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Decent API, just less granular for the actual time tracking side of things (more stuff with invoices and creating clients)
HourStack (Integrates well with many different task managers within the HourStack interface, e.g. grabbing tasks from external tools into the HourStack interface — actual usable API less robust, can't start/stop via the API)
Everhour (Haven't used though integrates well with Asana within the Asana interface)
Slack (What we use internally for all team communication and collaboration | Free tier available)
Google Chat (Comes with your G Suite subscription and thread-focused for channels)
CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Copper (Our internally used and only CRM partner)
Pipedrive (If you're using O365 and not Google Workspace)
Database (Excel-Like)
Airtable (Far more powerful and structured than Google Sheets - recommended over Sheets in almost all instances | Free tier available)
Document + eSignature
PandaDoc (Close partners with PandaDoc, integrated with Copper, and one of the core solutions that we implement for our clients - We have also built some deep integrations with Copper <> PandaDoc | What we use internally)
Documentation
Slite (Great for internal documentation - think Slack but for documentation | Currently what is being used here)
Coda (Great for externally shared documentation or collaborating on a project - Google docs mixed with Airtable/Google Sheets)
Superhuman (Minimal email solution built atop G Suite that allows you to triage your email more quickly - Makes sense if you have 20+ emails/day | $30/mo)
Help Scout (Good for support tickets & inbound sales requests, think info/sales/support@company but being shared with your entire team | $50 for free with referral link)
UberConference (Good consideration especially if you are using Dialpad as your VoIP as it can record your calls - Can even do AI transcription if on the lowest paid tier | Free OR $10/user/mo)
Meeting Recording
tl;dv (Works best if you use Google Meet — helps you record and summarize your meeting recordings + transcribes and allows for easy snippeting to help your team work asynchronously | What we use internally)
Password Management
Dashlane (Good for personal + business use | What we use internally)
Project Management
Motion (Most simple-to-use yet sophisticated focus-time/scheduling/task management software | What we use internally)
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Asana (Recommend over Trello for project management | Free tier available)
TickTick (Good for much smaller teams and individual task management)
Meeting Scheduler
Motion (Con: Doesn't currently have an API for integrating)
Motion (Easily view and manage your calendar from anywhere, integrates with Google Workspace + O365 | What we use internally)
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SMS (Reviews & Communication)
Podium (Unique partnership with Google - they are invested in Podium - and give special API access for leaving reviews. Customers can actually leave a Google Review via SMS - low friction)
VoIP
Dialpad (Gives a lot of functionality for a reasonable price | What we currently use)
Aircall (Integrates natively with many different softwares)
Google Voice (More minimal and far fewer features than Dialpad, but also more cost effective especially for small teams)
Workflow / Process
Arc (Browser & Team Workspace | What we use internally)
Twist - Alternative to Slack/Google Chat, more thread-focused and feels similar to an email inbox. Makes direct messaging an individual person less up-front to help the dispersing of content/documentation. Handles notifications well for alerting/not alerting on a comment-by-comment/channel/thread/individual basis.
Markdown editor is a bit of a pain to use, doesn't support keyboard shortcuts.
Fireflies.ai (Invite FireFlies to your conference calls and it will dictate the call and record it | Free Tier Available - Paid tiers allow for automatic call transcription logging to your CRM)
(Be mindful that the all-in-one solutions are not typically recommended by us as they do not focus on their core competency and instead try to be all things for all users - e.g. an all-in-one solution also including "CRM" is likely to have a very poorly thought-out CRM component)
GetPlan (Alternative to and less bulky than Asana and others, but a bit buggy)
Taskade (Minimal project management & communication software)