Top Blogging Tools List of 2023

List of the top 100+ best blogging tools according to popularity that bloggers should use to start, manage and grow a blog that users and search engines love. They include CMS platforms, writing software, web hosting platforms, landing page builders, SEO tools, etc. Open-source and free tools maintain the top positions of the most popular blogging tools

Overall, in my over 10 years of career as a blogger, I have found that selecting the best blogging tool boils down to price, features offered, performance, scalability, onboarding process, integrations, and customer support or help resources available.

151. ExpressVPV

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ExpressVPN is a VPN service provider that provides website access privacy and security services.

Website: expressvpn.com

152. NordVPN

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NordVPN is a VPN service provider that is used to hide your internet access IP and location. It is mostly used by creators.

Website: nordvpn.com

153. Adobe Creative Cloud Express

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Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is a software that is used to create graphics, animations, flyers, collages, and videos. It is ideal for individual designs.

Website: adobe.com

154. Outbrain

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Outbrain is a platform that is used for t advertising on related post section. Outbrain ads are normally inserted below an article. Outbrain is the best alternative of Taboola. Your ads will be displayed in top websites like cnn.com, msn, washingtonpost, etc.

Website: outbrain.com

155. Workplace

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Workplace by Facebook is a tool that is used for communication by businesses. It makes it easy for companies to create a private communication platform with advanced video and messaging capabilities.

Website: workplace.com

156. GoToMeeting

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GoToMeeting is a reliable platform that is used for online video conferencing. GoToMeeting is ideal if you are looking for a business tool for remote workforce meetings.

Website: gotomeeting.com

157. PeoplePerHour

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PeoplePerHour is a freelance platform that is used for hiring freelancers to perform tasks like writing, translation, programming, digital marketing, etc.

Website: peopleperhour.com

158. KeywordTool.io

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KeywordTool.io is a tool that is used for keyword research. It uses Google Autocomplete data to generate long-tail keywords for any term. You can select which Google Search country domain you want to get data from.

Website: keywordtool.io

159. Ecwid

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Ecwid is a free and paid eCommerce shopping cart builder software. All you need is to create a shopping cart and integrate it with your website.

Website: ecwid.com

160. Elegant Themes

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Elegant Themes is the company behind one of the most popular premium WordPress themes, Divi Theme. Elegant Themes also sells Divi Page Builder, Extra Theme, Bloom email opt-in plugin, and Monarch social sharing plugin.

Website: elegantthemes.com

161. Printify

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Printify is a powerful software that is used for creating a print-on-demand eCommerce website. Printify comes with an API to help you integrate with some of the most popular eCommerce software like Shopify, Wix, WooCommerce, etc.

Website: printify.com

162. WesternUnion

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WesternUnion is a reputable company that is used for international money transfer without the need for a bank account. Western Union is available in more than 200 countries.

Website: westernunion.com

163. Onesignal

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OneSignal is a software that is used for sending Web Push notifications. It can send web push notifications on both mobile and desktop browsers.

Website: onesignal.com

164. Namecheap

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Namecheap is one of the most affordable and reliable web hosting platforms. Namecheap offers domain registration, hosting (shared, reseller, VPS, Dedicated, etc), WordPress managed hosting, email hosting, SSL certificate, e.tc. Prices begin as low as $2.88 a month with no hidden fees.

Website: namecheap.com

165. WooCommerce

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WooCommerce is a free eCommerce WordPress plugin that is used to build eCommerce sites on WordPress CMS. WooCommerce plugin is free, you can download it from WordPress.org repository and install it on your website. All you need is a WordPress CMS and a theme that is compatible with WooCommerce.

Website: woocommerce.com

166. Amazon Sponsored Ads

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Amazon Ads is a platform that is used for advertising on Amazon products and network. If you are looking for an advertising platform that targets shoppers on and off Amazon, then Amazon Ads is the best platform. You can advertise your product, company or brand.

Website: advertising.amazon.com

167. Flutter

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Flutter is a User Interface (UI) toolkit that is used for building cross-platform mobile applications for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. Flutter was created by Google and is free to use.

Website: flutter.dev

168. Rackspace

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Rackspace is a multi-cloud hosting service provider. Some of the cloud hosting providers that it supports include but are not limited to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle, and Salesforce. It is ideal for high traffic and resource-intensive websites.

Website: rackspace.com

169. Indiegogo

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Indiegogo is one of the largest platforms that is used by innovators to raise funds for their projects. Innovators from tech, design, food, film, etc use Indiegogo to launch and bring their ideas to life.

Website: indiegogo.com

170. SpyFu

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SpyFu is an online tool that is used for keyword research. SpyFu is also used to track competitor keyword and ranking changes. It is one of the best Semrush alternative.

Website: spyfu.com

171. Linode

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Linode is a web hosting company that provides cloud hosting services for only Linux servers. If you are looking for an affordable and simple clouding computing service provider then Linode is your choice.

Website: linode.com

172. Clockify

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Clockify is a time tracking software. You can use it to track project work hours, attendance, and billable time. It comes with a public API which is available for integration with some of the most popular project management, accounting, CRM, communication, and productivity apps.

Website: clockify.me

173. 1Password

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1Password is a platform that is used for password storage and management. It makes it easy to securely share login details, passwords, credit card pins, licenses, email accounts, and more.

Website: 1password.com

174. Zendesk

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Zendesk is one of the most powerful software that is used for creating customer support systems. You can use Zendesk to create a website live chat system, messaging system, ticketing system, answer bot, knowledgebase, email support system, etc.

Website: zendesk.com

175. Facebook Events

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Facebook Events is an app that is part of Facebook that is used for creating and marketing of events. Facebook users can create events of free or browse for event that are closest to their location.

