Here is a list of free and paid tools I use in my startup. I am a open source person so my preference is always to find a tool or utility which does not need money initially and if I like the product or service, I always donate some amount to company or author/creator of the tool. Sometime paid tools are worth spending money as well. Tools play a very important role in running a successful business. It not only saves a lot of time but actually smoothen the process of running any business which eventually increases the productivity. So today I bring a list of product, services, tools or resources which I use in day to day life of running my own startup Rentomo.com * marked names in the list belong to paid subscription.
Web Site Launch:
- Instant Domain Search
- Godaddy*
- AWS hosting*
- LaunchRock
- ThemeForest
- Unbounce*
- WordPress
- WooThemes
Surveys
- WebEngage Surveys*
- SurveyMonkey survey builder
- Connecto.io for web survey inside website
Customer Support:
- WebEngage.com – in-site feedback and targeted short surveys*
- Connecto.io
- Tawk.to
- Chatra.io
Mobile
- CleverTap
- PushChamp
- AWS mobile farm
Analytics:
- Mixpanel – Real Time analysis of your users & metrics.
- Google Analytics
Payment:
- PayTM Payments India
- PayU
- Instamojo
File Sharing:
- Dropbox
- Shareit
Task/Project Management
- Asana
- Google Task
- Atlassian*
- Google Docs
- Zoho
Video Conferencing & Desktop Sharing:
- GoToMeeting
- Skype
- Google+ hangouts
- Teamviewer
Design
- 99Designs
- Canva
- Adobe Photoshop
Engineering
- Bitbucket
- JIRA
- Linode/AWS (hosting)*
- S3, CloudFront*
- Postman
- Bootstrap
- Codeigniter
- Eclipse
- Android Studio
- Robomongo
- Sublime
Email Delivery
- MailChimp*
- MandrillApp*
- SES*
SMS Delivery:
- Msg91
Marketing:
- Hubspot. Inbound marketing.
- HasOffers (create affiliate program).
- Buffer
Customer Referral Programs:
- Social Twist (Tell-a-Friend button). http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com/
- Referral Candy
- InviteBox (referral marketing) http://invitebox.com
SEO
- SEOmoz SEO & Social monitoring.
- Ahref
- ScreamingFrog
- Google Keyword Planner
- Google Webmaster
- SimilarWeb
- GtMetrix
- Neil Patel Blogs (QuickSprout, NeilPatel.com)
- HubSpot Blogs
- SEO Moz
Productive Tools:
- Evernote
- Sticky Notes
Funding
- AngelList
- Tracxn
- Letsventure
- CrunchBase
Startup Blogs:
- Techcrunch
- YourStory
- NextBigwhat
- Quora Startup Forums
- Linked Pulse
- Medium Startup Bloggers