Zoho wants to take on Microsoft and Google with its own collaboration platform

Zoho has launched a brand new on-line collaboration and communication software program suite designed to take on the likes of Microsoft Teams and Google Meet.

The launch contains Trident, which mixes e-mail, messages, audio and video calls, calendar, and duties in a bundle that’s worryingly (for Microsoft at the least) comparable to Teams.

Power customers may also seemingly get pleasure from making use of various integrations and widgets from Zoho’s own catalog (like CRM, Desk, and Projects), in addition to third-party instruments (like Asana and HubSpot). 

Zoho Trident

The firm says Trident will attraction to the rising variety of employees who discover themselves fed up with having to open a number of completely different apps to talk with colleagues and exterior shoppers, with a extra unified strategy.

The beta model is offered for purchasers to take a look at out, however they’ll want a reasonably up-to-date OS to deal with the software program. Trident operates on newer builds of Windows 10 and Windows 11, and macOS High Sierra 10.13 and above. TechRadar Pro has requested Zoho for extra details about its full normal availability.

Alongside Trident, the corporate additionally introduced particulars of a handful of different new merchandise, together with the self-explanatory Webinar, the enlargement of its Zoho Voice platform throughout extra apps, an AI-powered grammar device referred to as BluePencil, a common drag-and-drop expertise, and a handful of different refinements. 

The complete Zoho Workplace bundle is offered in two tiers: Standard ($3/£2.40 monthly), and Professional ($6/£4.80 monthly).

Zoho says it shopper base has now reached 16 million, representing a 30% year-on-year progress. Going on the offensive, the corporate claims that Google, Microsoft, and GoDaddy migrations to Zoho Workplace nearly doubled final 12 months.

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