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102 marketing products built by independent developers and small teams.

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ActiveCampaign

Email marketing and marketing automation with CRM

A marketing automation platform combining email marketing, automation workflows, segmentation and a sales CRM.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

AdCreative.ai

AI-generated ad creatives and copy

A tool that uses AI to generate ad banners, text and product shots for social and display advertising.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

AnswerThePublic

Find the questions people search for around a topic

A search listening tool that visualizes questions, prepositions and comparisons people type into search engines for a given keyword.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Anyword

AI copywriting with performance predictions

An AI copywriting tool that generates marketing copy and scores variations with predicted performance for target audiences.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Awario

Social listening and lead discovery from online conversations

A social listening tool that monitors mentions of brands and keywords on social media and the web, with sentiment analysis and social selling leads.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Beacons

Link in bio, store and media kit for creators

An all-in-one creator platform with a link-in-bio page, online store, email marketing and media kits.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Brand24

Social listening and brand mention monitoring

A media monitoring tool that tracks mentions of brands and keywords across social media, news, blogs, forums and reviews with sentiment analysis.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Brevo

Email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing with CRM (formerly Sendinblue)

A marketing platform for email campaigns, transactional email, SMS, WhatsApp, marketing automation and a built-in CRM.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

BuiltWith

Find out what technologies websites use

A technology lookup service that shows which technologies websites use and builds lead lists of sites using specific technologies.

Free plan · Web, API, Browser extension · Website ↗

Chaport

Live chat and chatbots for websites

A live chat app with chatbots, auto-invitations and multichannel messaging for small businesses.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Chatwoot

Open-source customer engagement and live chat

An open-source omnichannel support platform with website live chat, email, social and messaging channels, cloud-hosted or self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Collabstr

Marketplace to hire influencers and UGC creators

A marketplace where brands find and hire influencers and UGC creators for sponsored posts and content.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

ConvertBox

Targeted on-site messages and lead capture

A tool for creating targeted on-site messages, popups and multi-step forms based on visitor behavior and segments.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

CookieConsent

Lightweight open-source cookie consent banner

A free, open-source JavaScript library for adding a GDPR-compliant cookie consent banner and preferences modal to websites.

Free · Web · Website ↗

Copy.ai

AI workflows for marketing and sales content

An AI platform for generating marketing and sales copy and automating go-to-market content workflows.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Crayon

Competitive intelligence for sales and marketing

A competitive intelligence platform that tracks competitor changes online and delivers battlecards and insights to sales teams.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Customer.io

Behavior-triggered messaging across email, push, SMS and in-app

A customer engagement platform that sends automated emails, push notifications, SMS and in-app messages based on user behavior data.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

Distill.io

Website change monitor with browser extension

A tool that monitors web pages for changes via browser extension or cloud and sends alerts by email, SMS or push.

Free plan · Web, Browser extension · Website ↗

Dub

Open-source link management with analytics

A link management platform for short links, QR codes, click analytics and conversion tracking, with an open-source codebase and affiliate program features.

Free plan · Web, API, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Encharge

Marketing automation for B2B SaaS

A marketing automation platform for SaaS companies with behavior-based email flows, segmentation and integrations with billing and product data.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Famewall

Collect and showcase testimonials

A tool to gather customer testimonials and display them as embeddable walls and widgets on your website.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

FirstPromoter

Affiliate and referral tracking for SaaS

Affiliate and referral management software for SaaS companies, with commission tracking and payouts.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

FluentCRM

Self-hosted email marketing automation and CRM for WordPress

A WordPress plugin for email campaigns, marketing automation funnels and contact management, with all data stored in your WordPress site.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Foreplay

Save and organize ad inspiration from ad libraries

A tool for marketers to save ads from Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn ad libraries, organize swipe files and write creative briefs.

Paid · Web, Browser extension · Website ↗

Frase

SEO content briefs and AI writing for search-optimized articles

An SEO content tool that researches search results, builds content briefs and helps write and optimize articles with AI.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

GetResponse

Email marketing, automation and webinars

An online marketing platform with email marketing, automation, landing pages, webinars and conversion funnels.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

GetWaitlist

Viral waitlists for product launches

Create waitlists with referral mechanics so signups move up by inviting friends. For pre-launch products.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

GRIN

Creator management platform for e-commerce brands

An influencer and creator management platform for e-commerce brands covering discovery, relationships, product seeding and payments.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

GrowSurf

Referral and affiliate programs for tech companies

A referral and affiliate program platform for startups and SaaS, with fraud protection and reward automation.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

Heepsy

Influencer search engine

An influencer discovery tool for finding Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators by location, category and audience.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Hello Bar

Notification bars and popups to capture leads

A tool for adding top bars, sliders and popups to websites to collect emails and promote offers.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

HelpCrunch

Live chat, help desk and email marketing in one

A customer communication platform with live chat, chatbots, knowledge base, shared inbox and email campaigns.

