A normal screen recorder allows any number of individual users to create recordings and then share it across with anyone. Although it does the job it doesn’t necessarily support team collaboration. Users need to email the video as an attachment or share a link with team members every time they record or create videos. This leads to a drop in the efficiency of communication and makes an asynchronous model look synchronous. 

A screen recorder with built-in team collaboration features allows users to create and share videos with teammates instantly allowing every team member to collaborate over videos with ease without any additional steps that hinder work productivity. 

• Vmaker
• Loom
• Getcloudapp
• Screencastomatic 

Vmaker is the latest screen recorder and video communication tool from Animaker. Vmaker has been designed and developed not only as an easy-to-use screen recorder but also as a video communication tool for teams to communicate and collaborate with ease. Vmaker takes pride in enabling Video chat, with a chat!

Vmaker offers almost all of the essential screen recording features including 4K HD recording, custom screen recording, screen annotation, mouse emphasis, screen blur, Do not disturb, noise cancellation, schedule recording, and much more that makes recording and creating videos much easier and convenient. 

But we’ll take a look at the team collaboration features on offer. Vmaker allows users to create multiple workspaces and team members in each of the workspaces. New users can be given admin access as well enabling them to add other members themselves. 

By default, any video created by team members will be available in their private dashboard. Members can quickly share the same video with their teammates and collaborate by just clicking on the share with option. While sharing users are also given the option to give edit or view-only access as well. Team members can also add the videos to the public library where all the videos will be visible to all the other team members in the given workspace. Not just that users can also share their videos to a specific group of members within the workspace and not all of them. 

Vmaker also allows the creation of folders, sharing of folders, auto expiry of videos making it one of the best screen recording tools for team collaboration and communication. 

Vmaker screen recorder ~ Team communication and collaboration features

• Multiple workspaces
• Admin/Member access to teammates in a common workspace 
• Private, public and shared library 
• Folders 
• Sharing videos with edit/view access
• Sharing folders with edit/view access 
• Auto expiry of videos (Self-destruction)
• Remove/Add teammates as you wish 
• Custom branding, brand color
• Custom domain name 
• Custom Call to action
• Unlimited bandwidth 

Available versions: Mac app, Chrome Extension, Windows app, iOS app, and Android app 

Pricing: Vmaker teams plan starts at a pricing of $10/month/user 

Getcloudapp is another screen recording tool that enables not only screen recording but also effective collaboration amongst teammates using the videos/gifs/screenshots created on Cloudapp. 

Cloudapp allows users to create three forms of content including screen recording videos, gifs and screenshots. All of the same are available on the cloud dashboard of Getcloudapp. Not just that Getcloudapp also allows users to upload various files including PDFs, APKs and many more. This enables teammates to collaborate not only with the content they created on Cloudapp but also external content. 

Getcloudapp collaboration features:

• Upload any form of files 
• Collaborate over videos and screenshots 
• Shared folders which can be sent to anyone 
• Activity feed of what teammates are currently doing 
• Custom branding and domain name 

Available versions:

Mac app, Chrome Extension, Windows app, and Ios app 

Pricing:

Cloudapp teams plan starts at a pricing of $8/month/user billed annually 

Getcloudapp is a tidy tool to collaborate with teammates over videos and screenshots. It’s quite easy to use and is available in multiple versions as well. However, the bandwidth which comes with every plan and the inability to create multiple workspaces(Teams)  is something you need to keep in mind. 

Loom is a very popular video messaging tool and it is known for its ease of use and convenience for not only recording videos but also the ease in which team members can collaborate. Loom allows unlimited teammates/creators in an account and offer the convenience of deciding what to do with the video created. Users can keep it privately to themselves or share it with all of the team members or selectively share it with a particular group of teammates.  A concept known as Public library, Private library, and shared library. 

Loom also offers custom branding, logo addition, viewer insights, video engagements, custom thumbnail, CTA and much more making it effortless and easy to communicate and collaborate with teammates over videos. 

Loom collaboration features:

• Shared, Public and Private library 
• Upload any form of files 
• Collaborate over videos and screenshots 
• Custom CTA and links on the player page
• Password protection of videos
• Share videos only with certain emails 
• Custom branding and player customization
• Video comments, reaction, and engagements 
• Viewer insights and exportable engagements report 

Available versions:

Mac app, Chrome Extension, Windows app, Ios app, and Android app 

Pricing:

Loom Business plan starts at a pricing of $8/month/user billed annually.

Loom however doesn’t support custom domain names which might be a cause of concern as you wouldn’t want your clients or prospects to see Loom’s branding. 

Screencastomatic is another screen recording solution that enables users not only to record videos but also easily collaborate with each other. Screencastomatic has almost every feature needed for teams to communicate and collaborate over videos right from screen annotations to auto-captioning and script tool. 

Screencastomatic collaboration features:

• Users and groups creation
• Custom video player and thumbnails
• Collaborate over videos and screenshots 
• Password protection of videos
• Custom Domain name 

Screen castomatic is extremely affordable and has loads of features. It is also available in various devices offering users convenience. However the app has a bandwidth cap and also is known to be hard to use involving a steep learning curve.

