The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Boost your team's productivity Automate your CRM Turns out, a CRM (customer relationship management) app is like my fantasy setup, but for people with actual responsibilities. Thanks to email marketing integration , you can send newsletters, promotional offers, and those "just checking in!"

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

And if you store your prospect data in a CRM tool, like HubSpot or Salesforce, you can connect them with Dripify to make lead handoffs easier. Use Zapier's LinkedIn Ads integration to connect your ads with your CRM, get notified about new leads, and follow up with them. But it goes beyond that.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. If you're using tools like HubSpot, Mailchimp, Brevo, or ActiveCampaign, you're probably already doing some email marketing automation.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

A sales team might live in HubSpot, while customer success runs in Zendesk. If your automation platform doesn't integrate broadly—or needs too much dev work to stitch things together—it's hard to scale automation across the organization. Approval bottlenecks. Also, take stock of your workflows' complexity.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

I considered and researched dozens of apps and did in-depth testing on the top 20 contenders to narrow it down to these eight form plugins for WordPress. How we evaluate and test apps Our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

I spent a bunch of time in each of these apps, and here's how the Airtable vs. Google Sheets showdown went. Though both can do many similar things, Airtable is a database app and Google Sheets is a spreadsheet app. But not a lot else. Unless you're really , really , really into it.)

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier That's what project management templates are to project managers: replicable systems of organization that keep everything efficiently structured. And it plays nice with thousands of other apps. Try the template 2. Try the template 3.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

” At a high level, SpotDraft — which integrates with customer relationship management software such as Salesforce and HubSpot — leverages AI to extract key details and clauses from contracts as well as classify the contracts in question. ” SpotDraft’s platform is holistic, to be sure.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 17, 2015

Very little integration is required because these products tend to stand alone, and customization and integration if needed are handled by internal engineering teams. But SaaS companies still do have channels available to them in the form of app stores from Salesforce, Intuit, Google and the Apple and Android mobile app stores.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

After extensive research, we centralized on HubSpot and deprecated Salesforce, Hootsuite, Calendly, Mailchimp, Contacts+, and Zapier. If you can, I recommend join HubSpot for Startups , which offers generous discounts. HubSpot replicated all the major functionality we were using from all the CRM/martech tools I just mentioned.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Paragon , a startup building a platform that integrates and aggregates various software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps for enterprise clients, has raised $13 million in a series A round led by Inspired Capital, alongside previous investors FundersClub and Garuda Ventures. It felt like we were reinventing the wheel every time.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

But while SaaS apps have become the lifeblood of organizations, they can often be unwieldy. Rather than build a new project management or collaboration platform, the two co-founders created two-way integrations with automatic syncing between existing SaaS tools.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

The two previously launched AppVirality , a referral marketing tool for app developers. It integrates the channels into one interface, so salespeople don’t have to switch between apps. Sequoia Capital India’s Surge invests $2M in sales engagement platform Outplay.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

“When I looked into it, I found that the experience was not connected at all, and technicians were not empowered to perform their job, nor could provide the on-demand experience because they lacked the tools, solutions and integrations,” he told TechCrunch. This latest round gives Zuper $14.1 million in total funding raised to date.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Setting itself apart from competitors like HubSpot, Relate caters specifically to B2B SaaS companies, incorporating unique features such as integrated product usage analytics and shared side channels for sales communications.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

People in this region tend to use the most messaging apps out there. fills in this gap – it unifies customer communication and provides businesses with the right tools to market, sell and provide support across instant messaging apps, web chat and email. Respond.io The post Malaysian commerce platform Respond.io

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This could be through social features, integrations, or simply a platform where users contribute. Take a messaging app, for instance. As the user base expanded, more features and integrations were added, making it even more attractive for new users. HubSpot & Buffer Do It Right Want proof? Look at HubSpot.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 16, 2022

It replaces business cards and static contact apps with a live profile that can be shared with anyone via QR code, NFC card, short link, email signature or even video call background. Blinq lets users share a snapshot of their professional identity, make great first impressions, and manage ongoing relationships.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Today, one of the startups that provides a team productivity app with that in mind is announcing a round of funding to fuel its growth. Pathlight has now raised $35 million. That’s not to say that there are not a number of companies — competitors to Pathlight — looking to fill that gap as well.

