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AI assistants
1
ChatGPT
5 picks
AI image generation
1
Midjourney
5 picks
Analytics
3
Google Analytics
12 picks
Hotjar
5 picks
Mixpanel
5 picks
Authentication
1
Auth0
5 picks
Automation
3
IFTTT
5 picks
Make
5 picks
Zapier
5 picks
Blog comments
1
Disqus
5 picks
Cold email
2
Instantly
12 picks
lemlist
12 picks
Course platforms
1
Teachable
4 picks
Creator tools
5
Gumroad
14 picks
Linktree
5 picks
Medium
4 picks
Patreon
7 picks
Substack
4 picks
CRM & sales
3
HubSpot
6 picks
Pipedrive
5 picks
Salesforce
6 picks
Customer feedback
1
Canny
4 picks
Customer support
2
Intercom
4 picks
Zendesk
4 picks
Databases & spreadsheets
2
Airtable
4 picks
Google Sheets
4 picks
Design
4
Adobe Illustrator
5 picks
Canva
6 picks
Figma
5 picks
Photoshop
4 picks
Developer tools
8
Algolia
5 picks
Claude Code
4 picks
Docker Desktop
4 picks
Firebase
4 picks
GitHub
4 picks
Postman
4 picks
SendGrid
4 picks
Sentry
4 picks
Documents & e-signature
2
Adobe Acrobat
5 picks
DocuSign
5 picks
E-commerce
1
Shopify
6 picks
Email clients
1
Microsoft Outlook
5 picks
Email hosting
1
Gmail
6 picks
Email marketing
3
beehiiv
5 picks
Kit (ConvertKit)
8 picks
Mailchimp
8 picks
File storage
4
Dropbox
5 picks
Google Drive
5 picks
Google Photos
4 picks
WeTransfer
4 picks
Forms & surveys
3
Google Forms
7 picks
SurveyMonkey
5 picks
Typeform
7 picks
Hosting & deployment
2
Heroku
4 picks
Vercel
5 picks
Invoicing & accounting
2
FreshBooks
4 picks
QuickBooks
5 picks
Link shortening
1
Bitly
4 picks
Monitoring & status pages
2
Pingdom
4 picks
Statuspage
4 picks
Notes & docs
3
Confluence
5 picks
Evernote
10 picks
Notion
9 picks
Photo editing
1
Lightroom
5 picks
Productivity
1
Todoist
6 picks
Project management
6
Asana
5 picks
Basecamp
5 picks
ClickUp
6 picks
Jira
5 picks
monday.com
5 picks
Trello
7 picks
Read-later & bookmarks
1
Pocket
4 picks
Remote desktop
1
TeamViewer
4 picks
RSS readers
1
Feedly
4 picks
Scheduling
1
Calendly
5 picks
Screenshots
1
Snagit
5 picks
Security
2
1Password
5 picks
LastPass
5 picks
SEO
2
Ahrefs
4 picks
Semrush
4 picks
Social media
2
Buffer
5 picks
Hootsuite
4 picks
Team chat
2
Discord
5 picks
Slack
6 picks
Time tracking
1
Toggl Track
4 picks
Transcription
1
Otter.ai
4 picks
Video
1
Loom
5 picks
Video calls
1
Zoom
5 picks
Video editing
2
Adobe Premiere Pro
4 picks
CapCut
5 picks
Website builders
3
Squarespace
4 picks
Webflow
6 picks
Wix
5 picks
Whiteboards
1
Miro
4 picks
Writing
1
Grammarly
5 picks