The need to put your business online is a no-brainer now with the global pandemic status. Not only is technology changing the way we communicate and work, but now we have to face a totally different landscape.
Many small businesses don’t have deep pockets to pay for fancy paid tools yet. Hence, we decided to compile a list of free online tools that will help small businesses to put a business online.
Free Online Meeting & Conferencing Tools
1.Skype
Skype is the mostly common and popular free tool that can be used for online meeting and conferencing.
2.Whereby
Previously known as appear.in, now Whereby is one of the simplest video meeting platforms.No logins, no downloads, no fuss. The best feature of this tool is that you can have dedicated meeting rooms where you do not need to send invites, you just need to appear in the meeting any time.
They have both paid and free options available.
3.Google Hangouts
While it may not be our favourite choice due to some complexity of the setup it’s free to use. You need to have a Google account to start a Hangouts and mostly can be used to have a call with know connections.
Free Collaboration , Task & Project Management Tools
4.Trello
5.Asana
6.Monday

Free HR Management Tools
7.Orange HRM
OrangeHRM is the world’s most popular Open Source Human Resource Management Software with over 4+ million active users globally. OrangeHRM has SaaS version which is OrangeHRM Live consist of Administration module, Personal Information Management (PIM) module, Leave Management (PTO) module, Time and Attendance Management, Recruitment Management, Training Management, Budgets,..etc
8.Zoho People
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Main features includes Employee Database Management,Employee Onboarding,Attendance Tracker,Time off Management,Timesheets,Corporate LMS,Performance Management,HR Process Automation,HR Analytics & Time and Attendance Management
9.Bamboo HRM
Whether you’re hiring, onboarding, preparing compensation, or building culture, BambooHR gives you the time and insights to focus on your most important asset.

Tharindu Gunawardana is an online marketing expert with over 12 years of experience. Tharindu writes SEO and web-based tools news and trends Tool Ministry and Search Ministry.