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