Paid · Web, iOS, Android · Website ↗

HypeAuditor

Influencer discovery and audience fraud analytics

An influencer marketing platform with creator discovery, audience quality and fake follower analysis, and campaign management.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Hypotenuse AI

AI content for e-commerce product descriptions

An AI writing platform for e-commerce teams to generate product descriptions, enrich product data and write SEO content at scale.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Instapage

Landing page platform for ad campaigns

A landing page platform for building and personalizing post-click pages for ad campaigns, with A/B testing and heatmaps.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Interact

Lead generation quiz builder

A quiz maker for creating personality and scored quizzes that grow email lists and recommend products.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

involve.me

Interactive funnels, quizzes, calculators and forms

A no-code builder for interactive lead-generation content such as quizzes, payment forms, calculators and surveys.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Jasper

AI content platform for marketing teams

An AI writing and content platform for marketing teams to create on-brand campaigns, copy and content with brand voice controls.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

JivoChat

Omnichannel business messenger and live chat

A business messenger that combines website live chat with messages from social media, messaging apps, email and calls.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

KickoffLabs

Viral waitlists, giveaways and referral campaigns

A tool for running prelaunch waitlists, contests and viral referral campaigns with landing pages and fraud detection.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Klue

Competitive enablement platform

A competitive intelligence platform that collects competitor intel and win-loss insights and turns them into battlecards for sales.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Kutt

Free, open-source URL shortener

A modern open-source URL shortener with custom domains, link statistics and an API, usable on kutt.it or self-hosted.

Free · Web, Self-hosted, API · Website ↗

Landingi

Landing page builder for marketers and agencies

A landing page platform with a drag-and-drop editor, A/B testing, popups and lead management for marketers and agencies.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

LaunchList

Waitlist widget with referrals

An embeddable waitlist form with a referral system and leaderboard for collecting pre-launch signups.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

LeadDyno

Affiliate tracking for small businesses

Affiliate marketing software for tracking affiliates, commissions and payouts for small online businesses.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Leadpages

Landing pages and websites for small businesses

A landing page and website builder with templates, pop-ups, alert bars and lead capture for small businesses.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

LiveChat

Live chat software for websites

A live chat tool for customer service and sales teams to chat with website visitors, with ticketing and integrations.

Paid · Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Madgicx

AI ad optimization and reporting for Meta ads

An advertising platform for e-commerce brands to automate, optimize and report on Meta ad campaigns and create ad creatives.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Mautic

Open-source marketing automation

A self-hosted, open-source marketing automation platform for email campaigns, landing pages, forms, lead scoring and segmentation.

Free · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Mention

Monitor brand mentions across the web and social media

A social listening and media monitoring tool that tracks brand and competitor mentions online and supports publishing to social networks.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Mida

Lightweight A/B testing tool

An A/B testing and experimentation tool with a small script and visual editor, aimed at marketers and growth teams.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Modash

Find, vet and manage influencers

An influencer marketing tool with a searchable database of creators on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, audience analytics and campaign tracking.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

OptiMonk

Popups and website personalization for e-commerce

A conversion optimization tool for e-commerce with popups, sticky bars, A/B testing and AI-based page personalization.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

OptinMonster

Popups and opt-in forms to grow email lists

A lead generation tool for popups, floating bars, slide-ins and gamified forms with targeting and A/B testing.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Optmyzr

PPC management and optimization tools

A PPC management platform for Google, Microsoft and Amazon ads with optimization scripts, rules and reporting for agencies.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Ortto

Marketing automation and customer data platform

A marketing automation platform with a customer data platform, journey builder, email, SMS and analytics for growth teams.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Outgrow

Interactive calculators, quizzes and assessments

A no-code platform for building interactive marketing content like calculators, quizzes, polls and chatbots to generate leads.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Owletter

Monitor competitors' email newsletters

A tool that captures and analyzes the newsletters and marketing emails your competitors send.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

PartnerStack

Partner and affiliate management for B2B SaaS

A partnership platform for B2B software companies to recruit, manage and pay affiliates, resellers and referral partners.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Placid

Automated image generation from templates

Generate social media graphics, OG images and other creatives automatically from templates via API and no-code integrations.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

Poptin

Popups and embedded forms for websites

A popup and form builder with exit-intent triggers, targeting rules and integrations with email tools.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Popupsmart

No-code popup builder

A no-code popup builder for lead capture, cart abandonment and announcements with targeting and integrations.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Post Affiliate Pro

Affiliate program management software

Affiliate tracking software for managing affiliates, commissions, multi-tier programs and payouts.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

PromoteKit

Affiliate programs for Stripe SaaS

Affiliate marketing software that tracks referrals and commissions for SaaS businesses using Stripe.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

PushEngage

Web push notifications for websites and stores

A web push notification service with segmentation, drip campaigns and cart abandonment notifications.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

QR Code Generator

Create static and dynamic QR codes

An online tool to create QR codes for URLs, vCards, menus and more, with editable dynamic codes and scan statistics on paid plans.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

QRCode Monkey

Free custom QR code generator with logos

A free online QR code generator for creating customized QR codes with logos, colors and high-resolution exports.

Free · Web · Website ↗

Rebrandly

Branded link management and URL shortener

A link management platform for branded short links, custom domains, QR codes and click tracking.

