | Durability | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cDox | Free | Private document editor hosted in Canada. Write, format, collaborate, and publish documents with clean public links. Dat... read found the page different · 2026-11-12 |
improving effective between 2026-08-28 and 2026-10-20 |
2026-11-12 / 2026-09-26 |
| Slab | Free | A modern knowledge management service for teams. Free for up to 10 users. | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| Lockitbot | Free | Reserve and lock shared resources within Slack like Rooms, Dev environments , servers etc. Free for upto 2 resources | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| Linkinize | Free | Bookmark manager for teams with tagging, multi-workspaces, and collaboration. Free plan includes 4 workspaces and 10 tea... | stable | 2026-11-11 |
| Braid | Free | Chat app designed for teams — Community Open group with public access Free Forever ∞ Users ∞ History ∞ Integrations | stable | 2026-10-31 |
| Raindrop.io | Free | Private and secure bookmarking app for macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and Web. Free Unlimited Bookmarks and Collaboration... | stable | 2026-10-26 |
| twist.com | Free | An asynchronous-friendly team communication app where conversations stay organized and on-topic. Free and Unlimited plan... | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| BookmarkOS.com | Free | Free all-on-one bookmark manager, tab manager, and task manager in a customizable online desktop with folder collaborati... | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| Pumble | Free | Free team chat app. Unlimited users and message history, free forever. | stable | 2026-11-11 |
| Cal.com | Free | Open-source scheduling — Individuals Free Everything you could need for scheduling as an individual. Use for free *Free ... | stable | 2026-11-12 / 2026-10-22 |
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 10 free team collaboration offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
10 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 9 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, and 1 a recorded widening. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.