Four free business apps for seamless work from home process

Few things irritate more than signing up to a SaaS product only to find that most of its features aren’t available in trial version or that it isn’t what you expected it to be. And this happening during the lockdown can be further frustrating. Nimesh Shah, a serial entrepreneur and CEO, Xebra BizTech, puts together this list of 4 SaaS applications that have a free version and will help the company work seamlessly and also not add to their expenses.  

1. Zoom – https://zoom.us

Zoom allows users to carry out to collaborate and work with each. Right from organizing meeting to video conferencing, you can do it all with its free version plan. Be in touch with your customers and value add by carrying out webinars. Or use it to conduct training sessions for your teams. It has scaled up significantly during this lockdown period. 

2. Microsoft – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/e1-trial-license

Microsoft is offering a 6-month free trial of special Office 365 E1 Trial license available in response to the increased need for employees to work from home. This E1 pack allows users to get these features: Email, file storage, meetings, file sharing and instant messaging. You can also use Microsoft Stream to easily create, manage, and share videos securely across your organisation. 

3. Xebra – https://xebra.in

It is a business financial suite for Start-ups & SMEs operating in the B2B space. It merges all modules on business intelligence, invoicing, expense recording, asset monitoring, Employee payroll, tax calculation, banking and accounting. The highlight is the detailed financial analysis in graphs that are easy to understand even for a non-accounting background entrepreneur. Right from knowing your profitable clients to the services/ products that are generating maximum profits. From studying the credit history of each client to calculating company’s risk score, it’s all in here. 

4. ZenDesk – https://www.zendesk.com/campaign/remote-support-bundle/

Zendesk software is used for user support, sales and customer engagement. All the conversations flow in seamlessly and available to the agent to handle centrally. Also, Zendesk can be integrated with other apps like Slack and TymeShift for better co-ordination. It offers a 6-month complimentary remote support bundle.