TOOLS
Built
around your tools
Every tool on this list does its main job well. The trouble starts at the edges, where one system hands work to another and a person ends up carrying it across. Each page covers what the tool is good at and how easy it is to connect to.
Shopify
The storefront, and usually one sales channel among several.
Linnworks
Orders, stock and shipping across every channel you sell on.
Brightpearl
Retail operations and order automation, now part of Sage.
Amazon
A marketplace for independent sellers, with its own fulfillment network.
eBay
A global marketplace with the UK as its biggest market outside the US.
Mintsoft
Warehouse management for 3PLs and the brands they ship for.
FreeAgent
UK accounting for freelancers, small companies and their accountants.
Xero
Accounting, invoices and purchase orders, with your accountant on the other end.
Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant, with connectors to the tools a business already runs.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's AI assistant, extended through plugins and the OpenAI API.
Gemini
Google's AI assistant, built into Workspace and open to developers.
ElevenLabs
AI voices, dubbing and agents that answer the phone.
HeyGen
AI avatar videos from a script, in 175+ languages.
HubSpot
CRM, marketing, sales and service on one platform.
Copper
A CRM that lives inside Gmail and Google Workspace.
Insightly
CRM, marketing and service, with a built-in integration tool.
Help Scout
Shared inbox, help center and AI answers for customer support.
Instantly
Cold email outreach with warmup, a shared inbox and AI agents.
Mirakl
The platform behind 450+ marketplaces, from B&Q to Decathlon.
TikTok Shop
Shoppable videos, LIVE selling and a Shop tab inside TikTok.
Royal Mail
The UK's universal postal service, with Click & Drop for sellers.
QuickBooks
Cloud accounting from Intuit, ready for Making Tax Digital.
Sage
Accounting, payroll and VAT from the UK's longest-running software name.
Klarna
Pay in 3, pay later and financing, with merchants paid upfront.
Magento
Open-source ecommerce, and Adobe's paid edition built on it.
ShipStation
Labels, shipping rules and tracking across every carrier you use.
WooCommerce
Open-source ecommerce on WordPress, on hosting you choose.
Evri
UK parcel delivery with a ParcelShop near almost everyone.
DPD
Next-day parcels with a one-hour delivery window.
PayPal
Checkout, pay later and seller protection from a name shoppers know.
Stripe
Online payments, billing and payouts, run through one API.
Adyen
One payments platform for online, in-store and mobile.
Paddle
Merchant of record for software, handling tax, billing and payments.
GoCardless
Direct Debit and bank payments for recurring and invoice billing.
Wise
Multi-currency accounts and international payments for business.
Google Drive
Cloud storage and shared drives for the whole team.
Google Ads
Search, Shopping and Performance Max ads, with an API for reporting and automation.
Microsoft Advertising
Search and shopping ads across Bing and its partner sites.
Google Sheets
Spreadsheets the whole team can edit, with scripting built in.
Zapier
No-code automation across more than 9,000 apps.
n8n
Visual workflow automation, in n8n's cloud or on your own servers.
Google Apps Script
JavaScript automation across Gmail, Sheets, Drive and the rest of Workspace.
Make
Visual automation and AI agents across more than 3,000 apps.
Phorest
Salon, spa and clinic software, from booking to payments.
Treatwell
Salon software connected to a beauty booking marketplace.
Gmail
Business email on your own domain, inside Google Workspace.
Notion
Docs, wikis, projects and databases in one connected workspace.
Trello
Boards, lists and cards for tracking work as it moves.
Brevo
Email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing, with EU-hosted data.
beehiiv
Newsletters with growth, ads and paid subscriptions built in.
Dropbox
File storage and sharing for teams, with file requests built in.
Canva
Online design from templates, with brand kits for teams.
GLS
A European parcel network, reached from the UK through Parcelforce.
Wufoo
Online forms with payments, logic and file uploads.
Administrate
Training management, from course scheduling to selling seats online.
Fomo
Social proof notifications from real orders, sign-ups and reviews.
CARTO
Location intelligence that runs on top of your data warehouse.
Unbounce
Landing pages, popups and AI traffic routing for paid campaigns.
bexio
Swiss accounting, invoicing and payroll in one cloud app.
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