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Ask HN: What software do you use to run your small business?
A few months ago I started my own software/webdev company.
I spent a long time researching software to help me run the company, specifically SaaS that had decent free plans. Here's my list:
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* Web hosting: DreamHost
* CMS: Wordpress
* Blog: Medium
* Email: DreamHost
* VPS: Digital Ocean
* Document storage: DropBox
* Project/task management: Trello
* Password management: LastPass
* CRM: HubSpot
* Live chat: Tawk.to
* Support system: GrooveHQ
* Banking: Spark Business
* Payment processing: PayPal / Stripe / Square (still evaluating)
* Accounting: Wave Accounting / Zipbooks (still evaluating)
* Time tracking: Harvest / Toggl (still evaluating)
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What do other HN small business owners use?
- jjoe 10y agoSendinblue is my go to platform for transactional and campaign emails. It's got a free tier too. You should also add a source control option like Git{hub,lab}.
- ezekg 10y ago- Hosting: Heroku - Language: Ruby - Framework: Rails - Database: Postgres - Background jobs: Redis/Sidekiq - Transactional email: SendGrid - Logging: Papertrail - Monitoring: Raygun - Subscriptions: Stripe - Mailing list: MailChimp - Blog: Medium/GitHub pages - Project management: GitHub