The Big List of Startup Tools
Below is our huge collection of links to resources, software, tools and other services to help build your business. They are all compiled, categorized and available here for any current or aspiring entrepreneurs who might find them useful.
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Create
Idea Generation
App vs. Website
Quick tool to decide
Free
Curator
Collect, Organize and Present
Free
Germ.io
Get from idea to execution
Free
HowMuchToMakeAnApp
Estimate it
Free
Milanote
Creative Project Planning
Free
Mind Meister
Online mind mapping
Free
Pitcherific
Create & improve your pitch
$9/mo
Point
Point to & discuss webpages
Free
Skitch
iOS/Mac annotation app
Free
Stache
Collect interesting webpages
Free
Xmind
Mind mapping and brainstorming
Free
Company Formation
Legal
Docracy
Open Source Legal Docs
Free
IncNow
Form a Delaware LLC
~$200
FormSwift
Online legal doc templates
Free
KISS
Free example agreements
Free
LawTrades
Hire great lawyers quickly
~$450+
LegalZoom
Flat fee legal servies
$varies
Rocket Lawyer
Affordable Legal Services
$40/mo
Shake
Create, Sign & Send legal docs App
Free
Startup Documents
Tons of standard legal documents
~$99+
TermsFeed
Agreements for your website
Free
Raising Capital
AngelList
Directory for startups, investors and job seekers
Free
Captable
Build and share your captable
Free
Crunchbase
Discover innovative companies
$29/mo
Dealroom
Investor SaaS platform
~$280/mo
F6S
Global Startup Community
Free
Foundersuite
Startup SaaS app
Free
The Funded
Community/Blog to discuss funding
Free
Gust
Start, grow & fund your venture
~$415/mo
Kickstarter
Crowdfunding Platform
~5-10%
SeedInvest
Equity crowdfunding platform
~7.5%
Shake
Create, Sign & Send legal docs App
Free
Naming
Domainr
Quick Domain Name Search
Free
Hipster Name
Hipster Business Names
Free
Impossibility
Domain Name Generator
Free
Lean Domain
Sort search by length
Free
Name App
Check if your name is available
Free
NameChk
Check your name availability across the internet
Free
Name Mesh
Domain name checker & generator
Free
NameRobot
Perfect naming machine
$30
Naminum
Type a word - generate names
Free
Rewind & Capture
Step By Step Naming Guide
Free
Short Domain
Short domain search
Free
Trademarkia
Trademark search and registration
~$200
Wordoid
Generate catchy made up words
Free
Logo & Brand
99 Designs
Logos, Web & Graphic Design
$299
Brand Bucket
Domain + logo package marketplace
~$1k
Fiverr
Cheap Graphics, Designs and more
$5+
Hipster Logo Generator
So Hip
Free
Logaster
Free Small Logo Generator
$20
Squarespace Logo
Logo Generator
Free
Signature Maker
Create a Handwritten Signature
Free
Design Resources
Creative Market
The world’s marketplace for design
$5+
Dribbble
Where designers get inspired and hired
Free
Feedbag
Lightweight design collaboration tool.
Free
Freebbble
Freebies from Dribbble
Free
Freebiesbug
Free Web Design Resources
Free
Freepik
Free vectors, photos and PSD Downloads
$90/yr
Fribbble
Free PSDs from Dribbble
Free
Graphic Burger
Tasty design resources made with care
Free
Invision
Product design workflow platform
$15/mo
Marvel
Wireframe, prototype, design platform
$12/mo
Pixel Buddha
Free resources from the design industry
Free
Pixeden
Free and premium design resources
$6/mo
Sketch
digital design toolkit
$99/yr
TETHR
Beautiful IOS design kit
Free
UI Cloud
Largest UI design database in the world
Free
UI Space
Thousand of great freebies
Free
UX Archive
User Experience app archive
Free
Web3Canvas
Premium templates and web resources
Free
Zeplin
Connected space for product teams
$19/mo
Fonts & Typography
Beautiful WebType
The best typefaces from Google fonts
Free
Creative Market
Over 24k fonts for commercial use
~$10+
DaFont
Archive of freely downloadable fonts
Free
Etsy
Vintage and Handwriting fonts
$2+
FontFace Ninja
Plugin to identify website fonts
Free
Font Squirrel
100% free commercial fonts
Free
Font Style
Free fonts with links to commercial licenses
Free
Font to Width
Script to fit text in web containers
Free
Google Fonts
Free, open-source fonts optimized for the web
Free
GraphicRiver Fonts
Thousands of fonts for as little as $3
~$10+
TypeGenius
Find a font combination for your design
Free
Build
Domain and DNS
Website Development
Bitbucket
Code Repo & Collaboration
Free
Bootstrap
CSS Framework
Free
Brackets
Open Source Code Editor
Free
CakePHP
PHP code framework
Free
Code Canyon
Code Scripts and Plugins
~$19+
Cody
Library of HTML, CSS, JS nuggets
Free
Filezilla
FTP/SFTP Client
Free
GitHub
Code Repository and Examples
Free
jquery
Rich Javascript library
