Herbarium of the Workplace

Species of Collaboration

Collected and pressed, anno 2026

❧

Teams

Officium vulgare

Habit

The common default. ~320M daily users. Grows bundled with Microsoft 365, bearing chat, meetings and files on one stem.

✿

Slack

Conexus rapida

Habit

Chat first species. ~47M daily users. Thrives in startup soil with the deepest integrations. From ~$7.25 per user.

❀

Zoom

Conventus clara

Habit

Meeting bloom. ~300M daily joins. Flowers reliably for video calls and webinars. Chat is a minor leaf.

✤

Google Meet

Porta aperta

Habit

Open door variety. Browser native, no install. Roots into Gmail, Calendar and Docs. Free to plant.

⚜

Webex

Custos firma

Habit

Hardy guardian. Cisco bred. Strong compliance for regulated enterprise and government beds.

✾

Discord

Communitas libera

Habit

Wild and free. 200M+ monthly. Spreads through voice channels and communities. Informal habit.

Collector's remark. No single species fills the whole garden. Keep Teams as your hardy default if you tend Microsoft 365, then cultivate Slack, Zoom or the others where the soil suits them.

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