Free & Paid Tools I use for my Startup

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:

• Pocket
• Evernote
• Sticky Notes

Funding

• AngelList
• Tracxn
• Letsventure
• CrunchBase
• LinkedIn

Startup Blogs:

• Techcrunch
• YourStory
• NextBigwhat
• Quora Startup Forums
• Linked Pulse
• Medium Startup Bloggers