# Startup Tools

### Tech

#### Idea Validation

* AreYouInterested - <https://areyouinterested.co/>
* SurveyWave - <http://surveywave.xyz/>

#### Git Repos

* GitHub - [https://github.com](https://github.com/)
* BitBucket - [https://bitbucket.com](https://bitbucket.com/)
* GitLab - [https://gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/)

#### Cloud App Hosting:

* Amazon AWS - [https://aws.amazon.com](https://aws.amazon.com/)
* Microsoft Azure - [https://azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/)
* Google Cloud - [https://cloud.google.com](https://cloud.google.com/)
* Digital Ocean - [https://digitalocean.com](https://digitalocean.com/)
* Linode - [https://linode.com](https://linode.com/)
* Vultr - [https://vultr.com](https://vultr.com/)
* Heroku - [https://www.heroku.com](https://www.heroku.com/)
* OpenShift by Red Hat [https://www.openshift.com](https://www.openshift.com/)
* AppFog - [https://console.appfog.com](https://console.appfog.com/)
* BlueHost - [https://www.bluehost.com](https://www.bluehost.com/)
* DreamHost - [https://www.dreamhost.com](https://www.dreamhost.com/)

**Static Site Hosting:**

* GitHub pages - [https://pages.github.com](https://pages.github.com/)
* Google FireBase - <https://firebase.google.com/products/hosting>
* Surge - [https://surge.sh](https://surge.sh/)
* Netlify - [https://www.netlify.com](https://www.netlify.com/)
* Vercel - [https://vercel.com](https://vercel.com/)

#### DNS, CDN, & SSL:

* CloudFlare - <https://www.cloudflare.com/>
* ClouDNS - <https://cloudns.net/>
* Let's Encrypt - <https://letsencrypt.org/>

#### Site Performance Tools:

* Pingdom <http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt> pingdom.com - Website monitor
* Google Page Insight <https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights>
* Web Page Performance Test - <http://www.webpagetest.org/>
* GTMetrix <http://gtmetrix.com/>

#### Web Scraping Tools

* Import.io - <https://www.import.io/>
* Web Hose - <https://webhose.io/scraping-tools>
* Dexi.io - <https://dexi.io/>
* Parse Hub - <https://www.parsehub.com/>
* 80Legs - <http://80legs.com/>
* Scraping Hub - <https://scrapinghub.com/>
* Scrapy - <https://scrapy.org/>
* Scraper - <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scraper/mbigbapnjcgaffohmbkdlecaccepngjd>
* Web Scraper - <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-scraper/jnhgnonknehpejjnehehllkliplmbmhn>
* Scraping API: <https://www.abstractapi.com/web-scraping-api>

#### Development IDE/Editors:

* Sublime Text - <https://www.sublimetext.com/>
* Microsoft Visual Studio Code - <https://code.visualstudio.com/>
* Microsoft Visual Studio (IDE) - <https://www.visualstudio.com/>
* Atom - <https://atom.io/>
* PHPStorm - <https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/>
* WebStorm - <https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/>
* NetBeans PHP - <http://netbeans.org/>
* Eclipse - <https://eclipse.org/>

#### Development online platforms/IDEs:

* CodeAnywhere - [https://codeanywhere.com](https://codeanywhere.com/)
* Cloud9 - [https://c9.io](https://c9.io/)
* Koding - [https://koding.com](https://koding.com/)
* Humanitec - [https://humanitec.com](https://humanitec.com/)

#### Development Playgrounds

* JSFiddle - [https://jsfiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/)
* Plunker - <https://plnkr.co/>
* CodePen - <http://codepen.io/>
* JSBin - <https://jsbin.com/>

#### Resource Management Tools

* Respresso - <https://respresso.io/>

#### Utilities:

* FileZilla - <https://filezilla-project.org/>
* Laragon - <https://laragon.org/>
* XAMPP - [https://www.apachefriends.org](https://www.apachefriends.org/)
* WinScp - [https://winscp.net](https://winscp.net/)
* Putty - <http://www.putty.org/>

#### Automated Code Reviews, linting, coding conventions

* Code Climate - [https://codeclimate.com](https://codeclimate.com/)
* JSLint - Usually available as plugin for IDEs/Editors

#### Testing

* Sauce Labs - <https://saucelabs.com/>
* Browser Stack - <https://www.browserstack.com/>

