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Free tools for a small shop, with the limits written down.
We opened each vendor's own page. If the free plan has a cap, it is on the listing. If we could not find an ongoing free plan, the tool is not in this list.
92 tools. No sponsor spots are filled. How the order works.
Aisles
- Aisle 01Invoicing & paymentsMake an invoice, a quote, or a simple payment link, and see what the free part actually covers.
- Aisle 02AccountingBooks you can keep without a monthly software fee, when the vendor still offers that.
- Aisle 03SchedulingBooking pages, meetings, and social posts you can schedule on a free plan.
- Aisle 04Email & newslettersSend mail to a small list, with the contact and send caps written down.
- Aisle 05DesignLayouts, graphics, and files you can make before a paid design seat.
- Aisle 06Website buildersA page on the web that does not start with a monthly hosting bill. One listing here is a Google profile, not a site builder.
- Aisle 07Forms & surveysCollect answers. The useful difference is how many responses stay free.
- Aisle 08Docs & e-signSign a PDF or use a free office suite. The listing quotes the cap. Trials with no ongoing free plan were left off.
- Aisle 09CRMKeep contacts and deals when the vendor still gives a free seat.
- Aisle 10Project managementBoards, docs, chat, and short videos for getting work out the door.
- Aisle 11Password & securityPasswords, and the free website protection that is not a password manager.
- Aisle 12AI helpersWriting help with a stated free allowance, not an unlimited claim.
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Aisle 01Invoicing & payments
- Made by usFree
Print a check from your own account. Nothing is uploaded.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Made by usFree
A free invoice PDF in the browser. No account. Published by us.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Made by usFree
Work out a late fee from a due date, a paid date, and a rate.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Made by usFree
A free quote PDF, with a button that turns it into an invoice.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Freemium
No monthly fee. Gumroad takes a cut when something sells.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Freemium
Hosted free plan for 5 clients and unlimited invoices.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Freemium
Invoices are included with a PayPal account. Getting paid has a fee.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Freemium
A $0 software plan called Square Free. Card processing is not free.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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- Freemium
Invoicing Zoho still calls forever free, with a yearly invoice cap.
Aisle 01 · Invoicing & payments
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Aisle 02Accounting
- Free
A free, open source personal finance manager you run yourself.
Aisle 02 · Accounting
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- Free
Free desktop accounting software under the GNU GPL.
Aisle 02 · Accounting
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- Free
A free desktop finance manager from KDE, using double-entry.
Aisle 02 · Accounting
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- Free
Free Starter plan for invoices and bookkeeping. Card payments are extra.
Aisle 02 · Accounting
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- Freemium
One Odoo app is $0 online, with unlimited users. Extra apps are paid.
Aisle 02 · Accounting
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- Freemium
A $0 books plan while yearly revenue stays under $50,000.
Aisle 02 · Accounting
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Aisle 03Scheduling
- Free
Free, encrypted video meetings. No account.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
A $0 scheduling plan for one poll and one booking page. No card.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
Schedule social posts. Free covers 3 channels and 10 posts each.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
Free scheduling for one person, with unlimited event types.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
A free booking page with one event type and one calendar.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
A free time tracker. The free plan's history is one month.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
Time tracking at $0 for a limited number of users.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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- Freemium
The Basic plan is free and cuts a group meeting at 40 minutes.
Aisle 03 · Scheduling
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Aisle 04Email & newsletters
- Freemium
A free plan with no card, then 300 emails a day after they approve sending.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A $0 block for 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A forever-free mailbox plan for up to five users.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A $0 newsletter plan with unlimited sends.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A free starter plan for 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A $0 creator plan. The card prints both 10,000 and 1,000 subscribers.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A free audience of 250 contacts and 500 sends a month.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A $0 email plan with a daily send cap.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A free-forever email plan for 2,500 subscribers.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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- Freemium
A free encrypted mailbox with 1 GB of storage.
Aisle 04 · Email & newsletters
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Aisle 05Design
- Free
Diagrams in the browser. Free forever, no account, no card.
Aisle 05 · Design
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- Made by usFree
A QR code drawn in the browser for a link, Wi-Fi, a contact, or a payment page.
Aisle 05 · Design
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- Free
The free, open source image editor from the GNU project.
Aisle 05 · Design
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- Free
A free browser photo editor. Files stay on your device.
Aisle 05 · Design
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- Freemium
A free design seat for one person, with a storage cap and a small AI allowance.
Aisle 05 · Design
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- Freemium
A free Starter plan with unlimited drafts and a stated AI credit cap.
Aisle 05 · Design
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- Freemium
A design tool whose Professional cloud plan is $0 per user.
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Aisle 06Website builders
A free listing on Google Search and Maps. Not a website builder.
Aisle 06 · Website builders
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- Freemium
A $0 site plan with no card. A custom domain is not something we are calling free.
Aisle 06 · Website builders
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- Freemium
Free one-page sites, up to three per account.
Aisle 06 · Website builders
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- Freemium
A $0 site plan with a Framer domain and 1 GB of bandwidth.
Aisle 06 · Website builders
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- Freemium
A free Starter site on a webflow.io domain, with two pages.
