(Collaboard lifetime deal $59.00) A hallmark in offices and classrooms are whiteboards. They let you share information with each other but they’re limited to a single room. CollaBoard takes the whiteboard idea and applies it to everyone who, no matter where they are, has an internet connection. It has a decent selection of inking tools and options for uploading and also allows you to view and update virtual whiteboards with your team in real-time.

Either from scratch or from models such as mind maps or charts, CollaBoard helps you to build digital whiteboards. It has all the usual inking tools, including a ruler and drawing tools, that you see in other Windows 10, but these are not what make the app stand out. CollaBoard is based on communication in real-time. Via email or a QR code, you can share a board and have multiple users update it simultaneously. The fact that CollaBoard has a Surface Hub edition that makes it suitable for offices and classrooms is an improvement in this functionality. In a conference space, you can use a Surface Hub and then make people leap in the room or anywhere around the world.

In Collaboard, teams work with sticky-notes, pictures, papers, videos, shapes, and much more on an infinite canvas. As on a real whiteboard, the pen helps people to compose, draw, and sketch ideas.

With an emphasis on data protection, Collaboard is a Swiss-made application. It is available as a cloud service or as an on-site service.