One app to rule them all
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A local mob is looking to combine Dropbox, WhatsApp, and scheduling.
The complexities are that as it’s a non-profit volunteer organisation, so not everyone has a Microsoft, Apple ID, or Google account. There are less than 30 people.They need document storage but <50GB, secure instant messaging, and a sensible way of rostering.
Rostering is currently done by a word document in Dropbox.
They have recently looked at Connecteam but that’s a lot of money for the features they’re already getting on free tier and the management ideal for how they do things.
I don’t know much about Slack, and Teams may not be ruled out it really depends on the other members hesitancy to get a Microsoft account.
Are there any other suggestions for a unified app?
I don’t think there will be opposition to paying for something that makes sense at a reasonable price.EDIT: It'll have to be hosted/cloud based, as none of them have an inkling about technical setup/maintenance
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@nadnerB Does NextCloud check all of those boxes?
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@DustinB3403 said in One app to rule them all:
@nadnerB Does NextCloud check all of those boxes?
Ah ha! It may yet.
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NextCloud might work if they can get it hosted and maintained.
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Nextcloud would be my vote for a “private” Dropbox, Calendar, Chat platform. Robust and feature rich.
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@nadnerB said in One app to rule them all:
A local mob is looking to combine Dropbox, WhatsApp, and scheduling.
The complexities are that as it’s a non-profit volunteer organisation, so not everyone has a Microsoft, Apple ID, or Google account. There are less than 30 people.They need document storage but <50GB, secure instant messaging, and a sensible way of rostering.
Rostering is currently done by a word document in Dropbox.
They have recently looked at Connecteam but that’s a lot of money for the features they’re already getting on free tier and the management ideal for how they do things.
I don’t know much about Slack, and Teams may not be ruled out it really depends on the other members hesitancy to get a Microsoft account.
Are there any other suggestions for a unified app?
I don’t think there will be opposition to paying for something that makes sense at a reasonable price.EDIT: It'll have to be hosted/cloud based, as none of them have an inkling about technical setup/maintenance
If you're looking at Slack, Zulip seems to be another good choice. Instead of adding threads after the fact, you kind of have to start threads from the beginning to keep things organized. It sounds like a good idea. I haven't use it yet thought so take that for what it's worth.
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@nadnerB said in One app to rule them all:
It'll have to be hosted/cloud based, as none of them have an inkling about technical setup/maintenance
Nextcloud at hetzner.com starts at 4,29 EUR/month (5 USD) for 1TB space
https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/I use them for years
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
Got a few better options than when I started