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A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Examples: A popular app drops to zero downloads after Apple builds it into iOS; A Microsoft Office add-on drops to zero sales after Microsoft builds that feature into Office; A Twitter utility breaks when Twitter removes functionality from their public API. “One platform” is brittle, because if they forward-integrate (i.e.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2022

hours per workweek on average, according to a Hubspot white paper. . From our experience, a good scheduling app is a boon for any business that needs to conduct multiple meetings a week. It’s highly customizable and easy to integrate with existing calendars and platforms. Calendly vs. Microsoft Bookings .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Du wound up running a small streetwear store, interested in automation and app-connecting tools like Zapier, which she found to be too simple, and MuleSoft, which she described as very expensive. Out of a desire for something in between that would let her connect apps, Alloy Automation was eventually born.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The need for data observability, or the ability to understand, diagnose and orchestrate data health across various IT tools, continues to grow as organizations adopt more apps and services. Nearly 10% of businesses now have more than 200 apps to manage, according to a recent Okta study.) App integrations in the Metaplane interface.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

OpenPhone lets employees make calls, send texts and add context to their business contacts all from an app on their phone or computer. Moreover, the app lets an organization work collaboratively across the platform.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A Y Combinator-backed app called Needl is helping users with that. The free version — available on the web, Windows and Mac — lets you connect a single account per integration. If you need more account connections and integrations like Jira and Linear, you will need to pay $10 per month. Image Credits: Needl.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Rocketium’s platform is currently invite-only and it plans to open self-service usage and purchases in 2022, along with more integrations with e-commerce and advertising platforms (its current integrations include Salesforce, Mailchimp, YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia and Hubspot). Rocketium’s size adaptation tool.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

These apps do the heavy lifting: you don't need to know what CSS is or how to tinker with HTML. How we evaluate and test apps All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. No coding, no flipping through tabs. azaharmedia.wixsite.co—and

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

The app generates a QR code that shows your professional info, including social media links, as soon as someone scans it, even if they don’t have the app installed. It integrates with CRM platforms and directories like Salesforce, HubSpot and Azure AD. Melbourne-based Blinq wants to do away with them altogether.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Embracing digital tools now means you’ll find further opportunities for integration, growth and success down the road. Let teams chat, share files and integrate with other apps through a communication tool like Slack. CRM software like HubSpot helps you stay organized internally and top-of-mind with customers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Syyid explained that the idea that caused them to shift their life plans is a product for developers that makes it easier to build integrations with business apps like Salesforce, QuickBooks and HubSpot. seed to help developers build web apps faster. So he built a connector to handle all of that. YC grad Wasp lands $1.5M

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Zapier is the leader in no-code automation—integrating with 5,000+ apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. " The solution: Build workflows to qualify and route leads The RevOps team built all-new lead management systems with Workflows, HubSpot's built-in automation tool. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It does this by leveraging payments and transaction data that its business customers might already have in their systems but haven’t been able to parse and proactively apply, by way of integrations to third-party apps like Salesforce, HubSpot, Xero, NetSuite and QuickBooks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Though startup history is littered with would-be “business card killers” that eventually died, what makes Popl different from early contenders is that it combines both an app with a physical product — the Popl accessory. Or, as a backup, they’ll need ability to scan the QR code the app provides as a workaround.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

Brian Halligan is the CEO and cofounder of HubSpot. HubSpot builds software for marketing, sales, and customer service. 7:00 – What was their unique insight when starting HubSpot? 9:00 – How would he have priced HubSpot differently knowing what he knows now? 10:00 – HubSpot’s first customer.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 18, 2025

Without a CRM platform to house all that information, your sales teams would have to perform an archaeological dig through email threads, Slack messages, and other apps every time they need more context on one person. Anybody have a solution for better files management in hubspot? Any apps you have used to help with this?"

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