The Startup Tech Stack 2025
The best tools for startups and their tech stack
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The Startup Tech Stack 2025
Building a startup is exciting—though undoubtedly stressful at times. However, with so much opportunity out there, now is a great time to build.
Each year, we publish a landscape showcasing the most popular tools startups rely on for their tech stack. With another year of innovation behind us, we’re excited to share the latest edition.
This year’s edition includes the following categories:
Finance: Payroll, collecting payments.
CRM: Managing customers.
Sales: Landing new customers.
HR: Onboarding new employees and providing benefits.
Fundraising: Cap table management and managing your investors.
Design: Design tools.
Meeting Notes: Automated note-taking tools.
Cloud: Cloud providers.
Customer Support: Tools to support your customers.
Productivity: Tools to speed up your productivity.
KYC: KYC and security tools.
Team Collaboration: Tools for collaborating internally and externally.
Product: Tools for product and dev teams.
Marketing: Tools for marketing teams.
Legal: Legal tools.
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The Startup Tech Stack 2025: AI Alternatives
With AI dominating the tech landscape, new startups are emerging daily, offering powerful alternatives to help startups scale faster. In this edition, we’ve also highlighted a range of alternative platforms, most of which are AI-focused:
Product: Supporting product teams.
Sales: Landing your first customers.
Marketing: Tools for content.
Customer Success: Customer insight tools.
CRM: CRM tools.
Dev Tools: Everyday Dev tools.
Productivity: Tools supporting you to become more productive.
Finance: Tools for finance.
AI Co-workers: AI tools designed to enhance your productivity.
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