Software Tools

Your complete marketing stack

Every tool you need to execute — purpose, link, price, and whether it's required. No more Googling.

Google Search Console

Search
Required

Track Google rankings, indexing & submit sitemaps

When: Day one of every project

FreeOpen

Bing Webmaster Tools

Search
Required

Index on Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo & ChatGPT search

When: Right after Search Console

FreeOpen

Google Business Profile

Search
Optional

Local search & Google Maps presence

When: If you serve a local area

FreeOpen

PageSpeed Insights

Technical SEO
Required

Core Web Vitals & speed diagnostics

When: Before every launch

FreeOpen

Rich Results Test

Technical SEO
Required

Validate schema markup

When: Whenever you add schema

FreeOpen

Schema Markup Validator

Technical SEO
Optional

Lint any JSON-LD against schema.org

When: Backup to Rich Results Test

FreeOpen

Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Technical SEO
Optional

Crawl your site like Google does

When: Pre-launch audits

Free up to 500 URLs / £199 yrOpen

Ahrefs Webmaster Tools

SEO
Optional

Backlinks, on-page audit, broken-link report

When: Monthly site health

Free for verified sitesOpen

Ahrefs

SEO
Optional

Full keyword & competitor intelligence

When: Once you're investing in content

from $129/moOpen

Semrush

SEO
Optional

Keyword research, SERP & ad intelligence

When: Agency-level competitor work

from $139/moOpen

Ubersuggest

SEO
Optional

Affordable keyword research

When: Solo founder budget

Free tier / from $29/moOpen

Google Trends

Research
Optional

Demand seasonality & momentum

When: Picking topics

FreeOpen

AnswerThePublic

Research
Optional

Real questions people search

When: Content brief inspiration

Free tier / from $9/moOpen

Google Analytics 4

Analytics
Required

Traffic, conversion & revenue analytics

When: Day one

FreeOpen

Mailchimp

Email
Required

Email marketing & automation

When: First 500 subscribers

Free tierOpen

ConvertKit

Email
Optional

Creator-focused email automation

When: Scaling a creator brand

Free tierOpen

Stripe

Payments
Required

Accept payments worldwide

When: Any paid offer

2.9% + 30¢Open

Meta Ads Manager

Paid
Optional

Facebook & Instagram ads

When: Validated funnel + budget

Free (ads paid)Open

Google Ads

Paid
Optional

Search & display ads

When: Bottom-funnel intent keywords

Free (ads paid)Open

YouTube Studio

Content
Required

Video publishing & analytics

When: From your first video

FreeOpen

Canva

Content
Optional

Graphics & creatives

When: Non-designer founders

Free / $15/moOpen

Zapier

Automation
Optional

Automate cross-app workflows

When: Connecting lead capture → CRM

Free / from $19/moOpen