Website: facebook.com/events

176. TemplateMonster

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TemplateMonster is one of the largest digital marketplaces where you can buy WordPress Themes, HTML Templates, WordPress plugins, Graphics, PowerPoint templates, etc. TemplateMonster is the best alternative to ThemeForest.

Website: templatemonster.com

177. Skrill

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Skrill is a platform that is used for sending money and receiving money online worldwide. It is the most preferred payment gateway by online betting companies.

Website: skrill.com

178. Sprout Social

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Sprout Social is a social media management platform with powerful features. Plans start at $99 per month making it one of the most expensive social media management software. However, the costly price comes at a great deal bearing in mind the features that it offers.

Website: sproutsocial.com

179. FreshDesk

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Freshdesk is a software that is used for creating a customer support system. FreshDesk is well known for its support desk, messaging, and contact center software. It is the best alternative for Zendesk.

Website: freshdesk.com

180. Bitrix24

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Bitrix24 is an all-around CRM platform. It can also be used for collaboration, project management, store building, and HR automation. You can install Bitrix24 on your server or host on Bitrix24 cloud.

Website: bitrix24.com

181. Infogram

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Infogram is one of the best web-based applications used to create infographics, reports, and maps. It can also be used to create slides, posters, email headers, YouTube thumbnails, etc. Infogram comes with hundreds of templates that you can customize and create your beautiful infographics in minutes.

Website: infogram.com

182. Visme

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Visme is a web-based application that is used to create graphics. Some of the content that you can create with Visme include infographics, presentations, mockups, social media graphics, charts and graphs, short videos, etc. Visme is the best alternative of Canva.

Website: visme.co

183. OBS Studio

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OBS Studio is a free and open-source software that is used for video recording and live streaming. OBS Studio is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. OBS studio is run by OBS Project.

Website: obsproject.com

184. TinyPNG

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TinyPNG is a powerful application that is used for compression and optimization of images. It can be integrated with some of the most popular CMS like WordPress, Joomla, Prestashop, Drupal, etc. Tinypng has similar a jpg version called TinyJPG.

Website: tinypng.com

185. Authorize.net

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Authorize.net is a payment gateway that is used for processing online payments. Customers can pay through Discover, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Apple Pay, eCheck, etc using authorize.net API.

Website: authorize.net

186. Unbounce

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Unbounce is a software that is used for creating high-converting landing pages. Its smart traffic feature help business create landing pages tailored to user interest which increases conversion.

Website: unbounce.com

187. ActiveCampaign

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ActiveCampaign is an email marketing platform with a powerful user interface and automation features. It is seamless to integrate ActiveCampaign on tools like WordPress, Shopify, and Salesforce.

Website: activecampaign.com

188. SEO Site Checkup

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SEO Site Checkup is a tool that is used to analyze website page SEO. SEO Site Checkup provides SEO suggestions to help improve page ranking.

Website: seositecheckup.com

189. Reddit Ads

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Reddit Ads is a platform that is used for advertising on Reddit. You can advertise on Reddit if you want to achieve the following objectives; brand awareness, drive traffic to your website, sell products (conversion), get video views, and increase app installation.

Website: ads.reddit.com

190. SpyFu Keyword Tools

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SpyFu is a tool that is used for competitor keyword research. SpyFu scans your competitor’s website and provides you with back-linking strategies, top pages, top keywords and ranking history.

Website: spyfu.com

191. Magento

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Magento is one of the best a open source ecommerce content management system (CMS) platform. It was acquired by Adobe in June 2018.

Website: magento.com

192. Genially

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Genially is a web-based application that is used to create presentations and infographics. Genially paid edition offers features like premium templates, advanced graphs, and charts, collaboration, shared folders, etc. What makes Genially unique is its Gamification feature that makes it easy to create gaming graphics with sample templates.

Website: genial.ly

193. Quora Ads

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Quora Ads is a platform that is used for advertising on Quora social network. You can use Quora Ads if your objective is to get conversions, drive traffic, increase brand awareness, increase mobile app installs and generate leads. Quora Ads and Reddit Ads come with a user-friendly dashboard.

Website: quoraforbusiness.com

194. Bing Keyword Research

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Bing Keyword Research is a tool that is used by content creators to decide which content to create. It allows creators to check the phrases and keywords that are being searched and their search volume. It is free to use.

Website: bing.com/keyword

195. Turnitin

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Turnitin is a powerful plagiarism checker software that is used by learning institutions to check for students’ work originality. Turnitin is ideal if your content involves a lot of research.

Website: turnitin.com

196. Drupal

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Drupal is a free content management system (CMS) platform that powers most higher education websites and heavy traffic websites like BBC, NBC, whitehouse.gov, Oxford University, e.t.c.

Website: drupal.org

197. Impact Radius

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Impact Radius is a leading affiliate marketing and partnership platform. If you are a blogger looking for business partnerships to generate revenue for your blog then Impact Radius is the best choice. Some of the top brands that use Impact Radius include Walmart, Ticketmaster, Airbnb, Uber, McAfee, Adidas, etc.

Website: impact.com

198. Renderforest

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Renderforest is a platform that is used for creating short videos, logos, and mockups. You can use Renderforest for free but the videos will contain a Renderforest watermark and only supports 360p video export. Renderforest also offers a subscription plan and pay-per-product plan.

Website: renderforest.com

199. Tailor Brands

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Tailor Brands is a platform that is used by freelancers to make logos.

Website: tailorbrands.com

200. Sucuri

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Sucuri is a powerful cloud-based platform that is used for website protection and malware removal. Succuri can be integrated with popular CMS platforms like WordPress, Magento, Drupal, Joomla, etc.

Website: sucuri.net

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