🧰Startup Tools

Tech

Idea Validation

• AreYouInterested - https://areyouinterested.co/

• SurveyWave - http://surveywave.xyz/

Git Repos

• GitHub - https://github.com

• BitBucket - https://bitbucket.com

• GitLab - https://gitlab.com

Cloud App Hosting:

• Amazon AWS - https://aws.amazon.com

• Microsoft Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com

• Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com

• Digital Ocean - https://digitalocean.com

• Linode - https://linode.com

• Vultr - https://vultr.com

• Heroku - https://www.heroku.com

• OpenShift by Red Hat https://www.openshift.com

• AppFog - https://console.appfog.com

• BlueHost - https://www.bluehost.com

• DreamHost - https://www.dreamhost.com

Static Site Hosting:

• GitHub pages - https://pages.github.com

• Google FireBase - https://firebase.google.com/products/hosting

• Surge - https://surge.sh

• Netlify - https://www.netlify.com

• Vercel - 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

• Cloud9 - https://c9.io

• Koding - https://koding.com

• Humanitec - https://humanitec.com

Development Playgrounds

• JSFiddle - 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

• WinScp - https://winscp.net

• Putty - http://www.putty.org/

Automated Code Reviews, linting, coding conventions

• Code Climate - 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/google

• SendGrid - https://sendgrid.com

• MailChimp - 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

• Pusher - https://pusher.com

• Twilio - https://www.twilio.com

Changelog

• Headway - https://headwayapp.co/

Business, Marketing, Sales, Finance

Content Management Systems (CMS):

• WordPress - https://www.wordpress.org

• Drupal - https://www.drupal.com

• Joomla - https://www.joomla.org

Ecommerce CMS:

• WooCommerce for WordPress - https://www.woocommerce.com

• Magento - https://www.magento.com

• OpenCart - https://www.opencart.com

• Prestashop - https://www.prestashop.com

• Shopify - https://www.shopify.com

Analytics:

• Google Analytics - https://analytics.google.com

• Heatly - 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

CRM:

• HubSpot CRM - https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm

• Capsule CRM - https://capsulecrm.com

• Insightly - 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

• 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

• Twitter - http://twitter.com

• LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com

• Google+ - http://plus.google.com

• Instagram - http://instagram.com

• Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/

• YouTube - 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

• Buffer App - https://buffer.com

• HootSuite - https://hootsuite.com

• TweetDeck - https://tweetdeck.twitter.com

• CrowdFire - 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

• Free traffic increase - http://www.10khits.com/

• WooBox - http://woobox.com/

• Add Shoppers - 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

• 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

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

• LeanKit - https://www.leankit.com/

• Pivotal Tracker - https://www.pivotaltracker.com

• Wrike - https://www.wrike.com/

• Wunderlist - https://www.wunderlist.com/ (Replaced by Microsoft Todo)

• Microsoft Todo - 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

• 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

• Powtoon - https://www.powtoon.com

• Animoto - http://animoto.com/

• Openshot - https://www.openshot.org

Stock Photos/Illustrations:

• Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/

• Shopify Burst - https://burst.shopify.com/

• Unsplash - 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

• Logaster - https://www.logaster.com/

• Cool Text - http://cooltext.com/

• Online Logo Maker 24 - http://onlinelogomaker24.com

• Free Logo Services - http://freelogoservices.com

• Graphic Springs - http://graphicsprings.com

• Design Mantic - http://designmantic.com

• Zillion Designs - http://zilliondesigns.com

• Logo Maker - http://logomaker.com

Designing & Editing:

• Pagemodo http://www.pagemodo.com

• Canva - https://www.canva.com

• Snappa - 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

• 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