180 tools reviewed for small business owners

AI Agents
Build enterprise AI agents and workflows with a no-code drag-and-drop interface

Writing & Content
Paraphrase, summarise, and polish writing
QuillBot offers AI-powered paraphrasing, summarisation, grammar checking, and citation generation in one free tool. It's extremely popular with SMBs that need to repurpose content quickly. The Chrome extension works inside Gmail, Google Docs, and more.

Customer Service
No-code chatbot builder for conversations
Landbot builds interactive chatbot flows for websites, WhatsApp, and Messenger without coding. It's popular for lead capture, customer onboarding, and FAQ automation. The visual builder is intuitive for non-technical SMB owners.

Social Media
Evergreen content automation for social
MeetEdgar automatically recycles your best content to keep social queues full with evergreen posts. It's focused on saving time for solopreneurs and small teams who can't consistently create new content. Simple but effective.

SEO
AI that fixes your technical SEO automatically โ no developer needed

Scheduling & Admin
Find the best time to meet, instantly
Doodle solves group scheduling by polling participants on their availability and automatically finding the best meeting time. Its AI scheduling assistant can find slots for individuals without a poll. Free for basic use.

SEO
AI keyword research built for bloggers โ finds low-competition keywords your competitors have missed

Workflow Automation
Low-code automation with code when you need it
Latenode is a newer automation platform combining no-code visual flows with the ability to add JavaScript nodes for custom logic. Its generous free tier and competitive pricing are attracting SMBs from Zapier and Make.

Workflow Automation
AI automation agent for browser tasks
Bardeen automates repetitive browser tasks like scraping data, filling forms, and syncing information between web apps using a Chrome extension. Its AI recommends and builds automations. No-code required.

Marketing Automation
Marketing automation for SaaS companies
Encharge is built for SaaS and subscription businesses, with native integrations for Stripe, Segment, and product analytics tools. Behaviour-based automation triggers emails based on in-app actions, making it powerful for product-led growth.

AI Agents
The original autonomous AI agent โ set a goal, let it work until done

AI Agents
Deploy pre-trained AI agents that handle your business operations end-to-end

AI Agents
Open-source visual builder for LLM apps and AI agents โ free to self-host
Social Media
Advanced analytics for Instagram and Facebook
Iconosquare specialises in deep Instagram and Facebook analytics with competitor benchmarking, content scheduling, and comment management. Popular with brands where visual social performance matters most.

Customer Service
CRM-powered customer service platform
Kustomer unifies customer data across all channels into a timeline view, giving support agents full context in every conversation. Its AI automates repetitive tasks and routing. Best for SMBs that have outgrown basic ticketing tools.

Workflow Automation
Simple business workflow automation
Automate.io connects cloud apps with multi-step workflows and a visual bot builder. Now part of Notion, it offers competitive pricing for straightforward integrations. Free plan includes 300 actions/month.

Scheduling & Admin
Easy scheduling automation for busy people
Calendly eliminates the back-and-forth of scheduling by letting people book time based on your live availability. It integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook, Zoom, and 700+ apps. Free plan supports one event type.

Analytics & Data
Multi-channel marketing reporting for agencies
Whatagraph automates marketing performance reports, pulling data from 40+ channels and producing visual client-ready reports. Primarily used by marketing agencies to save hours of manual reporting weekly.

AI Agents
Assemble, configure, and deploy autonomous AI agents in your browser

Sales & CRM
Simple CRM for small businesses
Capsule CRM is a no-frills, easy-to-use CRM for small businesses that just need contact management, deal tracking, and task management without overwhelming features. Free plan supports 2 users and 250 contacts.

Video & Media
Easy video maker for small businesses
Animoto is a simple drag-and-drop video maker popular with small businesses for product videos, slideshows, and social ads. Storyboard templates make it extremely accessible for non-video creators. Free plan available.

Accounting & Finance
Trusted accounting for small businesses
Sage Accounting is a well-established SMB accounting tool with strong VAT and tax compliance features, especially for UK businesses. AutoEntry (now Sage) captures receipts automatically. Long-trusted brand in accountancy circles.