Starting a new business is tough, especially with little or no funds. That’s why some affordable or free startup tools are a great way to automate some of your work and take the load off your shoulders.

That’s why we’ve gathered the team together and come up with some of the best tech tools available for entrepreneurs. To make sure that we’re only suggesting services that we trust, we’re only including services that we’ve used before.

This list is brought to you by the Tech Collective team, which compromises of digital marketers, content writers, and entrepreneurs.

You can also read our article about business tools that you didn’t know about.

SumoMe

5 Great startup tools for entrepreneurs

Almost everyone we know usesĀ SumoMe now to grow web traffic. Its simple to use and is very good at building lists, providing heat maps, popup email boxes and even reminders.

They are best known for build email lists, which are very useful for marketing purposes and helping you create a community around your service and product.

Shake

5 great startup tools for entrepreneurs

This company wants to help you create, sign and send legally binding agreements in seconds. It is very effective and simple, so we’re huge fans of the service.

You never know when you need legal documents, so having an easy-to-use service that generates proper working documents is invaluable to many startups. We love the fact that they simplify everything and makes our life a lot easier.

Pexels

5 great startup tools for entrepreneurs

We’ve mentioned these guys before, but they’re so good we’re doing it again. Pexels is an awesome free image site that gives you free high resolution images for your business.

We use Pexels often and we’re not ashamed.

SYNC

Sync PR and content marketing

Image courtesy SYNC PR

The guys at SYNC PR are trying to change the PR and content marketing game. This relatively new company is offering high-quality PR and content marketing services at the low price of almost nothing. They automate it through an easy-to-use platform that allows brands to get the same results they would get with a traditional agency without having to pay the same amount.

They say they can do it through process automation, which we cannot confirm, but we use them and love them.

Startup Stash

Startup Stash

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Here’s the best online list of startup tools that you definitely need. This is a powerful tool that gives you a starting point for your business.

We’ve used this before and highly recommend it for smaller businesses, who need help starting their business.

There you have it, 5 great startup tools to help you absolutely crush the startup game. If you think we’ve missed anything or want to add in some other tools, let us know and we’ll do another follow-up to this story.

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