Free
Layers
Wordpress Site/Theme Builder
Free
nodejs
Javascript runtime framework
Free
Putty
Windows SSH and telnet client
Free
SearchCode
Code snippet database
Free
Unsemantic
Responsive CSS framework
Free
Wordpress
Blog & CMS framework
Free
XAMPP
Windows PHP dev environment
Free
Website Templates & Themes
Optimize your code
CSS Minifier
Compress and Minify your CSS
Free
Compressor.io
Compress JPEG, PNG, GIF or SVG
Free
Dan's Tools
CSS, conversion and other coding tools
Free
Google Page Speed
Page loading insights and analysis
Free
GTMetrix
Analyze website speed
$15/mo
JS Compress
JavaScript Compression Tool
Free
JS Fiddle
Fiddle with your code live online
Free
Kraken
Optimize images, Acclerate your website
$5/mo
Pingdom
Free website speed test
$12/mo
Smush.it
Image compressor
Free
TinyPNG
Compress PNG and keep transparency
Free
Web Hosting
Payment Processing
E-commerce
Analytics & Monitoring
Crazy Egg
Website optimization tools
$29/mo
Databox
Discover insights in real-time
$49/mo
Geckoboard
Data Visualization Dashboards
$25/mo
Google Analytics
Analytics for your website
Free
Heap
Capture all web interactions without coding
$299/mo
Jetpack
Analytics & Security Plugin
$3.50/mo
Mixpanel
User behavior analytics
$999/yr
Segment
Customer data infrastructure
$120/mo
Updown.io
Cheap uptime monitoring
$1+/mo
Uptime Robot
Monitor 50 websites for free
$5/mo
UXcam
See your app through your users' eyes
$199/mo
Launch
Beta List
Discover tomorrow’s startups
Free
BuzzSumo
Find Influencers
$99/mo
eReleases
National press release distribution service
$299+
PressFarm
Find journalists to write about your startup
$18/mo
Product Hunt
Curation of the best new products
Free
PR Web
Boost your online awareness
$99+
Startup Lister
Submit your startup to 40+ websites
$89
Grow
Marketing
Accounting & Invoicing
Free Invoice Generator
Free Invoice Generator
Free
Freshbooks
Cloud Accounting
$15/mo
Invoice.to
Free Invoice Generator
Free
Invoice to me
Free Invoice Generator
Free
Quickbooks
Online
Small Business Bookkeeping
$20/mo
QB Self-Employed
Freelancer bookkeeping app
$10/mo
Slimvoice
Simple invoicing and payments
Free
Wave
Accounting & Invoicing App
3%
Xero
Accounting & Invoicing
$9/mo
Calendar & Scheduling
Email
Art of Emails
Proven sales email templates
Free
BeeFree
Build responsive email messages
$5/mo
Amazon SES
Cloud-based email sending service
$0.10/email
Canned Emails
Minimal site with prewritten emails
Free
Gmail
Professional Gmail solution
$5/mo
Mandrill
Transactional Email API
$20/mo
Mailgun
Email Service For Developers
$5/mo
Mailtrack
Free mail tracking for Gmail
$5/mo
Really Good Emails
Best Email Designs in the Universe
Free
Mailgun
Transaction Email Service
$10/mo
Thunderbird
Free Email client software
Free
Yet Another Mail Merge
Perfect mail merge tool for Gmail
$2/mo
SEO and Website Analysis
ahrefs
SEO & marketing solution
$99/mo
Alexa Ranking
Web traffic comparison and info
$79/mo
Browseo
View any web page like search engines see it
Free
Browser Shots
View how your website looks across browsers
Free
Copyscape
Search for copies of your page on the web
Free
Google Webmaster
Track your site's search performance
Free
Keyword Tool
SEO Keyword tool
$48/mo
Link Explorer
Comprehensive link analysis tool
Free
MOZ Local
Check your listings on Google, Bing, and other local search engines
Free
Nibbler
Test any website
$50/mo
Open Link Profiler
Analyze the links of any website
Free
SEO site checkup
Check your website’s SEO problems
$25/mo
SERPs checker
Free keyword rank & SERP checker
$25/mo
Similar Web
Analyze website statistics for any domain
Free
W3C Validator
HTML Markup Validation Service
Free
Website Grader
Quick overall website analysis
Free
Yoast SEO
Wordpress SEO plugin
Free
XML Sitemaps
Sitemap generator
Free
Collaboration & Productivity
Dropbox
Sync up to 2GB of files free
~$8/mo
Figma
Collaborative interface design tool
Free
Google Drive
Free storage with gmail
Free
Google Drive
Online Productivity Tools
$5/mo
Microsoft Office
Excel, Word etc.
$8.25/mo
Slack
The best work flow tool
$7/mo
Trello
Project Collaboration App
$10/mo
WeTransfer
Transfer large files easily
Free
Yanado
Task management inside Gmail
Free
Stay Organized
Helpdesk
Hesk
Free PHP Helpdesk software
Free
HappyFox
All-in-one help desk system
$29/mo
Spiceworks
Free self-hosted Helpdesk software
Free
UseResponse
All-in-one customer service platform
$15/mo
UserVoice
User feedback platform
$500/mo
Zendesk
Customer Service Platform
$8/mo
Zoho Desk
Free for up to 3 agents
$12/mo
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