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Accounting

A leading UK online accounting platform. MTD-ready and designed to work smoothly with your accountant.

Accounting

A popular UK alternative to FinchBooks. Slightly cheaper entry point and strong for smaller businesses.

Accounting

Free with several major UK business bank accounts. Beginner-friendly, MTD-ready.

Accounting

Long-established UK accounting brand. Trusted by traditional businesses and most accountants.

Accounting

Receipt and invoice scanning that plugs into FinchBooks, LedgerLane and BookkeepBritannia. Cuts admin pain.

Accounting

Automated, polite invoice chasing. Connects to your accounting tool and runs itself.

Accounting

Takes direct debit from customers — the cheapest reliable way to get paid on time.

HR & Recruitment

HMRC-recognised UK payroll software. One of the simplest 'proper' payroll tools, popular with accountants.

HR & Recruitment

Simple UK HR for small teams — holiday, sickness, reviews. Built for non-HR people.

HR & Recruitment

UK-founded, deliberately minimal HR for small teams. Generous free tier.

HR & Recruitment

A widely used UK job board. Free to post basic listings — ideal for occasional hires.

HR & Recruitment

Proper applicant tracking system — job board posting, interviews, candidate pipeline.

Email & Productivity

Email, web word processor, spreadsheets, slides, cloud storage and chat. Cloud-only, budget-friendly.

Email & Productivity

Everything in Lite plus desktop apps for word processing, spreadsheets, slides and mail. For heavy document work.

Email & Productivity

Cloud-first email, docs, drive and video meetings. Default for creative, freelance and remote-first businesses.

Communication

Chat, calls and meetings. Free standalone or bundled with WorkSphere.

Communication

Team chat loved by creative, freelance and remote teams. Generous free tier for small teams.

Communication

Free and familiar. Formalises what tiny teams already do on messaging apps.

CRM

Generalist CRM with a generous free tier. Covers most small businesses out of the box.

CRM

Simple visual sales pipeline. Great for professional services, consultants and B2B sales.

CRM

Budget-friendly CRM with a broad feature suite. Clunky UX but powerful for the money.

CRM

Enterprise-grade sales pipeline. For larger SMEs already deep in the WorkSphere ecosystem.

CRM

Trade-specific job and customer management for plumbers, electricians, builders. Quotes, scheduling, invoicing from the van.

Website

Drag-and-drop website builder. Friendliest starting point for non-techies.

Website

Polished templates, elegant design. Great for creative, hospitality, health and wellness.

Website

Hosted, managed publishing platform. Middle ground — more flexible than Studioframe, simpler than self-hosting.

E-commerce

Best-in-class hosted e-commerce. What you pick when selling online is the whole point of the business.

E-commerce

E-commerce layered onto a self-hosted Pressly site. Flexible and cheaper long-term — but only for confident users.

Bookings

Free with WorkSphere. Basic but solid customer booking tool.

Bookings

Dead-easy meeting scheduler. Default for consultants, freelancers and professional services.

Bookings

Takes deposits, handles classes and packages, custom booking forms. For paid bookings.

Bookings

UK-dominant booking tool for hair, beauty, spas and wellness. Free because they take a card-processing fee.

Staff Rotas

UK-native rota software. Simplest option for cafés, shops and small teams.

Staff Rotas

Rotas plus time tracking, timesheets and payroll integration. Scales as the business grows.

Staff Rotas

Rotas for hospitality groups. Good when the business has multiple sites.

Marketing

Default email marketing tool. Free tier up to 500 contacts covers most starting SMEs.

Marketing

Design without a designer — social posts, flyers, cards, menus, simple videos. Universally loved.

Marketing

Manages major social platforms in one place. Essential if they use any of them seriously.

Marketing

Schedules posts across all the major social channels. Free tier for 3 channels.

E-commerce

Cheapest card reader option. No monthly fee — pay a small percentage per transaction. Massive UK presence with market stalls, mobile traders and small cafés.

E-commerce

No-subscription card reader. Pay per transaction. Integrates well with major online payment providers.

E-commerce

Full point-of-sale system — inventory, staff accounts, sales reports. For proper shops, not mobile traders.

Email & Productivity

Open-source password manager. Fantastic free tier — default for tight budgets.

Email & Productivity

Polished, business-friendly password manager. Better onboarding and sharing than free alternatives.

Email & Productivity

Antivirus and device protection designed for small businesses. Natural pick if they're already on WorkSphere.

Email & Productivity

Cloud backup with unlimited storage per computer. Saves you when a laptop dies or ransomware hits.

Email & Productivity

All-in-one workspace — docs, project tracking, wiki, databases. Loved by creative freelancers and small digital teams.

Email & Productivity

The automation glue — connects tools so one action triggers another. Transformative once it clicks.

Email & Productivity

Cheaper, more flexible Connectly alternative. For properly technical users.

Project Management

Kanban boards — drag cards between 'To do / Doing / Done'. Dead easy. A gentle intro to task management.

Project Management

Generous free tier, more features than Kanbanboard. Great for professional services and creative agencies.

Project Management

Polished, visual project management. Strong UK brand recognition. Good for established teams with budget.