#### Email Service for Developers

* MailGun - [http://www.mailgun.com](http://www.mailgun.com/) , <http://www.mailgun.com/google>
* SendGrid - [https://sendgrid.com](https://sendgrid.com/)
* MailChimp - [https://mailchimp.com](https://mailchimp.com/)
* Mandrill - <http://www.mandrill.com/>
* AWS SES - <https://aws.amazon.com/ses/>
* Mail Trap (for testing only) - <https://mailtrap.io/>
* Email Validation API - <https://www.abstractapi.com/email-verification-validation-api>

#### Notification (Push, SMS etc) Service for Developers

* OneSignal - [https://onesignal.com](https://onesignal.com/)
* Pusher - [https://pusher.com](https://pusher.com/)
* Twilio - [https://www.twilio.com](https://www.twilio.com/)

#### Changelog

* Headway - <https://headwayapp.co/>

### Business, Marketing, Sales, Finance

#### Content Management Systems (CMS):

* WordPress - [https://www.wordpress.org](https://www.wordpress.org/)
* Drupal - [https://www.drupal.com](https://www.drupal.com/)
* Joomla - [https://www.joomla.org](https://www.joomla.org/)

#### Ecommerce CMS:

* WooCommerce for WordPress - [https://www.woocommerce.com](https://www.woocommerce.com/)
* Magento - [https://www.magento.com](https://www.magento.com/)
* OpenCart - [https://www.opencart.com](https://www.opencart.com/)
* Prestashop - [https://www.prestashop.com](https://www.prestashop.com/)
* Shopify - [https://www.shopify.com](https://www.shopify.com/)

#### Analytics:

* Google Analytics - [https://analytics.google.com](https://analytics.google.com/)
* Heatly - [https://www.heatlyanalytics.com](https://www.heatlyanalytics.com/)
* New Relic <https://newrelic.com/>
* Inspectlet <http://www.inspectlet.com/plans>
* Zoom Analytics <http://zoomanalytics.co/>
* LiveSession - <https://livesession.io/>

#### Accounting & Finance

* Wave Apps - [https://www.waveapps.com](https://www.waveapps.com/)

#### CRM:

* HubSpot CRM - <https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm>
* Capsule CRM - [https://capsulecrm.com](https://capsulecrm.com/)
* Insightly - [https://www.insightly.com](https://www.insightly.com/)
* Folk: <https://www.folk.app/>
* Bitrix24 (CRM version) - <https://www.bitrix24.com/tools/crm/>
* ZohoCRM - <https://www.zoho.com/crm/>
* Google Contacts (can be used as lightweight CRM) - [http://contacts.google.com](http://contacts.google.com/)
* Zoho Contact Manager (can be used as lightweight CRM) - <https://www.zoho.com/contactmanager>

#### Team Chat

* Slack - <https://slack.com/>
* Microsoft Teams - <https://teams.microsoft.com/>
* Mattermost - <https://mattermost.com/>
* Rocket.Chat - <https://rocket.chat/>
* Twist - <https://twist.com/>

#### Customer Support/Live Chat:

* Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) - <https://www.zopim.com/>
* Olark - <https://www.olark.com/>
* Facebook Messenger - <https://web.facebook.com/business/products/messenger-for-business>
* WhatsApp for Business - <https://www.whatsapp.com/>

#### Social Media

* Facebook - [http://facebook.com](http://facebook.com/)
* Twitter - [http://twitter.com](http://twitter.com/)
* LinkedIn - [http://linkedin.com](http://linkedin.com/)
* Google+ - [http://plus.google.com](http://plus.google.com/)
* Instagram - [http://instagram.com](http://instagram.com/)
* Pinterest - <https://www.pinterest.com/>
* YouTube - [http://youtube.com](http://youtube.com/)

#### Sales & Marketing:

* HubSpot - <https://www.hubspot.com/>
  * Marketing: <https://www.hubspot.com/products/marketing>
  * Sales: <https://www.hubspot.com/products/sales>
* Website Grader by HubSpot [http://grader.com](http://grader.com/)
* Buffer App - [https://buffer.com](https://buffer.com/)
* HootSuite - [https://hootsuite.com](https://hootsuite.com/)
* TweetDeck - [https://tweetdeck.twitter.com](https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/)
* CrowdFire - [https://www.crowdfireapp.com](https://www.crowdfireapp.com/)
* Ubersuggest - <http://ubersuggest.org/>
* Social Media - <http://locowise.com/>
* Visual Website Optimizer - <https://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/>
* Tweriod - <http://www.tweriod.com/>
* My Site Auditor - [http://mysiteauditor.com](http://mysiteauditor.com/)
* Free traffic increase - <http://www.10khits.com/>
* WooBox - <http://woobox.com/>
* Add Shoppers - [http://addshoppers.com](http://addshoppers.com/)
* BuzzSumo - <http://buzzsumo.com/>
* Static html app - <https://statichtmlapp.com/>
* Hashtagify - <http://hashtagify.me/>
* Ritetag - <http://ritetag.com/>
* Tagboard - <https://tagboard.com/>
* Trendsmap - <http://trendsmap.com/>
* Shortstack - [http://www.shortstack.com](http://www.shortstack.com/)
* Post Planner - <http://www.postplanner.com/>

