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Epic Favorites: Our Top 35 Apps and Tools to Boost Business Productivity

Written by epicshops

April 12, 2017

We know how it is.

Juggling projects, checklists and reminders takes a lot of time.

At Epic, we have our favorite apps and tools to help keep everything on-track. From website hosting platforms to Google Extensions, our library of useful programs and widgets help move projects along smoothly and efficiently. And we want to share them with you! Whether you’re a beginner app user or tech-savvy design maven, many of these tools can help you organize, prioritize and optimize your workflow. 

Take a look at our library of useful tools, and if you have your own that you love and use, please share!

For everyday business tools

LastPass

LastPass manages your online life, so you don’t have to. Password manager, auto form filler, random password generator, and secure digital wallet app. Safely share login permissions with your team, without having to give out your passwords.

Starting at

Free for individuals

$2.42/per user, per month for businesses

G Suite

A set of intelligent apps from Google Cloud including Gmail, Docs, Drive and Calendar. Connect the people in your company, no matter where in the world they are.

Starting at

$5 per user/month

Chargify

Chargify is an awesome online billing software for all of your recurring billing needs. Automated email communication ensures that customers receive the subscription information they need, when they need it, throughout the entire customer lifecycle.

Starting at

Free for individuals

$2.42/per user, per month for businesses

For employee management 

Toggl

The simplest time tracker to help you get things done. Track hours with a single click and learn where you actually spend your time. See the hours spent on various projects and tasks at a glance, or dig deeper into details with visual reports.

Starting at

Free

Upwork

Upwork is the world’s largest freelance talent marketplace, with a vision to connect businesses with great talent faster than ever before. Post a job or project, hire the perfect fit, communicate through Upwork’s platform, and then pay for only projects you authorize.

Starting at

Free

For efficiency & organization

Trello

Infinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use. Great mobile apps. Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details.

Starting at

Free

Boomerang 

Boomerang adds scheduled sending and the easiest, most integrated email reminders to Gmail, helping you reach Inbox Zero. Schedule emails to automatically send later, set followup reminders for if you don’t hear back from a contact, and send yourself email notes to be delivered when and how works best for you.

Starting at

Free

For website analytics

Hotjar

Heatmaps of your site, visitor recordings, conversion funnels, and form analytics all in one platform. See how visitors are really using your website, collect user feedback and turn more visitors into customers.

Starting at

$29/month

Google Analytics

Google Analytics gives you the digital analytics tools you need to analyze data from all touchpoints in one place, for a deeper understanding of your customer experience. You can then share the insights that matter with your whole organization.

Starting at

Free

For business communication

Slack

Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It’s real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.

Starting at

Free

Google Hangouts

Hangouts bring conversations to life with text, voice, and even group video calls for free. Easily talk face-to-face from your computer, phone or tablet, and share your screen for group projects or virtual tutorials. 

Starting at

Free

Agile CRM

Agile CRM is an easy, powerful and affordable Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software with sales and marketing automation for small businesses. Manage clients, marketing campaigns, and customer support, all from one easy-to-navigate dashboard.

Starting at

Free, for up to 10 users

Phone.com

Cloud-based virtual phone system with tons of features. Use your existing phone and number, or get a brand new local or toll free number in seconds. Then, get creative and start building a phone system that works just for you.

Starting at

$9.99/month

For social media management

Hootsuite

Enhance your social media management with the leading social media dashboard. Hootsuite lets you manage multiple networks and profiles, and measure your campaign results.

Starting at

Free

For images, graphics and video

Depositphotos

Huge online library of royalty-free images, photos, vectors, illustrations and videos. Browse 50+ million files from talented professionals all over the globe. Didn’t use all your downloads for the month? That’s okay, they roll over to next month’s limit.

Starting at

$29/month

Adobe Creative Cloud

Make just about anything you want, wherever inspiration takes you. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign…Creative Cloud apps are the industry standard for graphic design and creative editing. You can access, view, and share files saved in Adobe Creative Cloud from virtually any internet-connected device.

Starting at

$9.99/month

Techsmith

TechSmith’s suite of screen recording and video editing tools lets you make great content and collaborate with anyone. Communicate clearly, show what you know, and easily access your content wherever you are. Our most-used products: Snagit (for screen capture), Camtasia (for video capture and editing), and Screencast.com (for storing and sharing).

Starting at

$49.95/month (free trial available)

Balsamiq

Balsamiq Mockups is a website sketch tool that reproduces the experience of sketching on a whiteboard, but using a computer. Generate more design ideas faster, so you can throw out the bad ones and discover the best solutions.

Starting at

$89

draw.io

draw.io is free online diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams. Numerous toolbars offer hundreds of visual elements, which can be positioned in the drawing area with drag & drop. Interactions such as moving, rotating, enlarging, and connecting objects run very smoothly.

Starting at

Free

For keyword research

Serpstat

Serpstat offers the quick way to find keywords your competitors use, but you might be missing. Smart and powerful tool for backlinks analysis, rank tracking, keyword research, competitor analysis and site audits.

Starting at

$19 per month

For Chrome extensions

WhatFont

The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages. With this extension, you can inspect web fonts just by hovering over them. It is that simple and elegant.

 

Starting at

Free

Color Picker

Color picker is the ultimate tool for people who work in Photoshop or do web design. It gives you the ability to pick accurate colors for your job, and give you the exact color numbers to use in any design software you choose.

Starting at

Free

Page Ruler

Draw a ruler to get pixel dimensions and positioning, and measure elements on any web page.

Starting at

Free

Grammarly

Check your spelling and grammar as you type. This free writing app makes sure everything you type is easy to read, effective, and mistake-free. 

Starting at

Free

For platforms

Bigcommerce

Customize your site, manage shipping and payments, and list your products on Amazon, Ebay, and Facebook. 

Starting at

$29.95 per month

WordPress

Create a free website or easily build a blog on WordPress.com. Hundreds of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support.

 

Starting at

Free

WP Engine

WP Engine is the industry leader in managed WordPress hosting. Protect your brand and grow your business with a WordPress platform built to power remarkable online experiences.

Starting at

$29 per month

Rackspace

Rackspace offer webs, app or email hosting, data services and managed security solutions, offering expertise across the world’s leading clouds. 

Starting at

$29 per month

Firebase

Firebase is a mobile platform that helps you quickly develop high-quality apps, grow your user base, and earn more money. Firebase is made up of complementary features that you can mix-and-match to fit your needs.

Starting at

$29 per month

For bots

Statsbot

Statsbot is an analytics bot that works inside Slack and helps you track your metrics.

Starting at

Free

Uptime Robot

Free website monitoring. Get alerted when downtime happens, view uptime and downtime stats, and share stats with your team.

Starting at

Free

For web development 

Bitbucket

Collaborate on code with inline comments and pull requests. Manage and share your Git repositories to build and ship software, as a team. Pull requests facilitate code reviews, branch permissions provide granular access control for your team, and inline discussions allow you to collaborate right in your code.

 

Starting at

Free

Pingendo

Pingendo is an online Bootstrap 4 builder, integrated with Github and Github Pages. It’s built for individuals and teams that need to prototype, develop, host and maintain static websites.

 

Starting at

Free

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.

Starting at

$70 per user

Netdrive2

Managing your favorite cloud storage services could not be easier. Simply provide login information, and all your cloud storage will automatically appear as a virtual drive every time you start your PC.

 

Starting at

Free trial

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