Free plan · Web, API, Browser extension · Website ↗

ReferralCandy

Customer referral programs for e-commerce

A referral marketing app for online stores that rewards customers for referring friends.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Refersion

Affiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce brands

An affiliate marketing platform for e-commerce brands to recruit, track and pay affiliates and influencers.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Rewardful

Affiliate and referral programs for Stripe SaaS

Set up affiliate and referral programs for subscription businesses that bill with Stripe or Paddle.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

Riddle

Quiz and poll maker for publishers and marketers

An online quiz maker for creating quizzes, polls, personality tests and lead forms that embed on websites.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Rytr

Simple AI writing assistant

An AI writing assistant for generating emails, ads, blog sections and social posts in many tones and languages.

Free plan · Web, Browser extension · Website ↗

ScoreApp

Quiz funnels and scorecards for lead generation

A tool for building scorecard and quiz funnels that qualify leads and produce personalized results reports.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Senja

Collect and show off testimonials

Collect customer testimonials and embed a wall of love on your site.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Short.io

Branded URL shortener with your own domain

A URL shortener for creating branded short links on custom domains, with click analytics, QR codes and team access.

Free plan · Web, API, Browser extension · Website ↗

Smartsupp

Live chat, chatbots and shopping assistant for online stores

A live chat and chatbot tool for e-commerce websites, with AI assistance and conversation analytics.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android · Website ↗

SparkLoop

Referral programs and paid recommendations for newsletters

A newsletter growth platform with referral programs and a paid recommendation network connecting newsletters.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

SpyFu

Research competitors' SEO keywords and Google Ads

A competitor research tool that reveals the keywords competitors rank for and buy on Google Ads, plus historical ad copy and backlink data.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Surfer

Content optimization tool for writing pages that rank

A content optimization platform that analyzes top-ranking pages and guides writers on keywords, structure and length, with AI writing, audit and AI search visibility features.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Swipe Pages

Mobile-first landing page builder

A landing page builder for fast, mobile-first pages with AMP support, A/B testing and agency features.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

systeme.io

All-in-one tool for funnels, email marketing, courses and websites

An online business platform combining sales funnels, email marketing, online courses, websites, affiliate programs and checkout.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Tapfiliate

Affiliate and referral tracking software

Cloud software for creating, tracking and managing affiliate, influencer and referral programs.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

tawk.to

Free live chat for websites

A free live chat app for monitoring and chatting with website visitors, with ticketing and a knowledge base; paid add-ons are optional.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Testimonial

Collect and embed video and text testimonials

Collect video and text testimonials from customers and embed them on your website with a "wall of love".

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Tidio

Live chat and AI chatbot for websites

A customer service tool combining live chat, AI chatbots and help desk features for small and mid-size online businesses.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

TinyURL

Classic URL shortener

A long-running URL shortening service with optional accounts for custom aliases, branded domains and analytics.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

Tolt

Affiliate software for SaaS

Launch and manage an affiliate program for your SaaS, with integrations for Stripe, Paddle and other billing tools.

Paid · Web, API · Website ↗

TrustPulse

Social proof notifications for recent sign-ups and sales

A social proof tool that shows real-time notifications of recent purchases and sign-ups on websites.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Typebot

Open-source chatbot builder for conversational forms

A visual builder for chatbots and conversational forms that can be embedded on websites, with integrations and a self-hosting option.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Typefully

Write and schedule tweets and threads

Write, schedule and publish posts and threads for X (Twitter) and LinkedIn.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Unbounce

Landing page builder with A/B testing

A landing page builder with templates, popups, sticky bars, A/B testing and AI-powered traffic optimization for marketers.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Uniqode

Dynamic QR codes and digital business cards (formerly Beaconstac)

A QR code platform for creating dynamic, trackable QR codes and digital business cards, with analytics and team management.

Paid · Web, iOS, Android, API · Website ↗

Upfluence

Influencer marketing and affiliate platform

An influencer marketing platform to find creators, manage campaigns, track sales and pay influencers and affiliates.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

UpPromote

Affiliate and influencer marketing app for Shopify

A Shopify app for running affiliate and influencer programs with referral links, coupon tracking and payouts.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Viral Loops

Referral, giveaway and waitlist campaigns

A referral marketing platform with templates for refer-a-friend programs, prelaunch waitlists and giveaways.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Visualping

Monitor web pages for changes

A website change monitoring tool that alerts you when pages change, used for competitor tracking, pricing and compliance monitoring.

Free plan · Web, Browser extension · Website ↗

Wappalyzer

Identify technologies on websites

A browser extension and service that identifies the technologies websites use and provides technographic lead lists.

Free plan · Browser extension, Web, API · Website ↗

Wisepops

Onsite marketing popups, bars and notification feeds

An onsite marketing platform for e-commerce with popups, bars, embeds and a notification feed, plus A/B testing.

Paid · Web · Website ↗

Writesonic

AI writing and SEO content tool

An AI writing platform for blog articles, marketing copy and SEO content, with tools for tracking AI search visibility.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

YOURLS

Self-hosted PHP URL shortener

Your Own URL Shortener: a free, open-source PHP script to run a URL shortener on your own server, with stats and plugins.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

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