Tools for building ambitious startups

Dixa is a customer service platform that unifies chat, email, phone, WhatsApp and social into one workspace, with an AI agent that autonomously resolves routine inquiries for ecommerce brands.

Alternative toZendesk|Intercom|Freshdesk

Docracy was a repository of open, community-trusted legal documents where users could find or upload a document and sign it for free. The product has been discontinued and former users are pointed to eversign for esignature needs.

Alternative toEeversign|DocuSign|PPandaDoc

UpCounsel offers a library of free, attorney-drafted business legal documents and templates that users can download as needed, alongside a marketplace to hire lawyers for paid legal work.

Y Combinator provides free, standardized startup legal documents, most notably the SAFE (simple agreement for future equity), a one-document security that converts to equity at a future priced round.

Alternative toClerky|CCarta|Stripe Atlas

DocSend lets you share pitch decks, proposals and sensitive documents via secure links with page-by-page analytics, access controls and virtual data rooms for fundraising and M&A.

Docsumo is an AI-powered intelligent document processing platform that automates document intake, data extraction, validation and decision routing with agentic workflows for high-volume operations teams.

Docusign is an electronic signature and intelligent agreement management platform for creating, signing, automating and managing contracts across an organization.

Deepinfo is a Continuous Threat Exposure Management platform that indexes the internet to help security teams discover assets, monitor exposures and data leaks, and manage external attack surface and third-party risk.

Dokku is an open-source, self-hosted platform-as-a-service built on Docker that gives Heroku-like git-push deployment and app lifecycle management on your own server.

Alternative toHeroku|CCapRover|CCoolify

Domainr is a domain name search tool and API that checks availability across every TLD in real time with instant per-keystroke search, suggestions and status monitoring. It is now offered as the Fastly Domain Research API.

Doodly is drag-and-drop whiteboard animation software that lets anyone create doodle and explainer videos in minutes without design skills, now part of the Voomly Cloud suite.

Dooly was a sales enablement and connected workspace platform that reduced admin work for revenue teams and kept CRM data updated. The product shut down on June 30, 2025, with users directed to Mediafly.

Alternative toMMediafly|Salesloft|Gong

DreamHost is a web hosting provider offering shared hosting, managed WordPress hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, domain registration, email, and an AI website builder.

Drift is a conversational marketing platform that uses live chat and AI chatbots to engage website visitors, qualify leads and book meetings for B2B sales teams. It was acquired by Salesloft and now lives inside the Salesloft platform.

Alternative toQQualified|Intercom|WWarmly

Drip is an ecommerce-focused email and SMS marketing platform with a built-in CRM, offering segmentation and automation workflows to help online stores drive revenue.

Alternative toKKlaviyo|OOmnisend|ActiveCampaign

DripScripts was a free tool from Growth Tools that generated automated email sequences quickly. The growthtools.com site is now a coaching service for landing high-ticket clients rather than the original email script tool.

Alternative toDrip|ActiveCampaign|ConvertKit

Dropbox Paper is a free collaborative document workspace for creative teams, with real-time co-editing, rich media embeds, task assignments, to-do lists and comments.

Alternative toNotion|GDGoogle Docs|Coda

Droplr is an all-in-one screenshot and screen recording tool that captures, annotates and shares images, video and files via instant cloud links, with markup and URL shortening.

Alternative toCCloudApp|Loom|SSnagit

Bank payment infrastructure platform offering a unified API for ACH, same-day ACH, and real-time payment rails (RTP and FedNow), plus digital wallets and mass payouts. Lets platforms and enterprises embed money movement into their products.

Visual sitemap generator and website management platform that builds interactive sitemaps and supports content inventory, content audits, planning, daily keyword tracking, and accessibility (WCAG) testing for collaborative website projects.

Social media scheduling tool that automates publishing across networks from content libraries that are automatically repurposed and reshared. Includes AI caption generation and analytics.

Alternative toHootsuite|Buffer|LLoomly

Online project management platform that combines resource planning, time tracking, ticketing, expense tracking, and invoicing, from project kickstart through to invoice. Includes Gantt views, Kanban boards, multi-currency support, and granular user access.

Email communication platform for marketing campaigns, newsletters, and transactional email via SMTP and API. Includes automated flows, template design, landing pages, and signup forms.

Alternative toMailchimp|MMailerLite|KKit

Self-service support and knowledge management platform that delivers contextual help in-app, powers hosted knowledge bases, and deflects support tickets through embedded search and proactive onboarding.