This is a curated list about tools for everything from productivity to hosting to development tools to designing. These tools are all digital i.e. either app, online service, or downloadable software. Most of them are either free or have limited free option that is enough for startups. Feel free to suggest and contribute in this list.
Tech
Git Repos
- GitHub – https://github.com
- BitBucket – https://bitbucket.com
- GitLab – https://gitlab.com
- Azure Repos – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/devops/repos
- Amazon AWS CodeCommit – https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/
Cloud and Traditional Hosting:
- Amazon AWS (Free tier available) – https://aws.amazon.com
- Microsoft Azure (Free tier available) – https://azure.microsoft.com
- Google Cloud (Free tier available) – https://cloud.google.com
- Digital Ocean (Free tier available) – https://digitalocean.com
- Vultr (Paid plan) – https://vultr.com
- Heroku (Paid plan) – https://www.heroku.com
- BlueHost (Paid plan) – https://www.bluehost.com
- DreamHost (Paid plan) – https://www.dreamhost.com
Static Site Hosting:
- GitHub pages – https://pages.github.com
- Google FireBase – https://firebase.google.com/products/hosting
- Netlify – https://www.netlify.com
- Vercel – https://vercel.com
- Amazon S3 – https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
- Surge – https://surge.sh
Email Hosting:
- Lark Email – https://www.larksuite.com/en_us/product/email
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:
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code – https://code.visualstudio.com/
- Microsoft Visual Studio (IDE) – https://www.visualstudio.com/
- Sublime Text – https://www.sublimetext.com/
- WebStorm – https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/
- NetBeans – http://netbeans.org/
- Eclipse – https://eclipse.org/
Online Development Platforms/IDEs:
- VS Code for Web – https://vscode.dev
- 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/
Utilities:
- FileZilla – https://filezilla-project.org/
- Laragon – https://laragon.org/
- XAMPP – https://www.apachefriends.org
- WinScp – https://winscp.net
- Putty – http://www.putty.org/
Testing and Code Insights
- Sauce Labs – https://saucelabs.com/
- Code Climate – https://codeclimate.com
Email Service for Developers
- Brevo (Ex Sendinblue) – https://www.brevo.com/
- 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/
- Sweego – https://www.sweego.io/
- 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
Idea Validation
- AreYouInterested – https://areyouinterested.co/
- SurveyWave – http://surveywave.xyz/
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
- New Relic https://newrelic.com/
- Inspectlet http://www.inspectlet.com/plans
- Zoom Analytics http://zoomanalytics.co/
- LiveSession – https://livesession.io/
- Amplitude – https://amplitude.com/
- Microsoft Clarity – https://clarity.microsoft.com
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
- Bitrix24 (CRM version) – https://www.bitrix24.com/tools/crm/
- Google Contacts (can be used as lightweight CRM) – http://contacts.google.com
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
- Instagram – http://instagram.com
- Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/
- YouTube – http://youtube.com
Sales & Marketing:
- HubSpot – https://www.hubspot.com/
- 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/
- 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/
- Carousel Hero – https://carouselhero.com/
- Cello – https://cello.so/
Productivity, Management, Organization
Note-taking & Reading:
- Microsoft OneNote – https://www.onenote.com (part of MS Office – https://www.office.com)
- Google Keep – https://keep.google.com
- Pocket – https://getpocket.com
Documentation:
- Atlassian Confluence – https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence
- Microsoft Word – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word (part of MS Office – https://www.office.com)
- Google Docs – https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/
- Microsoft Excel – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel (part of MS Office – https://www.office.com)
- Google Sheets – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/
Storage:
- Microsoft OneDrive – https://onedrive.com
- Google Drive – https://drive.google.com
- Amazon S3 – https://aws.amazon.com/pm/serv-s3/
Project/Task Management:
Good for personal tasks
- Todoist – https://todoist.com
- Microsoft Todo – https://todo.microsoft.com (Previously Wunderlist)
- Any.do – https://www.any.do
- Tick Tick – https://ticktick.com
- Meister Task – https://meistertask.com
- Google Tasks – Mobile app or as part of Google Calendar
Good for team projects
- Jira – https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
- Trello – https://trello.com
- Asana – https://asana.com
- Airtable – https://airtable.com
- Teamwork – https://teamwork.com
- ClickUp – https://clickup.com
- Wrike – https://www.wrike.com
- Monday – https://monday.com
- ActiveCollab – https://activecollab.com
- Basecamp – https://basecamp.com
- Pivotal Tracker – https://www.pivotaltracker.com
- Shortcut – https://www.shortcut.com
- Paymo – https://www.paymoapp.com
Attendance & Time Tracking:
- Toggl – https://toggl.com
- Clockify – https://clockify.me
- TimeCamp – https://www.timecamp.com
- Everhour – https://everhour.com
- My Hours – https://myhours.com
- Paymo – https://www.paymoapp.com
- Jibble – https://www.jibble.io
- Connecteam – https://connecteam.com/employee-time-clock-app/employee-time-tracking-app/
Productivity Techniques
- Pomodoro Technique – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
- GTD – https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/getting-things-done
- Eisenhower Matrix – https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/eisenhower-matrix
Graphics, Design, and Media
Video making:
- Biteable – https://biteable.com
- Powtoon – https://www.powtoon.com
- Animoto – http://animoto.com/
- Openshot – https://www.openshot.org
- Video captions – https://subsvideo.com
Stock Photos/Illustrations/Icons:
- Unsplash – https://unsplash.com
- Pexels – https://www.pexels.com
- Shopify Burst – https://burst.shopify.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
- Favicon Generator – https://favicon.io
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