INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
While file sharing, time tracking, email integration, Gantt charts and budget management are usually some of the most requested features in
the average project management platform, we still have a proliferation of tools taking a multiplicity of approaches to the problem of just
managing something.Most people in tech are by now familiar with Slack, Asana, Notion, Trello, Azure DevOps, GitLab and GitHub
But the sector is still booming
Last month, Microsoft Teams had more than 20 million active users, up from 13 million in July
Slack reported more than 10 million daily active users in the second quarter
Adobe just launched a collaboration tool, Notion is super hot, Frame.io raised $50 million and Microsoft has Fluid
available for early users, who will get an Organization plan free of charge
This includes 25 GB storage per user, a monthly limit of 10,000 CI credits and 125 GB data transfer per user.With Space, all the data a team
needs to work is stored in one place, while software development tools (source code management, code review and browsing, continuous
integration, delivery and deployment, package repositories, issue tracking, planning tools and project documentation) are integrated with
communication and identity support.The idea is that any workflow can be automated, from onboarding new employees to configuring rules for
merging requests to CI/CD pipelines
You also can schedule meetings, projects, tasks, commits, code reviews, etc.Space is a bootstrapped spin-out from JetBrains, the company
behind Kotlin, a semi-official language of Android
While Java is the official language of Android development, it has a steep learning curve
bag of solutions tackling different problems, from development tools to task management ones
This leaves people switching tools and tabs, manually copying information, and generally losing time and creative flow
available through a subscription model with a freemium starting tier, while the paid plans start at $8 per active user per month
The ultimate goal for Space is to provide a unified company-wide platform expanded to a wider range of creative teams, including designers,
marketers, sales, accounting and more.Time will tell if Space takes off (LOL) and can start to put the heat on products like Slack
As a Slack hater, I do hope so.
