Best Of 2026

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Vercel

1

Deployment platform built around frontend frameworks, with preview URLs on every pull request and a global edge network.

Postgres as a backend, with auto-generated APIs, authentication, file storage and realtime subscriptions on top of a database you can take with you.

Developer Tools Open Source

Sentry

3

Error and performance monitoring that turns a stack trace into the specific commit, release and user session that produced it.

Developer Tools Open Source

Deploy applications, databases and workers from a repository without writing infrastructure configuration.

Notion

5

Documents, databases and wikis in one workspace, where any page can also be a structured table with multiple views.

Linear

6

Issue tracking built for speed, with keyboard shortcuts, cycles and a roadmap that product teams actually keep up to date.

SaaS New

Open source, independently audited password manager whose free tier covers unlimited passwords on unlimited devices.

SaaS NewOpen Source

Carrd

8

One-page site builder that gets a landing page live in an afternoon for about the price of a coffee per year.

SaaS New

Project tool that does nearly everything, with docs, goals and views layered on a generous free tier.

Close

10

CRM built around calling and emailing, aimed at inside sales teams who live in the phone rather than the pipeline view.

Password manager with the widest extra feature set, including a VPN and dark web monitoring alongside the vault.

SaaS New

Enpass

12

Password manager with a one-time purchase option and local or your-own-cloud storage instead of a vendor subscription.

SaaS New

Folk

13

Lightweight CRM for relationship-led work, built around contacts and pipelines rather than enterprise process.

Keeper

14

Security-first password manager aimed at business, with strong admin controls, compliance features and audit reporting.

SaaS New

Cheap website builder with hosting included, the best value option if budget is the deciding factor.

SaaS New

HubSpot

16

CRM with a free tier that is genuinely usable, growing into full marketing and sales suites as you pay.

Jira

17

Atlassian issue tracker built for software teams working at scale, powerful and heavy in equal measure.

Colourful, highly visual work platform that adapts to projects, sales pipelines or anything else you configure.

Self-hosted file sync, calendars and collaborative documents, a Google Workspace equivalent on your own server.

Productivity NewOpen Source

Straightforward password manager from the Nord team, the easiest of the major options to set up and live with.

SaaS New

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