Available versions:

Mac app, Chrome Extension, Chromebook,  Windows app, Ios app, and Android app 

Pricing:

The team premier plan starts at 17.5$ for 10 users per month. The team deluxe plan starts at 9.5$ for 10 users per month.

We hope that the above-mentioned tools help you decide the best screen recorder for your teams to collaborate and communicate over videos effectively. Do drop a comment with your favorite screen recording tool for team communication and collaboration. We have few other listicles to help you choose the best screen recorder.

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We launched Vmaker on Product Hunt.

Today, we have got another special announcement to make –  Vmaker is now available in the enterprise version.

The latest edition of Vmaker is designed after giving a lot of thoughtful consideration to the communication requirements of the large enterprises. Under this plan, teams within an organization will be empowered with a video communication tool that will help them to communicate better, clearer, and in a much more effective way.

To ensure that we align with the working dynamics of a large company, we don’t have a typical “one-size-fits-all” plan. Our customer success team will get in contact with you, understand your requirements, and then a tailor-made solution will be designed for your team.

Let’s say, we’re obsessed with solving communication problems at workplaces. 

After we rolled out the Lite, Starter, and Team pricing plans, we realized that if we really want to revolutionize the way people communicate today, we need to target large enterprises where a lot of communication happens on a daily basis.

Typically, this communication happens two ways – Internally and Externally. 

Internal communication happens within the company to discuss values, important company announcements and day-to-day tasks.

Currently, many companies are facing a lot of trouble in internal communication.

Don’t take our word for it! Here are a few numbers that we have digged from trusted sources.

74% employees feel that they’re missing out on the company information and news. And, do you know how much disengaged employees cost to companies?

A whopping 52-70 billion euro (63 – 85 billion dollars).

I hope you have a clear idea about the mammoth of a problem companies are facing because their internal communication is out of place.

Emails can get lost in the inbox and video calls are synchronous in nature. Whereas a video recording draws a bridge between both the tools.

With Vmaker, a leadership staff can send a more personalized message about the vision of the company, and similarly, a project manager can share ideas and feedback on a project in a much clearer way. With time, this will improve the engagement and employees will feel more connected too.

When it comes to external communication, customer support is an excellent place where Vmaker can work wonders.

A lot of companies still rely on primitive ways of resolving customer queries and requests. Emails and phone calls are great however, customers often find themselves stuck in a loop that goes on forever.

If the communication is not clear or goes on for too long, then there is a strong chance of a customer abandoning the business and never returning. With Vmaker, the support team can create videos that are clear, easy to understand, and more personalized.

Currently, this is also what customers are demanding. In fact, 33% of customers abandon a business due to a lack of personalization in relationships.

Not the whole story

But, that’s not the only reason why we came up with the idea of launching an enterprise plan.

Communication is one piece of the puzzle. The other one is using multiple tools to collaborate with each other.

To understand this problem, you don’t have to be an enterprise company necessarily. Unless you’re staying on a very remote island with no access to a modern communication tool, you must be using multiple mediums to interact with people.

While this is great, it also creates a web of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools. On one hand, you have phone and video calls, for which you need to remain active, and on the other, there are chats and emails which you can use in your leisure time.

There’s constant juggling and switching from one app to another which makes it chaotic sometimes. In enterprise companies, it certainly does. Too much reliance on a particular tool causes email overload and video call fatigue problems. Also, syncing data between these apps is not an easy task

This problem hits us close to home.

At Animaker, we were creating numerous videos for customer tutorials, system integrations, product demos, and even internal reviews. However, creating videos was not an easy task.

We were spending a good deal of money to create and edit videos. We were using multiple tools, and as you must have expected, they didn’t talk to each other. We spent countless hours in producing and editing content. On top of that, most of the communication was done over phone calls, emails and video calls which left a lot of loose ends.

This is the precise reason why we didn’t just concentrate on the recording part in Vmaker. We built an AI Video editor with full-fledged editing tool inside Vmaker so that you don’t have to spend time transferring videos from one tool to another and get caught in the chaos.

Also, with Vmaker you can cut down the number of emails and calls, and prioritize them only for specific tasks. This way you still collaborate with your team without flooding your inbox with messages.

We’re confident that the enterprise edition will work even better now as almost 62% of the workforce is working remotely, and there is a greater need for communicating with each other effectively.

Alright, so here comes the critical part. At this section, let’s walk through the benefits of the Enterprise plan.

Dedicated support

No more waiting to hear back from the support team. You get a dedicated support team who are ready to listen to your requests and act up on it instantly.

Tight security

We follow 2-factor authentication and all your data is SSL encrypted which means that all your data is safeguarded by following the existing safety standards.

On-on-one training

We understand that adding a new communication tool and introducing it to your team takes time. To make this process easy, our team of Vmaker experts will plan webinars till you get acclimatized to the system

Account manager

To ensure that there is only one stream of communication, we will allocate an account manager for you. Whether you get stuck or you have requests for customization, account manager will be your go to person.   

