Free online and secure spreadsheets at spreadsheets.com

The collaboration industry has grown over the years. Quite a few people find these application useful because they make working on the same document by different teams easy. Google Docs and now Windows Live are common examples.

More collaboration services have evolved which provide one service (Editor, spreadsheet and presentation) only. One such service is Spreadsheets at Spreadsheets.com. Spreadsheets is touted as "the easiest, fastest way to get things done. It functions like your online assistant, keeping track of all tasks, responsibilities and documents. With Smartsheet, you control the work, it doesn’t control you." Smartsheets provide solutions for a variety of industries, companies ranging from small business to Fortune 500, with a strong base of marketing and human resource professionals.

Some of the advantages of using Smartsheets are

You can create, schedule, collaborate and assign tasks to others.
The dashboard can be used to manage and view multiple sheet views at once.
Collaboration: Real-time and scheduled collaboration (via e-mail).
Set-up automated alerts and memos.
Compatible with Microsoft Excel.
Powerful reporting features.

Pricing

There are a number of account types to suit everyone. The free account allows you to create five spreadsheets, can have unlimited number of collaborators, can ue 10 MB of space with SSL encryption and free templates. The other versions are smart, brilliant, genius and Einstein with more space and branding thrown in.

The best way to try Smartsheets is to use the free account and test it to see if it suits your work style.