A participation platform on which you can brainstorm, discuss, organise ideas competitions and digital events, among other things.
Good to know:
Adhocracy+ is a project of the Berlin association Liquid Democracy eV.
Useful digital tools for working together
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You don’t know yet what you need? Find an overview of the tools in the table below.
You have questions concerning the terms used? Find a glossary at the bottom of the page with more detailed information.
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Name | Functionality | Costs | Plattform | Setup Time | Opensource | Privacy |
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Adhocracy+ | participation survey | free | PC/Mac | about 1 hour | ||
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Agantty | project management club management | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 30 minutes | ||
A project management tool used to organise work processes, tasks and teams on a Gantt chart basis.
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Audacity | audio | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
Audacity is a powerful audio editor. |
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BigBlueButton | videoconferencing whiteboard chat | free | PC/Mac | about 10 minutes | ||
A video conference tool that not only enables collaboration with whiteboards, breakout rooms and chats, but can also be hosted on its own server in a privacy-friendly manner. |
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bittefeedback | survey | free | PC/Mac Linux Smartphone | about 5 minutes | ||
Bittefeedback is an open online feedback tool. Furthermore, the feedback's transmission is fully anonymously.
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Blender | graphics 3d | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
Blender is a graphics/image rendering software. |
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Board | documents | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 5 minutes | ||
This tool offers the possibility to create notes, lists or protocols together and simultaneously in an online document.
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ChatGPT | content ai | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 5 minutes | ||
A chatbot that uses artificial intelligence to answer questions. ChatGPT can summarise texts, write blog entries or solve complicated maths problems.
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CiviCRM | project management survey newsletter shared documents finance | free | PC/Mac | about 1 hour | ||
A free software for contact, member and donation management with maximum data protection and excellent web integration. In addition to fundraising functionalities, the modular system comes with many other optional features, ranging from newsletter distribution to collaboration functions and multi-language support.
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ClubDesk | club management finance email | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 30 minutes | ||
ClubDesk is a software for digital club management that offers numerous functions, for example to create your own website that synchronises dates directly.
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Craiyon | image creation content ai | free | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 5 minutes | ||
A browser-based AI application that can be used to create images free of charge.
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Cryptomator | filehosting | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
Cryptomator makes it easy to encrypt data before uploading it to any cloud.
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CryptPad | shared documents filehosting | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
Collaboration suite. End-to-end encrypted and Open Source. |
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DeepL Write | office content ai | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 5 minutes | ||
A browser-based AI application that can be used to correct texts regarding spelling, grammar, punctuation and wording.
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Discord | videoconferencing chat | free | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 1 hour | ||
A platform that enables voice and video conferences as well as communication via individually created channels. |
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Doodle | scheduling | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A tool for joint scheduling. With the help of Doodle, appointments can be suggested, invitations sent and the availability of others entered. |
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Dropbox | filehosting | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A file hosting service that enables larger files to be exchanged between multiple users. |
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Element Chat | chat | free | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A secure, end-to-end encrypted messenger app that is also suitable for teamwork. |
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Gimp | image processing graphics | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
Gimp is a powerful image editor, comparable to Adobe Photoshop. |
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GoogleDrive | filehosting shared documents | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
The filehosting service from Google allows you to save files in a cloud as well as to collaboratively share and edit documents |
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Grantable | office content ai | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 30 minutes | ||
Grantable is an AI tool that supports organisations in the creation of funding applications. |
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Hitobito | finance newsletter club management | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 1 hour | ||
The Open Source web application for managing members, events and more ... |
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humhub | project management survey chat shared documents | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 1 hour | ||
The "social network kit" is an intranet designed as a social network, which can be hosted either via your own server or as SaaS in the paid Professional Edition. It offers numerous functions for communication and collaboration.
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Jitsi Meet | videoconferencing | free | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A free software for video conferencing that is installed on your own server and can be used both as an app and in a web browser. |
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Libre Office | office shared documents | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
Libre Office offers similar functionality to Open Office or the commercial Microsoft Office. |
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LimeSurvey | survey | freemium | PC/Mac | about 30 minutes | ||
A survey tool that enables online surveys to be carried out and the results to be collected in a database without programming knowledge. |
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Listmonk | newsletter | free | PC/Mac | about 1 hour | ||
A self-hosted, open source newsletter and mailing list tool. |
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Mailchimp | newsletter | freemium | PC/Mac | about 30 minutes | ||
An email marketing and newsletter software that enables user-friendly creation and tracking of email campaigns. |
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Mastodon | chat | free | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 1 hour | ||
A social network that is open source and can also be set up securely for team communication on your own server. |
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Mattermost | project management chat | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 1 hour | ||
A chat space that works both in groups and with individual people. |
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MeinVerein | project management finance | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A software solution for clubs that combines member administration, finance and project management. |
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Miro | whiteboard | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
An online application that allows you to work together in real time on a virtual whiteboard. |
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MSTeams | videoconferencing chat whiteboard shared documents survey | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
All-in-one software that enables voice and video conferencing as well as communication via customised chats. Documents can also be shared and collaboratively edited.
