Enhance your business operations with these exceptional tools for every segment of your enterprise
Finance and Accounting
This section includes resources for expense tracking, invoice management, and financial report generation.
- QuickBooks: An all-inclusive accounting solution offering a range of features such as expense tracking, invoice management, and financial report generation. Although it’s usually not free, it frequently offers a free trial.
- Wave: A multifunctional financial software platform tailored for small businesses, offering free features including accounting, invoicing, and receipt scanning. Free Version Available.
- Xero: A cloud-based accounting software providing detailed financial tracking and reporting features. No free version, but a free trial is available.
Communication and Video Conferencing
This section includes resources for maintaining communication with clients, team members, and other stakeholders.
- Slack: A communication resource providing channels for team collaboration. It offers a free version with limited features. Free Version Available.
- Zoom: A widely used video conferencing resource extensively utilized for virtual meetings, webinars, and team collaboration. Free Version Available, but with some restrictions.
- Google Meet: A robust video-communication service developed by Google. It provides secure, easy-to-join online meetings. Free Version Available.
Design Resources
This section includes resources for creating graphics, logos, and websites.
- Canva: A graphic design resource that includes many pre-designed templates for various types of visual content. It offers a free version with a good set of features. Free Version Available.
- Figma: A web-based UI and UX design application, with tools for creating, prototyping, and collaborating on designs. Figma offers a free version with limited collaborative features. Free Version Available.
- Adobe Creative Cloud: A suite of applications and services from Adobe Inc. that provides subscribers access to a suite of software for graphic design, video editing, web development, and more. No free version, but a free trial is available.
- Affinity Serif: A competitor to Adobe, but much cheaper and instead of annual subscription, it’s a one-time fee to own the software. A suite of software for graphic design, photo retouching, web development, and more. No free version, but a free trial is available.
Royalty-Free Images
This section includes resources that provide access to royalty-free images for commercial and non-commercial use.
- Unsplash: An online platform for high-resolution images. Photographers from around the world upload images to this platform that you can use for free in your projects. Free Version Available.
- Pixabay: Provides over 1 million high-quality photos, vectors, and music that you can use without attribution, even for commercial purposes. Free Version Available.
- Pexels: Offers a large collection of free stock photos and videos created by talented creators worldwide. Free Version Available.
Marketing and SEO
This section includes resources for driving traffic to your website, generating leads, and converting visitors into customers.
- HubSpot: A comprehensive platform that offers software for marketing, sales, and customer service, with a focus on inbound marketing strategies. While its main offerings are paid, it does offer a limited free version of its CRM tool. Free Version Available.
- Mailchimp: An all-in-one marketing platform that allows you to manage and talk to your clients, customers, and other interested parties. Mailchimp offers a free version for up to 2,000 subscribers. Free Version Available.
- Google Analytics: A service that provides statistics and basic analytical tools for search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing purposes. Free Version Available.
Project Management
This section includes resources for organizing and tracking your projects.
- Trello: A project management app that uses Kanban boards for organizing tasks and tracking progress. It offers a free version with limited features. Free Version Available.
- Asana: A web and mobile application designed to help teams organize, track, and manage their work. Asana provides a free version for teams of up to 15 people. Free Version Available.
- Jira: A proprietary issue tracking product developed by Atlassian, designed for agile teams to plan, track, and release software. Jira does not offer a free version.
Sales and CRM
This section includes resources for managing your sales pipeline, tracking leads, and closing deals.
- Salesforce: A comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform that brings all your customer information together in one integrated platform. Salesforce doesn’t offer a free version but has a free trial available.
- Pipedrive: A sales-focused customer relationship management tool that teams of all sizes love using. Pipedrive doesn’t offer a free version but has a free trial available.
- HubSpot CRM: A completely free implementation of a customer relationship management platform noted for its powerful features that enable customers to relate stronger with their customers, boost conversations, and improve revenues. Free Version Available.