Proxies, this is the best company in terms of secure and dedicated proxies. While their not the cheapest option, they are the best.
https://packetflip.com/
A more budget friendly proxy option, I use packetflip for corporate client keyword tools but my own tools I use stormproxies, as the price difference is a lot and so far haven't run into any issues.
https://stormproxies.com/
If you like to make animated gifs then this is what I use, its free and has the functions and features I like:
Photoshop online, basically. I've used this since they came out, and now that I'm run everything on chromeOS its been a lifesaver. I've made print magazines, billboards and stupid cat memes all via pixlr:
Project management for those that understand and like to deal with data. This is the perfect tool for dev teams and skilled PMs to communicate:
Help with your time management, it does for me. Love knowing how far away my next appointment or important task is. With this tool you have all your meeting info right in the browser window.
https://jasonsavard.com/Checker-Plus-for-Google-Calendar
Keeping all company communications within a single system is really helpful. Plus if you manage clients having them all within 1 system also easy to manage multiple projects and keep everyone on the same page.
The most powerful text editor created, built way back in the day, but still the best of the best, in terms of text editors that is:
Write code and use a chromebook, then this tool can be a welcome addition. I enjoy it, as having the color coding and dev functions are nice additions to the default text editor in chromeOS.
https://github.com/andrewbrg/codepad-chrome-app
If you want a site hosted, I always recommend Hostgator, yes their customer support isn't all that great, but not many are, where they do shine is their pricing and everything works 99% of the time.
Like Gmail, but have your own domain/brand? Back in the day Google gave away free account to companies to run their own domains using the same system Gmail uses. Now it costs $10/per email per month to do that, but if you don't mind a few extra hoops to get things setup, people now sell their unused free Google accounts, 2 companies I've had clients use in the past are:
This tool is a great way to save time in trying to find the title/meta data used on a page. Also created by one of the smartest people in search:
https://ostermiller.org/bookmarklets/meta.html
US Google users can get a free phone number. Very helpful as the default number you give to websites or that person at the bar, as while it can connect to your real phone, or via an app, it also works to send text messages and voicemails to your email:
Doing anything with SMS or phones, and you'll want to give Twilio a look. They've really change the world when it comes to how phones and technology work together.
Not only can you get great deals on software you might already use, its a treasure trove of finding new software and tools at very discounted prices. Plus the no questions asked, 1 click refund process make the barrier to try something new so low:
WIndows on ChromeOS that is what Codeweavers Crossover does. I use it to run all my windows software directly on my chromeOS systems, it even puts the window software icon in my tray for seemless use:
https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Probably the longest living SEO software, this crawler is started before most even knew the term SEO and still to this day is better then even the high priced monthly fee options you see advertised everywhere:
https://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
Scraping websites, this is where it all started in terms of external tools. This really is everything someone needs if they want to copy a site, backup a site, or simply run amuck on the internet:
Want to make a site faster, then these 2 tools simplfy the process of finding what can be done. There are several other tools outthere but these are really the 2 that you need to care about, not only do they understand sites better then the others, they give better insight into where are the problems and how to fix the problems:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/