eXpresso for Microsoft Office

Become an office hero.

Introduce your company to a better way of sharing and editing files collaboratively.

Customers come to eXpresso because they are looking for cutting-edge collaboration for the Office productivity applications they already use. In their search, they discover Google Docs provides real-time collaboration for documents but lacks the features and fidelity to make it a viable business solution. Microsoft Office, a ubiquitous business document solution, finally has Office 2010 for the Web, but it's lightweight and struggles to provide a simple, low-cost collaboration solution.

The Document Collaboration Conundrum:
Google — Still a Distant Office Competitor [Forrester]
Office 2010 — Desktop Heavyweight, Online Weakling [Technologizer]

Get the Best of Both Worlds
eXpresso enables multiple people to view or edit the same Office document online at the same time. eXpresso maintains the features and fidelity you use in Microsoft Office but facilitates the real-time collaboration that originally drew people to Google Docs.

Advantages over Google Docs:

• File Fidelity — Customers constantly tell us how their files lose formatting when imported into Google Docs. With eXpresso, you get all the benefits of real-time editing without sacrificing the integrity of your files.
• Familiar Interface — Customers also tell us how they like the concept of Google Docs, but they wish they could do it for Office instead. That's eXpresso: real-time collaboration for Office documents stored in the cloud.
• Office Functionality — You won't have to compromise features to gain collaboration. Keep using the Office application you already have installed. There's no need to switch to a less functional Web app.
• Off-line Editing — Since Office is already on your machine, you can create new files or checkout existing ones when you'll need to do some editing on the road.
• Smarter Real-Time Interaction — Like Google Docs, you can simultaneously edit files in real-time, but with eXpresso, you don't need to see everyone's micro-changes. Our methods for real-time document collaboration are efficient and much less distracting.

Advantages over Microsoft Office 2010 (Web App):

• More Functionality — eXpresso adds a layer of technology to Microsoft Office, so not only can you keep using the applications you are familiar with, you gain greater control over who can do what to the files you share.
• Less Complexity — SharePoint 2010 requires expertise, plus companies must figure out the subsequent details and resources involved with managing servers. For companies that already have SharePoint, it will require another upgrade and no doubt modified configurations, but for those who do not, it brings up more questions than it answers.
• Not forced to upgrade — you, your coworkers, clients, and other collaborators will not need to buy the 2010 upgrade to get the ability to edit files online. eXpresso is compatible with Office 2003 and 2007, which is what most Office users already have today.
• No additional unpredictable costs — SharePoint installations alone typically introduce countless hours of setup, training, maintenance, resource investment, and more. In contrast, eXpresso provides an easy-to-manage annual subscription for you or your company. Multi-user discounts available.