Best tools for Startups

ChatGPT

AI Tools

ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant — the most widely used general-purpose AI tool in the world, capable of writing…

Best for: Broad, everyday assistance across writing, summarising and analysis.

• Free plan

Notion

Business & Productivity

Notion is an all-in-one workspace that combines notes, databases, wikis, tasks and calendars in a single app — flexible…

Best for: Teams that want documents, wikis and light databases in one place.

• Free plan

Shopify

E-commerce

Shopify is an all-in-one e-commerce platform for building and running an online store, handling payments, inventory…

Best for: Consumer brands launching a direct-to-consumer online store Retailers…

• Free trial

1Password

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Password manager with end-to-end encryption, Watchtower breach alerts, and cross-device autofill.

Best for: Individuals and teams who want a polished, commercially supported…

• Free trial

Linear

Development & Coding

Keyboard-first issue tracker and project management tool built for speed and software engineering teams.

Best for: Software engineering teams who want a fast, focused issue tracker…

• Free plan

Perplexity

AI Tools

Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine that answers questions conversationally with cited, real-time web sources —…

Best for: Researchers who need quick, sourced answers to complex…

• Free plan

Cloudways

Website & Hosting

Managed cloud hosting platform that runs WordPress, WooCommerce, and PHP apps on DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS, or Google…

Best for: Developers and agencies that want the performance and flexibility of…

• Free trial

Airtable

Business & Productivity

Flexible database-spreadsheet hybrid that lets teams build custom apps, content calendars, project trackers, and CRMs —…

Best for: Operations, marketing, and product teams that need a flexible…

• Free plan

Miro

Remote Work

Infinite canvas online whiteboard for visual collaboration — brainstorming, planning, diagramming, and workshops with…

Best for: Product, design, and engineering teams that need a shared visual…

• Free plan

Slack

Business & Productivity

Team messaging platform with organized channels, threads, and 2,600+ integrations — the central hub for workplace…

Best for: Teams of all sizes that want to move internal communication from…

• Free plan

Loom

Remote Work

Async video messaging tool for recording screen, camera, or both — share instant video updates instead of meetings…

Best for: Remote and distributed teams that want to reduce meetings by sharing…

• Free plan

Zoom

Remote Work

Video conferencing and collaboration platform with meetings, chat, phone, webinars, and AI-powered meeting summaries.

Best for: Teams that need reliable video meetings with AI-powered summaries and…

• Free plan
• Free trial