Understand Your Numbers

Backblaze makes cloud backup and storage simple and affordable for small businesses. Their Computer Backup product gives you unlimited backup for every computer in your office at a flat monthly rate — no storage caps, no complicated tiers. Just install the app and everything gets backed up automatically. For businesses that need object storage, Backblaze B2 offers S3-compatible storage at $6 per terabyte per month — roughly one-fifth the cost of AWS S3. You get free egress up to 3x your stored data each month, plus unlimited free downloads through partner CDNs like Cloudflare and Fastly. Backblaze serves over 500,000 customers in 175 countries and has earned G2 awards for Best ROI, Best Support, Highest User Adoption, and Easiest to Use in 2026.

Open-source business intelligence — explore data, build dashboards, and answer questions without writing SQL. Self-host free or use managed cloud. Connects to your databases and turns raw data into charts, reports, and alerts. Open source: free (unlimited). Starter cloud: $85/month. Metabot AI: $100/month add-on.

Five SEO tools bundled together — keyword research, SERP analysis, rank tracking, backlink mining, and site profiling. Designed to be easy even without SEO experience. AI Search Watcher tracks your brand in AI search engines like ChatGPT. All five tools at every tier. Starts at $29.90/month (annual). No free tier — 10-day trial.

ChartMogul is a subscription analytics platform that connects to your billing system (Stripe, Chargebee, Recurly, or app stores) and automatically calculates the revenue metrics that matter most — MRR, churn rate, LTV, and ARR. Instead of building dashboards in spreadsheets, you get accurate, real-time numbers you can trust and share with investors. Cohort analysis shows how retention changes over time. The platform merges duplicate customer records automatically and lets you slice revenue by geography, plan, acquisition channel, or custom attributes. Free for businesses under $10K MRR. Paid plans from $100/month.

Airtable is a flexible workspace that combines the simplicity of a spreadsheet with the power of a database, letting you organize, track, and automate your business processes without writing code. Think of it as a smarter version of Google Sheets where each row can hold files, links to other tables, checkboxes, dropdowns, and more — and you can view your data as a grid, calendar, kanban board, gallery, Gantt chart, or timeline. The platform goes well beyond data storage. You can build custom apps and interfaces on top of your data using a drag-and-drop builder, set up automations that trigger when records change, and create forms for collecting information from your team or customers. Airtable connects to hundreds of other tools through native integrations and sync capabilities. Airtable has invested heavily in AI with features that work directly inside your bases. AI agents can process thousands of records — summarizing, categorizing, translating, or generating content — and take actions across your connected systems. Over 500,000 organizations use Airtable, including OpenAI, Amazon, Netflix, and Airbnb.

Most widely used online survey platform — surveys, polls, quizzes, and forms. Used by 98% of Fortune 500. AI-powered survey generation from text prompts. 200+ integrations. Free: unlimited surveys, 10 questions max. Team Advantage: $30/user/month (3-seat min, annual). 50K responses/year.

Cognito Forms is an online form builder that lets you create anything from simple contact forms to complex multi-page workflows with conditional logic, calculations, and payment collection — all without writing code. You drag and drop fields, set up rules for which sections appear based on answers, and embed the form on your website. The platform handles payment processing through Stripe, Square, or PayPal right inside your forms. Repeating sections let respondents add multiple items dynamically. Free tier includes unlimited forms with 500 entries/month. Paid plans start at $15/month.

Dub is an open-source link management platform — a modern Bitly alternative. API-first for developers, with a clean dashboard for marketers. Granular analytics show location, device, referrer, and QR scans for every link. OG Image Proxy auto-generates social previews. Free plan: 25 links/month, 1,000 tracked clicks. Pro: $24/month with custom domains and unlimited links.

Baserow is an open-source, no-code database platform that works like a friendlier version of Airtable — but with the option to self-host everything on your own servers. You can organize data in grid, kanban, calendar, timeline, gallery, form, and survey views. Beyond basic tables, Baserow lets you build full applications, dashboards, and automations on top of your data without writing code. With over 150,000 active users including Royal Bank of Canada and Capgemini, Baserow is built for teams that care about data privacy and compliance. It holds GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2 Type II certifications. Baserow includes an AI assistant called Kuma that builds databases and workflows from plain-language descriptions. AI database fields classify and enrich data using models like ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral, or Deepseek.

Stockpile by Canvus is a free, cloud-based inventory management system built for small businesses. It helps you track your products, record sales and returns, manage multiple locations, and run reports on inventory turnover — all without paying a dime. The platform lets you track unlimited items, locations, and users at no cost. You can record sales, returns, and damaged goods in one place, and run inventory turnover reports to understand what moves and what sits. Stockpile is cloud-based so you can check inventory from any device with a web browser.