From your first invoice to your first employee, the right software removes busywork. We focus on what small businesses actually need — including South African tax, payments and local availability.
Customer relationship management: track leads, deals, conversations and follow-ups in one place.
2 tools + buying checklist →
Bookkeeping, bank feeds, financial reports and tax-ready records.
3 tools + buying checklist →
Create quotes and invoices, send reminders and get paid faster.
3 tools + buying checklist →
All-in-one marketing platforms, analytics and campaign tools.
3 tools + buying checklist →
Newsletters, automated email sequences and subscriber management.
3 tools + buying checklist →
Tools for using WhatsApp to sell, support and communicate with customers.
1 tool + buying checklist →
Build a professional website without writing code — or with full control if you want it.
4 tools + buying checklist →
Hosting, domains and email for your website — including local providers that sell .co.za domains.
4 tools + buying checklist →
Online stores, payment gateways and point-of-sale for selling online and in person.
4 tools + buying checklist →
Appointment scheduling, calendars and online booking pages.
1 tool + buying checklist →
Connect your apps and automate repetitive tasks without code.
2 tools + buying checklist →
Plan work, assign tasks and keep projects on track.
3 tools + buying checklist →
27 tools. Profiles clearly show what we have and haven’t verified.
A flexible workspace for notes, documents, wikis and simple databases, with AI features for writing, summarising and searching your…
HubSpot’s customer relationship management system, the foundation of its wider marketing, sales and service software. It tracks contacts,…
Zoho’s CRM for managing leads, contacts and sales pipelines. It connects with the wider Zoho suite of business apps such as Books,…
Cloud accounting software for small businesses and their accountants. It handles invoicing, bank reconciliation, bills and financial…
Sage’s cloud accounting product for small businesses. Sage is a long-established name in South African business software, and the product…
Intuit’s cloud accounting software for tracking income and expenses, invoicing customers and producing financial reports.
A dedicated invoicing app from Zoho for creating quotes and invoices, tracking payments and sending reminders — a lighter option than…
One of the best-known email marketing platforms. It manages subscriber lists, newsletters, automated emails and basic landing pages, and…
A marketing platform (formerly Sendinblue) covering email campaigns, transactional email, SMS and WhatsApp campaigns, plus a built-in CRM.
An email marketing tool known for a clean, beginner-friendly editor. It covers newsletters, automations, signup forms and simple landing…
Meta’s WhatsApp offering for businesses. The free WhatsApp Business app adds a business profile, product catalogue, quick replies and…
A hosted, drag-and-drop website builder with templates, plus add-ons for online stores, bookings and blogs. Hosting and security updates…
A hosted website builder known for polished, design-led templates. It includes blogging, commerce and scheduling options alongside hosting.
Free, open-source software that powers a large share of the web. You install it on hosting you choose, then extend it with themes and…
A South African hosting company offering domain names, web hosting, cloud hosting and managed or self-managed servers, with prices shown…
A web hosting provider offering shared hosting, WordPress hosting, domain registration (including .co.za) and business email hosting.
A South African provider of domain registration (including .co.za), web hosting, WordPress hosting, email hosting, VPS servers and SSL…
A South African internet service provider (fibre, LTE/5G, mobile and VoIP) that also offers web hosting.
A hosted ecommerce platform for building an online store and selling across channels, with an app store for extra features and…
A free, open-source ecommerce plugin that turns a WordPress site into an online store. Payment gateways, shipping and other features are…
A South African payments company offering card machines and tools for accepting payments in person and online, aimed at small businesses.
A South African online payment gateway that lets websites and online stores accept a range of local payment methods. It integrates with…
A scheduling tool that gives you a booking link. People pick a time that suits them from your real availability, and the meeting lands in…
A no-code automation platform that connects thousands of apps. You build "if this happens, do that" workflows — for example, adding new…
A visual automation platform (formerly Integromat) where you design workflows on a canvas, with detailed control over data, branching and…
A visual project tool built around boards, lists and cards. Move cards across columns as work progresses — simple enough for anyone to…
Work-management software for planning projects, assigning tasks and tracking progress across teams, with list, board, calendar and…
Selling online in South Africa: hosted stores vs WooCommerce, local payment gateways such as PayFast and Yoco, delivery, VAT on prices and the consumer rules to check.
Add or remove 15% VAT by hand, work back from a VAT amount, avoid the most common mistake, and get rounding right — with formulas for spreadsheets too.
A practical, step-by-step process for picking software for a small business — from listing the job to running a free trial that actually tells you something.
Add or remove VAT, or work back from a VAT amount. Shows net, VAT and total, with South Africa’s 15% as the default rate.
Calculate gross margin, the price needed for a target margin, or the maximum cost you can afford.
Create a wa.me click-to-chat link with a pre-filled message for your website or social bio.