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Here are some things we use at http://realhq.com — those also mentioned in the article are in italics:

HOSTING

Rails Hosting: EngineYard

LAMP Hosting: HostGator

File Hosting: AWS

Video Hosting: Wistia

Code Hosting: GitHub

COLLABORATION

Email/Calendar/Docs: Google Apps

Project Management: Basecamp

Group Chat: Campfire

Wiki: Backpack

COMMUNICATION

Email Deliverability: SendGrid

Phone Magic: Twilio

Phone System: OpenVBX

MONITORING

Error Monitoring: Airbrake

App Monitoring: New Relic

Server Monitoring: Pingdom

ACCOUNTING

Receipts: Shoeboxed

Income: Freshbooks

Accounting: Outright

OTHER

Web Fonts: fonts.com

Web Fonts: Typekit

eSignatures: DocuSign

Forms: Wufoo

Advertising: Google AdWords

Our favorite products are probably Outright (dead simple), Twilio (enables tons of phone system magic), and AdWords (flexible, powerful, profitable). The two products we're actively working to replace are Backpack (with Workflowy or something similar) and Shoeboxed (we have yet to find an alternative). And we've outgrown Wufoo, but owe them much more than we've ever paid them in monthly charges.



Thanks for the great list. I took a look at Outright. The service may be useful, but this bugs me...

> You can use your FREE account forever - No trial or expiration date. Paid accounts are just $9.95 per month. See details when you log in.

I know there's a catch, but I'm forced to create an account to find out about it. I'm either gonna use dummy info or just leave since I don't want another account until I understand what I'm signing up for.

I realize this is a tactic for getting me to try the service, but I don't like it. I ended up just leaving. 




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