At Across, we wanted to see how many other technology companies and service providers we use on a regular basis. The answer was way more than we thought. For a seed stage 2 person startup, we already use 26 different tools regularly totaling $174 / month (we’re on the free plans for many of them). And, this excludes libraries in our product. It’s self-inflicted, but a lot of tools nonetheless.
Check out the full list here!
https://medium.com/@kunaljasty/how-a-2-person-startup-already-uses-26-other-tools-7c2db1953c2a
it would be cool to copy the list over here, save us from clicking.
Love comparing notes on this stuff 😀
We wrote something similar recently but only looked at ops/marketing tools. We landed on:
📖 CMS (Content Management System): Webflow (paid)
🧭 Project Management: Asana (free)
💬 Internal Comms: Slack (begrudgingly) (free)
❓ User Support: Intercom (free right now)
📇 CRM: HubSpot (free)
📧 Email Marketing: MailChimp (paid)
📎 Email/Calendar/Cloud Storage: G Suite (paid)
🕸 Domain Registration: Google Domains (paid)
🚀 Product Launch: Ship by Product Hunt (paid)
🗣 Surveys: Typeform (paid - but use it with clients too)
🤖 Automation: Zapier (paid - but use it with clients too and worth every last penny)
📅 Scheduling: Calendly (free)
📢 Social Media Scheduling/Planning: Hootsuite (free)
🙌 Catch-All: Airtable (free)
Full write up: https://taskablehq.com/blog/startup-operations-marketing-stack
Wow, thank you for such a useful info