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Accounting

Xero

Xero is cloud accounting software for small businesses, covering bank feeds, invoices, bills and reports. All plans allow unlimited users, but lower ones cap…

Pricing fromUSD 25 /month (Early plan, US pricing page; promotional USD 2.50 /mo for first 6 months)
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Communication

HubSpot

HubSpot is a CRM platform bundling marketing, sales, service and content tools around one contact database. The free CRM is real; costs jump between…

Pricing fromUSD 7 /month /seat billed annually (Starter); USD 20 /month /seat billed monthly
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Communication

Google Workspace

Google Workspace is Google’s business subscription: email on your domain plus Docs, Sheets, Drive, Meet and Calendar. Best for teams that work mostly in…

Pricing fromUSD 7 per user/month for Business Starter with annual commitment
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Project management

Asana

Asana is a work management platform for tracking who is doing what by when, across teams. Planning features such as timeline and workload sit…

Pricing fromUSD 10.99 per user, per month billed annually
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Customer Support

Tidio

Tidio is a live chat and customer service tool with an AI agent that answers routine questions. Aimed at small online shops; its ticketing…

Pricing fromUSD 24.17/month for Starter, billed annually
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Communication

Slack

Slack is a team messaging platform organised around channels, so past conversations stay searchable. Good for distributed teams, but it is not a project…

Pricing fromUSD 7.25 per user / month, when paying annually
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