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    Last Updated: 4, June 2024
     

    Business tools are key in helping a founder or a startup build the right foundation to grow a digital business in an effective and scalable way.

    In order to help new entrepreneurs master business areas and processes, we’ve spoken to the community and curated a list of services and tools that founders have told us are useful when growing their business.

    If there are tools or services that you’ve found useful in your journey, please submit them here. Or, if any of the below are not up to your standard, let us know too!

    Finance

    Paypal Business

    Send invoices and accept Paypal payments on your website

    Go to Paypal Business

    Freshbooks

    Cloud-based accounting software for managing billing and invoicing online

    Go to Freshbooks

    Shoeboxed

    Expense reporting software

    Go to Shoeboxed

    Expensify

    Expense reporting software

    Go to Expensify

    Concur

    Expense reporting software

    Go to Concur

    Satago

    Business credit control

    Go to Satago

    Holvi

    Useful tools to help your business to sell online

    Go to Holvi

    Receipt Bank

    Expense reporting software

    Go to Receipt Bank

    GrantTree

    Software to help you get government grants and funding

    Go to Grant Tree

    Simple Tax

    Find tax savings and create accurate tax returns

    Go to Simple Tax

    iHorizon

    London-based accountants specialising in outsourced accounting solutions

    Go to I Horizon

    Transferwise

    Send money abroad at the lowest possible true cost, using only real exchange rates and no hidden fees

    Go to Transferwise

    Stripe

    An optimised, cross-device payment form with support for single click payments.

    Go to Stripe

    Xero

    Small business accounting software in the cloud

    Go to Xero

    Ecommerce

    Shopify

    Ecommerce platform for running an online store

    Go to Shopify

    Sellerdeck

    Ecommerce and EPOS software

    Go to Sellerdeck

    Volusion

    Ecommerce platform supporting all stages of online retail

    Go to Volusion

    Magento

    Enterprise-class ecommerce platform

    Go to Magento

    BigCartel

    Ecommerce platform for running online stores

    Go to Big Cartel

    Brightpearl

    ERP solution for retailers and etailers covering orders, inventory, accounting, CRM and reporting

    Go to Brightpearl

    Sellr

    Ecommerce platform for running an online store

    Go to Sellr

    Analytics

    SEO Site Check Up

    Check and optimise your website SEO

    Go to Seo Site Check Up

    Codacy

    Get continuous statistic analysis on your code

    Go to Codacy

    Countly

    Data analysis on mobile application usage and end-user behaviour

    Go to Countly

    Formisimo

    Analytics tool measuring user interaction with web forms

    Go to Formisimo

    Google Analytics

    Analysis across ads and videos, websites and social tools, tablets and smartphones

    Go to Google Analytics

    Comufy

    Track Facebook followers and measure their value to your brand

    Go to Comufy

    App Annie

    App ranking data and high quality mobile analytics for iOS & Android

    Go to App Annie

    Mixpanel

    Analytics platform for A/B testing on mobile and the web

    Go to Mixpanel

    Intercom

    User intelligence and customer communication. Shows you who is using your product and makes it easy to personally communicate with them

    Go to Intercom

    Social Media Tools

    Tweetreach

    Identify the reach and exposure of a hashtag and see how many people have been exposed to your campaign

    Go to Tweetreach

    Social Bakers

    Social media analytic tools, statistics and metrics for social platforms

    Go to Social Bakers

    Tweetdeck

    Real-time tracking, organisation and engagement for Twitter

    Go to Tweetdeck

    Mention

    Social media search platform aggregating user generated content from different chanels into a single stream of information

    Go to Mention

    Hootsuite

    Manage social networks, schedule messages, engage your audiences, and measure ROI right from the dashboard

    Go to Hootsuite

    Social Mention

    Social media search platform aggregating user generated content from different chanels into a single stream of information

    Go to Social Mention

    Buffer

    Share social media content by scheduling online posts throughout the day

    Go to Buffer

    Geckoboard

    Real-time tracking and overal social media metrics visualizarion

    Go to Geckoboard

    FollowerWonk

    Tracking, organisation and engagement for Twitter

    Go to Follower Wonk

    Email Marketing

    Mailchimp

    Customise newsletters, send bulk emails, create and manage contact lists. Track and report on performance

    Go to Mailchimp

    Benchmarkemail

    Create customised newsletters, send bulk emails, track and report on performance, all highly user friendly platform.

    Go to Benchmarkemail

    Litmus

    Preview campaigns across 30+ real email clients and devices. Spam filter test your camapaigns

    Go to Litmus

    Email Spam Test

    Spam check to ensure your emails avoid the spam folder

    Go to Email Spam Test

    Project Management Tools

    Basecamp

    Project management software

    Go to Basecamp

    Wunderlist

    Task management software to manage projects

    Go to Wunderlist

    Trello

    Project management software for personal and business use

    Go to Trello

    Jira

    Project managment tailored for developers and businesses

    Go to Jira

    Trevvo

    Project management software tailored for small businesses

    Go to Trevvo

    Talent and HR

    Freelancer

    Find and hire skilled freelancers

    Go to Freelancer

    Codility

    Meet pre-selected programmers based on their coding skills

    Go to Codility

    Workday

    Human Resources and finance apps to help with talent management

    Go to Workday

    Copify

    Find freelance UK based copywriters

    Go to Copify

    Silicon Milk Roundabout

    One of UK’s largest tech startup job fairs helping you find tech talent. Based in London

    Go to Silicon Milk Roundabout

    People Per Hour

    Find and hire skilled freelancers

    Go to People Per Hour

    Elance

    Find and hire skilled freelancers

    Go to Elance

    Rent-acoder

    Find and hire skilled coding freelancers

    Go to Rent Acoder

    CoFoundersLab

    Social Media channel to meet a co-founder for your business

    Go to Co Founders Lab

    Web Hosting and Domain Name

    iPage

    Unlimited disk space, bandwidth and email. Domain registration, security tools, and site-building tools

    Go to I Page

    123 Reg

    UK domain registration

    Go to 123 Reg

    Justhost

    Web hosting

    Go to Justhost

    Amazon Web Services

    Cloud computing services

    Go to Amazon Web Services

    Microsoft Azure

    Cloud platform to build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacentres

    Go to Microsoft Azure

    Bluehost

    Web hosting provided via shared web hosting servers

    Go to Bluehost

    GoDaddy

    Domain registration with a few quick steps

    Go to Go Daddy

    I want my name

    Domain registration with a few quick steps

    Go to I Want My Name

    Rackspace

    Cloud web hosting offering private cloud space, email accounts and apps

    Go to Rackspace

    Other Useful Startup Tools

    Startup growth calculator

    Calculate how much funding your startup needs before profitability

    Go to Startup Growth Calculator

    codeship

    Continuous deployment platform for your code

    Go to Codeship

    antavo

    Contest app platform to grow and engage your audience

    Go to Antavo

    myTips

    Guide new customers through your site with step-by-step tutorials

    Go to My Tips

    sush.io

    Connect and automate all your online apps

    Go to Sush.io

    MoApp

    Useful desktop apps for your Mac, iPhone and iPad to help you increase your project management efficiency

    Go to Mo App