### Productivity, Management, Organization

#### Note taking & Reading:

* Microsoft OneNote - <https://www.onenote.com/>
* Notion - <https://www.notion.so/>
* Google Keep - <https://keep.google.com/>
* Evernote - <https://evernote.com/>
* Pocket - [https://getpocket.com](https://getpocket.com/)

#### Project/Task Management:

* Jira - <https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira>
* Asana - <https://asana.com/>
* Trello - <https://trello.com/>
* Airtable - <https://airtable.com/>
* Meister Task - [https://meistertask.com](https://meistertask.com/)
* LeanKit - <https://www.leankit.com/>
* Pivotal Tracker - [https://www.pivotaltracker.com](https://www.pivotaltracker.com/)
* Wrike - <https://www.wrike.com/>
* Wunderlist - <https://www.wunderlist.com/> (Replaced by Microsoft Todo)
* Microsoft Todo - [https://todo.microsoft.com](https://todo.microsoft.com/) (Replacing Wunderlist)
* Todoist - <https://todoist.com/>
* Basecamp - <https://basecamp.com/>
* I Done This <https://idonethis.com/>
* Taskade - <https://www.taskade.com/>
* Nozbe - <https://nozbe.com/>

#### Attendance, Time Tracking and Management:

* Toggl - <https://toggl.com/>
* PrimaERP - [https://primaerp.com](https://primaerp.com/)
* ClockIt - <https://clockit.io/>
* Zoho People - <https://www.zoho.com/people>
* Bitrix24 HR System - <https://www.bitrix24.com/uses/free-hr-system.php>
* Pomodoro Technique - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique>

### Graphics, Design, and Media

#### Video making:

* Biteable - [https://biteable.com](https://biteable.com/)
* Powtoon - [https://www.powtoon.com](https://www.powtoon.com/)
* Animoto - <http://animoto.com/>
* Openshot - [https://www.openshot.org](https://www.openshot.org/)

#### Stock Photos/Illustrations:

* Pexels - <https://www.pexels.com/>
* Shopify Burst - <https://burst.shopify.com/>
* Unsplash - [https://unsplash.com](https://unsplash.com/)
* Place Image (Stock photos generator) - <http://placeimg.com/>
* Undraw - <https://undraw.co/illustrations>
* DrawKit - <https://www.drawkit.io/>
* Excalidraw - <https://excalidraw.com/>
* Icons8 - <https://icons8.com/>

#### Online Logo:

* Shopify Logo Maker - <https://www.shopify.com/tools/logo-maker>
* Logo Joy - [https://logojoy.com](https://logojoy.com/)
* Logaster - <https://www.logaster.com/>
* Cool Text - <http://cooltext.com/>
* Online Logo Maker 24 - [http://onlinelogomaker24.com](http://onlinelogomaker24.com/)
* Free Logo Services - [http://freelogoservices.com](http://freelogoservices.com/)
* Graphic Springs - [http://graphicsprings.com](http://graphicsprings.com/)
* Design Mantic - [http://designmantic.com](http://designmantic.com/)
* Zillion Designs - [http://zilliondesigns.com](http://zilliondesigns.com/)
* Logo Maker - [http://logomaker.com](http://logomaker.com/)

#### Designing & Editing:

* Pagemodo [http://www.pagemodo.com](http://www.pagemodo.com/)
* Canva - [https://www.canva.com](https://www.canva.com/)
* Snappa - [https://snappa.com](https://snappa.com/)
* Photoshop - <http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html>
* Photoshop Express - <http://www.photoshop.com/tools>
* Pixlr - <https://pixlr.com/>
* Fotor - <http://www.fotor.com/>
* Create GIF - <http://gifbrewery.com/>
* Stamp creator - <http://www.speedystamps.co.uk/>
* Method Draw (SVG Editor) - [http://editor.method.ac](http://editor.method.ac/)
* AConvert (Image to SVG Converter) - <https://www.aconvert.com/image/png-to-svg/>
* Image Compression and Optimization API - <https://www.abstractapi.com/image-processing-optimization-api>