Sounds interesting?

Alright, that was the whole story about why we launched the enterprise plan, what it intends to achieve, and how it’s different from the other existing plans.

The complete reason for keeping this content lengthy was not to make an over-the-top product announcement but to make you realize that we’re trying to establish a connection here.

Vmaker is developed from our personal experience, we know the pain points, and we also know how it feels like when the loose ends in communication get tied up. We believe that with Vmaker every company can make their communication more streamlined and in the long run, revolutionize the way they communicate today.

If this sounds interesting to you and if you resonate with us, then let’s talk. You can reach out to us by filling out the contact form on the pricing page.

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It’s a tough scenario as each individual works in his or her own model and the very fact that one has to react to the demands of another person to respond immediately or to enter a meeting at that time is challenging. As we switched to working remotely during the pandemic, one thing that has been commonly talked about is how “Asynchronous communication” can do wonders in improving productivity and also change the way we communicate.

Let’s jump straight into it.

Asynchronous communication is the interaction between two or more individuals, where the one who communicates expresses what they want to share and the recipients process it and reply back as they wish at their convenient time. Asynchronous communication ensures that no two or more individuals will communicate at the same time, either physically or electronically. A little complicated, understandable!

Simply put, communication that happens via e-mails, workplace communication tools like slack, messenger are all examples that constitute asynchronous communication. Whereas physical gatherings, zoom meetings, video conferencing, AI phone calls are all synchronous communication models.

Now comes the billion-dollar question of why we need to move past the synchronous communication model after all these years!

The amount of time spent by employees and individuals to interact with each other during meetings has been growing, particularly in the current work of the home model. Employees spend about 23 hours a week in meetings alone with studies showing that the average meeting lasts one hour, of which 33.4% of the average meeting time is perceived to be unproductive by the attendees.

By now you must have found out the explanation yourself. Through transitioning to an asynchronous communication model, employees and individuals will save a lot of their productive time, not only benefiting them but also the organization as they’ll be spending their time doing meaningful work.

It’s not only the fact that asynchronous communication helps workers and individuals invest their time productively, it definitely helped us alleviate work pressure. As the number of video calls/meetings continues to grow in the new WFH model, workers have started to feel “video call fatigue” or “Zoom Fatigue”

The rise of zoom’s daily active users by 2900% in the 4-month period following the pandemic is a direct indication of how many meetings are scheduled.

Switching to the Asynchronous Communication Model ensures that everyone can get back with an answer at the time we like, which in turn improves efficiency, and workers feel a sense of independence that drives them to perform better. Win-Win to all the parties concerned.

But not all asynchronous communication is really beneficial today. Emails, workplace networking tools, and messaging applications are all productivity killers again. These channels of communication have contributed to a sense of urgency among users to respond immediately when they receive something addressed to them. Thus, in fact, it loses its significance of being the asynchronous communication channel itself.

Slack has quoted users of their app on an average are connected for 9 hours and are active for 90 minutes every day. Emails fare even worse, an average office worker spends roughly 150 minutes everyday reading and responding to an average of 200 mails out of which around ⅔ of them are CCs and BCCs irrelevant to the job.

Mailer response times suggest that emailers have become synchronous as well as the average response time for mails standing at 16 minutes in the 20-35 age group. The answer time in the 35-50 age group is 50 minutes.

Concerning numbers but this is where asynchronous video communication tools come into the picture that helps companies, employees, individuals communicate truly in an asynchronous model. No more traditional synchronous communication that includes video meetings, conference calls or the now out of fashion face to face meetings.

Asynchronous video communication could also reduce if not remove the need to use other asynchronous communication models including emails and workplace communication tools extensively.

Instead of writing an email or typing a big message or scheduling a meeting, these tools let the user share what they intend to share through videos that are engaging.

The tools allow the one recording to share camera, screen or both and not just that do a whole lot of things like screen annotations, virtual backgrounds making it the perfect fit for sharing information with one another asynchronously at the shortest possible time.

Concerning numbers, but this is where asynchronous video communication tools come into the picture that helps businesses, employees, and individuals really communicate in a proper asynchronous model.

No more conventional synchronous contact, including video meetings, phone calls, or the now out of fashion, face-to-face meetings.

Asynchronous video communication could also minimize if it does not eliminate the need for heavy usage of emails and communication tools/apps at the workplace.

Instead of writing an email or typing a big message or arranging a meeting, these tools let the user share what they want to share through videos that are interactive as it allows the one recording to share their camera, screen, or both.

Not just that these tools also enable users to do a lot of things like screen annotations, virtual backgrounds that make it the perfect match to share information with each other asynchronously in the shortest possible time.

Now that the world is increasingly changing, with people operating remotely and teams expanding across the globe. Asynchronous video networking has taken center stage, allowing everyone involved to work flexibly while retaining efficiency at the same time.

Check out Vmaker, one of the best asynchronous video communication tools, and start using it for free(Lifetime!)

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