Inventory of our Current Business Apps

Every year I like to take an inventory of the tools and products we use on a regular basis within our startups. Most products stay the same from year to year, but there are always a few new break-out products that catch on quickly.

Here’s what we use day-to-day:

• General
  Google Apps – Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Sheets
  Apple – Mac laptops everywhere
  Geckoboard – Dashboards
• Communication
  Gmail – Email
  Google Voice – Phone
  Flowdock – Group chat
  Grasshopper – Automated attendant and voicemail
• Engineering
  Amazon Web Services – EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, OpsWorks, and more to run the application
  WPEngine – WordPress hosting
  Rigor – Web performance management
  Airbrake – Application error logging
  Loggly – General product logging
  GitHub – Source code management and issue tracking
  Codeship – Automated testing and deployment
• Marketing
  Pardot – B2B marketing automation platform
  Datanyze – Data scraping of sites to determine what companies use what products
  Google Analytics – Web analytics
  Wistia – Video hosting
• Sales
  Salesforce.com – Customer relationship management
  SalesLoft – List building and prospecting
  Rivalry – Sales coaching
  Voxa – Salesforce.com email syncing
  Calendly – Self-service appointment scheduling
  EchoSign – E-signature
  GoToMeeting – Online meeting and screen sharing
• Accounting
  QuickBooks Online – Accounting software
  Stripe – Credit card processing
  Chargify – Subscription revenue management
• Support
  Zendesk – Help desk software

This list applications shows the rise of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). My prediction is that three years from now we’ll be using 50% more applications.

What else? What are some other business apps you use on a regular basis?