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neuroflash | ai office content image creation | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
AI-based text and image generator from Germany (based on the GPT AI models of OpenAI) with numerous functions such as SEO optimisation, editing function and prompt templates.
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NextCloud | filehosting shared documents | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 1 hour | ||
An open source cloud on which files can be saved and shared, and on which you can also work collaboratively. |
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Nuudel | scheduling | free | PC/Mac | about 10 minutes | ||
An appointment planning and survey tool that does not collect any tracking data. |
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Open Office | office shared documents | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 30 minutes | ||
Open Office is a classic Open Source software, it provides similar functionality and tools as the commercial Microsoft Office. |
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OpenSlides | event management | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 30 minutes | ||
Manage your digital or physical event with OpenSlides, including agenda management and voting & electing and provide a live broadcast of the event. |
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Otter | office ai | freemium | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
A transcription tool that makes it easy to transcribe meetings, audio and video recordings. Currently only available in English.
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Posteo | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 30 minutes | |||
An independent, German e-mail provider that allows you to use it without entering personal data and to send encrypted e-mails. |
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Pretix | ticketing event management | free | PC/Mac Linux | about 30 minutes | ||
Pretix is a ticketing software that supports your events. |
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Protonmail | paid | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 30 minutes | |||
A secure, end-to-end encrypted e-mail service that has its servers in Switzerland. |
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Signal | chat | free | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
An encrypted, data-secure instant-messaging service for one-on-one conversations and groups. |
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Skype | videoconferencing chat | freemium | PC/Mac Linux Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A video conference and chat tool that allows file exchange. |
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Slack | project management chat | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A team chat that works both on desktop and as a mobile phone application. |
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SpielerPlus | project management chat scheduling finance | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 30 minutes | ||
A mobile phone application for the digital coordination and organization of sports teams. |
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T1P.de | newsletter office | free | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 5 minutes | ||
The application offers the option of shortening long links, which can be helpful for posts in social media, for example.
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tl;dv | office documents ai | freemium | PC/Mac Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
An AI-based protocol and transcription tool that can be used in online meetings, for example.
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Trello | project management | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A web-based project management tool that divides projects into smaller tasks on cards and assigns them to members. |
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tweedback | survey | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone Linux | about 10 minutes | ||
The application offers the option of gather anonymous real-time feedback for events. Various feedback tools are offered for this purpose, such as the chat wall or the quiz option.
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Wechange | project management chat filehosting videoconferencing | free | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 30 minutes | ||
A web-based collaboration and networking platform that brings together various online tools. |
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Zoom | videoconferencing | freemium | PC/Mac Smartphone | about 10 minutes | ||
A video conference tool that works with up to 1000 participants, depending on the payment model. |
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Glossary
Freemium
A billing plan which offers basic functions for free and charges after a certain period of time or for additional services. You pay for example for additional memory space, if you want to turn off advertisements or need access for more than one user.
Web/App-based
Web-based tools are applications which work on commonly used internet browsers. App-based tools are available as applications on smartphones and can be downloaded via your App or Play Store.
Open source
Open source describes software which uses a source code that the broad public can view, modify and use. Open source software can be used for free in most cases, however many commercial tools are also based on open source software. Therefore, it is not always easy to distinguish between programmes which are open source and those which are not. We have defined three criteria to categorise tools in the table above as open source:
- The tool was programmed based mostly on open source code and open source software and is transparent about it.
- The tool providers state that their tool is open source.
- The tool can be re-programmed, modified and adapted by externals.
Data protection
The column about data protection indicates the degree of data protection granted when using the tool. Data protection was evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Are the servers located in Europe, outside Europe or is their location not indicated?
- Is the data protection declaration clearly understandable and easy to find for users? Can settings be changed easily?
- Have there been any data protection scandals about the tool or the organisation providing the tool over the last years?
- Is it part of the organisation’s free business model to commercially generate user data?
- Who owns the data and can users decide whether their data is locally stored on their own servers?
- Is it transparent and clear where data is stored and who can access it?
- Is there an option for end-to-end encryption?
- What are the default privacy settings?
We do not prioritise any questions. If you have feedback or questions regarding the evaluation, please contact us via kontakt@digital-vereint.berlin