COMPETITOR ANALYSIS TOOLS
NAME: ALEXA RANKING
DETAILS: Tells you the popularity and ranking of other websites
REVIEWS: Very popular and easy to use
COST: Free to $99.00 per month
NAME: SKUUDLE
DETAILS: Online price, product and promotion comparison site for your competitors
REVIEWS: Popular, used by some big brand names
COST: Free trail only
NAME: BUZZSUMO
DETAILS: See how effective your competitors
blog and social media content has performed
USERBILITY: Very easy to use
COST: Free to $99.00 per month
APP BUILDING TOOLS
NAME: APPY PIE
DETAILS: Easy to understand, simple to use
USERBILITY: Excellent
COST: Free to $50.00 per month
NAME: MOBILEROADIE
DETAILS: Great for brands and services (not products)
USERBILITY: Good
COST: From $148.00 per month
NAME: SHOUTEM
DETAILS: Good features and social integration
USERBILITY: Very good
COST: $59/month for Android, $99/month for iOS
WEBSITE BUILDING TOOLS
NAME: WIX
DETAILS: Simple and easy to use
USERBILITY: Very good reviews
COST: From free to £12.00 per month
NAME: SQUARESPACE
DETAILS: Great templates but not the easiest to use
USERBILITY: Great reviews
COST: From free to £30.00 per month
NAME: SITE123
DETAILS: Easy to use, great for beginners
USERBILITY: Simple; doesn't overwhelm users
COST: From free to $30.00 per month
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT TOOLS
DESIGN TOOLS
NAME: SPROUT SOCIAL
DETAILS: Combines managing, scheduling and analysing
USERBILITY: Excellent
COST: Free to $240 per month
NAME: BUFFER
DETAILS: Very eary to use, with analysis capabilities
USERBILITY: Excellent
COST: Free to $99.00 per month
NAME: PLANOLY
DETAILS: Beautifully designed visual planning
USERBILITY: Good
COST: Free to $40.00 per month
NAME: CANVA
DETAILS: Easy to use, alone or with other team members
USERBILITY: Excellent
COST: Free to £24 per month
NAME: PIXLR
DETAILS: Good for editing photos
USERBILITY: Good
COST: Free
NAME: DESIGN WIZARD
DETAILS: Digital and print designs, with lots of templates
USERBILITY: Excellent
COST: Free to $49.99 per month
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