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ONLINE PROGRAM COLLABORATIONHave you used any of these? If so, would you be willing to edit this sheet? If so, let me know (jay.collier@gmail.com). PLEASE include your name in the row: reviewer. [FWIW, we are looking for software to support several hundred collaborators]

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y=yes, n=no, blank=not evaluatedActiveCollabBasecampCentral DesktopClarizenClocking ITCo-mindDeskawaydot ProjectGoPlanHarvestHuddleIntervalsOpen GooProject PierSmart SheetTeamwork PM

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URLhttp://www.activecollab.com/http://www.basecamphq.com/http://www.clarizen.com/http://www.comindwork.com/http://www.deskaway.com/http://goplanapp.com/http://www.myintervals.com/http://www.opengoo.org/

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Featureshttp://www.activecollab.com/features/http://www.basecamphq.com/tourhttp://www.comindwork.com/Quick-Tourhttp://www.deskaway.com/tour/index.phphttp://goplanapp.com/home/featureshttp://www.fengoffice.com/web/features.phphttp://www.teamworkpm.net/page/features/

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ObservationsFINALIST. Very affordable, well supported, good feature set, great UI. Responsive developers.The gold standard. Pricy for many projects and users.Big, expansive, document collaboration, somewhat complex to administer.Includes budget and resource management. Integration with MS Project. For larger projects.Focused on time trackingExpensive for 50+ projectsFINALIST. Full-featured. SAAS. Free starter plan. Ugly interface.Open source. Focused on deep project management, but perhaps too complex for many smaller tasks.No time trackingFocused on time trackingOriented toward collaboration in the social/wiki/network sense. No reporting or milestones.FINALIST. Nice interface. Features across all projects, not with each project.FINALIST. Based on ActiveCollab. Full-featured. Managed by a community, except now supported by Feng Office.An early version of open source ActiveCollab. Currently managed by a loose community of developers.Tied to spreadsheet structure. Unlimited users, but expensive for many projects.FINALIST. Nice interface. Same features as ActiveACollab, plus risk management. Tasks not associated with milestones.

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TYPESoftware PHP/MySQLHostedHostedHostedHostedHostedSoftwareHosted

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PLANS AND PRICINGhttp://www.activecollab.com/pricing/http://www.comindwork.com/Pricinghttp://deskaway.com/pricing/index.php$10

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Free plan availabley (7-day trial)y (30 day trial)yyyy

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PLAN TESTED:free and personal

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Price per year$0$588/year$420/year$720/year$120/year$600/yearOpen-source12 (sheets)$298/year

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Full purchase price$249/$449

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Projects/workspacesUnlimited35Unlimited103 (free) / 10 (personal)30UnlimitedUnlimited15

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User accountsUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited5 (free) / unlimited (personal)UnlimitedUnlimitedYesUnlimited

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Ad-freeynyyyyy

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ACCESS AND PERMISSIONS

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Administratoryyyyyyyy

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Project/workspace leadyyyyyyn

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Company contactsyyyyyyyy

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Client accessyyyyyyyy

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Task assignmentsyyyyyyyy

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PROJECTS AND TRACKING

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Workspaces/projectsyyyyyyy (sheets)y

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Unlimited, nesting proj.yny

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Milestonesyyyyyyyny

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Task (to-do) managementyyyyyyyyy

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Recurring tasksnnyn

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Task dependenciesnyy, I think so...nn

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Templates/workflowyynone (free), 3 (personal)y0 (milestones)n

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Tickets/issues/bugsy (in Premium vers.)nyyy, haven't used0 (tasks)n

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Time logging and trackingy (in Premium vers.)yyyy, haven't usedyyny

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Timesheets (reports)yy, haven't usedyy (reports)n

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InvoicesThru 3rd partyn - thru 3rd prtynyy, haven't usedynn

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Object versioningy (In Pages module)nyyy

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Budget estimates (time/$)nyynn

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Create tasks/tickets from incoming emaily (JFC)yn

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DOCUMENTS

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Collaborative text editing (wiki)yyyyyn

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File storageUnlimited400MByy25 MB to 250 GB, depending on planyUnlimitedy4GB

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Blog entries/postsnyyynnn

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Link/bookmark annotation??y?nyn

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Document versioningy (Pages feature)nyyyy

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COLLABORATION AND DISCUSSION

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Discussionsyyyyyny

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Comments on all objectsMostyyynyyy

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Messages/notesnyyynyy

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Taggingyyynyn

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Categoriesyny (workspaces)n

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Custom fieldsn (coming in Q2)n

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Chat/statusyyyynnn

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SCHEDULING

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Calendarsyyyyyyny

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ICS downloadn?yynyny

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ICS subscriptionyyyynny

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Reserve resourcesn (JFC)n (coming in Q3)n

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NOTIFICATION & SYNDICATION

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RSS (outgoing)ynyynyyy

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E-mail (outgoing)yyyyyyyy

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REPORTING

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Gantt chartsnyyy + others toonnn

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Listsnyyyyyy (sheets)

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Risk trackingnyyi thinknn

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INTEGRATION

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MS Projectyy?

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Basecampny?import bc

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Facebookny?

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Gmail?y?

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Google Docsyy?

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Twitteryy?

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Salesforceyy?

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CUSTOMIZABILITY

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Multiple time-zones supportyyyny

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Multiple languagesyyyny

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APIyyyn

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Customizable views and skins yyyyy (viaExtJS theming)

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MISC

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Mobile interfaceyynot suren

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Project exportyyyPartial