Aisle 06 · Website builders
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- Freemium
A free plan on a wordpress.com subdomain, with ads.
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Aisle 07Forms & surveys
- Freemium
A free forms plan for one user and 100 entries a month.
Aisle 07 · Forms & surveys
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- Freemium
Unlimited forms at $0, with 1,000 responses a month.
Aisle 07 · Forms & surveys
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- Freemium
A $0 form endpoint with 50 submissions a month.
Aisle 07 · Forms & surveys
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- Freemium
Free plan: 5 forms, 100 submissions a month, 100 MB.
Aisle 07 · Forms & surveys
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- Freemium
Unlimited forms and submissions, free inside a fair-use rule.
Aisle 07 · Forms & surveys
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- Freemium
A free plan exists. The response cap was not printed in the text we could quote.
Aisle 07 · Forms & surveys
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- Price unclear
The form product page loaded. It does not state a price.
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Aisle 08Docs & e-sign
- Free
A desktop office suite the project says is at no cost.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Free
Browser PDF tools the site calls free of charge, paid for with ads.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
Browser PDF tools at $0 with no signup. Usage is capped.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
Hosted signing at $0, five documents a month, no card.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
A Free plan for core PDF tools and a limited number of documents.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
A Startup cloud account the page calls Free, for up to 3 admins.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
A $0 e-sign plan for one sender and three documents a month.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
A Free plan with limited downloads. The dollar figure on that card did not render.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
A free notes app with encryption and sync. Paid plans add more.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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- Freemium
A free e-sign plan for one user and five envelopes a month.
Aisle 08 · Docs & e-sign
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Aisle 09CRM
- Freemium
Free CRM for up to 2 users. No credit card, the page says.
Aisle 09 · CRM
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- Freemium
A CRM plan marked FREE for 10 users.
Aisle 09 · CRM
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- Freemium
A free CRM plan for teams of up to 15.
Aisle 09 · CRM
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- Freemium
Gmail tools the page says are free forever. The fuller CRM is a 14-day trial.
Aisle 09 · CRM
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- Freemium
A $0 CRM for a single user, with one pipeline.
Aisle 09 · CRM
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- Freemium
A free CRM edition for 3 users.
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Aisle 10Project management
- Free
Free project management for any number of projects, with a fair-use storage line.
Aisle 10 · Project management
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- Freemium
A free plan the FAQ says is no charge. Record caps were not in that answer.
Aisle 10 · Project management
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- Freemium
The Personal plan is free for 2 people.
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- Freemium
A Free Forever plan. The storage line we could quote is 60 MB.
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- Freemium
Free screen recordings: 25 videos, 5 minutes each.
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- Freemium
A $0 whiteboard plan with 3 editable boards.
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- Freemium
Free for a solo workspace. Files are 5 MB. A team hits a block limit.
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- Freemium
Free team chat. Message history is 90 days, and you get 10 apps.
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- Freemium
A free to-do plan with 5 personal projects.
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- Freemium
Free boards for up to 10 people, with a 10-board cap.
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Aisle 11Password & security
- Free
A free, open source password manager that stays on your computer.
Aisle 11 · Password & security
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- Free
A $0 plan for DNS, CDN, SSL, and basic firewall. Not a password manager.
Aisle 11 · Password & security
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- Free
Free TLS certificates from a nonprofit certificate authority.
Aisle 11 · Password & security
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- Freemium
A $0 password manager with unlimited logins and no card.
Aisle 11 · Password & security
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- Freemium
A free password account. The caps did not render in the text we could quote.
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Aisle 12AI helpers
- Freemium
Anthropic's free Claude plan at $0, with usage limits.
Aisle 12 · AI helpers
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- Freemium
A free translation tier of 50,000 characters a month.
Aisle 12 · AI helpers
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- Freemium
Google's free Gemini plan at $0 a month with a Google account.
Aisle 12 · AI helpers
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- Freemium
A $0 writing plan with 100 AI prompts. Plagiarism checking is not on Free.
Aisle 12 · AI helpers
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- Freemium
A free grammar checker you can paste text into. Premium prices did not render.
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- Freemium
A free meeting-notes plan with 300 transcription minutes a month.
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Questions
How does a tool get listed?
We open the vendor's own page and quote the free plan, including the cap. A time-limited trial is not listed. Google Workspace was a 14-day trial, Dropbox Sign was a 30-day trial, DocuSign did not show an ongoing free plan, and the Gusto price we could quote was $49 a month.
Does a sponsor rank higher?
No. A sponsored listing would stay labeled Sponsored and would not gain sort points. No sponsor spots are filled. PaidPilot uses the same sort as every other tool.
Which tools are made by the publisher?
PaidPilot Invoice Generator, PaidPilot Quote Maker, PaidPilot Check Maker, PaidPilot Late Fee Calculator, PaidPilot QR Code Generator are labeled Made by us. DME Computer Services in Omaha, Nebraska publishes those tools and this directory. They are not pinned to the top.
Will the newsletter form email me?
No. The form is not connected to a mail provider. Submitting it does not send a message.
How current is a price on this site?
Each listing shows the date we checked the vendor page. This directory was checked on October 14, 2026. There are 92 tools in the list.