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Best Tools

On average, founders use 37 tools to run the day to day operations of their business. There are thousands of tools out there, but what are the best ones?

In all of our interviews, we survey what tools founders are actually using. Here is the data.

Interested in specific categories? Check out the best email tools ✉️, the best platforms to build your business on, the best accounting tools, and more:

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EngageBay
crm tools ➜
EngageBay is a simple, affordable, all-in-one marketing and sales CRM software built for small businesses and startups to acquire, engage, nurture web visitors and convert them to happy customers Learn more ➜
Free Trial
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Bigin By Zoho CRM
crm tools ➜
Bigin is a simple CRM solution from Zoho, built specifically for startups and small teams to get started with their CRM journey and manage their customer-centric operations more effectively. Learn more ➜
Nitin Sahu
Jaime Nacach
2 successful founders are using Bigin By Zoho CRM
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Service Provider Pro
crm tools ➜
Service Provider Pro is a client portal software with integrated billing, messaging, and client management tools. Your clients, payments, and projects in one place. Learn more ➜
Dani Mancini
Kevin Koskella
2 successful founders are using Service Provider Pro
Pricing
Paid
Free Trial
Yes
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Hubspot
crm tools ➜
#1 most used in crm tools
Marketing, sales and CRM products. Learn more ➜
Brandon Wong
Sangeetha
Rita Kakati-Shah
David Braun
Justin Cooke
Dani Mancini
Christopher Carter
Steven Lin
292 successful founders are using Hubspot
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Streak
crm tools ➜
#4 most used in crm tools
CRM built inside Gmail. Learn more ➜
Saara Hafeez
Colin McIntosh
Jonathan Pritchard
Pat Walls
Scribit
Samantha Varnerin
Daniele Besana
Paul Kaster
23 successful founders are using Streak
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Zaius
crm tools ➜
CRM software. Learn more ➜
KC Holiday
Pat Walls
2 successful founders are using Zaius
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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PipeDrive
crm tools ➜
#3 most used in crm tools
Sales CRM platform. Learn more ➜
Tyler Robertson
Shai Schechter
Chris Dreyer
Mark Thompson
Craig Rabin
Anthony Tumbiolo
Sondre Rasch
JUAN
60 successful founders are using PipeDrive
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Cloze
crm tools ➜
Track customers, clients, prospects and leads without the hassle of CRM. Learn more ➜
David Zamarin
Sunder P
2 successful founders are using Cloze
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Zoho
crm tools ➜
#2 most used in crm tools
Suite of online productivity tools and SaaS applications. Learn more ➜
Sangeetha
Sangeetha
Lenny Bron
Dan Watkins
Wendi McGowan-Ellis
Dane Jensen
Mitchell Blackmon
Mitchell Blackmon
129 successful founders are using Zoho
Pricing
Paid
Free Trial
Yes
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Keap
crm tools ➜
Offers an e-mail marketing and sales platform for small businesses, including products to manage and optimize the customer lifecycle, customer relationship management, marketing automation, lead capture, and e-commerce. Learn more ➜
Jessica Stellwagen
Dan Stewart
Ali Katz
Patrick Curtis
Jim Ackerman
Matt Wilson
John Lee Dumas
Pavel Stepanov
11 successful founders are using Keap
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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17hats
crm tools ➜
Provides a single hub for client communications, proposals, contracts, online payments, project management, bookkeeping, client management, and more. Learn more ➜
Ally McCarthy
LaKenya Kopf
2 successful founders are using 17hats
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Capsule
crm tools ➜
A good tool to keep track of your contacts and companies you do business with, communications with them, sales opportunities, and what activities and tasks that need be done. Learn more ➜
Sandra Lewis
Rebecca Domorev
Susannah Davda
Matt McCormick
4 successful founders are using Capsule
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Pigeon
crm tools ➜
A powerful CRM and automation suite built inside Gmail. Track leads, prospects, support tickets, and automate repetitive email tasks inside Gmail. Learn more ➜
Pat Walls
Brett Lindenberg
Rich Clominson
Andrew Kamphey
Andrew Kamphey
5 successful founders are using Pigeon
Pricing
Freemium
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Yes
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close.io
crm tools ➜
Our team is building the best inside sales CRM in the business, helping startups and SMBs sell smarter and faster. Learn more ➜
Alexander Leichter
Joel Allen
Steve Benson
3 successful founders are using close.io
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Bitrix24
crm tools ➜
Is a free (for small businesses) social enterprise platform. Learn more ➜
Juan Jose Delgado
Tatev Manucharyan
Miguel Quintas
Arsen Sultanyan
Amit Raj
5 successful founders are using Bitrix24
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Highrise
crm tools ➜
Is a solid application for managing your customers and contacts and can also track your business deals and proposals. Learn more ➜
Andrew Rogoff
Jordan McAuley
2 successful founders are using Highrise
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Ontraport
crm tools ➜
Aa "business automation software for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and small businesses" that incorporates tools like CRM, marketing automation, ECommerce and reporting" . Learn more ➜
Casey Hill
Sam Wilcox
Pat Walls
Taylor Ryan
LaKenya Kopf
5 successful founders are using Ontraport
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Great Agent
crm tools ➜
A CRM platform that includes a front-end IDX website on WordPress for buyers and sellers, as well as paid lead advertising. Learn more ➜
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Odoo
crm tools ➜
An all-in-one business software including CRM, website/e-commerce, billing, accounting, manufacturing, warehouse - and project management, and inventory. Learn more ➜
Anton Willis
Xavier Claveria Masip
Adam Dwidari
Michael Cannavo
Dane Jensen
Gonzalo Mestre
Mr. Varghese Samuel
Angel Lacret
9 successful founders are using Odoo
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Zendesk Sell
crm tools ➜
#5 most used in crm tools
A simple, well designed sales management software tool that keeps reps selling. Learn more ➜
Christopher Carter
Justin Hartzman
Matthew Frye
Taylor Ryan
Nick Franklin
Fabian Wunderlich
Henrique Chappuis
Jeff Yeo
18 successful founders are using Zendesk Sell
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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LoyaltyLion
crm tools ➜
A data-driven ecommerce loyalty and engagement platform, providing loyalty programs that increase customer retention for merchants worldwide. Learn more ➜
OLIVER JENKS
Danielle Vincent
Chrissie Lam
Cassy Burnvoth
Jeremy Roberts
Aaron Marino
6 successful founders are using LoyaltyLion
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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SharpSpring
crm tools ➜
Is one of the most flexible platforms on the market, offering powerful, behavior-based email marketing, native or 3rd party CRM integration, dynamic forms, landing page and blog builders, social media management, universal CMS compatibility, and integration with hundreds of applications. Learn more ➜
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Buildertrend
crm tools ➜
A construction management system for home builders, remodelers, specialty contractors and general contractors. It combines project scheduling, project management, financial management, customer management and service management in a single suite. Learn more ➜
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Dolibarr
crm tools ➜
Is an open source, free software package for small and medium companies, foundations or freelancers. Learn more ➜
Manuel Mas
Aurore Mandelbli
2 successful founders are using Dolibarr
Pricing
Freemium
Free Trial
Yes
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Freshsales
crm tools ➜
A cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution that helps businesses across different industry verticals to manage their interactions with existing and potential customers. Key features include one-click phone, sales lead tracking, sales management, event tracking and more. Learn more ➜
Suvansh Bansal
Chris Clearman
2 successful founders are using Freshsales
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Yes
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