HubSpot
A free CRM that grows into a full marketing, sales and service hub, with AI agents built in.
Free CRM · from $20/mo
By profession
Small business owners use AI to write social posts and promotions, answer customer questions after hours, build a website, keep bookkeeping tidy and generally do the work of a much bigger team.
We suggest prioritizing tools with a useful free or low-cost plan, simple setup and connections to the apps you already pay for, so you are not juggling too many subscriptions.
We picked 15 tools across marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, website & app builder and social media — 10 of them free to start.
A free CRM that grows into a full marketing, sales and service hub, with AI agents built in.
Free CRM · from $20/mo
A marketing writer that learns your brand voice and keeps every campaign sounding like you.
From $49/mo
Turn a quick phone snap of your product into a polished, shop-ready image in a few taps.
Free · Pro $12.99/mo
A calm, straightforward place to plan your social posts, with an AI helper for writing them.
Free · from $6/mo per channel
A free CRM that grows into a full marketing, sales and service hub, with AI agents built in.
Free CRM · from $20/mo
An AI support agent that answers customers from your help content and hands off when stuck.
$0.99 per resolution
Feed it your docs and website, then drop a helpful AI chat assistant onto your site.
Free · from $40/mo
Friendly live chat for online shops, with an AI assistant that covers the common questions.
Free · from $29/mo
AI bookkeeping that keeps your company's books categorized and current in real time.
From $100/mo
Takes the grind out of invoice processing by reading, coding and routing bills automatically.
Contact for pricing
The shared canvas product teams already live in, with AI that helps you get past the blank page.
Free · from $16/mo
Chat your way from a rough idea to a live web app, no setup required.
Free · from $25/mo
Describe your topic and get a polished deck, document or simple web page you can refine.
Free · Plus $10/mo
Describe the app you have in mind, and an agent writes, runs and puts it online for you.
Free · Core $20/mo
We’d start with Canva — the friendly all-round design app, now with ai helpers tucked into nearly every corner, Figma — the shared canvas product teams already live in, with ai that helps you get past the blank page and HubSpot — a free crm that grows into a full marketing, sales and service hub, with ai agents built in.
Plenty — Canva, Figma, HubSpot and Lovable all have free plans.
📱 Social Media for small businesses
All Social Media →Canva
The friendly all-round design app, now with AI helpers tucked into nearly every corner.
Free · Pro $15/mo
Buffer
A calm, straightforward place to plan your social posts, with an AI helper for writing them.
Free · from $6/mo per channel
Lately
Feed it a podcast, video or blog and get back a stack of social posts that sound like your brand.
Contact for pricing