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Ask HN: What software do you use to run your small business?

11 points by Nezteb ↗ HN
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?

2 comments

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jjoe
Sendinblue 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 

    - 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