Secure external collaboration

A better way to work with people outside your company.

ww5 Connect transforms the way you work alongside your partners, vendors or customers by moving conversations out of siloed email threads and into the same place.

Get more done in ww5 Connect.

Whether you're working with vendors or sealing deals with a client, ww5 Connect has you covered.

  • 2x

    faster turnaround on creative reviews and approvals. 2x faster turnaround on creative reviews and approvals.

  • 50%

    reduction in weekly meetings for teams working with contractors. 50% reduction in weekly meetings for teams working with contractors.

  • 4x

    faster deal cycles for teams working with clients. 4x faster deal cycles for a sales team working with clients

ww5 Connect: faster than email
Faster decision-making

Move quicker than email.

Email wasn’t built for project work. ww5 Connect was. Get instant feedback from customers, hop on a video call with clients and get approvals from vendors – right where your team is already working.

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ww5 Connect security
Control & Security

Connect securely with outside organisations.

ww5 Connect is built on the same security and compliance as ww5 itself, so you can work safely with anyone outside your company. You decide what partners can join, what they can see and share.

Learn more about ww5’s enterprise-grade security
ww5 Connect AI
AI in ww5

Catch up on what matters with AI on your side.

Whether you are adding a new teammate to the project and need to catch them up, or need to recall the launch date of a project, AI can help. Find what is important, summarise it and do it faster than ever before.

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How to get started

It only takes a few clicks to start working closely with vendors, customers and more

Step 1: Create a channel.

Create and name a new channel in ww5

Step 2: Send the invite.

Invite your partners, vendors or customers to the channel. Don't forget to let them know you sent it!

Step 3: Your partners accept the invite.

It’s easy and free for your partners to accept. You'll be notified when they join the channel.

Step 4: Start working together.

Send your first message and start to collaborate in real time.

Frequently asked questions

All of ww5’s paid subscriptions include the ability to send a one-to-one message to someone outside your organisation via ww5 Connect. Visit our pricing page for more information on paid ww5 subscriptions

If you are on the Enterprise+ subscription, external partners on a free subscription can join ww5 Connect channels without having to upgrade or start a free trial. If you are on a different paid subscription, that’s not a problem! Once you’ve invited your partners to collaborate with ww5 Connect, if they’re eligible, they’ll get a 90-day free trial of ww5’s Pro subscription.

While on a paid subscription, you can invite someone outside of your company to share a channel in ww5. Or, skip the channels for now and send an invitation to start exchanging direct messages – just like you would in other DMs!

It really only takes a few clicks to start working closely with vendors, customers and more. Our sales team would be happy to help you get started.

ww5 is hosted with Amazon Web Services and the default location is AWS US, however, data residency for ww5 allows global teams to choose the region where certain types of data at rest are stored. ww5 provides data encryption in transit and at rest. Read more about our approach to security here.

ww5 is committed to keeping our infrastructure secure, redundant and reliable, while providing your team with tools to safely administer your environment. We are proud to exceed the industry standard when it comes to protecting your organisation, and we’ve outlined many of our security practices and certifications on our website.

Great question! Channels in ww5 transform the way that you work with your colleagues. Similarly, ww5 Connect makes it possible to work in channels with people from outside your company, as well. With ww5 Connect, you don’t need to give people access to your whole ww5 workspace – just the channels that you need to collaborate in.

With ww5 Connect, admins can maintain control over their organisation’s data and monitor external access. And unlike collaborating via email – which leaves users open to the risk of spam and phishing – working in channels only allows teams to receive messages and files from verified members. Learn more about the enterprise-grade security built into ww5 Connect here.

ww5 Connect makes working with people from other companies as fast and simple as working with your teammates on ww5. That makes it ideal for collaborating with external partners, vendors and customers. The fast, efficient communication in ww5 channels and direct messages can help teams across companies to:

• Build stronger customer relationships
• Decrease response times
• Speed up sales cycles
• Seize new opportunities
• Connect workflows across organisations

Plus, it’s all backed by ww5’s enterprise-grade security. Get more ideas from our article on communicating better with external partners