Show HN: AirSend – Simple Collaboration for Professionals and Teams

Hey,

This is Venkat and Esther here. We did a Show HN for AirSend 6 months ago - thank you again for your support! Since then the product has come a long way. We’ve added many major functionalities based on feedback and wanted to share those with you today.

As a reminder, AirSend (www.airsend.io) lets you instantly collaborate. Send messages, have voice/video calls, share and organize files, manage tasks, and keep notes all in one place.

AirSend could potentially replace Slack, Dropbox, and Trello for small teams. It’s our moonshot attempt to redefine how teams communicate and collaborate. We like it and hope you like it too.

Here’s a summary of AirSend’s best functionalities:

Super Powered Messaging - Ultra-fast messaging from any device (web, desktop and mobile). Includes read receipts and supports both 1-1 and group chats.

Unlimited free voice/video calls and screen-sharing - Enough said. :)

Secure Private Channels - Lets you collaborate with clients and team members easily and securely.

Public Channels for customer support - Startups, indie developers, or anyone else can easily make a public chatroom to gather feedback and answer questions on products.

Built-in file storage (free up to 100GB) - Store and organize your files directly within Channels with automatic versioning and a convenient central file view.

Built-in Wiki to keep notes - Each Channel has a built-in Wiki with Latex and full Markdown support.

Built-in task management - Track and complete your to-do.

Desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux - Dark mode included. Enough said. :)

G-Suite and Office 365 integration - Easily send emails from Gmail to AirSend with our add-on, and collaborate on documents with AirSend’s Office 365 Integration.

And that’s what we’ve been working on. We’d love for your to check us out (we're offering AirSend Pro free for a year for anyone who signs up before January 15), and thank you again for your continued support!

The concept behind a simple collaboration tool should be one that is designed for its ease of use and serves a purpose. A tool like Microsoft Teams solves this by creating a matrix type of collaboration tool; however, the result, though helps tremendously for large teams, is also lacking for small teams. Microsoft Teams, in its own way, creates a simple tool to use, however, their "simplistic design," is not actually simplistic. And what's more is that, because the collaboration tool has a lot of hidden features, most teams are not experiencing the full collaboration aspect.

Essentially the problem that needs to be addressed is how do you create a simplistic matrix type of collaboration tool that allows all users to fully use a product without any apparent confusion.

markshepard · 5 years ago

Mela1998 · 5 years ago

It is really hard to find a good collaboration tool that doesn't have too many features and an advanced design layout. I am not a tech savvy person myself, but I do communicate with a lot of friends and clients through a third party platform.

That being said, my dream collaboration tool would be something that is super easy to use with a simple design and simple basic features.

I think it is also crucial to have a simplistic collaboration tool that allows you to get all the work you need done without any hassle.

esch89 · 5 years ago

We definitely had simplicity in mind when we set out to create AirSend. Thank you for trying us out, and we look forward to your feedback!

ashish1521 · 5 years ago

Definitely worth using this platform. I tried the mobile app and it works great for the messaging, task management too. Built in notes is awesome too. Kudos to you guys

Thanks for the positive feedback. We're glad you like it!

mrherickz · 5 years ago

I have been using airsend for a few months now, so far one of the best communication apps, me and my team we love the calls feature.

relouleco97 · 5 years ago

At first I thought do we need another one but this looks pretty good based on the screenshots!

Thanks for checking us out!