The 7 Apps a Small Business Actually Needs
Most small businesses pay for eleven or twelve subscriptions, use five properly, and miss two things they genuinely need. Here's the list — plus the money you're almost certainly burning.
The short version
- Seven categories: email and documents, accounting, password manager, backup, customer tracking, getting paid, one AI account
- A password manager is the best security value on the list, at roughly $4–8 per user per month
- Most businesses under ten people don't need a CRM — a well-kept spreadsheet beats one nobody updates
- Four common money-wasters: licences for leavers, premium tiers for everyone, duplicate tools, forgotten renewals