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Tools

published 2020-03-01,updated 2023-05-01

A few days ago I read this article [1] which made me want to list some of the tools used at the four startups I have worked at so far.

I have mostly listed SaaS tools here, but you can also check out the ~stack tag on my Pinboard [2] for more.

I have also added a section at the end for some tools I use for my own projects.

1: https://acrossapp.com/blog/how-a-2-person-startup-already-uses-28-other-tools

2: https://pinboard.in/u:catwell/t:~stack/

Moodstocks (2010 - 2013)

Fastmail [3] - E-mail
GitHub [4] - Code hosting & issues
Basecamp [5] - PM
Campfire [6] - Chat & Customer Support
Salesforce [7] - CRM
Desk.com [8] - Customer Support
Gandi [9] - DNS
Uptime Robot [10] - Alerting
AWS [11] - Hosting
Mandrill [12] - Transactional e-mails
Kong [13] - API Gateway

3: https://www.fastmail.com

4: https://github.com

5: https://basecamp.com

6: https://basecamp.com/retired/campfire

7: https://www.salesforce.com

8: https://desk.com

9: https://gandi.net

10: https://uptimerobot.com

11: https://aws.amazon.com

12: https://mandrillapp.com

13: https://konghq.com

Lima (2014 - 2019)

GSuite [14] - E-mail & Calendar
GitHub [15] - Code hosting, issues & PM
Flowdock [16] then Slack [17] - Chat
Lucca [18] then Payfit [19]
Segment [20] - Customer workflows
customer.io [21] - Customer base, emailing
Zendesk [22] - Customer support
Invision [23] - Design work
OneSky [24] - App translation
Talent.io [25] - Hiring
Gandi [26] - DNS
Datadog [27] - Monitoring
Uptime Robot [28] - Alerting
Pushover [29] - Alerting
Sentry [30] - Error monitoring
AppVeyor [31] - Windows build & CI
Travis [32] - Build & CI
Firebase [33] (Fabric [34]...)
AWS [35] (+ many others including OVH [36] and Scaleway [37]) - Hosting
Sendgrid [38] - Transactional e-mails
Cloudflare [39] - CDN

14: https://gsuite.google.com

15: https://github.com

16: https://www.flowdock.com

17: https://slack.com

18: https://www.lucca.fr

19: https://payfit.com

20: https://segment.com

21: https://customer.io

22: https://www.zendesk.com

23: https://www.invisionapp.com

24: https://www.oneskyapp.com

25: https://www.talent.io

26: https://gandi.net

27: https://www.datadoghq.com

28: https://uptimerobot.com

29: https://pushover.net

30: https://sentry.io

31: https://www.appveyor.com

32: https://travis-ci.com

33: https://firebase.google.com/

34: https://get.fabric.io

35: https://aws.amazon.com

36: https://www.ovh.com

37: https://www.scaleway.com

38: https://sendgrid.com

39: https://www.cloudflare.com

Chilli (eFounders, 2019)

GSuite [40] - E-mail, Calendar, Drive
GitHub [41] - Code hosting
Slack [42] - Chat
Slite [43] - EDM
Airtable [44] - Process modeling
Pipedrive [45] - CRM
Trello [46] - PM
Payfit [47] - Payroll, Leaves & absences
Spendesk [48] - Expenses
Zoom [49] - Video calls
Intercom [50] - Lead acquisition
Aircall [51] - Centralized phone calls
Moqups [52] - Design work
Invision [53] - Design work
Google Analytics [54] - Analytics
Squarespace [55] - Blog
1Password [56] - Team password management
Codility [57] - Hiring (screening)
Hiresweet [58] - Hiring (sourcing)
Workable [59] - Hiring
Gandi [60] - DNS
Uptime Robot [61] - Alerting
AWS [62] - Hosting
Mailjet [63] - Transactional e-mails

40: https://gsuite.google.com

41: https://github.com

42: https://slack.com

43: https://slite.com

44: https://airtable.com

45: https://www.pipedrive.com

46: https://trello.com

47: https://payfit.com

48: https://www.spendesk.com

49: https://zoom.us

50: https://www.intercom.com

51: https://aircall.io

52: https://moqups.com

53: https://www.invisionapp.com

54: https://analytics.google.com

55: https://www.squarespace.com

56: https://1password.com

57: https://codility.com

58: https://hiresweet.com

59: https://www.workable.com

60: https://gandi.net

61: https://uptimerobot.com

62: https://aws.amazon.com

63: https://www.mailjet.com

Inch (2019 - 2023)

Google Workspace [64] - E-mail, Calendar, Drive
GitHub [65] - Code hosting & issues
Slack [66] - Chat
Notion [67] - EDM
Hubspot [68] - CRM
Payfit [69] (previously Lucca [70]) - Payroll, Leaves & absences
Mixpanel [71] - Analytics
Intercom [72] - Customer support
Aircall [73] - Centralized phone calls
Uptime Robot [74] - Alerting
Rollbar [75] - Error monitoring (backend)
Sentry [76] - Error monitoring (frontend)
Scout [77] - APM
GCP [78] (+ OVH [79]) - Hosting
Mandrill [80] - Transactional e-mails
Xero [81] - Accounting
Postman [82] - API documentation
Pipefy [83] - Customer lifecyce
Vonage [84] and smsmode [85] - Transactional SMS

64: https://workspace.google.com

65: https://github.com

66: https://slack.com

67: https://www.notion.so

68: https://www.hubspot.fr

69: https://payfit.com

70: https://www.lucca.fr

71: https://mixpanel.com

72: https://www.intercom.com

73: https://aircall.io

74: https://uptimerobot.com

75: https://rollbar.com

76: https://sentry.io

77: https://scoutapm.com

78: https://cloud.google.com

79: https://www.ovh.com

80: https://mandrillapp.com

81: https://www.xero.com

82: https://www.postman.com

83: https://www.pipefy.com

84: https://www.vonage.com

85: https://www.smsmode.com/

Finegrain (2023)

Google Workspace [86] - E-mail, Calendar, Drive
GitHub [87] - Code & documentation hosting
Linear [88] - Project management and issues
Slack [89] - Chat
Notion [90] - EDM
Uptime Robot [91] - Alerting
Sentry [92] - Error monitoring
Vercel [93] - Frontend platform

86: https://workspace.google.com

87: https://github.com

88: https://linear.app

89: https://slack.com

90: https://www.notion.so

91: https://uptimerobot.com

92: https://sentry.io

93: https://vercel.com

Personal

Fastmail [94] - Email
GitHub [95] - Code hosting
Pinboard [96] - Bookmarks
Gandi [97] - DNS
Uptime Robot [98] - Alerting
Vultr [99] - Hosting

94: https://www.fastmail.com

95: https://github.com

96: https://pinboard.in

97: https://gandi.net

98: https://uptimerobot.com

99: https://my.vultr.com