ONLINE BUSINESS TOOLBOX: 230+ Tools for Running a Business Online

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Forget useless desktop apps and piles of paperwork: there are now thousands of small and medium-sized businesses managing all their affairs with online applications. After an exhaustive hunt this week, we’ve rounded up more than 230 of the leading online applications for super-productive companies.

Accounting, Billing, Invoicing, Estimating & Contracts


BillingOrchard Online billing software that maintains hourly billing time as well as flat fee or recurring billing.

Bill My Clients A hassle-free way to create and print invoices (you can email them too) and send them via the USPS.

Blinksale Create elegant invoices using professionally designed templates (or create your own) and send them to anyone with an email address.

www.billingorchard.com BillingOrchard Online billing software that maintains hourly billing time as well as flat fee or recurring billing.

www.billmyclients.com Bill My Clients A hassle-free way to create and print invoices (you can email them too) and send them via the USPS.

www.blinksale.com Blinksale Create elegant invoices using professionally designed templates (or create your own) and send them to anyone with an email address.

www.getcashboard.com Cashboard Estimating, invoicing and time tracking for you, your employees and subcontractors.

http://www.docusign.com DocuSign Electronic signature services that allow you to get legally binding electronic signatures on your contracts.

www.echosign.com EchoSign A fast & easy way to get electronic contracts signed.
www.esignforms.com eSignForms Online signature platform to make getting signed contracts easier.

www.fluttervoice.co.uk Fluttervoice Create invoices and send them to anyone with email.

www.freshbooks.com FreshBooks Online invoicing and time tracking that’s easy to use and free to try.

www.honeypitch.com Honeypitch A proposal automation solution that combines CRM and business productivity tools to allow you to quickly combine a presentation,
proposal, estimate and contract that can be negotiated online.

http://www.docusign.com Invoice Genie Online invoicing, time tracking, contact management, scheduling and financial management software thats simple and intuitive to use.

www.invoicesmadeeasy.com Invoices Made Easy A free invoicing service that allows you to send invoices and have them paid online.

www.invoiceplace.com InvoicePlace Invoicing, payment tracking and quoting from any computer with an internet connection.

www.invotrak.com invotrak Track the invoices you send to clients for free.
www.lessaccounting.com LessAccounting Ridiculously simple, intuitive accounting program that is just for accounting and nothing else.

www.saasu.com Saasu Complete online accounting suite with invoices, payroll, purchases, time sheets, inventory, customers, suppliers, prospects and employees.
www.santexq.com SantexQ Time reporting, task management and billing all handled from one place.

www.sertifi.com/custom/index.aspx Sertifi Electronic contract delivery and signing.
www.simplifythis.com simplifythis Invoice your customers and get paid online.

www.simplybill.com Simplybill Simplified invoice management without extra features that nobody uses anyway.

www.simplyinvoices.com Simply Invoices The simplest way to invoice your time from

www.invoicemachine.com The Invoice Machine Create PDF invoices for free, without having to register or store information (unless you want to).

www.time59.com Time:59 Web-based billing that includes time and expense tracking, as well as invoicing and accounts receivable.

www.vebio.com Vebio Online accounting designed for freelance professionals, independent contractors, and self-employed people.

www.yozons.com/pub/ Yozons Technology Electronic signature service.
www.xero.com Xero Online accounting that accessible from anywhere 24/7, with free upgrades, automated bank fees, and no minimum subscription period.

Calendars Scheduling

www.acuityscheduling.com Acuity Scheduling Allow your clients and customers to schedule appointments with you online.

www.calendarhub.com Calendar Hub Create an online calendar and either keep it private or publish it. You can also search published calendars to find new events to add to your own.

www.epointment.com epointment Online scheduling that can be used by any professional whose business involves appointments, as well as for personal use.


Collaboration & Workgroups

60+ Collaborative Tools for Groups

www.campfirenow.com Campfire Password protected group chat rooms that can be created in seconds.

www.centraldesktop.com CentralDesktop Simple project collaboration platform for business teams.

www.comapping.com Comapping Create mind maps that you can share with your colleagues using your browser.

www.copperproject.com Copper Web-based project and task management that allows for commercial team collaboration.

www.coventi.com Coventi Pages Create documents and invite others to give you feedback.

www.cozimo.com Cozimo Online collaboration on digital media, including images and video; archives a complete record of all content related communications, and has the ability to host live online review sessions.

www.cyn.in cyn.in A web platform for building, collaborating, managing and publishing content that offers solutions for knowledge management, document management, secure online file storage, group collaboration, digital asset management and more.

www.eproject.com eProject Project management software that integrates with Outlook.
http://hivelive.com/platform HiveLive Hive Community 2.0 Platform Allows your company or workgroup to manage and share information and allows for quick adaptation as needed.

www.huddle.com Huddle Share documents and ideas, plan projects, collaborate with others and manage multiple projects from one interface.